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LIVBOJ Wireless Charger Pad (Black or White) 5 Watt $7 in-Store /+ $5 C&C @ IKEA

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IKEA has black and white mobile phone Wireless Charger on sale for $7.

It's only the charging pad and you need a power brick and USB-C cable as well. But if you want to update your charging cable to wireless by pluging it in instead of your phone each time like me - then $7.

Link to white unit:
White Charger

Enjoy.

Sorry, forgot the power details: 5v 2A (10W I believe)

From product description:

Max. power induction charging: 5W.

Update 27 Hab 9:45am: Now out of stock all locations except Tempe, NSW

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  • +6

    Only 5W though.

    • Still cheap

      • +3

        Isnt $10 the going rate for 15w wireless chargers on ebay? This seems overpriced for a 5w

  • +3

    Does this have an led? I hate seeing it at night

      • +4

        Doesn't look as nice

        • +6

          Just use a black texta/permanent marker/paint/nail polish to colour in the LED then

      • Exactly my solution lol

      • Light dims are far better.

    • -1

      It does, but it's only on when it's charging, and your phone covers it. I have mine in my bedside table, and use it every night - can never see the light.

  • Out of stock everywhere except Tempe according to website, checked Rhodes today and couldn't find any.

    • There is a lot of white stock around though by the looks…
      Canberra, Logan, Marsden Park, Perth, Rhodes and Tempe

      Wouldn't really recommend it though. Wife has one on her bedside table, it's ok for overnight charging but not much more than that as it's so slow.

      • Oh there is, that sucks I must have missed it today when I checked.

      • +1

        Agreed but I love no dealing with cables in the dark.

  • +14

    OP could you please update your description the website says "Max. power induction charging: 5W."

      • Please refrain from being rude and let's all be a bit more respectfully

  • +2

    no stock anywhere and has always been this price.. good luck finding one in qld

  • +1

    This has been oos in VIC for months, I wonder if it will ever come back. (For a 5W charger on a nightstand it does the job…)

  • +1

    few years ago bought the Qi charger from kogan for $15 delivered, never used it since then…

    • +1

      Cool story…

    • good on you!
      wireless chargers are very inefficient. wasting up to 50% of the electricity compared to wired charging.

      It's quite unbelieveble that there is a push for wireless charging while the whole world is struggling to keep energy consumtion as low as possible. There is absolutely no hope for mankind imo.

  • Been there on display for quite sometime. I got two a month back from Tempe. I saw them in stock today as well.

  • +1

    5W you cannot fry an egg on it! grossly underpowered

  • +1

    Admittedly I've only got a 10w wireless charger, but I really don't see the attraction with wireless. Comparatively slow vs wired, inefficient, sometimes seems hotter on the phone.. overnight charging perhaps convenient, but I am known to fall asleep with my phone in my hand, plus any bump of the side drawers and if it's not positioned on the pad it doesn't charge anyway.

    Horses for courses, but seems a novelty to me. Absolutely not a criteria for any potential new phone in my assessment.

    • +1

      Personally, I use mine at my desk at work. I don't like sitting with my phone in my pocket so I always take it out and put in on my desk when I sit.
      Having a wireless charger on my desk means I just put it on that whenever I sit … its easier than unplugging and plugging in my phone every time I get up from my desk.

    • Depends on personal use case, I use mine to charge overnight majority of the time. I also have them in the kitchen and work where either I don't want cables laying around the bench or frequently get up from my desk. Saves the port on the phone from wear and tear.

      Well designed wireless chargers will still generate a little heat, but so will charging via a cable. Most importantly is that if the charging coils aren't aligned well then efficiency drops significantly.

      My experience across multiple wireless chargers would be to use a multi coil pad that allows for free positioning, in turn improves charging efficiency and avoid the annoyance when dealing with a device that didn't charge.

      But this is a really good way to get started, better off with this then some cheap dodgy pucks that burn out and melt. I've seen it happen first hand to someone at work.

    • I don't have wireless charging in my current phone (Pixel 3a) and of course the first thing to give way is the USB port…. :(

  • I’ve been checking stock in the Adelaide store since these came out and I swear it is straight up never in stock.
    It’s so nice and cheap but far out, hard to snap one up.

  • only 5w charging… u'll have to leave your phone overnight to make any dint in %… and if you have a big battery might not even get to 100% the next day…

    • No different to the Apple 5w chargers that were included with iPhones. Can easily fully recharge multiple times over, overnight. Better for your battery, too

  • Not a bad price, but beware that some flat wireless chargers like these sometimes makes the phone vibrates throughout the night (because of the intermittent connections).

    I would go for the vertical wireless chargers if you are just starting to use these kind of chargers. E.g. https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-10w-qi-wireless-fast-char…

  • Just bought a white one from Rhodes

  • Merged from IKEA LIVBOJ Wireless Charger $7 in-Store /+ $5 C&C

    First post, be gentle..

    Found this browsing Ikea's smart home electricals. Does NOT come with a usb cable. Not a lot of information on it. Stock seems pretty good nation-wide except Vic of course. Comes in white or black.

      • +35

        I am struggling to understand how this comment makes any sense and why you thought it was a good use of your time

        • +14

          Maybe it was a legitimate question?

