Got this last time. Works great with my Samsung Galaxy S6. The case I’ve got it in is an Otterbox, and its “grippy”, so it doesn’t slip. The speaker is ok, nothing special.
Yes, I’m buying two more. We want a couple downstairs in addition to the nightstand ones.
(Normal disclaimer applies: I help run this place, so I’m biased and I’m probably only buying these to trick you, not because I actually think they’re good.)
@mflassy See, the thing is, you’re being entirely too generos, and I’m totally unworthy. Therefore, I’m afraid I’m going to have to decline your most exceptional offer. Perhaps in the future, once I’ve realized my full potential of worthlessness, er, I mean worthiness, then I could accept your kindness.
@ruouttaurmind@mflassy
greed for lack of better word is good. Idea is if 40% value is return on 1, 120% is return on not wanting three. Which in turn can pay for one and shipping and going trouble of using it. So my friend, you get one for not wanting three! Where is greed in that? You will understand this mehinstein`s theory of valuetivity if you succeed in your strive for being worthy.
My two-year-old Motorola Droid Turbo 2 supports Qi, which I discovered a week ago after the charging port on my phone decided to stop working properly. Getting a wireless charger was a lot cheaper than buying a new phone.
Bought one for a gift then decided to keep it when I realized my Samsung Note8 is qi-ified. Agree the speaker is nothing special but it makes a nice nightstand pairing and my phone case is leather - so no slippage or any need for shims. Ended up replacing the gift by paying much more on Morningsave, Tempted to buy another tonight to use on my desk at work. Too tired to do the price averaging in my head (25+39+25)/3 - is it still a bargain?
@dave yeah. I did that math too. But I have no flat surfaces left on which to put the blasted things. Only one tonight: calamitous-peaceful-riddle. I’ll say.
@dave BTW I had an economics professor in college who used that precise line of thinking to assert why most people shouldn’t be allowed loose with their own money. His example product was Looney Tunes branded pens. For the next two years all the Econ Majors maintained an inside joke about the Tweety Bird Theory of Economics. I expect to see this false savings approach used in a meh write-up sometime soon.
@ihatemeh not as fast but i tend to use this overnight. Phone on the qi pad, podcast on the speaker…phone is a charged up in the morning and the speaker shuts itself off after not receiving a signal for some period of time. Not sure how long because I’m asleep when it happens.
New record, three purchases in a week. WTH Meh, you’re supposed to be posting truly awful crap instead of this merely, shall i say, mediocre, crap you’re getting lately.
Bought two last time. Ones on top of my piano, but you could put it on your organ if you shim it just right. I like them. Bought another for my desk at work.
Bought one last time. Fun fact: The speaker also charges wirelessly so if you’re away from the base but have another qi plate, you can charge the speaker
Anyone buy one of those sticky mats to use instead of a shim? I looked on Amazon when I first got it and noticed the problem but gave up… If anyone bought one and is using it to keep their phone from sliding off the pad I’d be interested in your experience / the link to purchase.
@fmanda The speaker does charge wirelessly somehow. Is it Qi-compatible, not sure, I didn’t try putting my phone where the speaker goes. You’d need at least 4 shims for that to work.
@djslack Maybe mine is broken then, but for the month that I’ve had it the speaker has never charged on the top part of the base unless the wire is plugged in.
@djslack@therealjrn For those following along at home, it looks like the speaker is at fault. I put two phones on the base (one in the regular spot, and one in the speaker spot) and they both charge. But the speaker won’t charge on any of my Qi chargers. So my opinion of the product as whole just shot up a whole bunch, despite the fact that mine is partially broken.
Not a big fan of “drinking the kool aid” analogy. Over 909 people were murdered by cyanide poisoning because of drinking kool aid laced with cyanide. Joking about cult mass murder isn’t funny or sardonic. 
nooo! but yesss!
I thought they sold out of these last time. Must have bought some more stock.
just verified and I was right.
My qi is fine just the way it is.
Oh man, the iPhone
! I’ll buy 8 of them!
@atannir I’ll buy X of them. Was never good with algebra tho
@hachover I will also buy X of them, where X is defined though the following equation:
x = 0
It’s a charger, speaker dock, RV wheel chock Friday.
Happy Friday All!
Got this last time. Works great with my Samsung Galaxy S6. The case I’ve got it in is an Otterbox, and its “grippy”, so it doesn’t slip. The speaker is ok, nothing special.
