I had read an article by Steve Litchfield from All About Windows, and listened to him rave about how amazing wireless charging along with the benefits. Well, I did think this was a load of nonsense. I mean, how difficult can it be to plug a micro USB lead into your phone and tablet!

Well that was a week ago. My views today are this. Unless a phone has this capability or means I won’t consider buying it. So what has happened in a week. I received the Nexus 4 and new Nexus 7 and then discovered they both had the circuits built in to allow wireless charging. Curiosity got the better of me and I ordered a Zens charging pad. Well being able to just place the phone or tablet on this pad and it charges is a revelation. It is just so cool. In addition the pad turns charging off at 100% and recommences when battery drops to 95%.

So I decided to get a double charging pad for another room. I might get one more for downstairs too. But the double pad is not as slim and sleek as the single pad. So I returned the double pad and got another white Zens single charging pad. Happy days.

The other neat aspect of the Zens charging pad is that it is not placement sensitive.