{"id":2833,"date":"2014-03-28T01:23:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T05:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:42:16","slug":"nomad-chargekey-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/28\/nomad-chargekey-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomad ChargeKey Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I don’t normally do reviews of tech devices, but I was recently offered a review copy of Nomad’s ChargeKey<\/a>, and since it seemed like a neat little device, I decided to check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ChargeKey is a portable lightning cable that fits on a keychain. It comes in both a lightning (iPhone) and micro-usb format (Android \/ Windows Phone). The idea behind it is to allow people to always have a cable to plug-in to a USB port if they need to charge or sync their phone. If you use a laptop or have a keyboard with a USB port this is really convenient. The cord is also flexible, so technically you could also plug it into the a USB slot on the back of a desktop tower too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priced at $29, it costs $10 more (or 53% more) than a normal lightning cable from Apple<\/a>. This means you’re basically paying $10 more for the added convenience of a short portable cable. That’s a little high, but not too bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I’m not completely certain on is its durability. Their marketing material mentions that its made with “high grade plastics from Bayer”, but I wasn’t able to find any information on if it was water proof (so I assume its not). I also wonder about the long term wear and tear the device can take, though for something this new its probably too early to tell. After 3 weeks I haven’t encountered any problems though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than that, there’s honestly not a whole lot to say. It’s a simple product that lives up to its expectations. If you think its something you’d like, I’d definitely recommend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally do reviews of tech devices, but I was recently offered a review copy of Nomad’s ChargeKey, and since it seemed like a neat little device, I decided to check it out. ChargeKey is a portable lightning cable that fits on a keychain. It comes in both a lightning (iPhone) and micro-usb format … Continue reading Nomad ChargeKey Review<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2833"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2833\/revisions\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patorjk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}