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[discount link below] If you're still using separate chargers for your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods, it's time to upgrade to an integrated 3-in-1 charging station and there's no better option than the bamboo ODUFO 3-In-1 Charging Stand. Tech expert and Apple fan Dave Taylor checks it out and runs some tests, showing all that's good about this unit and one hiccup that you'll want to know about relating to MagSafe and the iPhone 14...
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A three and one bamboo charging stand
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Let's check it out. Dave Taylor here, and I'm checking out this
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This is the Adufo Bamboo Three and One charging stand. Now, it's really designed for Apple products
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So I can put my phone here and I can put my AirPods Pro here
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And then I can put my watch here. And assuming I had plugged it in
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then everything would be charging. So let's plug it in. Now, what I have here is I have a
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nomad 30 watt wall charger. You have to supply your own wall charger. You want at least 20 watts
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probably a little more than that. But once I plug it into the back where there's a USBC
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you can see a little light comes on on the front showing that it's working and then this shows
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charging, this shows charging, and the AirPods gave a little ding so they are also charging. So all of this
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is charging simultaneously on the stand from a single charge source. So that's super convenient
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And bamboo, if you're not aware of this, is one of the most easily renewable resources in the
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world. It's one of the fastest growing plants on earth. So bamboo is a really renewable resource
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So if you're worried about like metals or something made out of leather or something, then
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this is a plant and it's super easy to grow lots of it. So I really like it. And, of course
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course it's a very attractive look and if you can get the wire to be a little bit more sort of
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stretched out behind it then it really is a very attractive unit it's a three and one stand
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and it is 20 watts of output so you're getting 15 watts onto the phone five watts onto the
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AirPods and three watts onto the watch now I didn't have to supply any charging discs or
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anything all of this is built in so if you think about the price of just getting like a
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an Apple watch charging wire from Apple or something then this is very very good deal by comparison So you want at least 20 watts like I said because if you give it less power it still work
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It'll just distribute it at a lower rate on each one. So everything's going to charge slower, which might not be a huge big deal
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There is a mag safe magnet here. Unfortunately, the iPhone 14 Pro, the way they designed the cameras, it doesn't really work super well with
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mag safe, so we'll see what the 15 looks like. But you can definitely use it in this orientation
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The problem is that it for the 14 Pro, because the camera is where it is and goes down that far
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the vertical doesn't quite work for me. Let's try it this way. Yeah, it doesn't quite work
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but the orientation like this, I can feel it. I can feel the magnet, get the phone in just the right
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spot. Your iPhone might work differently. Not sure it's a really big deal anyway, so it's still so
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convenient to have all this in one spot. Now, also worth knowing is that it has overcurrent
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over voltage, over temp, and short circuit protection. So it's not going to damage any of your
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devices. You can just leave everything like this overnight. And when you get up in the morning
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your watch is fully charged, your AirPods are fully charged, your phone is fully charged
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super easy to work with. Now, I know you're going to say, all right, well, with this 30 watt charger, what kind of charging did you see
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So, my iPhone 14 Pro charged 36% in an hour, while simultaneously my AirPods picked up an impressive 66% charge, the case at least
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The AirPods themselves were already fully charged. This is the AirPods Pro second generation
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And then my watch picked up a 50% charge going from like 25 to 75% again in an hour
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So I left everything here. I went out for lunch. I came back an hour later and everything was significantly more charged Now the phone does charge slower via Chi wireless charging That just the nature of the wireless charging technology
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There's actually a new generation of that technology just poised to come out
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So in a year or two, we're going to see the next generation of products
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Who knows, maybe the iPhone 15 will actually support it. But it will give you faster charging by pushing more wattage through that magnetic connection
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For now, though, 36% is nothing to write home about, but it's still a positive change
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You can put your phone on here. Imagine if you have this sitting right by your desk or something, you can just put all your stuff on here when you're like starting to work
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And then a couple hours later, you realize, oh, I need a break. And you can grab all your gear and everything's fully charged
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Super convenient. I think this would be a fantastic thing to have in a dorm room
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My daughter lived in the dorms all last year. And I'll tell you, space was at a pre-requent
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So having one thing that can charge all three of these devices really, really helpful
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You know, you don't have AirPods. Okay, it is another Chi wireless charging pad
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And in fact, typically the way that this all works mathematically is if I just had the phone by
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itself, then it would actually charge a little faster because it doesn't have to divvy up
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the electricity across all three chargers. Haven't experimented with that, but that seems like that's how it should work
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But that's it. I mean, here's a couple of close-ups. You can see there's that USBC connection in the back
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And on the front is this pretty bright LED. And I will say some people have wondered why they don't have that in the back or don't have a little cover
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But honestly, that's something where it's pretty easy to put a tiny little piece of tape if that bothers you
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Because if you're using this by your bedside, that's bright enough that you'll get a little red glow or a little green or blue glow through your room
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So easy enough to address that with a piece of tape. I don't think it's an issue
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And certainly if you have it at your office or if your dorm room or something, it not going to matter You got plenty of other light sources in there including your dorm mate So we not going to go too far down that road Anyway that pretty much everything It includes a little instruction booklet and it does include this USBC to USBC charging cable
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Could probably be a little longer if you want to try to have it neat and have this plugged into the wall behind it
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but entirely functional, USBC to USBC. and of course the unit itself
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I really like it. I'm a big fan of bamboo as a wood, and I know that because it's so renewable
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it is a really great material to work with compared to a lot of the stuff
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we have our products made out of. So lots to like here. Definitely one to check out
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So it's all I got. I'm going to reassemble everything, and I'm going to get all my devices back to 100%
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But before we're done, let's talk about the price. So this is the Odufo Bamboo 3 and 1 charging stand and it's $299 minus $4 coupon that I saw right now gives it a final price of $2599 at Amazon.com
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So honestly for a $2599 just getting three wireless charging spots all built into an attractive unit, this is an absolutely no-brainer purchase
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It's definitely one to check out. If you have an Apple Watch, this is a Series 7 Apple Watch, AirPods Pro, and my iPhone 14 Pro
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All of this can charge simultaneously. Absolute no-brainer. Now, hang up. Before you go, go ahead and click on that subscribe button and give me a thumbs up if you found this useful and interesting
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That's all I got. I hope to catch you in my next video
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