We test out the latest in wireless technology from FeelTech, plus a giveaway worth £64.98!
As a blogger, my entire business is run online. Social media plays a vital role in what I do, and as such, I rely quite heavily on my phone. It rarely leaves my side, if I’m to be honest, although I am making a conscious effort these days to have screen-free ‘down’ time.
I was recently sent the new Magqi Qi wireless desk charger from FeelTech plus an adaptor patch for my iPhone 6s to try out. After a successful Indiegogo campaign, FeelTech are just now (today, the 20th of March, in fact) sending out the first batch of products to all the campaign backers, and I have to say, it is a rather swish product!
The Magqi Wireless Qi Charger is designed to get rid of the cables which are currently needed to charge our phones; cables that have a tendency to break (a lot, in the case of our house!). The charger works with the addition of a magnetic patch with Qi-enabled phones, and there is a range of adaptor patches for android and Apple devices.
Simply apply the thin magnetic/ adaptor patch underneath your current (non-metal) phone case, plug the wireless charger into the wall and when your phone needs charging, simply stick your phone to the charger and away you go! With a 1A output the same as a traditional cable charger, your phone will charge at the same speed as you are accustomed to. The only drawback I noted was that my phone warmed up more than usual while charging. Also, the user manual says to peel back the sticker off the patch before applying it to your phone, and I think this might be a from an earlier prototype as peeling back the sticker revealed the magnetic workings underneath. Don’t peel back the sticker!
I use a rather thick plastic QuadLock iPhone case so I can track my mountain bike rides using Strava, and my concerns that the cover would be too thick for the magnetic charger to be effective were unfounded. There were no problems at all!
Magqi have also launched a magnetic car charger too, convenient for hands’ free calls and voice commands on the go.
The Magqi Qi Magnetic Desk Charger has a retail price of £45.99 (currently on offer from Amazon for £23.99) while the magnetic adaptor patch price starts from £12.99 (currently on offer for £5.99) for Samsung phones and £18.99 (on offer for £9.99) for iPhones. They also offer an additional 10% discount if you buy two items or more in one purchase. At the rate we go through phone charger cables I think this could be a worthwhile investment.
GIVEAWAY
FeelTech have very kindly offered one of my UK readers the opportunity to win on of their magnetic desk chargers plus an adaptor patch for your phone model: a giveaway worth £65! Simply enter via the Rafflecopter form below!
HOW TO ENTER
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TERMS & CONDITIONS
This giveaway is open to UK entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winner will need to respond within 30 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.
The prize is offered and provided by FeelTech. The prize is to win a Magqi Qi Magnetic Desk Charger + adaptor patch for your phone worth £65. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway.
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Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 27 March 2017 (GMT). The winner will be announced afterwards.
Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a Magqi Wireless Qi Desk Charger and adaptor patch for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed are our own, and this is not a paid post, although if you click through either of the orange links and make any subsequent purchase from Amazon in the next 24 hours we will earn a small commission.
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I think it’s great, the original wires break so easily and are expensive to replace so this would be very useful.
I love trying out new tech, and this would look great on my desk too!
Wireless technology is great, I’m always losing ym charging cables, this would make my life so much easier
This would save a lot of hassle with big charging units x
This really appeals to me, what a great idea
Looks great and stylish, nice tech. Ideal solution to stop having to hunt down charging cables and plugs if you have this permanently on your desk
It looks like it has advanced since the first gen charging tech from a few years ago!
I think it is a great idea and it looks so stylish as well
Its very clever and for someone who likes the house tidy this would nice and neat.
It looks amazing and would be so much more convenient than having wires all over the place.
I think it is fantastic as we have cables coming out of our ears
ooooh great technology! looks so sleek as well
If it stops me having to make late night trips for new chargers this would be ideal
Great idea and very handy for my daughter as she is always breaking charging cables.
Looks really handy, especially if you’re working from home!
Tangled wires do my head in
loving the design of it, plus would probably stop me breaking all my iphone leads from constant plugging in and taking out!
I absolutely love the idea! My phone loses battery so quickly it would be perfect.
Looks amazing , I would love to try.
I think this new wireless charging technology is so great and essential.
I love trying out new tech! This looks pretty useful
I think it is a great idea, because cables are far too fiddly and annoying!
looks fantastic! I would love to give it a try!