@eeterrific I got it too. I wish the speaker was louder, but I like that it also wirelessly charges.
@eeterrific Just so I’m informed - is this a special Otterbox? or does it charge through the case?
@themutilator thru the case. case side down. takes a little longer to charge than using the cable, but I’m happy with it. Not a special case.
Works on pixel XL?
@yugrudfooz
Nah.
The Pixel devices don’t support recharging the device wirelessly.
@mflassy unless you can find an add-on battery pack or case with wireless charging capabilities
@medz @yugrudfooz
Fine.
Out of the box, the Pixel does not support recharging wirelessly.
You could use an add-on, but the speed would be slower than using a Type-C to Type-C cable.
Then again, the whole point is to NOT use another cable.
But… This recharger requires a cable anyways.
Although to be fair, it’s not being plugged in directly to the phone.
Ok… Fine…
Use an add-on, and enjoy slower recharging speeds compared to using a Type-C to Type-C cable.
@mflassy I wouldn’t, just saying possible.
/giphy atrocious-delightful-mouth
/image atrocious-delightful-mouth
/buy --color black -q 2
Yes, I’m buying two more. We want a couple downstairs in addition to the nightstand ones.
(Normal disclaimer applies: I help run this place, so I’m biased and I’m probably only buying these to trick you, not because I actually think they’re good.)
@dave It worked! Your order number is: deafening-understanding-string
/image deafening understanding string
^Disclaimer checks out.
@mediocrebot What is that? A harp race?
Great deal! Wish I had a fancy phone. My toothbrush charges wirelessly, though, so…
@ruouttaurmind
Since I don’t want these, take the selling price of one, and credit 40% of that value to me, while keeping the other 60% for yourself.
@mflassy in that case, I do not want three of these
@mflassy See, the thing is, you’re being entirely too generos, and I’m totally unworthy. Therefore, I’m afraid I’m going to have to decline your most exceptional offer. Perhaps in the future, once I’ve realized my full potential of worthlessness, er, I mean worthiness, then I could accept your kindness.
@givemehdeal Now you on the other hand… you are just being greedy.
@ruouttaurmind
Well what’s YOUR offer?
@givemehdeal
Ok. Done.
@mflassy I must now enter a period of focused meditative introspection, striving to emerge as a being worthy of your generosity.
/giphy best and final offer
Freakin’ giphy… I think it’s time for giphy to do some soul searching as well.
@ruouttaurmind
I’ve been generous to even more undeserving people.
Although from what I understand, you could start by checking your Woot PMs once in a while.
@mflassy Oh hell. I used to get email notifications if there was a PM. Just checked and replied. About EIGHT MONTHS LATE!
@ruouttaurmind @mflassy
greed for lack of better word is good. Idea is if 40% value is return on 1, 120% is return on not wanting three. Which in turn can pay for one and shipping and going trouble of using it. So my friend, you get one for not wanting three! Where is greed in that? You will understand this mehinstein`s theory of valuetivity if you succeed in your strive for being worthy.
@mflassy
@givemehdeal You has elevated the level to which I aspire.
/giphy raising the bar
Oh giphy, with you as a role model I’ll surely reach the singularity in no time!
My two-year-old Motorola Droid Turbo 2 supports Qi, which I discovered a week ago after the charging port on my phone decided to stop working properly. Getting a wireless charger was a lot cheaper than buying a new phone.
Speaker docks now with wireless charging. Does this mean the iPhone 6 is oficially dead?
Bought one for a gift then decided to keep it when I realized my Samsung Note8 is qi-ified. Agree the speaker is nothing special but it makes a nice nightstand pairing and my phone case is leather - so no slippage or any need for shims. Ended up replacing the gift by paying much more on Morningsave, Tempted to buy another tonight to use on my desk at work. Too tired to do the price averaging in my head (25+39+25)/3 - is it still a bargain?
Damn. Found a calculator. Brings my average cost down 2.33 each. I think. Impossible to resist.
@Frcal By my calculations, you save even more money if you buy 3.
@dave
But @Frcal would save even more money buying 0 technically…
@dave yeah. I did that math too. But I have no flat surfaces left on which to put the blasted things. Only one tonight: calamitous-peaceful-riddle. I’ll say.
@dave BTW I had an economics professor in college who used that precise line of thinking to assert why most people shouldn’t be allowed loose with their own money. His example product was Looney Tunes branded pens. For the next two years all the Econ Majors maintained an inside joke about the Tweety Bird Theory of Economics. I expect to see this false savings approach used in a meh write-up sometime soon.
