This is my fourth phone holder/wireless charger for Samsung Galaxy S8 with Spigen case on it. The first three were cheaper ones from unknown brands, and all had to go back for a number of reasons. I was very reluctant to pay a high price for a phone holder, so I began at the bottom of the price ladder. I am going to talk a little about the three holders I had to return just to warn the reader about potential problems with cheap holders (which this model does not have). If you don't want to read about them and go back to Anker - skip the next three paragraphs.
Number one was a great deal price wise, but on the third day of use it went up in smoke. Literally. Smoke started coming out of the unit.
Second one was also an inexpensive model, it was one of these cool "gravity" activated holders, where you slip in the phone, and once it hits the bottom, the side arms close up and phone holds itself by its own weight. These are to be kept away from for a different reason, but I'll get back to that later. There were two problems with that one. It had no height adjustments, and when closed, the arms laid precisely on the side buttons. While the grip was soft enough to not press them most of the time, actually trying to press those (to adjust volume, for example) was a challenge. But this was the smaller of two problems. The bigger one was heat. Perhaps, because the phone was not positioned right against the charger due to lack of height adjustment, or maybe just due to a bad charger unit - the phone overheated within about half an hour of charging to the point that it stopped taking the charge, displaying a message about being overheated. It was considerably warm to the touch too. Then five minutes later it cooled down a bit and restarted charging just to overheat again in another five minutes. And so it went all trip long five minutes charging, five minutes cooling down...
Third one was one of the more expensive unknown brands, that had many good reviews on Amazon (though some looked a bit suspicious). Like the previous two it was gravity holder, but also featured the adjustable lower arm, so that a phone position could be regulated to avoid arms hitting the buttons, and to position the center of the phone over the charging element. No heat problem there, and I thought that was it. So 've had it for a while before returning. The problem showed itself suddenly during a nighttime drive in bad weather. The car hit a pothole on the highway, and shook up quite a bit, which made the gravity go negative for a split second. That was enough for the holder to release the arms, and phone to fly out and end up under my feet. Now, this is really no fault of particular manufacturer, but a problem with the gravity holders as a class. A car is a moving vehicle, and gravity may not be a constant factor. In fact, in case of a more serious situation, such as, God forbid, an accident or a rollover, when you will really need to access your phone quickly to call for help - it will almost certainly end up in a random place, and possibly even broken from the fall. So I highly recommend to stay away from these popular cool designs, and to opt for more traditional spring tension holders.
Finally, comes Anker, which I've been using for a while now, and never had the phone get overheated, and it is holding nice and securely, though not as "cool" as gravity holders. Not only it has height adjustment on the bottom arm, but it also features marks for the position to adjust for most popular phone models, to get your phone perfectly positioned against the wireless charger with no need to guess. I just want to spend a minute talking about the vent mount here. This is the only negative I can find in this, but among the many models with similar issues, this is still the best I've had so far. The two part ball mount makes the phone sit a bit of a distance away from the vent, which creates quite a lever for when you want to press the hardware button on the bottom of the screen (in S8 case it's hidden under the screen, but hard pressing the bottom of the screen wakes the phone), so I kind of have to also support it from the back, or it will tilt down. That said, this one has the best vent piece for this kind of design. It, in fact, has two to choose from. Both of them come with tension lock, rather than just tight fitting pieces of rubber, so they hold more securely, and also one comes with support to avoid tilting down when pressing the screen. It still tilts down on the ball bearing, as I mentioned above, but not on the vent itself. Another issue, it keeps the phone a bit away from the vent, which in my case (a mini van) puts it almost in a way of gear shift handle, when in "Park" position. Almost. They actually don't touch one another, but if you are not familiar with setup and grab the shift handle by putting your hand over it, you will hit the phone. I guess, that is mostly an issue with my specific car (and a preference to keep the phone in that specific spot), but it would have been not an issue, had the phone been closer to the vent.
All that said, I am yet to see a "perfect" holder, and this one is as close as it gets thus far.
