Looks interesting I always hate having to lug around my apple charger to client offices as it just adds more weight to my bag. Will hold off until I read some more reviews. Also I'll probably order the Orange one as it's more flash than the purple one.
It's not clear to me from the site/video how this charges laptops. Does it come with a USB->magsafe2 cable?
Having trouble seeing the benefit here, other than design. I already use my laptop USB ports to charge my devices, so this really only saves me a few ounces in a 20-30lb carry-on when I travel. Still need all the cables, presumably it charges more slowly over USB power(?), and isn't much smaller than my current Apple power brick. It's beautiful, so I'll come back and look at reviews if/when mine dies. But that doesn't seem likely from past experience.
@staringispolite It took me a while to find but if you look at compatibility section it says:
"*Optional Apple Mac laptop cable accessory available for purchase when Zolt ships"
@staringispolite See my (guess) comment replying to @arush as well, but USB -> Magsafe2 seems impossible. Well, possible if the port can handle it, but not following the USB spec.
So either the cables are proprietary and do something clever in the handshake to tell the charger 'yup it's cool to send me 30x the power you'd send a USB device' or something else is happening that I don't understand.
*Edit: According to the FAQ the device can output upto 70W which seems good for this, would easily handle a macbook air and a phone. My computer uses an 85W charger so pretty close.
@willimholte@staringispolite@arush Yeah I didn't think that a USB port could even come close to providing the power a laptop needs. I'm not sure the max amps a USB gives, but its no where near what a laptop needs.
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