@Frcal I’m surprised you all didn’t come to class one day with one of those pens and wave them around so he’d notice.
@dave Ads for Potomac Mills Mall used to call that “Spaving”.
@Frcal You mean to say you didn’t see that economic principle spelled out in the Meh terms and conditions when you signed up?
@mflassy @dave @Frcal My response is not as verbose as your econ professors…I just say “I can’t afford to save that much money”
@Frcal As a bonus, you can trade in to Amazon $19.04. You will be making mony on these pretty soon.
“You’ve got too options…”
That’s deep
You made me cry when you said goodbye
Ain’t that a shim …
(in memory of Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino Jr.; RIP)
@phendrick
I took their advice. Just finished shimming my charger/dock…it’s now 6.75” above the kitchen counter.
#I’mNoHero
Does this wireless charging work with Samsung note 8?
@ihatemeh see my comment above. it does indeed.
@Frcal hows the charging speed? Compare to the fast wire charger comes in the box?
@ihatemeh not as fast but i tend to use this overnight. Phone on the qi pad, podcast on the speaker…phone is a charged up in the morning and the speaker shuts itself off after not receiving a signal for some period of time. Not sure how long because I’m asleep when it happens.
For some reason, today’s write-up reminded me of Dick Van Dyke
In the future when we all have Qi compatible ocular implants the sloped charging surface will be more ergonomic to rest your forehead on. Plan ahead.
@hafner and pacemakers.
The “desk” photo is the soapiest desk decorated with a rubber duck I’ve ever seen. Does the bathtub have a computer and papers on it?
Let’s see…
I am not really confident, but I think it’s a yellow box on a table.
/captionbot
Shit yes I want this. I want two more. THANKS @dave!
/giphy devilish-ungracious-texture
New record, three purchases in a week. WTH Meh, you’re supposed to be posting truly awful crap instead of this merely, shall i say, mediocre, crap you’re getting lately.
Did you know that these chargers will charge your phone to 101% ?!?! It’s true, just look at the pictures!
@thardesty I was coming here to make that exact comment!
@luckyfinch Also came here for that, LOL
/buy --color black
@kphilippe It worked! Your order number is: spotty-black-coleslaw
/image spotty black coleslaw
@kphilippe Jesus, now I’m hungry.
@mediocrebot If you have spotty black coleslaw, maybe it has gone bad.
This is where I draw the line darn it, I like plugging my phone in Meh.
Did anyone with iPhone 8 Plus’s get these last time? Did you have a problem getting it to fit on the charging pad? Debating…
@PurpleMoustache I’ve got the 8+, works great. Fits just fine
Bought two last time. Ones on top of my piano, but you could put it on your organ if you shim it just right. I like them. Bought another for my desk at work.
/giphy vindictive-wrinkled-door
@Kevfin That’s what she said.
Ordered this in one tab while waiting for Verizon’s page to load so I could order my iPhone X in the other tab. Very excited!
@kadagan Same!
@kadagan don’t go telling meh there are people willing to drop $1000+ on purchases in the middle of the night…
/image theatrical-overwhelming-blueberry
Anyone know the dimensions of the actual item itself? Checked around online and all I see are the boxes dimensions…
@theonlybuster 5 inches deep, 5 7/8 inches wide, 3 inches tall with the speaker attached.
QI for the win!
I get scared of Bluetooth… not sure why
I own one. I can’t wait to test it out with my new iPhone X next week.
Does your “Shim” always want you to rub the lotion on your skin??? Or else get the hose again…
I bought one last time. works great. i recommend 100%
Will this work for an Asus ZenWatch 3?
Oh, what the hell. It’ll work with my phone, anyway.
Novelty-beneficent-parsley
https://giphy.com/gifs/hats-pigs-guinea-ClSaraz2GyTNS
Bought one last time. Fun fact: The speaker also charges wirelessly so if you’re away from the base but have another qi plate, you can charge the speaker
/buy --color black
I’ll bite. I love my wireless charger I already have for my phone in the bedroom so I could use another. And it comes with a speaker so bonus.
@a5meiser It worked! Your order number is: flawed-embarrassed-eel
/image flawed embarrassed eel
Anyone buy one of those sticky mats to use instead of a shim? I looked on Amazon when I first got it and noticed the problem but gave up… If anyone bought one and is using it to keep their phone from sliding off the pad I’d be interested in your experience / the link to purchase.
