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Imagine a wireless Qi charging device that has the ability to charge three devices simultaneously! Yes, the LumiCharge Universal Charger is as useful as you would imagine with built-in Qi wireless charging along with charging plugs for USB-C and MicroUSB, a USB-C to Lightning adapter and a USB-3.0 power plug on the back of the unit. Tech expert Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ plugged in a variety of devices to check their charge speed, including an iPhone 11 Pro and both a Google Pixel 4a and Google Pixel 3 XL. The results? It's a pretty sweet addition to any desktop, side table or office space.
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Is this the world's most versatile wireless charger? Let's check it out
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Dave Taylor here and I'm checking out this. This is the LumaCharge universal charger and it's
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pretty slick. Now LumaCharge generally makes lamps with built-in wireless charging bases
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and I reviewed one if you want to check that review out, it's from a while ago
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But I think what happened is as they evolved their product line they realized that people
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really liked their chargers. So this is the outcome of that. This is actually a pretty
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slick device. Now no surprise the top is, I just happen to have a handy wireless phone here
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the top is a wireless charger. So now my iPhone 11 Pro is charging wirelessly here. But you might
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not realize but it actually is adjustable. So I can also do it like this which gives me the
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ability to charge and to have it for example right by my computer so I can have it as a second screen
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or just keep track of things. Or maybe I would prefer having it in the other orientation. I can
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do that too. And again notice each time it pops back into the charging mode. So super helpful
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very efficient. There's lots to like about the flexibility of this and it is pretty generous
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in terms of positioning to make sure you're getting a wireless charge. But that's just one
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phone. What if I have a second phone? And what if that second phone doesn't do wireless but it does
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have, when I look on the bottom, USB-C. Well no problem because this actually has other charging
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plugs. On the bottom is this sort of funky little rotating little wheel where on one side it's USB-C
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and then if I rotate it to the other side it's micro USB. So let's rotate it to USB-C. Let's put
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this phone on and we'll have this one. This is the Google Pixel 4a. So now that one's charging
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while the iPhone is still charging behind it. So super handy. But then someone else comes along
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and they, wouldn't you know it, have a phone and they really need a charge. So this is the
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Google Pixel 3 XL and it's a big screen. They're really, I like the pixel line, they're really cool
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But this one also has USB-C. Well everything's in use, right? Wrong! Because on the back there is an
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additional USB 3.0 power port. So I could actually plug in my handy cable and let's plug this in
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And so now when I plug this in I am charging three phones simultaneously. How cool is that, right
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So really cool design. Lots to like about it. Let's unplug everything though because there's a secret
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too. So we've already ascertained that this can plug in and charge basically any of the major
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connectors. But what if you need another lightning plug? Well hidden on the bottom is the smallest
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micro USB-C to lightning adapter. So how do I use that? Well let's go back to, there's my iPhone
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So I'll plug this into my iPhone. Plug this, let's just have it face forward. Plug this into the USB-C
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charging plug and it is now charging. Let's see, let's see, it's not showing on here. Let me, I have
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a lot of problems with dirt in my lightning port. Let's try this again. There we go. So now this is
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with a wired connection which is going to be faster, right? So between all of these little
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connections and this micro adapter that you can just tuck into the bottom if you don't need it
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there's nothing you can't charge with this thing. So let me tell you a little bit about it. So it is
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a silver infused ABS plastic. So what's ABS plastic? Okay, you ready? It is acrylonitrile
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butadiene styrene. That's why people use the acronym. It is a plastic that has a higher
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melt point and is a little tougher. So it's used in tons of things like bumpers and bike helmets
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and such. In this case it's silver infused to cut back on bacteria and such. So what you have is you
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have a really nice feeling and a really nice looking plastic that actually, because of the
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way it's designed, shouldn't have any bacteria or any other crud build up on it. I mean it's still
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going to get dirty, it's not magic, but it is actually that silver infused which is kind of a
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fun addition. So the wireless part is a 10 watt Qi wireless charger and then the wheel also gives
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you that same 10 watts and the back is 2 amps. So basically they're all the same. They all power at
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the same level, although you know there are new wireless charging specs coming out that are going
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to be even faster. But wireless charging just isn't super fast. It's just it's the convenience
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that you're getting then you're trading off versus plugging it in, which lets more current flow into
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your device. It's just the way it is. So I thought hmm let's run some tests on this and let's time it