This looks brilliant for my desk at work
Could be very useful, would like the chance to try it out.
it is a perfect addition for my desk at work
I think its great, it will be very useful
I think it’s fab an asset at home or the office
it looks like a great new form of charging
Should really help keep things neater on my desk, and as it doesn’t seem to take any longer to charge than normal connection is great
Wireless technology is great, no more wires
Great idea, cuts the amount of charging cables. Like that can be placed anywhere esp good when travelling as sometimes elec points not in great place
Oh wow this looks very interesting! It always hurts my head trying to work out how wireless works! fab giveaway x
I think it’s great, not entirely sure how it works haha but fab nonetheless
I think it’s very useful. Handy to have as an option if the charging port on your device no longer works.
That looks so useful, I wish everything could be wireless, I seem to get tangled up in wires and have had a few accidents !
Looks fantastic! I’d be intrigued to see how well it works – definitely great in terms of not cluttering the place up with cables!
That looks handy and very easy to use – thanks for the giveaway
I can’t wait for the day we go completely wireless…I hate the tangle they all get in – seemingly on their own too! 😉
Would be perfect for our son at uni as he seems to always have an appliance on charge
I think its a fantastic idea and well worth the money.
I love the idea of not having to be chained to a bunch of wires that are always getting tangled
Looks pretty cool, the less wires the better I say
Perfect, just what I need and will make a real difference to the way we live, especially if it can be extended to other products.
It’s clever, almost hard to believe. Makes me worry what kinds of brain cancers we’ll all end up with in 50 years due to all this wireless stuff. Haha, way to be negative! Not that it stops me…
I am very intrigued by this. I have not seen anything like it before
I think it’ll save me time and energy, and also – my charging port keeps breaking!
It’s a very clever invention,it makes me wonder what wireless items there will be in the future.
i really like looks easy to use lovely prize thanks for the chance x
I think its a brilliant advancement in technology and can only get. Better
I think its a great and innovative idea, it looks great too!
It’s very handy and something I think I’d find very useful in my life
Sounds a cool gadget and even better when less wires around
A great idea and something I might very well buy
it looks great! I haven’t seen these before, very handy and a nice design
It looks amazing and so easy to use. It would be so handy in my house as I have a Samsung and hubby has an iPhone.
I think it’s amazing and innovative – I am too often breaking my phone chargers so if I can do it wirelessly that’s perfect for me!!
Oh my I really love the idea of this charger. Just what I need!
It’s definitely the way forward especially now that there is some fast charging
it looks a great idea and very handy so much better than all the cables lying around
Never tried one but anything that gets rid of those annoyingly fragile cables has got to be a good thing.
I like the sound of the in car charger. Good idea but not for anyone that has a pacemaker etc due to the magnets.
I love it as it means no more additonal wires and charging my phone wirelessly saves so much time x
love wireless technology it saves being tied up with loads of wires
So very handy, no more wires, looks great too. I think I might need more than one though, and the in car device sounds brilliant.
That looks ideal, leads and plugs drive me mad and I’m forever losing them
i think its incredible – im not convinced it works any better than plugging it in tho!
It’s a great idea and looks very compact.
its rather groovy
Wireless charging is great for me – I can tangle a lead just by looking at it
i think its a great idea, my usb chargers always ‘disappear’ in the office so this would be fab!
Such a useful idea, would help a lot
I’ve got a really cheap wireless charging pad by my work PC and love it. Wires break with all the pluging in and out.
Wireless charging is the future!
I really like the idea of this no more cables
I love wireless charging. My husband has one for his phone and I actually feel a bit jealous when I watch him just pop his phone down to charge while I fiddle with the smallest, most awkward cable and socket in the world.
This would be so handy for both me and my husband , love the idea
sleek and stylish
Fantastic! would use this gadget every day guaranteed!
Love this and i have not seen anything like it for the desk out there would love one of these!!!
It’s a fantastic idea! I love the fact that it’s stylish and modern looking so would easily fit in amongst your things 🙂
Brilliant, the amount of charging cables we have is ridiculous
this is perfect innovation in every way
Looks like c ombination of car mount and charger: wish they would make this for cars too!
They do! 🙂 I’ve mentioned it in the article – they have a car charger as well. 🙂
It looks the business but still one for thing on the desk
really good! I damaged my old phone tripping over the charger cable ;(
Looks good – it really annoys me that my phone charges lying on my desk – standing up is much neater, and means you can read messages on the phone any time!
Definitely a style upgrade and no more crouching under the desk to plug in for charging
(1)Sleek,(2) lightweight(3)ease of use(4) great design (5), extended charging ability (6) value for money (7) latest technology (8) versatile.
What more could you want in a charger.
Wireless technology is great, especially as it avoids the need to have long mains cables and plugs lying around which you could trip over
Anything wireless is great esp when you have animals and young cildren around the home! This little gadget looks compact so won’t look out of place on a desk or shelf x
It is sleek and stylish and would be a talking point in any office