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4.5
It's nicely made and well thought out. When you put it altogether with your iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch, it'll all look and feel very balanced. You can use your existing Apple branded cables for all of this. It also works with the Otterbox symmetry iPhone case and I also have a case for my AirPods charging case, and it works well. It's all because you determine how far up you want the lightning cable to be. Oh I have an iPhone SE 2020, and with the Otterbox case, I used the #2 adjuster and the microusb sized hole (I forgot what they're called now lol) and that's how I got my perfect fit. The cable organizer thing is quite nice as well, so my cables are way less cluttered now!Also in addition to AirPods, I own Powerbeats pro too, and I was able to make that work, but I wouldn't recommend doing that because the Powerbeats pro is quite heavy and it just made the whole thing not very feng shui, if that makes sense to you haha ?Now idk why the reviews for this are so bad. I think maybe their expectations of it were way too high. If I had to guess, it's probably because you kind of have to fumble with the iPhone charging port when you're docking your iPhone ONLY WITH a case, but it's very easy: just lift the whole dock up and push the cable up from there while you push your iPhone down onto the lightning connector. You'll hear that satisfying click and the familiar "ding" and your good to put it back down again. If you're going to have a thick case like Otterbox symmetry, don't use the adhesives that come with it because then you won't be able to lift the thing up, so you won't be able to guide the connector from the bottom. If your case isn't very thick or if you don't have a case, this is unlikely going to be an issue for you.So I have to give this five stars for value, usability, and for making me feel less like all my apple charging cables are going to be a waste. Also the docking station makes nightstand so much prettier and useful. Lol