Does the speaker charge by Qi as well? In other words, are there two Qi charging coils on this thing?
@fmanda The speaker does charge wirelessly somehow. Is it Qi-compatible, not sure, I didn’t try putting my phone where the speaker goes. You’d need at least 4 shims for that to work.
@fmanda no, there’s only one coil. The speaker charges via a tiny little micro USB cable that plugs into the back of the base.
You COULD put the speaker in the place if the phone but that’s just silly…
@demonbane the speaker charges wirelessly.
@demonbane the speaker charges just like a phone, look ma! no wires!
@fmanda Yes, there are 2 coils on this thing. I am planning to put my watch where the speaker usually goes to charge.
@djslack Maybe mine is broken then, but for the month that I’ve had it the speaker has never charged on the top part of the base unless the wire is plugged in.
@djslack @therealjrn For those following along at home, it looks like the speaker is at fault. I put two phones on the base (one in the regular spot, and one in the speaker spot) and they both charge. But the speaker won’t charge on any of my Qi chargers. So my opinion of the product as whole just shot up a whole bunch, despite the fact that mine is partially broken.
@demonbane Drat! But cool that you got it figured out.
I’m not sure why meh thinks that people have lots of shims lying around. Unless candy corn can be used as shims?
@Doodpants Maybe fidget spinners will work…
As a curmudgeon, I approve this product.
Not a big fan of “drinking the kool aid” analogy. Over 909 people were murdered by cyanide poisoning because of drinking kool aid laced with cyanide. Joking about cult mass murder isn’t funny or sardonic. 
@pkingsley This place is getting so uptight.
@medz Hey, that’s my morning crew! And they’re funny as fuck! (See, I’m not uptight.)
@pkingsley I find your posting of the pictures FAR more disturbing than the “kool-aid” line.
I’m telling! @thumperchick, @pkingsley is posting pictures of dead kids. Please perma-ban them.
@pkingsley As a result of the Jonestown deaths, the phrase “drink the Kool-Aid” has entered the language as an idiom that means to mindlessly and unquestioningly do what those around you are doing. Idioms stay in a language long after the originating event, person, or institution has long been forgotten. For example, people still use the idiom “like gangbusters” all the time, but how many people alive today have listened to, or are even aware of, the Gang Busters radio drama serial that inspired it?
Just because people use a common idiom doesn’t mean that they are deliberately commemorating, celebrating, or “joking about” its originating event.
@pkingsley @mfladd I have to agree with mfladd. While I agree that the origin of the phrase is a horrible atrocity, I think the use of the phrase now is different. I would have bet a high percentage of younger people do not know the history without looking it up. I am old enough to remember the news reports coming in and the growing horror.
@pkingsley And you are very welcome to go eat a bowl of dicks, asshole.
@pkingsley Who knew you would go postal over this?
@therealjrn Hey, I work there. How can you say that… <sarcasm intended
@pkingsley Your point might have been more compelling without the photos, which seem to be gratuitous… as if we can’t imagine what happened.
Thankfully your dead children photo was removed. If only the dead adult photo were also removed.
… and see what you triggered? - more of it: @therealjrn.
@Doodpants Thanks for that. This is something I wanted to say (but lacked the words), and thankfully you put it into a form far better than I could.
@mfladd I find the kool aid line and the pictures to be equivalent. Everyone anyone hears ‘drink the kool aid’, should visualize what that means, from where the phrase originates. Its not a joking matter. My guess is you are a kid and did not live this. Kool aid and jokes about being gassed in ovens are the same genre. I expect you will blow this of with typical young white male bravado (correct?), but I also expect the next time you use or see Kool Aid, you just might remember that for a lot of people, the phrase is evocative and not funny. peace. This is my last interaction, but feel free to continue if it makes you feel better.
@pkingsley It wasn’t Kool Aid, they drank Flavor Aid. sheese, you don’t even know the facts do you?
@pkingsley Thank you for calling me young!
@mfladd
When you are ready to be hit by the cold, hard truth of your mortality, just give @kittysprinkles or myself a call.
@mflassy Nooooooooooo!
@mfladd
Compared to a Sequoia tree maybe…
@mflassy
@mfladd
@mfladd
@KittySprinkles
Comedy is tragedy + time
@spitfire6006006
Which is why @mfladd is hilarious.
