 I think especially in light of the live stream that I uploaded earlier this week It's gonna come as a bit of a surprise to you guys that we have been working on a new channel Concept for the last few months that I think we are just about ready to show the world. The working name is short circuit We're gonna have a link to the YouTube channel in the video description so you guys can go over there go subscribe There's actually gonna be nothing on it So I hope it's gonna end up being one of those hilarious channels with like a silver play button and literally no videos uploaded to it But don't worry. We're gonna have content coming on the surface. It's gonna look really similar to Linus tech tips It's gonna be tech oriented unboxings first impressions things like that the reason that it needs to exist is that sometimes we see a really cool product and we can't think of Exactly the right title and exactly the right thumbnail and then we end up just not making a video about it at all and that Sucks and it's not a lot of fun. So that's what this is We want this to be an outlet for us to just take cool stuff that we're interested in and check it out, so Let's kick it off. Shall we this is the Pataka air quad And this is a third party attempt at what Apple failed to do which was to create a wireless charger where their vision was that you were gonna be able to take your air pods your Apple watch and your iPhone and just chuck them all on there Don't worry about getting the you know, the magnetic charging coils exactly position, right? They were just all gonna charge you just grab them all in the morning and you're ready to rock Apple Abandoned that we did get some third-party options and I actually grabbed this one from mofie So I could show you guys for comparison But what this one does is not quite what Apple promised so it does charge all your devices at the same time You know, you throw your air pods there you throw your Apple watch there throw your iPhone There goes a little something like that, but if you don't line it up just right This is actually the one that I'm daily driving right now. It it doesn't it doesn't actually work Okay, so I'm really excited about this thing then it's got an auto flip up watch charger position free charging So they claim you can just chuck your phone anywhere you want on it because it has multiple built-in wireless charging coils wirelessly charge your air pods well Sure as heck hope so four in one wireless charger. Yes got it Also, one of those things isn't wireless because the iPad charger uses a wire I have 18 watt wireless fast charging sleep charging perfect as an organizer. So let's check it out Listen to that thing that is Built Wow if you're into the chrome look, I guess this is gonna be right up your alley You want somewhere to keep the keys to your Bentley or whatever? Bentley's are kind of chromed out, right? Ish. Yeah. Okay. What's something more chromed out? What's a more chromed out car than a Bentley? Andy what kind of car owner is gonna be into this? The good news is that the super shiny part Goes on the bottom and all you end up with is a relatively tasteful Chrome accent and then like a carbon fiber II looking finished on the top So I'm actually a little curious as to how's that? Oh, okay. I get it So if you don't have an iPad and you're not interested in standing up your iPad here and then there's a little slightly flexible USB type C here at least you can just tuck that out of the way and focus on charging your phone and your watch and your AirPods. All right, you get to build your own wall wart. How does this go on? There we go, that wasn't so hard and other than that just packaging. Oh, that's cute This must be their Apple watch charger adopts patented flip-up design allowing you to take full advantage of versatility I always like to take full advantage of my versatility Even factoring in that some stuffs gonna overhang it the air quad takes up on but ton of space Compared to the mofie. This is a lot smaller not to mention a lot thinner But I guess that's the price that you pay for having a whole bunch of charging coils inside it Also, we still haven't figured out what this dial does the USB C thing. Look at this. Oh, okay So if you've got a case on your iPad, you can raise it up a little bit for maximum Penetration and then if you don't then you can kind of pull it back. It's a lot heavier. It's a lot bigger It's a lot thicker, but if the performance is there then I guess it doesn't really matter so the first thing I want to do is Chuck all my devices on the mofie because I've got a super convenient Android app here for detecting the rate at which a Phone is charging. I'm not gonna be able to measure the charging rate of the air pods or the Apple watch But this will tell me you know How much juice is left over for the phone when you've got all three devices charging at the same time? Let's give it a hot minute here. That's what the kids call it when it's more than a minute, you know, I'm gonna reposition this A little bit. I want to see if it gets worse or better. We're dropping so that's clearly too low Okay, so let's go back up this way a bit. We want to find out exactly where the charging coil is in this phone Oh, there we go. Okay, we're getting right up there and we fell off a cliff All right. Now it's time for the Pataka Okay, the magnet hold I wouldn't describe it as amazing to be honest with you So you can see it grabbing on there but actually I Think the Mophie holds better. I mean either way, it's not gonna be a problem. It's not gonna fall off by accident So I'm not gonna take too many marks off for that. But okay, we've got our Oh bloody hell This isn't even a charging case. Who's got a charging case for their air pods. Yeah, we good now. We got the wireless charging case All right. Let's try that again, shall we? Okay, doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever. We're right around the same 1.3 1.4 amps Pataka time That sounds cool. Yeah, Pataka time You know, it's kind of funny. They say well you can put it anywhere you want But like it's only about as big as a phone anyway Two things we want to check for here one is if their claims about it being able to charge kind of no matter where you put the phone on the pad are true and Two if it can even get close to keeping up with our Mophie. Oh, we're ramping up this time Yep, we're right up in the same range as the Mophie 1.3 amps. Oh We are discharging boys and girls, I better go get that checked by the way, there you go So you don't want to get too close to the edge. We're at an amp now which tells us for sure we've got coils somewhere in this area somewhere in this area and As advertised when we put the phone right in between them. It doesn't charge well, but it does charge So let's try something new based on what I've seen so far I am NOT expecting there to be any wireless charging coils over here, but yeah, no we discharging again How interesting I think we just figured out why Apple wasn't comfortable coming out with airpower Because even if you're aligned with the coil, there's still an orientation dependency here So what Pataka has done is they've said you can put the phone anywhere you want as long as where you want to put it is Here and running this way not this way. What do you think David? Do you consider this acceptable for put anywhere as long as it's? No, it's not charging like that. That's not put anywhere. Okay, but what if what if so? I've already got my other stuff on here, right? Okay now Can if I can put it anywhere where it's on the pad is That not put it anywhere and it looks like it was an anomaly the first time it's charging just fine right dead center now So like no you can't just like throw your phone at your charging pad. Oh, I got it Okay, hold on so you can't just throw your phone at your charging pad and expect it to start charging But as long as you take a moment of care and put it on the charging pad as soon as you come over the edge here It's charging how much is this thing? 200 bucks US so 270 Canadian But I think I can accept that I should probably have my phone on the pad if I expect it to be charging So I'm gonna give them a pass on that. I'm actually pretty pleased with the result I don't like how much space it takes up But as long as you have the space it definitely looks and feels a lot nicer one thing I think they could have really improved is the quality of the charging cable. Honestly, I expect a braided cable, you know, I Want to check how much the Murphy is now too. So and this thing is 110 bucks. I think that's a tough sell paying an extra $90 for the Pataka solution. You know what? I want you guys to give me the verdict 200 bucks for this a hundred and change for this or just don't be lazy plug in all your stuff Let us know in the comments below and let us know in the comments below if you're gonna subscribe to the channel if you Like this type of just casual unboxing quick look format. I'm actually really looking forward to it I had a lot of fun doing this. I guess we'll see you guys over there