Tonight’s Hallmehrk pitch: Christmas comes on a star-studded Trap Tuesday this year. There is a Christmas play that needs directing, and only one young woman who can do the job, but she’s feeling a little down this year. And where can you get a decent Christmas tree in the middle of the concrete jungle?
You’ve never seen Christmas carols quite like this, live from Brooklyn with special guest appearance by Migos, Travis Scott, and Nicki Minaj as Lucy (sparks may fly!). Join the gang, twerking around the Christmas tree and deck the halls with boughs of booty in A Cardi B(rown) Christmas.
@djslack now that you show promise in these, i think @moose@dave or someone needs to send you a list of the next 2 weeks of products so you can incorporate product descriptions, as suggested in yesterday’s write-up. Seems only right and fair.
I haven’t bought a new cell phone since I dropped my palm pixi plus a year ago, and the screen cracked. I musta had it for ten years, and it had sooo many things that phones are just starting to get today. Including a Qi type device that charged it. I just threw the phone on it at night, no looking for a little plug in slot.
I think i paid less than $40 for it–now I’m looking for about a $200 phone that works on pageplus.
Man, how did I get so old so fast?
@kdemo I have used lots of qi chargers with my iPhone x. They charge it but don’t fast charge it, because Apple uses a different fast charging standard. I wouldn’t sweat it.
OK, maybe this is a sign. Went to order after reading the forum and checking the reviews (at least trying to) then got distracted by the IRK video about touchscreens in cars.Meanwhile they sold out except for some MVP ones that will only be available while I am at work and can’t guarantee that it will be quiet enough at the ER to watch the clock for 1600 to roll around… Oh well. Maybe next time (cause you KNOW there will be a next time…)
I will not be pulled in again to these Qi chargers. I have purchased several. …from cheap to expensive and have returned or goodwill’d them all. There are NO quick charge Qi pads that actually work. It’s all one big giant Qieef!
@turtle_2014 At this price, if I was looking for inexpensive Qi chargers, I would do it. The trouble with some of meh’s sales is nobody has owned the thing before. Mehbe later on when more people are awake they’ll chime in. @dave?
@turtle_2014 for future reference since this sale is sold out - I use my iPhone in an OtterBox and my cheap Chinese qi pad at work charges it just fine.
The Meh.com description states it will work with some iPhones, while the Amazon page they link to for the price comparison specifically states it works with Android phones only.
@kungfuqua These are old. When they were new none of the iPhones supported Qi, but Qi seemed to be the future for Android.
Since then Apple picked up Qi and Google dropped it.
Look at the specs, no more than 5 watts, no more than 5mm (0.2 inches). This suggests that if your phone is in a thick case, it won’t charge at all. If the case is thinner, it will charge very slowly. Without a case and with being precisely centered on the coil the phone might get the full 5 watts, which is still slow, but not very slow.
With an effiency less than 70%, both the phone and charger will get very warm.
@MadManYan Probably has one of those add-on, aftermarket battery boosting cases on the back of it. The Qi is charging the booster case which in turn charges the phone.
@Trinityscrew What the actual fuck??? Oh. I see the problem. Just like every other sale on meh the estimated delivery time is posted before anybody buys…
Estimated Delivery
Monday, December 24th - Monday, December 31st
Q: How much is shipping? How will it be shipped? Can I pay to expedite it?
A: Shipping’s always $5. So yeah, we’re going to ship it the slowest and cheapest way we can possibly find. Usually that’s Smartpost or Surepost, which starts with FedEx or UPS and ends with the post office. It’ll probably be 2 weeks before you get it. And no you can’t get it any faster.
Q: Ok, fine, it’s slow. But when will it be shipped? And how can I track it?
A: We wait until the day after the event ends to print the shipping labels, and sometimes if it’s busy it can be two or three days (not counting weekends, because we don’t ship on weekends). Once it ships, we’ll throw a tracking number on your orders page at https://meh.com/orders and send you a “Your order has shipped” email with all that on it.
As a sidenote, for all those folks whining about “missing the old Woot” … slow shipping is just like the old Woot. Then again, folks have whined about the current Woot getting stuff to them in two days too, so.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have been using them with my iPhone XR. Very slow charging. I have a slim case and it seems to work, although very, very, slowly. I also noticed that they would shut off if I was using the standard iphone usb charger. I switched to the ipad charger and now they stay on. If you passed on it, good for you. iPhone does feel warm after charging. My wife’s iphone xr with a popsocket says it is charging but barely seems to gain any significant charge.
Purchased 2 sets - one for me, one for a friend. I opened one of mine, can’t get the cable to plug in enough to get power to transfer. The instructions say there is an LED, but I’m not seeing anything. Of the three my friend got, one has the internals so twisted you can see the internals through the USB port, but nothing to plug into. Contacted support.
I guess I got lucky on these. All three of the ones I received work well, including the color changing LED.
This is my first experience with wireless chargers, and even though my new phone says it is “Charging slowly”, I’m pretty happy with the speed.
iPass.
