Charging cables are the bane of my life. With an ever-growing arsenal of gadgets – my laptop, phone, headphones, Apple Watch, and, to the dismay of my more devout tech-head friends, an Android tablet – my bedside table often resembles a snake pit of tangled wires.
I use all of these devices daily, and by nightfall, their batteries are gasping for charge. More often than not, I forget to plug them in. That means my morning gym routine is soundtracked by silence, and my iPhone 16 Pro clings to life at 13% as I head into a full day. Apple finally moving to USB-C has helped simplify things – no more mismatched cables for my Android devices – but the clutter still irritates me.
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I knew I needed a wireless charging stand, something that I could throw everything in the direction of and sleep easily. But between the office, holidays, business trips, and family visits meant the product I chose had to be suitable for the suitcase. No point in paying for the same thing twice, after all.
My ideal solution, and one that I now would never consider travelling without, is Anker’s 3-in-1 MagGo Wireless Charging Station.
It has a dedicated space for my Apple Watch, phone – MagSafe included – and a horizontal pad that handles my headphones or a second phone. At only 13mm thick and weighing just 340g (about as much as a tin of soup) I can keep it by my bed at home and slip it into a backpack when I’m heading out.
The pad supports 15W fast-charging and fills my iPhone to 20% in just half an hour. The dock for the phone and the watch fold up so you can use it as a vertical display or an alarm clock, and then snap it down when you need to travel. The pad is fed by a single USB-C cable, the same one that I use for my tablet and laptop during the rest of the day.
Anker is selling the pad right now for £89.99, which I consider an absolute steal. This is the kind of gear that immediately becomes essential – and honestly, I don’t know why I went so long without it.