It became apparent to me very soon after buying my Apple Watch that in addition to the supplied charging cable which I do consider sufficient for work travel – I also needed a standalone Apple Watch charger for my home office.
After some extensive searching, I found there is a large number of charging stands out there, mostly requiring the owner to provide their own charging cable (which increases the overall cost). But as I have a love/hate (most hate!) affair with cables and like to maintain the minimalistic look of my office desk, it made sense to have a combined charger for both my iPhone and Apple Watch instead of separate chargers. While a lot of the marketing images for this product shows the charger being used as a night stand in bedrooms, it appealed to me as a solution for my office desk.
I've had the product for one week now, and I'm so pleased I bought it!!! It's nice and solid, and heavy enough so that it stays in place – which is important when needing to quickly remove the iPhone during incoming phone calls. The product is aesthetically pleasing to look at on my office desk at home, and blends in well with my MacBook Pro, monitor and speaker stands. The ONLY shame (for me!) is that it requires its own dedicated power supply and therefore can't be directly connected to the MacBook Pro for iTunes syncing, but I didn't reflect this in the star rating as I already knew that before accepting that and deciding to purchase it.
I must admit, I was initially put off after reading some online reviews that claimed the Apple Watch slants and tips to one side (albeit very slightly) when placed on the charging dock. I must confess I am a little OCD when it comes to this sort of thing. BUT… After receiving this unit I was delighted to find that my Apple Watch stays up perfectly straight – no problem!