Got this one from Amazon which was £12.
I only picked it up because I think it looks cool haha.
Does the job!
While I prefer stands, and am not entirely sold on wireless charging, I picked up one of these to play with since it is relatively cheap, and I'd also not have to clear room on my desk.
For $13 and change, it's been a pleasant surprise.
It seems well-made, with a real glass top and aluminum shell. Uses a Lightning cable for input as well.
Of course, it looks neat, and
not like the typical black or white plastic disc, which to me is a big part of its appeal.
In usage, I've found that it doesn't heat up (or heat the phone up), at least with the 5W profile. I don't have a QC charger to test the 7.5W profile, but if I needed to fast charge, I'd use a cable anyway. For casual use, it's fine.
The LED is pretty bright, but at least it's green and not blue, and the phone can be oriented to cover it up. In that case, the small pinhole on the edge of the casing and the background glow will still indicate it's powered up and active.
I did notice that it can be sensitive to a wall adapter that doesn't provide enough power to drive it, like the original Anker 5-port desktop charger I have, which caused it to intermittently pause, and subsequently stop midway through the charging cycle.
No problems with an Apple 12W adapter, or a newer Anker PowerPort 2. With those two, it never draws more than 1.25A according to the USB meter I have (with the old Anker, never more than 0.80A, so it must be a coding issue; the Anker does fast charge otherwise).
Long term durability remains to be seen, and it's not WPC-certified, which may be a consideration for some.
But otherwise, it seems to do the job, and with an element of style missing from the majority of wireless chargers.
. I hope you can find something that works for you that is not so annoying.