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This Item  Anker Wireless Charger, PowerWave 7.5 Car Charger with Air Vent Phone Holder, 7.5W for iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, XS Max, XS, XR, X, 10W for Galaxy S10 S9 S8, Note 10 Note 9(No Car Charger) Black | ![OBRFFE Wireless Car Charger Mount [QC 3.0 Car Charger Included], Max 15W Qi Fast Charging Phone Mount for Car Air Vent Compatible with iPhone 15 14 13 12 11 Pro Max/XR/XS/X, Galaxy Note 20/S24/S23/S22](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51scFftAgwL._AC_.jpg) |  |  |  |  | |
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| connector type | USB, Wireless | MagSafe | USB Type C, USB Type A | USB-A to USB-C | USB Type C | USB Type C |
| number of usb ports | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| compatible devices | Smartphones | 【For iPhone】 iPhone15/iPhone15 Plus/iPhone15 Pro/iPhone15 Pro Max/iPhone14/iPhone14 Plus/iPhone14 Pro/iPhone14 Pro Max/iPhone 13/13 Pro/13 Pro Max/13 Mini/12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max/12 Mini/SE/11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max/Xr/Xs/Xs Max/X/8/8 Plus;【For Samsung】Galaxy S24/S23/S22/S22 Plus/S22 Ultra/S21/S21 Plus/S21 Ultra/S21 FE/Note 20/Note 20 Ultra/S20/S20 Plus/S20 Ultra(5G)/S20 FE/Note 10/Note 10 Plus/ S10/S10 5G / S10e/S10 Plus/Note9/S9/S9 Plus/Note 8/S8/S8 Active/S8 Plus/Note 7/S7/S7 Active /S7 Edge/ Note FE/ S6/S6 Active/S6 Edge/S6 Edge Plus/Note 5;【For Huawei】Huawei P50/P50 Pro/P40 Pro/P30Pro/Mate40/30/20 Pro/Mate 20 RS, LG ThinQ G7;【For Google】Pixel 6/6 Pro/5/4 XL/4/3 XL/3, Nexus 6/5/4;【For OnePlus】OnePlus 10 Pro/9 Pro/9/8 Pro;【Sony】Xperia 1 III/1 II/10 II/XZ3/XZ2/XZ2 Premium/Z4V; 【For LG】LG Wing/ Velvet/V60/G8/V50 /V40/V35/G7/G6/V35/V30; 【For Xiaomi】Mi 12/Mi 12 Pro/Mi Mix 4/Mi 11/Mi 11 Pro/Mi 11 Ultra/Mi 10/Mi 10 Pro/Mi 9; 【For Nokia】Nokia XR20/9.3 PureView/9 PureView/8 Sirocco/6; Nokia Lumia 930/929 (Icon)/928/920/830 /735/ 1520;, 【For Motorola】Motorola Edge+/ Moto X Force/ Moto Maxx/Droid Turbo 2;【For BlackBerry】BlackBerry Evolve X/Evolve/PRIV/Passport | IPhone 8 and Earlier / Google / Sony / LG / AirPods / AirPods Pro / Apple Watch, IPhone 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / XR / Samsung Galaxy S Series, A Series / iPad mini / Air / Pro / MacBook Air, iPad mini / Air / Pro / MacBook Air | Smartwatches | iPhone 15 14/14 plus/14 pro/14 pro max/13/13 Pro/13 Pro Max/12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max/11/11 Pro /XS /XR/8/8 Plus/X | Cellular Phones, Tablets |
| input voltage | 12 volts | 2 volts | 24 volts | 120 volts | 5 volts | 120 volts |
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| Features | Car Charger with Air Vent Phone Holder | 3-in-1 Simultaneous Charging | Smart Charging | Vertical and Horizontal Charging | Multi-Charging Pad with 1 USB Port | Easy Alignment |
| Charging Cable | 3ft Micro USB Cable | 5ft DC Power Cord | 5ft DC Power Cord | 6ft Micro USB Cable | 6ft Micro USB Cable | 4ft Micro USB Cable |
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Overall Really Great Car Charger by Anker
UPDATE: The slight humming noise that I originally heard was just my air hitting it weird. This has been resolved and I’ve updated my score. Thank you Anker!This is my review of the Anker PowerWave Fast Wireless Car Charger.I received the product this morning. It took me about 2 minutes to set it up. It was very simple and it even included an additional air vent connector with support prongs. I decided that I would switch them off right from the get go. I have an iPhone 7 Plus. Now you may be wondering why I decided to try this out if the iPhone 7 Plus doesn’t have wireless charging... Well, that’s because I also have a Mophie Juice Pack case for my phone and that does support wireless charging. So needless to say, my phone is pretty big and weighs a bit more than the normal iPhone 7 Plus. But I wanted this as I’m sure there will be several reviews with this charger being used normally. I wanted to push this to the max.So I attempted to use the car charger with my Mophie case. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out well. It didn’t seem to align just right to get it to charge. