Charger / Qi Pad Test Results Thread

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Figured it would be good to have a thread to post actual test results from charging setups... be it Charging Block/Cable combos for wired quick-charging, or Block/Qi Pad combos for wireless quick-charging.

I use a Kill-a-Watt power meter to track Wattage delivered to the device... giving us a real world number as to how quickly certain devices are charging our phones.

I'll kick it off with this setup:

Pantheon 10W Qi Charging Pad - $15 on Amazon
Metered Power Delivered: 5.9W
This setup includes a 10W capable Qualcomm 3.0 Quickcharge Charging Block, and a short (3m?) USB to USB Micro Cable.

Next up:
Vinsinc 3-Coil Qi Charging Pad - $15 on Amazon
Metered Power Delivered: TBD (Claimed max of 5W)
This setup does NOT include a charging block, but does include a flip up stand to set the device at an angle. If the 5W Cap is indeed the case, it seems like this provides poor value.

For consistency I will test all Qi pads with the same 10W block, and then a 30W Block to eliminate the block as a limiting variable.

I'm curious if the 6W is a current limitation by Apple who will upgrade it to the claimed 7.5W in the future, or if that is a limitation of that hardware.

What charging wattage draws are folks achieving with other setups?

 

[puma1552]

i think most here would like to see the two apple endorsed options

 

[MacWorld78]

I wouldn't buy QI charger at the moment - I'll wait until apple will release "AirPower" - because you can charge three items + fast charger as well.


For now I'll stick wired charging...

 

[jigzaw]

I wouldn't buy QI charger at the moment - I'll wait until apple will release "AirPower" - because you can charge three items + fast charger as well.


For now I'll stick wired charging...

This crossed my mind too, but I have an original Apple Watch and the original Airpods case which won't work with it. Also.. if the thing is going to be $200 as the rumors allege... bruhhh. Even the pricey Apple-approved Qi chargers are around $60 and most are even less. I'm tossing between going with the Mophie Apple-approved one, or one of the cheaper Samsungs.

On a more abstract level, I'm not 100% sold on wireless pad charging because I pick up and use my phone pretty frequently and wired charging allows that. It does sound cool, though.

 

[Synomenon]

Bought three Samsung wireless fast chargers (the non-convertible model that props the phone up) and they all work very well with my X. Got one on the nightstand, another in the living room and one on my office desk.

 

[rkuo]

Nexus 7 Wireless charger - connects but does not actually charge the phone.

 

[Mactagonist]

Cheap Choetech amazon chargers. Should hold us until AirPower is available.

 

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I wouldn't buy QI charger at the moment - I'll wait until apple will release "AirPower" - because you can charge three items + fast charger as well.


For now I'll stick wired charging...

If i only own one Qi-chargeable item why would that matter to me? I have no need to spend $200 on an apple item if a $15 off-brand item delivers the same charging speeds. I'm sure I'm not alone

 

[TechnicallyTee]

If i only own one Qi-chargeable item why would that matter to me? I have no need to spend $130 on an apple item if a $15 off-brand item delivers the same charging speeds. I'm sure I'm not alone

well its seemed that way until Apple said it will be limiting charging speeds to only their approved chargers such as Belkin and Mophie chargers thats sold in the Apple Store. I guess they werent going to openly allow all those smaller brands to operate on fast charge like we thought.

 

[MacWorld78]

If i only own one Qi-chargeable item why would that matter to me? I have no need to spend $130 on an apple item if a $15 off-brand item delivers the same charging speeds. I'm sure I'm not alone

I agreed what you said, however you should know one thing about this: Any 3rd party QI charging may work with iPhone X but how do you know if they are certified or uncertified? Im sure Mophie or Belkin both must be certified models because apple sell them in the store.

 

[ducatiti]

My wife has a Belkin Charger/Iphone 8 plus, while I have a Samsung Charger/X. The status indicator lights on the wireless charger do not change when fully charged.

Is this the case for the Mophie or any Qi charger?

 

[Voodoofreak]

Regarding Qi charging...if I have one of those magnet mount stickers inside my case - is the Qi charging supposed to stop working? For some reason that’s happening to me.

 

[BruiserB]

Does anyone know the exact location of the Qi receiving coil in the iPhone X? Is it in the exact center of the phone? Or is it a little higher up near the Apple logo?

I assume that charging is most efficient if the center of the phone coil is lined up with the center of the charger coil, so I want to make sure I am placing my phone most efficiently on the charger.

I bought this charger...seems to work well. It's priced nearly as low as the cheapest ones on eBay, but I trust Monoprice more to have vetted the quality.

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=27030

EDIT: Actually found the answer to my own question on the coil location. Step 21 of iFixIt's teardown reveals that it is in the exact center of the phone.

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+X+Teardown/98975

 

[bhayes444]

I agreed what you said, however you should know one thing about this: Any 3rd party QI charging may work with iPhone X but how do you know if they are certified or uncertified? Im sure Mophie or Belkin both must be certified models because apple sell them in the store.

A bit of a pain to search through, but here you go: https://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/products/

That is a searchable database of WPC certified Qi chargers.

 

[jschu22]

well its seemed that way until Apple said it will be limiting charging speeds to only their approved chargers such as Belkin and Mophie chargers thats sold in the Apple Store. I guess they werent going to openly allow all those smaller brands to operate on fast charge like we thought.

I’m not sure they can actually limit this functionality to specific chargers. I think once they open the gate to faster wirelsss charging on the phone, any charger that supports that standard will provide the improved speeds.

 

[redRAYZA]

I’m not sure they can actually limit this functionality to specific chargers. I think once they open the gate to faster wirelsss charging on the phone, any charger that supports that standard will provide the improved speeds.

One would think so, but there have been mixed results with people running the 11.2 beta and Qi chargers that can output more than 7.5W. I believe the RAVPower has been the only "unofficial" one that seems to charge the iPhone at 7.5W.

 

[Meltdownblitz]

One would think so, but there have been mixed results with people running the 11.2 beta and Qi chargers that can output more than 7.5W. I believe the RAVPower has been the only "unofficial" one that seems to charge the iPhone at 7.5W.

Agreed. I may have found something out according to a 3rd party manufacture. They stated that 7.5w is encrypted charging speed for some reason. So I don’t think many (if any) qi chargers that are our right now that support up to 10w of charging speed will ever output 7.5w. Manufactures have to build chargers just to have them output 7.5w. Yep sounds like Apple, always want to control the world.