Desk declutter and wireless charging in one
If you want to make your desk space cleaner and more efficient, then Journey’s ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat is worth a look.
The mat itself offers a huge surface on which to rest your mouse, keyboard, and hands on. It features two sides: on one an attractive vegan leather surface which feels luxurious, and the other a soft felt material — perhaps the better option for resting your hands on a cold day.
The two sides are actually separate pieces, joined at the one end by a felt spine. Journey’s idea is that between the two pieces of material you can hide all manner of paper notes, with them neatly sandwiched inside. Though we’re sure many will like this, there are those of us who have gone paperless, so a single–piece mat would’ve been preferable.
In use, the mat was a nice place to work on, though we did find that the mat had a tendency to slip underneath our hands at times. Perhaps in a future iteration Journey will add a bit of anti–slip rubber to both sides, or forego the felt side for a completely anti–slip underside.
Joining the mat to the left of the felt spine is a wireless charging mat, again vegan leather with a subtle Journey insignia embossed. This attaches magnetically, allowing you to quickly detach it when you want to flip the main mat over. Unlike the main mat, it features an anti–slip underside. A USB–C cable attaches to the top.
It features a MagSafe charging pad so a compatible iPhone gets a fast 15W charge (or 7.5W wireless charging on an older iPhone). There’s also an additional charging pad for AirPods (or any Qi–compatible headphones). Unfortunately, we found that the charging sweet spot was a bit too high, and it wouldn’t charge our AirPods Pro 2 with the case on.
Journey’s charging mat is a good place to work on, but it needs a few tweaks in order to complete its journey.
Features: 15W MagSafe charger (7.5W Qi), 5W wireless charger, 14.5in (W) x 30.7in (L) x 0.15in (D)
Price: $129.99
A neat way to desk–declutter that is just slightly far from being perfect.
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