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Turns out there’s a little dial on the back to loosen the grips at the bottom of the charger. That allows them to drop a down a bit so you can adjust the place where it touches the back. Once I did that, it worked perfectly.I noticed that my phone was too heavy for the standard air vent clip. So I decided to change out the clip for the more heavy duty one with support prongs. Unfortunately, my air vents are vertical instead of horizontal and that didn’t really help so I was out of luck there. I was previously using a Spigen CD slot phone holder that I really liked but wished had charging capabilities. Because the back of the air vent car charger was a ball mechnicism like the Spigen one I already had, I was able to take the Anker car charger and attach it to the CD player holder I already had and have it work best.Now onto the actual product itself. It comes in the standard white and blue Anker box/packaging. Very easy to open and get the items. The overall weight of the car charger was okay. I understand that it weighed more than some of my previous ones just because it had the wireless charging built in, so I wasn’t knocking it for that at all. It came with, like I mentioned before, an extra air vent clip with support prongs that would rest on the edge of the dashboard off the air vent to help hold the phone, it came with a micro usb power cord. I wasn’t impressed with the power cord, especially since I’ve previously purchased a few different Anker products that come with power cords along with power cords themselves. The one that came with the car charger seemed cheap and thin. I wasn’t expecting a Power Line plus or anything, but even their Zolo Liberty Plus earphones come with a better, braided power cord than this. To me, if I’m paying $45.99 for this product, I don’t want to have to buy an additional power cord. That being said, it is just a standard micro usb, so you could easily replace it with another, better micro usb cord.After I figured out how to use the charger, I noticed that my charging was fast. Keep in mind I had a Mophie case on my phone. I drove my work to home, about a 45 min drive. My phone went from 65% charged to 97%. I was pretty impressed with that. One down side, I noticed a little noise. It almost sounded like when the CD player in your car is trying to spin the disk or trying to eject the disk. At first, I thought it was because I was using the makeshift CD slot holder with my Anker car charger, but when I took it off of there and held it to my ear, I can hear that it was making some noises. I’m not sure if it’s maybe the way it’s supposed to work, maybe I had a defective unit, I’m not sure. It could also have been because I’m using a Mophie case but I don’t think it should matter. If it’s wireless charging capable, then it should work. It’s definitely not loud, and normally I have music playing so I probably won’t hear it. But because I did hear it, I just want to mention it here.Overall, the quality of the car charger is really good. It has a nice and easy release button on the side. There is a little light on the back of the charger that turns on when there is power going to it. I like the rubber grips on the sides and bottom of the charger that hold the phone in place. Give me peace of mind knowing my phone won’t go sliding off even if it does weigh more. I would really recommend this charger to anyone looking for a wireless charger for their car. It’s simple to use, easy to set up (if you have horizontal air vents), and an Anker product. How could you go wrong with that?
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2018
UPDATE: The slight humming noise that I originally heard was just my air hitting it weird. This has been resolved and I’ve updated my score. Thank you Anker!
This is my review of the Anker PowerWave Fast Wireless Car Charger.
I received the product this morning. It took me about 2 minutes to set it up. It was very simple and it even included an additional air vent connector with support prongs. I decided that I would switch them off right from the get go. I have an iPhone 7 Plus. Now you may be wondering why I decided to try this out if the iPhone 7 Plus doesn’t have wireless charging... Well, that’s because I also have a Mophie Juice Pack case for my phone and that does support wireless charging. So needless to say, my phone is pretty big and weighs a bit more than the normal iPhone 7 Plus. But I wanted this as I’m sure there will be several reviews with this charger being used normally. I wanted to push this to the max.
