Review: Tronsmart Chocolate Fast Wireless Charger Pad

Tronsmart Chocolate Fast Wireless Charger Pad

8.7

Power

8.9/10

Design

8.0/10

Build

9.0/10

Reliability

9.0/10

Pros

  • Features Fast Wireless charging for all Qi Compatible Samsung smartphones
  • Has a larger size than most other wireless charging pads, so you have more space to use your smartphone

Cons

  • Only uses a single charging coil, when it could have been using 2
(Last Updated On: March 13, 2018)

Wireless charging is basically the type of charging that everyone really wants to like but at the same time, wireless charging is not as powerful as wired charging. Therefore, not many people like it too much. At the same time, most of the wireless chargers on the market use standard wireless charging speeds, and they also use just a single coil and that can be frustrating if you move your smartphone around while it’s charging.

This Tronsmart Chocolate wireless charging pad does a few things right, but at the same time, it could be better by implementing a few things that it doesn’t have. So let’s see if this is the wireless charger that you should go for, or if you should just stick with wired charging from here on out.

Power

Output Charging:

There are two main charging speeds when it comes to wireless charging. There’s the standard charging rate, which is where a wireless charger uses a 2 Amp wall charger and it outputs 5V/1.0A. While more powerful chargers, use a Quick Charge wall charger and they’re able to output a charging rate of 2 Amps. Now, in comparison to wired charging, both of those charging speeds are actually quite slow. At the same time, Fast Wireless charging speeds are double that of the standard charging rate.

Most wireless chargers require that you use either use 2 Amp wall charger or a Quick Charge one.

In this case,  this Tronsmart wireless charger can be powered by either a 2 Amp wall charger or a Quick Charge one. At the same time, it’ll have different output charging speeds when you do so. If you power the wireless charger with a 2 Amp wall charger then it will output a charge rate of 1 Amp.

While using a Quick Charge wall charger to power this wireless charger will result in a 2 Amp charging rate. We highly recommend that use a Quick Charge wall charger for this Tronsmart wireless charger if you own a Samsung smartphone that is Qi compatible. As it’s able to charge only Samsung smartphones at a 2 Amp Fast Wireless charging speed.

While other Qi compatible smartphones will charge at a 1 Amp charging speed such as other Android smartphones, and also the iPhone X and iPhone 8.

Input Charging:

You can either use a 2 Amp or Quick Charge wall charger to power this wireless charger. Using the Quick Chargee wall charger is better as it will make the charging more powerful for Samsung smartphones. However, this wireless charger does not come with an AC adapter.

Design

Size and Weight:

In comparison to other wireless charger pads, this one is actually quite long. It has a length of 3.9 inches, a width of 2.4 inches, and a thickness of 0.5 inches. The weight of this charger is 4 Ounces. Of course, it’s still very small but there’s a lot more space to place your smartphone on this charger.

Or is there?

Functional Components:

The reason that there’s not nearly as much space on this wireless charger to place your smartphone as you think there is, is because it only uses a single charging coil. The use of many coils enables you to move your smartphone around a wireless charger more liberally while it still maintains a connection with the coils and continues charging.

Since this charger is actually quite large, we expected it to have three coils, but instead, you have to make sure that you place your smartphone right in the center.

That said, actually using this wireless charger is very simple. The Micro-USB input port is off to the side, and once you connect your charging cable, you can just place the smartphone on top of the charger and it’ll begin charging.

Once the wireless charger is plugged in, the charger has a light that appears underneath the charger. With the Blue meaning that it’s on standby and ready to charge. Then the green color means that your smartphone is charging. The brightness of the blue light is actually bright while the green one is dimmer.

Build

Structure and Material:

The build quality of this charger is pretty good, it’s mostly made of plastic. The top part of the charger has a large rubber piece where you set your smartphone, so your phone doesn’t slide around. At the bottom of the charger is also where there are rubber pads that prevent this charger from sliding around too.

Tech:

This charger does get a little warm while it’s wireless charging but that’s to be expected in general with wireless charging.

Reliability

This Tronsmart wireless charger has the charging power right, with it being able to work with both a Quick Charge and 2 Amp wall charger. The main flaw is its use of a single coil as it limits the range of where you can place your smartphone while it charges.

Summary:

Power:

Charging power can either be standard with a 2 Amp wall charger or faster with a Quick Charge wall charger.

Design:

It would have been better for it to use two or three coils so that you can move your smartphone around freely, rather than keep it in just a single place. So it does make a poor use of space.

Build:

The charger has a rubber pad at the top to prevent your smartphone from slipping around, as well at the bottom so that the charger itself doesn’t slide around as well.

Reliability:

It’s a reliable enough charge with its use of standard and fast wireless charging. Using more coils would have been a better experience.

Specs of the Tronsmart Chocolate Fast Wireless Charger Pad:

  • Output:

Standard Wireless Charging Speed: 5V/1.0A

Fast Wireless Charging for Samsung Smartphones: 5V/2.0A

  • Input:

Micro-USB input: Quick Charge Wall Charger

  • LED Power Indicator: Single LED Power Indicator
  • Size: 3.9 x 2.4 x 0.5 inches
  • Weight: 4 Ounces

Conclusion:

Tronsmart is a powerful brand when it comes to charging tech, this Tronsmart Chocolate wireless charger is partial proof of that with its standard and fast wireless charging capabilities. That said, it would have been perfect if it used a few more coils to keep charging constantly.

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