Review: Satechi's Foldable 3-in-1 Charger Maximizes Portability

Satechi, known for its scope of accessories for Apple products, precocious came retired with a caller bid of OntheGo Wireless Chargers that are cleanable for bringing on connected trips owed to their compact size.


There are 2 models, a 3-in-1 charger and a 2-in-1 charger. The 3-in-1 enactment has a Qi2 charging aboveground for an iPhone, an AirPods charger, and an Apple Watch charging puck. The 2-in-1 exemplary drops the AirPods charger, truthful it has conscionable the Qi2 charging level and the Apple Watch charger. Depending connected the AirPods you have, you tin complaint them via Qi2 oregon with an Apple Watch charger anyway.


Each of the charging surfaces is simply a small bigger than Apple's MagSafe charger, with the aforesaid circular shape. There's a tiny set connecting each one, and they stack connected apical of each other. The extremity effect is simply a fold retired multi-device charger that's ace portable. It's nether an inch and a fractional gangly erstwhile folded up, and 2 and a fractional inches wide. The bands that link each of the chargers consciousness sturdy and well-attached, and I wasn't capable to budge them erstwhile pulling connected them with force. I deliberation they volition clasp up decently implicit clip with regular use.


The chargers are covered successful a vegan leather worldly that seems to defy particulate and is brushed to the touch, truthful it won't scratch your devices. The Qi2 and Apple Watch chargers are flat, but the Apple Watch has a pop-up puck truthful it tin complaint level oregon raised up for Nightstand mode.


With the 3-in-1 model, the AirPods charger and the Qi2 charger tin beryllium folded upright with the Apple Watch charger arsenic a base, forming a basal that tin clasp an ‌iPhone‌ upright portion besides providing abstraction for charging the Apple Watch. This predisposition is utile for StandBy Mode, but you'll request to fold it level if you privation to complaint 3 devices astatine once. In immoderate orientation, it works good connected a edifice nightstand oregon an bureau desk.


The ‌iPhone‌ charger is Qi2, truthful it charges an ‌iPhone‌ astatine up to 15W, the aforesaid arsenic the archetypal ‌MagSafe‌ charging speed. The iPhone 16 models enactment faster 25W charging, truthful Qi2 is simply a slower wireless charging speed. There are nary third-party ‌MagSafe‌ 2 chargers connected the marketplace yet, truthful 25W charging is lone disposable with a standalone ‌MagSafe‌ charger from Apple.


The mediate charger for the AirPods is modular Qi and it is 5W, portion the Apple Watch charger offers accelerated charging for compatible Apple Watch models. In testing, the Qi2 charger was capable to complaint my iPhone 16 Pro Max to 41 percent successful an hour, starting from astir 2 percent, which is successful enactment with what I expect from 15W wireless chargers. Wireless charging speeds are adaptable owed to vigor restrictions, truthful charging speeds tin fluctuate if an ‌iPhone‌ gets lukewarm oregon the country that it's charging successful is warm. My ‌iPhone‌ did get lukewarm erstwhile utilizing the Satechi charger, but not hot.


Satechi is selling the chargers successful 3 colors, including black, sand, and godforsaken rose. Each comes with a matching USB-C cablegram that's a metre long, but determination is nary USB-C powerfulness adapter included, truthful you volition request to proviso your own. Satechi says that the charger needs a 36W powerfulness adapter astatine a minimum to complaint devices astatine the maximum speeds. Along with the USB-C cablegram and the charger, Satechi includes a small question pouch truthful you tin tuck the folded charger successful a bag, backpack, oregon suitcase.

Bottom Line

At $100, the 3-in-1 OntheGo Charger from Satechi is reasonably priced for its compact size and its versatility. It tin beryllium utilized folded successful aggregate ways, and it provides tenable overnight charging speeds for an ‌iPhone‌, positive accelerated charging for an Apple Watch. The terms is competitory with akin question chargers from notable brands, arsenic it's cheaper than Belkin's $120 3-in-1 Travel Charger, and Mophie's $150 3-in-1 Travel Charger.


I bash privation that Satechi had included a USB-C powerfulness adapter. The 36W charger that it requires is simply a small spot bigger than what you'd get with a MacBook Air oregon an iPad, truthful it mightiness not beryllium a size that radical conscionable person connected hand.

Given however tiny it folds up, this is simply a large enactment for those who are looking for a question charger oregon adjacent thing to bring betwixt enactment and home. The 2-in-1 exemplary works the same, but it seems worthy spending an other $20 for the AirPods charger and the basal functionality unless you privation thing adjacent much compact.

How to Buy

The OntheGo 3-in-1 Charger tin beryllium purchased from the Satechi website for $100. The 2-in-1 model is besides disposable for $80.

Note: Satechi provided MacRumors with 3-in-1 and 2-in-1 OntheGo Chargers for the intent of this review. No different compensation was received.
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