If you ever drop in and visit me at my house, I want to make one thing clear: please don’t mind if you spot cables and chargers here and there. I am not a messy person, but given the number of devices I own, it is only natural to have cables and power adapters everywhere. For someone who lives in the Apple ecosystem, there’s a good chance I have all sorts of chargers – and I am sure it’s the case with you as well. I never thought of a solution that simplifies charging until I started using the Stuffcool 3-in-1 Rover wireless charger. For Rs 4,990, the charging station acts as a multi-device charging dock and charges the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods at one go, in a neat package. This past week, I tested Stuffcool’s new 3-in-1 wireless charger to find out if wireless charging stations are still a novelty or if they have improved over the years. Here is my review.
When I first saw the Stuffcool Rover, I didn’t think it was a charger.
Made from premium space-grade anodized aluminium, it has an unconventional design that folds out and can be taken on outstation trips, which I do frequently. Compared to other wireless chargers, it’s super compact. This thing measures 15.6 cm long and 7.5 cm wide, so it doesn’t take up much space on any nightstand or desk setup. I have moved this charger from one location to another, and it looks great wherever you keep it. Its MagSafe-compatible charging pad is suspended on a vertical arm above its base. It’s powerful enough to hold your phone firmly in place either horizontally or vertically. In fact, the phone didn’t come off when I turned the entire charger upside down.
One advantage of this design is that I can turn my iPhone from portrait to landscape orientation while on the charger, and it still charges in both directions. It’s something other wireless chargers don’t offer. As it comes with its own power adapter, I don’t have to plug the charger’s cable (USB-C compatible) into my laptop to power this thing on.