Tonight’s Hallmehrk pitch: Christmas comes on a star-studded Trap Tuesday this year. There is a Christmas play that needs directing, and only one young woman who can do the job, but she’s feeling a little down this year. And where can you get a decent Christmas tree in the middle of the concrete jungle?
You’ve never seen Christmas carols quite like this, live from Brooklyn with special guest appearance by Migos, Travis Scott, and Nicki Minaj as Lucy (sparks may fly!). Join the gang, twerking around the Christmas tree and deck the halls with boughs of booty in A Cardi B(rown) Christmas.
Ho’ ho’ ho’!
@djslack now that you show promise in these, i think @moose @dave or someone needs to send you a list of the next 2 weeks of products so you can incorporate product descriptions, as suggested in yesterday’s write-up. Seems only right and fair.
So in exchange for not having to plug the usb thingie into the phone, I get slower and less efficient charging? Sign me up.
@hachover Yup! The slower overnight charge is well worth the prevented wear and tear on your charge port!
Specs
What’s in the Box?
3x Qi Wireless charging pad
3x USB to Micro USB power cable
Price Comparison
$47.70 (for 3) at Amazon
Warranty
90 day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Are these quick chargers like the ones you can get directly from Samsung?
@cengland0 doesn’t look like it
Horrendous reviews, MEH IT TO HELL!!
@Dizavid Couldn’t find many reviews for this. Where else did you find these?
@canneddirt I Googled it. Usual places. Walmart I think was an example.
@canneddirt @Dizavid Walmart also has zero reviews afaict. https://www.walmart.com/ip/iJoy-QI-Wireless-Charger/926274533
AFAICT means “As Far As I Can Tell”!
@Dizavid ditto here… no reviews that I can find…
/giphy flabby-believable-pig
no 10 watt charging, no deal
Ew <5w, so its a no
I haven’t bought a new cell phone since I dropped my palm pixi plus a year ago, and the screen cracked. I musta had it for ten years, and it had sooo many things that phones are just starting to get today. Including a Qi type device that charged it. I just threw the phone on it at night, no looking for a little plug in slot.
I think i paid less than $40 for it–now I’m looking for about a $200 phone that works on pageplus.
Man, how did I get so old so fast?
Is bullshit…tried to buy at 5:15 cst and sale is stopped until 10 cst…then soldout. see if I come back…guessing not, suck it meh
@LocoTimo
/giphy bye bye bye
@LocoTimo no, wait. come back
I got it working! Thanks
They look like electronic dollar store tadpoles.
@Junior305 Samsung spermatozoa.
@Hanky @Junior305 my worst nightmare
I like how these look like sperm, inseminating my devices with power.
Um . . . contrary to the write-up, linked Amazon listing says this:
@kdemo I have used lots of qi chargers with my iPhone x. They charge it but don’t fast charge it, because Apple uses a different fast charging standard. I wouldn’t sweat it.
@djslack - Cool, thanks.
I have Android anyway, just trying to be helpful.
I’ve heard that slow charging is better for the battery.
@djslack @kdemo TWSS?
/giphy distressed-gargantuan-beetle
/giphy airborne-bland-assassin
OK, maybe this is a sign. Went to order after reading the forum and checking the reviews (at least trying to) then got distracted by the IRK video about touchscreens in cars.Meanwhile they sold out except for some MVP ones that will only be available while I am at work and can’t guarantee that it will be quiet enough at the ER to watch the clock for 1600 to roll around… Oh well. Maybe next time (cause you KNOW there will be a next time…)
I recieved the ad at 10:01 and opened at 10:20 they were “sold out” really!
@jlb69
/giphy for reals
I will not be pulled in again to these Qi chargers. I have purchased several. …from cheap to expensive and have returned or goodwill’d them all. There are NO quick charge Qi pads that actually work. It’s all one big giant Qieef!
/buy
@medz It worked! Your order number is: bodacious-floppy-walnut
/image bodacious floppy walnut
Ew. (That’s in reference to the last photo not the product.)
These are just powered toothbrushes for fertilizing fictional oversized robotic ova. Beware.
@shahnm PREACH
Eye Joi Chee
Very creative photo today, Meh.
/giphy negligible-tantalizing-nugget
/giphy rocking-impolite-mist
No certification mark? Just like Meh to pawn off rejects that can’t pass testing.
Less wires more fires
/giphy unpleasant-incredible-smile
/image unpleasant-incredible-smile
Will they work with Otterbox cases?
@turtle_2014 Hard to say. My encased phone charges on Qi chargers. Have you tried yours on any?
@therealjrn I have and it did work, but I didn’t know if it would work for this specific charger type
@turtle_2014 At this price, if I was looking for inexpensive Qi chargers, I would do it. The trouble with some of meh’s sales is nobody has owned the thing before. Mehbe later on when more people are awake they’ll chime in. @dave?
@turtle_2014 for future reference since this sale is sold out - I use my iPhone in an OtterBox and my cheap Chinese qi pad at work charges it just fine.