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And I learned something really interesting about the iPhone because my first test I took it from
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about 70 or I don't know 75 to like 95 percent charge and I did the math and it turned out that
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it was picking up a 28 percent charge in an hour on the wireless charger. And I thought that's pretty
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low. So I reached out to the company and they reminded me that Apple like many companies uses
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what's known as power management. So as you get more charged it actually slows down the rate of
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charge. So the amount of time it takes to get from 90 percent to 100 percent is a lot longer than the
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time it takes to get from 20 percent to 30 percent. So pretty interesting. I then took my phone and I
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drained it all the way down to like seven percent and then put it on here again. And that time when
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it was a very low charge on the phone it got a 44 percent charge in one hour. So I thought that was
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super interesting that when it needs a lot of power it can get 44 percent. But when I'm near the top of
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that charge level it slowed down so much that I only got a 28 percent charge in an hour. What this
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means is that the amount of charge that you're going to get on your more modern sophisticated
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wireless device depends on how close to full your charge already is. So there you go you learned
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something new here. So then I thought all right well let's put the Pixel 4a on the charging wheel
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and see what that does. And that did pretty solid that got a 56 percent charge in an hour. So you
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know putting these together the company assures me you can charge all three and they'll charge
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at the same rate as if you charged each individually. There's enough power inside of this
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So pretty solid specs there. Now I do want to point out that there is a necessary wall plug you have
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to have and that's this. And it's a really nice design. I'm so tired of these bulky you know square
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black chargers. So it's really nice to have this wall plug that is something that feels so slick
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and sleek. And the wire I would estimate this is maybe a four or five foot long wire. Plenty
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enough if you have the plug near where you're going to have your wireless charger. Otherwise
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you might need to resort to something like an extension cord just to get that additional length
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But probably you won't. And then you plug it in and there is also an indicator light for the
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wireless charging. So if I put this on you'll notice that it goes from red to blue. And that
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shows you that it is actually successfully charging. Now given its positioning I think
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that's really only for debugging sessions. Because if you're using it like this or something
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you know this is all well and good. But you're never going to see that light
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So not sure that's hugely important but worth mentioning. So there's lots I like about this. I
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really like the fact that it is so flexible and that you can charge everything without having to
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go and run around and find any adapters or plugs or anything like that. Especially that wheel in
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the front. Though why the wheel doesn't also include a lightning plug to just have all three
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I don't know. You do have the adapter at the bottom. But still it'd be even more convenient
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to have all three on there right? So it goes. The plastic and everything is really a nice finish
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I still kind of wish it was available in black just to give you that option. Maybe that's coming
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I didn't find it on their website. But other than that not much not to like about this. If you have
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to deal with charging devices this is a really nice solution. This would be great on your desk
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This could be on the side table in a conference room. This could be on your bedside and you could
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be charging your phone and your tablet and your spouse's phone all at the same time. Pretty handy
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right? So it is dimensions wise four inches by three inches by one and a half inches and it is
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1.5 pounds. But it really there's no significant weight to it. This is not really a portable device
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though so it doesn't probably really matter that much. But that's just worth knowing. I will say
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that I anticipate that this little plastic the clear plastic cover will eventually be annoying
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and I won't want it. So we'll see how that plays out over time. But all in all lots to like
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Definitely worth checking out and a really solid option price wise. But before we get to the price
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I'm going to ask if you would be so kind as to subscribe to my channel. Really appreciate when
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you do that and it helps us stay in touch. And as you can tell I'm really honest. I'm really
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straightforward in my reviews. No hype. I'm not getting paid by the company to do this for sure
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So all worth checking out. Now this is the LumaCharge Universal Charger and it's $39.99
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at Amazon.com and yes it does include this fantastic micro lightning adapter because I
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know you want to know that. So that's all I got. I'm going to get all my devices back to be charging
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which means I'll catch you, I hope, in my next video
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