        • +11

          I think he meant:

          Stock seems pretty good nation-wide except Vic of course

          Why "of course" with regards to stock levels not being very good in Victoria? Is there a specific driver of low stock levels for Ikea wireless chargers in Victoria?

        • -2

          One of the problems is that he failed to quote OP properly.

      • +5

        Op is in Melbourne…hence the “of course”

      • +2

        as a Victoria resident, I think it is a relevant question, and I would like an answer, too

        • -2

          You need an answer as to why a cheap wireless charger doesn't have sufficient stock levels in Victoria?

          • @smartazz104: no. why "of course"

            • @shabaka: Be sure it’s where OP lives so “of course” it’s not as easy for them to get

    • It takes a long time to charge?

    • +14

      5w, long time to charge

      • +13

        Perfect for overnight charging.

        • In that case why not just plug it i?

          • +1

            @Kista: Because wireless

          • +4

            @Kista: Some people have a habit of breaking cables when plugging them in every night. Wireless avoids this.

            • -1

              @sween64: Yeah you might need to replace a cable may once every 3 or 4 years. With this thing I doubt it'll be burnt out and garbage in that amount of time….

    • +1

      This be perfect for my AirPods Pro. Good find OP

      • didnt work for mine for some reason.

      • +6

        Sorry I didn't realise Apple had exclusive rights to use wireless charging lol.

        • In fact, they have moved on mostly. Magsafe charging now

          • @auna: Magsafe charging for iPhones is wireless charging with a magnetic ring to hold the charging pad in place.

            • @ihfree: Yes, you can easily still use the phone and it charges three times faster- 15w.

              • @auna: … but it's still wireless charging with improvements, so they haven't moved on.

              • @auna: So it's wireless charging and when you use the phone there a cable attached?

                And then when you want to pick the phone up and take it away you need to remove the wireless charger because it's magnetically stuck to your phone.

                Sounds about as easy as plugging your phone in to a cable and much less convenient than wireless charging.

          • @auna: That's as 'revolutionary' as iMessage and FaceTime. Which if you have never heard of any alternative does sound good.

            I have to give it to Apple's marketing team though, they can introduce something already done in such a way it makes them look like they've made it

            it charges three times faster- 15w.

            If you're just comparing raw charging output OP9 Pro charges wirelessly at 65W

      • -1

        I didn't buy the charger because it wouldn't charge multiple AirPods Pro's at the same time. I need to have all my sets charging when not in use.

    • Livbougie

    • +6

      There is a 10W at Aldi this week for $8 or 10 I think

    • 5w at Kmart with USB cable. Bought one early this week, works well to be left on office desk…

      .

    • +2

      Kmart's comparable 5W charger is $12, for those who don't have easy access to an Ikea.

    • I have one of this. It's great!!

    • Ikea still charge $5 to process click collect :(

      • +1

        I think it's very fair, you can't really compare IKEA to other retailers. Their whole premise is you do it yourself to save costs, if you want extra service, you pay. I don't think you fully comprehend the amount of space and staff hours required to provide free click and collect at a store where people often buy 100's of items spread across kms of store space, some of which being over 2 metres long and 50kg+ per box.

    • +1

      Black has stock in VIC according to page currently -
      https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/livboj-wireless-charger-black-2…

      • +2

        Of course

    • Got a few of these, very handy.

    • +1

      Why some of the wireless chargers are expensive and some of them are very cheap?
      Does this particular charger do any harms to phone?

      • Lower power rating

        10-15w are supported on most phones but are more expensive to manufacture than a simple 5w charger like these

    • +2

      Hard to drive while using this, cable is easier

      • +1

        This is designed to be a desktop charger e.g. to go with their furniture. I think IKEA even have them integrated into the base of some lamps, desks, bedside tables, etc.

      • +2

        I didn't have any problems. I just used a bit of duct tape.

    • +1

      Max. power induction charging: 5W

    • -2

      Stock seems pretty good nation-wide except Vic of course

      Why “of course” ?

    • These are really solid chargers.
      They may not be the fastest but you don't need to position the device EXACTLY over the perfect point for it to work (unlike some of my other chargers).

      If you want a reliable, cheap wireless charger for maybe the kitchen or living room these are good.

    • +2

      Still waiting a newcomer to enter the scene with a different approach…

      First time here, I like it rough…

      • I do recall there was one, a long time ago though

    • At 5w that should take 20 hours to charge your phone, thanks for the hot tip haha

    • +1

      Wireless chargers waste electricity, if you care about that.. https://debugger.medium.com/wireless-charging-is-a-disaster-…

      • +2

        It’s so little it’s barely worth worrying about

    • +3

      Best avoid based on reviews that it doesn’t even work for some phones. Possibility - high possibility actually of every bad reviewer being an idiot though.

      • I have one and it works, I’d avoid it though

      • +1

        Perhaps those phones don't support wireless charging?

    • This is very slow

      Max. power induction charging: 5W.

      • Agree, it’s painfully slow

    • +1

      Just picked one up today!

      My plan is to keep it at my office so that when I am not using my phone it just slowly charges :)

    • -1

      Just use the cable and wait for CCP to come up with a viable true wireless charging at any corner inside the home.

      • CCP?

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