@djslack I bought one when they first put it up, and then asked out of curiosity. For only $12, I’ll take the risk
/giphy bowed-full-hook
Probably found in an abandoned semi of questionable origin. Hey, tell your “morning people” to get their asses out of bed.
Any of you knows if I can charge a smartwatch (Moto 360 2nd) with this? The list on the link is only for phones…
looks like they got a lot of bad reviews online and can be found for a lot cheaper… they are not fast/quick charge either…will be a pass for me.
@molomosk Cheaper than $4 apiece? Where?
/buy
@zachdecker It worked! Your order number is: vacant-sweet-grapefruit
/image vacant sweet grapefruit
/buy
@sriwanw1 It worked! Your order number is: plain-zippy-berry
/image plain zippy berry
Ordered @ 11:00am.
Checked the forum.
Cancelled order @ 11:02am.
Next time I’ll get the order correct and save myself a step.
The Meh.com description states it will work with some iPhones, while the Amazon page they link to for the price comparison specifically states it works with Android phones only.
@kungfuqua These are old. When they were new none of the iPhones supported Qi, but Qi seemed to be the future for Android.
Since then Apple picked up Qi and Google dropped it.
Look at the specs, no more than 5 watts, no more than 5mm (0.2 inches). This suggests that if your phone is in a thick case, it won’t charge at all. If the case is thinner, it will charge very slowly. Without a case and with being precisely centered on the coil the phone might get the full 5 watts, which is still slow, but not very slow.
With an effiency less than 70%, both the phone and charger will get very warm.
/image ballistic-lean-party
/giphy ballistic-lean-party
@Seeds and cancelled. I don’t know much about these things, but 1.4 amps in and <70% efficiency doesn’t sound promising
/buy
@ckalos It worked! Your order number is: bare-tangible-hawk
/image bare tangible hawk
/buy
@yourmom It worked! Your order number is: scrawny-ajar-eggnog
/image scrawny ajar eggnog
/buy
/buy
@amyplant We’re sold out except for a small amount we set aside for existing VMP members to be released at 4pm ET.
VMP PERKS!
Tried to buy at 10, had to wait until 11. Try to buy at 12 because that’s the only time I could and they’re sold out. Awesome.
@robbyT you have been saved hours of frustration. Consider yourself lucky.
That ovum is a beach ball in disguise.
/giphy beach ball disguise ovum
Anyone else noticed the phone on display cannot be charged wirelessly?
@MadManYan Probably has one of those add-on, aftermarket battery boosting cases on the back of it. The Qi is charging the booster case which in turn charges the phone.
And I’m going to get them 3 days after Christmas!
Double-You-Tee-Eff?
@Trinityscrew What the actual fuck??? Oh. I see the problem. Just like every other sale on meh the estimated delivery time is posted before anybody buys…
@therealjrn was the date updated AFTER the sale this time?
@Trinityscrew Per the FAQ:
As a sidenote, for all those folks whining about “missing the old Woot” … slow shipping is just like the old Woot. Then again, folks have whined about the current Woot getting stuff to them in two days too, so.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@medz You tell me.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@therealjrn I’m giving you cancer for Christmas!
@therealjrn @Trinityscrew not cool.
Oh, thanks @RiotDemon…I’m not worried…the fucker can’t even order little shit in time for Christmas.
@therealjrn it’s still not cool. Wishing cancer/death upon people over small things fucking sucks.
@RiotDemon @therealjrn I am glad you’re not worried that I’m not giving you cancer for Christmas.
The fact that you think it’s my inability to order gifts on time that is keeping you safe makes me scratch my head and wonder, though.
You are an ( ! )
I received mine but one of them doesn’t work. can i get a replacement? what are my options?
@ojcasas contact support. Click on your orders page at the top. Find your order and click “I need help with this.”
Crap - I didn’t read the fine print. They are for iPhones and I don’t have one. Anyone want to buy them for what I paid?
@tldavie you can use them for any type of phone that uses qi charging.
@RiotDemon I’ll give it a shot - although I don’t know what qi charging is. I have a Galaxy 7 Edge
@tldavie looks like it’s compatible for standard speed charging.
I have been using them with my iPhone XR. Very slow charging. I have a slim case and it seems to work, although very, very, slowly. I also noticed that they would shut off if I was using the standard iphone usb charger. I switched to the ipad charger and now they stay on. If you passed on it, good for you. iPhone does feel warm after charging. My wife’s iphone xr with a popsocket says it is charging but barely seems to gain any significant charge.
Purchased 2 sets - one for me, one for a friend. I opened one of mine, can’t get the cable to plug in enough to get power to transfer. The instructions say there is an LED, but I’m not seeing anything. Of the three my friend got, one has the internals so twisted you can see the internals through the USB port, but nothing to plug into. Contacted support.
I guess I got lucky on these. All three of the ones I received work well, including the color changing LED.
This is my first experience with wireless chargers, and even though my new phone says it is “Charging slowly”, I’m pretty happy with the speed.
These are very not good, for anyone googling. Cord will not stay in them, and very finicky charging.