I really like this 140W USB-C desktop charging station with Qi2 and retractable cable

If I inform you I’ve seen not less than a thousand totally different chargers at IFA 2024, it could be an enormous understatement, however one product actually stood out to me as one thing I’d need and use day-after-day. The Baseus Nomos 5-in-1 resolution has actually every thing I would like in a desk station, and it might substitute not less than three totally different merchandise which might be sitting on my desk now. However the perfect half? It has a retractable 100W USB-C PD cable. See, I’m a easy particular person: I see environment friendly cable administration, and I swoon.

The Nomos 5-in-1 is only a blocky black field (although I want it got here in different colours, too). On prime, it has a flippable 15W MagSafe-compatible Qi2 wi-fi charger and a show, which I’ll come again to later. I like the flexibility of the flip right here: if I’m charging a cellphone with magnets built-in or in a MagSafe-compatible case, I can twist up the pad and see my cellphone’s show whereas it fills up. But when I’m charging a pair of earbuds or a magnet-less cellphone, I simply flip it down to put the product down.

On the entrance of the Nomos is the place the magic occurs. You get a built-in retractable 100W USB-C cable that may prolong as much as 1m (3.3 ft) and lock at 4 totally different lengths halfway. The enjoyment and ease of pulling that cable to cost my DJI Osmo Pocket 3 whereas trying out the unit couldn’t be described.

I already use a number of retractable USB-C cables at my desk, however the pucks for the retraction mechanism sit in entrance of me on a regular basis. The Nomos hides this mechanism contained in the charger, so I wouldn’t have one other factor taking on house at my desk. Plus, it’ll be greater than sufficient to cost my MacBook at full velocity.

If you’re completed, snap the cable again, and it magnetically attaches to the station, neatly tucking in and leaving no free bits mendacity round. The perfection!

Apart from Qi2 and the 100W cable, the Nomos 5-in-1 has two further USB-C ports and one USB-A port — nice for all my charging wants. All in all, the unit can go as much as 140W complete, so it ought to be greater than sufficient to prime up a laptop computer, a cellphone or two, plus some equipment.

Coming again to the show, it’s the place you’ll see all of the charging energy outputs of each port on the unit. So you’ve gotten visibility over how briskly — or gradual — your units are charging. I solely examined it with a virtually full Pixel 9 Professional XL on the Qi2 pad (which drew a measly 2W and 3W as a result of it didn’t want a lot energy, as you’ll be able to see within the two images above) and a half-empty DJI Osmo Pocket 4, which drew between 13W and 18W from the retractable cable.

I wasn’t in a position to do extra testing in my temporary hands-on with the unit, however my earlier expertise with Baseus merchandise has been strong and optimistic, so the Nomos 5-in-1 ought to attain its prime energy output when the units you plug in want it.

All in all, this one desktop station may substitute my multi-port USB-C charger, my wi-fi charging pad, and my USB-C retractable cable, and release loads of house and visible litter. And for those who knew how a lot I hate visible litter, you’d perceive why I’m so pumped that this type of product now exists. I don’t have any availability dates or costs for the Nomos 5-in-1, however I’ll attempt to get my fingers on a unit quickly to check it out.