@mflassy
Bought one the first time around. It’s a total steal at this price. Just bought two more. Charges my iPhone 8 through its case, no problem. Charges my Samsung through its case, no problem. Even charges the POS BlackBerry work gave me, no problem. The speaker is impressively loud and clear for a $25 purchase.
The only caveat: You need to charge the speaker up before you try to use it out-of-the-box. I recommend using the included USB cable for the first charge; it’ll be quicker. If you don’t charge the speaker for a while, it won’t pair with anything. And you can’t pair it while it’s charging.
@macwhiz which Blackberry has qi? I don’t remember a model POS but I might have missed one.
Got a few BB10 devices kicking around somewhere. I am a sucker for orphaned technology,
@Frcal BlackBerry Classic, aka “my company is stuck in the past” model.
/giphy clean-meaty-soda
Is the “5-Watts Total Power output” For the Speaker or the wireless charger? If its for the charge, this will charger VERY VERY slowly. Most QI chargers are 10 watts. Some phones need 15 Watts to fast charge.
Buy this if you want to be the hero of a White Elephant gift exchange.
@Calantorntain These are WAY to good for that.
Has anyone considered buying two of these and using one to shim the other? I know I have. That’s because me engineer I guess.
What is this CRAP! @WOODHOUSE @THUMPERCHICK Why doesn’t it have a picture of an iPhone 8 in the product images… It’s been out long enough that you guys should have had the pictures there… I’m so upset… (BTW I bought one last round… I have it on my desk at work… I Still have an iPhone 7 Ordered a QI coil and I’ll see how it works in a few days… It’s due in on Monday. I’m off work till Tuesday… but this is a one deal a day site… so meh…
@sohmageek and why no photo of a Windowsphone Lumia 950 or 950XL? They will charge wirelessly too. @narfcake
@Stumpy91 windows phone is dead.
@sohmageek Yeah. But it’s still possibly the best phone and Microsoft is still supporting it with security and some feature updates. They are just now pushing out the Fall Creators Update.
Dear Meh,
If I knew for sure that you would offer a multi-pack of shims on tomorrow’s Meh offering I would be much more “inclined” to buy this shim-able charger today. I know what you’re thinking, well, actually, I have no idea what you’re thinking, but, if I did, I would say you’re thinking this whole Meh offering today is a shim scam to get us to buy shims at full retail price from a premium website. Well, I’m not falling for it. As I said, if you offered shims tomorrow, or even threw in a bag of shims with this charger like you did candy corn and knives, I might bite.
Yours Truly,
Accelerator
@accelerator Does melted candy corn count as a shim?
@dave Ordinary candy corn is shimish shaped, but melted? I’m not shure.
Today’s purchase of 2 will make a total of 4 in my house.
/giphy teeming-ungracious-silver
Bought last time and have enjoyed. Normally by the bed. No shims necessary as my Galaxy S7 is normally tacky- like me.
I like to use the smartphone Roku remote app and switch to cell audio which then plays through the speaker next to bed. It’s like being at a Drive-In theater with the speaker hanging on the glass.
@FryeDaddyTN Smart. I’ll have to tell wife about this one so she can have sound next to her rather than up and across the room on the wall-mounted TV.
@medz better yet for you. Just buy her some headphones and plug into the cell phone or ROKU remote and you can get some sleep in quiet while she wastes times watching zombies jumping sharks or something.
@FryeDaddyTN she doesn’t like the headphones whilst lying down. Otherwise roku remote would be easy.
A question for the moderators: I was waiting for the VMP hour. I noticed that black sold out. Any chance I can get a black speaker.
@michaelgj2002 Cough, cough sharpie.
@speediedelivery lol you guys always crack me up!!!
@michaelgj2002 that’s what they suggested when I wanted a white one of the jbl micros.
Actually it may have been whiteout…
@sohmageek LOL I just went ahead and bought the white one. It’s not for me, it is a gift for someone that I mentor. I think white will be fine.
Exact same thing at amazon by a different name and price. Makes the savings seem less somehow… cause it is. https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Bluetooth-Wireless-Charging-Compatible/dp/B01D1X1DIA/
@dgmshop Only one left, better snap it up before someone else does.
/giphy tasty-audible-badger
just in time for my x. this will probably come sooner
/buy --color black
@kshannon1 Oops, sorry. We sold out of some of those items.
@mediocrebot /buy --color white
/buy --color white
@kshannon1 It worked! Your order number is: valiant-limited-pepperoni
/image valiant limited pepperoni
How many others had their orders canceled?