So I attempted to use the car charger with my Mophie case. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out well. It didn’t seem to align just right to get it to charge. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Turns out there’s a little dial on the back to loosen the grips at the bottom of the charger. That allows them to drop a down a bit so you can adjust the place where it touches the back. Once I did that, it worked perfectly.
I noticed that my phone was too heavy for the standard air vent clip. So I decided to change out the clip for the more heavy duty one with support prongs. Unfortunately, my air vents are vertical instead of horizontal and that didn’t really help so I was out of luck there. I was previously using a Spigen CD slot phone holder that I really liked but wished had charging capabilities. Because the back of the air vent car charger was a ball mechnicism like the Spigen one I already had, I was able to take the Anker car charger and attach it to the CD player holder I already had and have it work best.
Now onto the actual product itself. It comes in the standard white and blue Anker box/packaging. Very easy to open and get the items. The overall weight of the car charger was okay. I understand that it weighed more than some of my previous ones just because it had the wireless charging built in, so I wasn’t knocking it for that at all. It came with, like I mentioned before, an extra air vent clip with support prongs that would rest on the edge of the dashboard off the air vent to help hold the phone, it came with a micro usb power cord. I wasn’t impressed with the power cord, especially since I’ve previously purchased a few different Anker products that come with power cords along with power cords themselves. The one that came with the car charger seemed cheap and thin. I wasn’t expecting a Power Line plus or anything, but even their Zolo Liberty Plus earphones come with a better, braided power cord than this. To me, if I’m paying $45.99 for this product, I don’t want to have to buy an additional power cord. That being said, it is just a standard micro usb, so you could easily replace it with another, better micro usb cord.
After I figured out how to use the charger, I noticed that my charging was fast. Keep in mind I had a Mophie case on my phone. I drove my work to home, about a 45 min drive. My phone went from 65% charged to 97%. I was pretty impressed with that. One down side, I noticed a little noise. It almost sounded like when the CD player in your car is trying to spin the disk or trying to eject the disk. At first, I thought it was because I was using the makeshift CD slot holder with my Anker car charger, but when I took it off of there and held it to my ear, I can hear that it was making some noises. I’m not sure if it’s maybe the way it’s supposed to work, maybe I had a defective unit, I’m not sure. It could also have been because I’m using a Mophie case but I don’t think it should matter. If it’s wireless charging capable, then it should work. It’s definitely not loud, and normally I have music playing so I probably won’t hear it. But because I did hear it, I just want to mention it here.
Overall, the quality of the car charger is really good. It has a nice and easy release button on the side. There is a little light on the back of the charger that turns on when there is power going to it. I like the rubber grips on the sides and bottom of the charger that hold the phone in place. Give me peace of mind knowing my phone won’t go sliding off even if it does weigh more. I would really recommend this charger to anyone looking for a wireless charger for their car. It’s simple to use, easy to set up (if you have horizontal air vents), and an Anker product. How could you go wrong with that?
This is my review of the Anker PowerWave Fast Wireless Car Charger.
I received the product this morning. It took me about 2 minutes to set it up. It was very simple and it even included an additional air vent connector with support prongs. I decided that I would switch them off right from the get go. I have an iPhone 7 Plus. Now you may be wondering why I decided to try this out if the iPhone 7 Plus doesn’t have wireless charging... Well, that’s because I also have a Mophie Juice Pack case for my phone and that does support wireless charging. So needless to say, my phone is pretty big and weighs a bit more than the normal iPhone 7 Plus. But I wanted this as I’m sure there will be several reviews with this charger being used normally. I wanted to push this to the max.
So I attempted to use the car charger with my Mophie case. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out well. It didn’t seem to align just right to get it to charge. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Turns out there’s a little dial on the back to loosen the grips at the bottom of the charger. That allows them to drop a down a bit so you can adjust the place where it touches the back. Once I did that, it worked perfectly.
