How many times have you looked around your house for a spare plug for your phone or tablet to charge from? How many times have you had to hunt from room to room to find where you plugged in your tablet? Take it one step further though, how many times have you been traveling and run into the issues of not having enough wall outlets in your hotel room or the spare bedroom to charge all your gadgets? I know it has happened to at least one of you because it has happened to me on a number of occasions. That is where the new ThingCHARGER comes to the rescue.
Unlike previous wall socket replacements that we have all seen, the ones the require you to be somewhat of an electrician, the ThingCHARGER only requires you to know how to plug something into a socket. The ‘thing’ being the ThingCHARGER. You simply plug it right in over the top of your current ( Standard US) outlet. Pretty simple. Once plugged in you get the same access to two regular sockets, but you also get a bit more. You get two build-in USB ports to help alleviate the need for a wall charger all together. Oh, but wait, there’s more! Housed inside the ThingCHARGER is a set of charging tips that fit in the top slot of the unit. There are 4 tips altogether for the ThingCHARGER. Your standard micro USB plug for all our Android needs, a mini USB for other devices and a standard 30-pin for your iPods and older iOS products. Â If you happen be one of those “new” iOS owners, you can pick up a lightning charger tip for $9.75 extra.
The down and dirty ThingCHARGER details –
Product Highlights:
- Plugs into any standard US outlet so you are ready wherever you go.
- Stack 2 or 3 thingCHARGERs together and charge all your things at once.
- Charges over a billion devices thanks to interchangeable charging tips which store neatly in the back
- 2 built-in USB ports, just in case
- Green by design – most chargers use power when plugged in unused. thingCHARGER has a simple switch – just click for conservation.
- Extremely portable – less than 1-inch THIN…slim never looked so sexy!
Product Specs:
- Twin Standard US 3-pin Plugs
- 5 Volts DC
- 2.1 A output
- Interchangeable tips
- 2 X standard USB ports on the underside
- Weighs 6.5 oz
- measures in at 3 x 0.8 4.8 inches
Pretty darn cool, right? Now, the all important part, “How do I get one!” The company is ‘charging’ up to get the ThingCHARGER into a lot of hands pretty quickly. There are 3 ways to get involved. First is the sure fire way, be one of the first 600 to share the ThingCHARGER through Facebook. That guarantees you a FREE unit. You could do absolutely nothing but sign-up and hope to win one of the 100 they will hand out, or, lastly, you could pony up $1 and buy one of 300 that will be available.
For those of you who don’t want to do the simple math, that is 700 ThingCHARGERs headed out for FREE and 300 more for just a buck apiece. What are you waiting for? Click the image above or head over to
thingcharger.com. To snag one for a $1, go check out the
IndieGoGo campaign page. First 300 to contribute at least $1 gets a ThingCHARGER, only 2 claimed so far, so get going before they are gone.
If you are coming into this a little late, that is OK. You still have some great chances to get your hands on one, or 10 ThingCHARGERs. You can get a pre-order in for one at $29.95 plus $9.75 per lightning charger tip you might want. The more you buy the happier you will be though. You can buy 2 and get 1 free, buy 3 get 2 free, buy 4 and get 3 free or buy 5 and get 5 free. Pretty wicked deals if you ask me. I can already see at least one of these plugged in to a socket in every room in my house, and one ready for travel.
