The latest OtterBox creation is a wireless stackable charging battery system.

You will be forgiven for confusing OtterBox's new OtterSpot with a pile of restaurant buzzers, the vibrating devices you keep while preparing your take-out. But the OtterSpot is more exciting than that. This is a wireless charging system. Each layer of the OtterSpot consists of a 5,000 mAh portable battery, with its own Qi charging coil and supporting USB-C cable charging.

The OtterSpot costs $ 129.99 and comes with a charging base and a wireless charging battery. Each additional battery costs $ 69.95 and OtterBox indicates that the 36W base can charge two extra batteries (totaling three OtterSpots) stacked, with a phone on top. An OtterBox spokesman said The edge the system can actually handle up to four stackable batteries, but the loading speed decreases.

More and more people are interested in wireless charging because many popular phone models support Qi charging, such as iPhone XS, Samsung Galaxy S10, Google Pixel 3, LG G8 ThinQ, etc. However, this is something that most people do only at home or in the office, because most chargers require a wall adapter to get the fastest charging speeds. OtterSpot aims to solve this problem by allowing each battery to recharge at a speed of 10W, if your device supports it.

You can save a lot of money and get much faster charge speeds with a portable wired USB PD battery wired and the appropriate cable. But you will miss the OtterSpot's wireless charging capability and its thin disc-shaped design that seems easier to insert into a bag than a large rectangular battery.

OtterSpot is now available for sale on Otterbox.com.

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