I noticed that my phone was too heavy for the standard air vent clip. So I decided to change out the clip for the more heavy duty one with support prongs. Unfortunately, my air vents are vertical instead of horizontal and that didn’t really help so I was out of luck there. I was previously using a Spigen CD slot phone holder that I really liked but wished had charging capabilities. Because the back of the air vent car charger was a ball mechnicism like the Spigen one I already had, I was able to take the Anker car charger and attach it to the CD player holder I already had and have it work best.
Now onto the actual product itself. It comes in the standard white and blue Anker box/packaging. Very easy to open and get the items. The overall weight of the car charger was okay. I understand that it weighed more than some of my previous ones just because it had the wireless charging built in, so I wasn’t knocking it for that at all. It came with, like I mentioned before, an extra air vent clip with support prongs that would rest on the edge of the dashboard off the air vent to help hold the phone, it came with a micro usb power cord. I wasn’t impressed with the power cord, especially since I’ve previously purchased a few different Anker products that come with power cords along with power cords themselves. The one that came with the car charger seemed cheap and thin. I wasn’t expecting a Power Line plus or anything, but even their Zolo Liberty Plus earphones come with a better, braided power cord than this. To me, if I’m paying $45.99 for this product, I don’t want to have to buy an additional power cord. That being said, it is just a standard micro usb, so you could easily replace it with another, better micro usb cord.
After I figured out how to use the charger, I noticed that my charging was fast. Keep in mind I had a Mophie case on my phone. I drove my work to home, about a 45 min drive. My phone went from 65% charged to 97%. I was pretty impressed with that. One down side, I noticed a little noise. It almost sounded like when the CD player in your car is trying to spin the disk or trying to eject the disk. At first, I thought it was because I was using the makeshift CD slot holder with my Anker car charger, but when I took it off of there and held it to my ear, I can hear that it was making some noises. I’m not sure if it’s maybe the way it’s supposed to work, maybe I had a defective unit, I’m not sure. It could also have been because I’m using a Mophie case but I don’t think it should matter. If it’s wireless charging capable, then it should work. It’s definitely not loud, and normally I have music playing so I probably won’t hear it. But because I did hear it, I just want to mention it here.
Overall, the quality of the car charger is really good. It has a nice and easy release button on the side. There is a little light on the back of the charger that turns on when there is power going to it. I like the rubber grips on the sides and bottom of the charger that hold the phone in place. Give me peace of mind knowing my phone won’t go sliding off even if it does weigh more. I would really recommend this charger to anyone looking for a wireless charger for their car. It’s simple to use, easy to set up (if you have horizontal air vents), and an Anker product. How could you go wrong with that?
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Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018
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Brantly
Sturdy wireless charging mount and great customer support
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2021
Brantly
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2021
The included cable works fine, it’s 3 feet roughly, I am using a right angle Micro USB cable to route it through my dash and have the bottom part as far down as it extends. Works fine charging my iPhone 12 Pro Max at its maximum speed.
Make sure you’re using a quick charge 3.0 enabled car adapter or you might end up with slower charging speeds. I’ve seen it pull 12V around 1 amp when testing.
My original unit had issues charging my phone, only drawing a few watts and being stuck at 5v. Contacted support earlier this month July and I was sent out a replacement unit in under a week which resolved my issue. Support was very easy and straight forward to work with.
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LvH
Good charger but very bad fixation, keeps falling off
Reviewed in the Netherlands on August 13, 2021Catalin
schnelles Aufladen funktioniert, schöne Baumaterialien
Reviewed in Germany on June 12, 2019
The Consumerist
Excellent chargeur Qi pour voiture
Reviewed in France on July 15, 2019Dean
Fits the Apple Smart Battery Case on the iPhone XS Max 🔥
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2019
Dean
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2019
It fits absolutely perfectly with the Smart Battery Case, the build quality is fantastic, really sturdy, clamps the phone really well never will be falling out. It charges much faster then my previous one also and it covers all types of vents with multiple mounting solutions. Brilliant product, worth every penny. Another quality product from Anker.
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