Charger Pad – What are the best charger pads for cell phones and other electronics?

 

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The best charger pad for cell phones and other electronics for 2012 is the Powermat 3X. The other three top charger pads are as follows:

 

 

  • Duracell myGrid
  • Energizer Inductive Charger
  • WildCharge Pad

 

The Powermat 3X, ranked the top wireless pad for 2012, was founded by the company “Powermat” in 2007. Powermat invented the charger pad because they saw a need for charger pads due to the increase in mobile phone production. The Powermat 3X charger pad comes with three divisions of mat space (for a total of 3 cell phones maximum), maximum wattage of 18, and an internal battery that can be charged. For cell phone users, the Powermat 3X can be charged and then run off of its battery to charge mobile phones. The Powermat 3X will cost you somewhere around $77.70, but you can purchase a Powermat 2X charger pad at Best Buy for $69.99 that comes with Powercube technology.

 

The Duracell myGrid, ranked second for wireless pads in 2012, contains about 15 watts of power but no internal battery. In addition, the Duracell device only charges devices that have a clip or sleeve attached to its center. It runs off of traditional electric technology, but is compatible with nearly any phone produced (whether old or young model). The second-ranked instrument “keeps going and going” for $99.00.

 

The Energizer Inductive Charger ranks third on the list of wireless pads for 2012. It contains 15 watts of power and can charge three devices simultaneously—though one must be charged by the wireless pad’s USB port. The Energizer Inductive Charger, “Inductive” as part of its name, indicates that the device charges cell phones by way of an electromagnetic field. The pad comes with an “automatic shutoff” function that ceases to charge your battery once the battery reaches “complete.” You can charge your cell phone, leave it on the pad, and not worry about the pad pulling power from your socket or igniting items within your home. This marvelous charger costs $89.99.

 

Last on the list for 2012 is the WildCharge Pad. WildCharge, Inc., founded in 2005, produced the item (also known as a “magic pad charger”) in 2007. The WildCharge contains 15 watts of power, more than enough to charge multiple cell phones simultaneously. Like the Duracell myGrip, the WildCharge only charges cell phones that contain a clip or sleeve attached to the pad at all times. The cost of the magic pad runs around $49.99.

 

Cell phone charger pad reviews show why the Powermat 3X ranks as the top pad while the others rank in their respective places. The WildCharge Pad is great with older mobile phones as well as newer ones. This is a must for any great wireless pad. Nevertheless, the need for cell phones to have clips that remain on the pad in the same place for the length of a complete charge (an hour or more) is what hurt it in the review. Additionally, the WildCharge pad is thin and flimsy. The testers of the product felt that this product (made out of majority plastic with only metal used for the charger field) could fall and easily break. If this is not bad enough, the device needs to be plugged into an adapter at all times. Since adapters are not universal in travel, this pad is not a good idea for those who are on the go or would like to take their charger pad with them on any occasion.
The Energizer Inductive Charger works well on tile surfaces, but will break if your floor contains concrete material of any kind. What hurt the Energizer Charger most is that it charges the Blackberry Curve 8900 and the iPhone 3G/3GS only. The Duracell myGrid ranked second because of its thin size. With the exception of the metal plate that charges the cell phones, the majority of the pad is plastic—to fragile of a material to maintain durability. Since the Duracell device does not run on inductive technology, it requires that the cell phone clips and sleeves remain hooked to the center at all times.

 

A wireless charger pad is a device that allows you to rebuild your cell phone battery without plugging your cell phone directly into a home wall socket. To rebuild your cell phone battery to “complete,” plug up the wireless pad into the socket where the cell phone would normally go, and sit your cell phone on the pad. Wireless pads come with internal batteries and without internal batteries (your decision). Pads that come with internal batteries live off of induction technology and use an electromagnetic field to charge your phone. Pads that do not have induction technology charge by way of plugging into a socket and centering your cell phone clips and sleeves at the pad’s center.
An advantage of wireless pads is that they are “wireless”—they require no socket devices in order to work (depending on the type). Cell phones can now rebuild their batteries without the need of a cell phone adapter. Additionally, the flat shape of the wireless pads ensures portability and ease for on-the-road travel, no matter where you go. Another benefit of wireless pads is that they allow you to charge multiple cell phones at once. Before wireless pads, sockets were the only cell phone charger for the home; if a family of five wanted to charge their cell phones, they had to take turns (since there were not five chargers in the family room). Today, cell phone charger sockets are no longer needed to charge cell phones, thanks in large part to the charger pad.