Filip Novotny Just a few years ago, such a device would have been completely unnecessary. Our "stupid" push-button phones just had to be plugged into the charger once in a while and they were taken care of for a week. Today, however, our devices are much smarter and larger, requiring far more energy. In addition, we have several of them in the family, and to make matters worse, tablets were added to the phones a few years ago.
In one household, a really large number of devices can come together at once, and charging them and organizing all kinds of cabling can be quite annoying. The Leitz XL Complete multifunctional charger tries to answer this problem, which according to official materials should hold three smartphones and one tablet.
Several questions arise with such a device. Will all my devices fit in the charger? How fast will they charge? How does the cable organization work and is centralized charging actually more practical than regular charging?
Your own Apple corner
Let's start with the first mentioned question. If you have so many devices at home that you need to charge a maximum of three phones and one tablet at the same time, the Leitz charger can handle them. This is because it is a relatively large piece of accessory that allows for the horizontal and vertical placement of various devices.
For mobile phones, there is a horizontally sitting plate on which smartphones can rest on the raised anti-slip lines. You can actually fit up to three phones next to each other. The tablet can then be placed vertically in the back of the holder.
As for the part intended for mobile phones, it should be noted that our ever-increasing smartphones may be a bit tight at Leitz. You won't experience any major problems with an iPhone 5 or 6, but if you wanted to put away, say, two iPhone 6 Plus, handling them would be a bit clumsy.
Given that the desire for larger displays has existed especially for competing platforms for quite a few months now, it's a shame that the manufacturer didn't decide to make its device at least a few centimeters bigger.
There are no problems in the tablet section. The device can be placed both horizontally and vertically, and thanks to the three grooves, it can be placed at different angles. Thanks to the weight and design of the charger, we don't have to worry about accidentally tipping it over.
Cable kingdom
In both mentioned parts of the holder, we find hidden holes for charging cables that lead to the internal tract of the device. We get to it by folding the horizontal part upwards. This gives us access to elegantly hidden cables for individual devices.
These are connected to four USB ports, three of which are for the phone and one for the tablet (we'll explain later). Each of the cables then leads to its own coil, on which we wind it so that it does not have a chance to get tangled with other connections.
The cable then goes up or down depending on whether we want to use it for a phone or a tablet. For the first category of devices, we have a choice of three positions, and for the tablet there are even five - depending on how we intend to place it in the holder.
Up to this point, the organization of the cabling is really good, but what harms it somewhat is the insufficient fixing of the cable when it exits from the inner part. In particular, small connections, such as Lightning or Micro-USB, tend to twist, not hold in the desired position, or come loose from too loose anchoring.
Having already mentioned Micro-USB, we must also draw the attention of Android and other device owners to one important aspect. The Leitz holder is primarily built for phones with a connection on the bottom, while many smartphones with Micro-USB have a connector on the side of the device. (With tablets, this problem is eliminated, since, as already said, it can be stored in the holder both vertically and horizontally.)
What about the charging?
One of the main advantages of a holder with a charger should of course be fast charging. This may seem obvious, but some the accessory simply does not have enough power.
However, the Leitz holder can charge all four devices just as fast as Apple's official chargers. Each of the USB ports for the phone will offer a power of 5 W (current 1 A) and the last of the four connections intended for the tablet will then double that - 10 W at 2 A. You will find the exact same numbers on your original white chargers.
However, you will probably have to disconnect all your cables from them and also loot all the white boxes from phones and tablets. The manufacturer decided to provide only three Micro-USB cables in the package and did not include a single Lightning cable. At a fairly favorable price (around 1700 CZK), however, the omission of connections for newer iDevices is not completely unjustified.
The Leitz XL Complete will offer organization and easy charging options that are unmatched even by competing devices (which, moreover, there are not many available on our market). It is true that the holder could use slightly larger dimensions and fine-tuning of the cable routing, but it is still a very practical piece of accessory. Especially nowadays, when our homes and offices are literally overflowing with all kinds of touch hardware.
We thank the company for lending the product Leitz.
It gives me a lot of fun...
We are the same ☺️
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Why are you putting this here? Whoa..
these boxes are very handy in their essence, but there is one catch - whenever I want to work with the phone while charging, I have to stand/sit next to the box. Someday, God, if I wanted to make a call - I would have to keep connecting and disconnecting the phone thanks to the sophisticated coiled cables..:)
It doesn't seem complicated to me, when someone calls, just disconnect it and connect it again after the end of the call. Sure, it's not a solution for everyone, but someone will appreciate not having x tangled cables on the table.
So I can easily receive the call on the Macbook and I don't have to move the iPhone at all...
What about those who don't have a Mac or can't talk hands-free?