Nomad returns with a vertical wireless charging base: Base Station Stand. With two independent 10W coils and metal and skin as manufacturing elementsThis base has a design that will make you fall in love from the first moment you see it, and you promise eternal fidelity as soon as you start using it. We have tested it and we will tell you all the details.
Superior quality and design
When you are looking for a technological accessory, on many occasions, what prevails is its functionality, but in a market as saturated as wireless charging bases, the design and quality of the materials have become the differential factors that end up making you decide on a concrete model. Nomad wanted to take the path of offering products that work well, of course, but that stand out from the vast majority by entering the "Premium" market, but really premium. Here is no plastic that looks like metal, or plastic that looks like skinWe're talking about an all-aluminum body with an anodized finish in what Apple would call "space gray" and a real leather pad to place your iPhone on top.
If we delve into the technical specifications of the base, it has two charging coils, 10W each, which will allow the iPhone to be recharged both vertically and horizontally, and unlike other similar bases, Nomad has taken care to place the bottom coil low enough to recharge AirPods and AirPods Pro with wireless charging boxes. To work requires an 18W charger, which is included in the box (something to consider when evaluating the price of this charger) and a cable of 2 meters in length that Nomad has also wanted to be out of the ordinary, offering a braided nylon cable.
To put a downside to what Nomad includes in the box, we only miss that Nomad had decided to include a USB-C charger instead of the USB-A that it brings, which would allow us to use it on a trip for fast charging. of the iPhone. In return It includes a charger with an American plug and two adapters, for the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, so if we go abroad we will not need to buy any other accessories, simply change to the charger adapter.
Comfortable and versatile
Although most wireless chargers are horizontal, having a vertical charger is tremendously comfortable and offers us many more possibilities. Being able to recharge our iPhone vertically allows us to see notifications without having to pick up the phone, thanks to the fact that with each notification the screen will light up. We can even make FaceTime calls and view multimedia content now that vertical videos are so fashionable. If we want to see a series or movie, or a YouTube video, we can also, since the base recharges the iPhone in a horizontal position.
Recharging the AirPods if they have a wireless charging box is also possible, as we indicated before, and here one of the characteristics of the base comes into play: its charging LED. The AirPods have a small LED that indicates that they are charging but it turns off after a few seconds, so the LED on the base will inform us that the charge is being correct. Surely more than once you have come across the unpleasant surprise that your AirPods have not been charged when you leave them in the base, something that will not happen here because you will know at all times if the recharge is working or not.
If having an LED worries you because you can't stand the lights on your nightstand at bedtime, calm down because this Base Station Stan by Nomad It includes a light sensor that regulates the intensity of the LED, and if the room is dark its intensity decreases so as not to be annoying. It is the same system that Nomad includes in its Base Station Apple Watch Edition that I have been using for months on my nightstand, and the LED does not bother at all.
Editor's opinion
It is easy to fall into the mistake of only valuing things for what they do, without taking into account the details that surround them. A charging base is used to recharge your device, and do it with the relevant security measures so that it does not spoil, but from there there are countless details that make a base just that, or something else that you do not mind placing on your office table or your nightstand. This Nomad Base Station Stand takes care of even the smallest detail, from the materials (metal and leather) to the excellent finishes, going through a light sensor to modify the intensity of the charging LED, or include the 18W wall charger and a braided nylon cable where others put cheap cables. Its operation is perfect, like that of many other bases, but in the details it is unique, And that has a price: € 99,99 in Macnificos (link)
- Editor's rating
- 4.5 star rating
- Exceptional
- Nomad Base Station Stand
- Review of: Luis Padilla
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Pros
- Premium design and materials
- Two independent coils of 10W each
- Vertical and stacked reloading
- Recharge AirPods with wireless charging box
- 18W charger included
- Braided nylon charging cable included
Cons
- You miss a USB port to recharge another device