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It’s nice, but no solution to charge AirPods Pro…
Not at the same time as Apple Watch & iPhone. But feel free to checkout our Nomad Base Station Pro Review! That device is capable of charging 3 devices wirelessly.
@9to5Mac Not at the same time – but AirPods would charge by laying them on the same MagSafe pad as the phone, correct? So not at the same time, but certainly would work on hte same charger.
Does it support fast charging on the series 7 watch? I know the MagSafe duo doesn’t which is one of my biggest gripes after buying it
@9to5Mac They would had mentioned it if that were the case. Why buy a very expensive charger that’s already outdated? You have to charge your Apple Watch daily and fast charging cuts the charging time in half
It doesn’t support watch fast charging
@Brandon Turner I assumed not, thanks for confirming!
@Michael Thompson the Belkin Boost charge pro does and includes charging brick
@Brandon Turner cool thanks, I wasn’t aware there was any which supported it yet
This is cool but to be honest, the whole charging arrangement for the Apple suite is a cluster at the moment; there are currently no elegant changing solutions.
Not from Apple, but Nomad has a pretty solid selection of wireless solutions.
Is it Apple Watch 7 compatible for faster charging?
I ordered the black one. I have the Belkin Boost MagSafe 3 in 1 charger now but the watch part drives me nuts. The watch never lays correctly. I use the Belkin Boost MagSafe 2 in 1 charger for phone and AirPods at the office. That one is a great MagSafe charger. Don’t need to charge AirPods at night so this is perfect but you could charge AirPods on the phone section.
The Apple Watch charger part of a setup like this is often overlooked. But not by Nomad!
@9to5Mac I love Nomad products & really wanted to like it but it would have looked better if it was flush instead of looking like the Base One inserted into a bigger frame. And it also doesn’t support watch fast charging. Would be nice to have an additional usb charging port also. No charger included. Right now the new Belkin Boost charge pro is a better product and comes with the changer.
I love Nomad but these are uuuggglly. I’m sure they perform well, though.
This looks nice for home, but you left out a very notable detail vs the MagSafe Duo that makes it an obvious loser for portability. The bigger one that has the watch charger is TWO POUNDS, which effectively makes it useless for travel.
More expensive than the already overpriced MagSafe Duo? That’s going to be a no for me dawg.
Does the watch charger fold down? If it is supposed to be travel-able that piece sticking out would seem problematic.
To compare these to the MagSafe Duo is funny. The first one is for traveling, is foldable and very small and light weight. Still you can charge the phone and the watch at the same time. Also the watch charger folds away wich is important for travel.
I use the Duo together with a 100w Mopoint plug. So you have 3 USB-C and one USB-A and you can use the plug all over the world. It all fits great into the Bookbook CadySack. I think this bundle is the perfect travel companion. The Nomad both won‘t help. Too heavy and too bulky.
Here we go again. Comparing the two is absolutely irrelevant, just like the existence of both products with an exception for Apple’s MagSafe Duo – its portability. Which is also the reason for its existence. As much as I love Nomad and use a lot of their products, Nomad Base One is just an extension of what is already there, the charging cable. Unwieldy, bulky and the design is a miss if you ask me.
I’d be skeptical of the claim it will pretty much forever. My own experience with Nomad has been quite the opposite. I’ve had 4 Nomad chargers, 3 of them stopped working in the first month, the fourth stopped working after about 12 months.
You don’t learn quickly, do you?
it is a solid product, but to claim this is better than Apple’s MagSafe Duo is pretty much comparing orange to apple (no pun intended). Apple’s MagSafe Duo is portable and compact, while Nomad Base One Max is heavy and can’t fold in half, but those are indeed not weaknesses if it is meant to be stationary.
Its more expensive than the magsafe duo and you can’t even fold it. Lol
A pity the apple watch charger does not support fast charging for Apple Watch 7 and it seems the puck is flush with the base which indicates incompatibility with Apple Watches bearing a case.
You need to turn down the white peeks on HDR. They are over blown.
Hi. Great review. Is the nomad base one max capable of fast charging for the Watch?
It claims it can also charge the iPod cases. Have you tested this?
@9to5Mac Does the Iphone/Apple Watch get hot during charging ?
My watch won’t charge sometimes with this. I set my watch on it and it starts to charge and then I come back and it stopped charging for some reason. The watch is still in correct position but it just stopped charging. It doesn’t do it every time but I find that about 3 or 4 times over the past 2 weeks it’s done it.