Veger X5 5000mAh MagSafe Wallet
ZDNET Highlights
- The Veger X5 is available now for $59.
- It’s a MagSafe charger, wallet, and tracker with Find My in one.
- It can only hold a few cards at a time.
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I’m a MagSafe fanatic. If it has a circular magnet on it, I want it. I’ve used a number of MagSafe accessories in my time, including wallets, batteries, and other devices with tracking. But I’ve never used one with all three until now.
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Wager X5 MagSafe Wallet And the battery is a great option for someone like me. It has a 5,000 mAh MagSafe battery, a kickstand, a wallet that can hold two or three cards (more on that in a moment), and support for Apple’s Find My. I used the Veger X5 for about a week, and it’s like mom is calling me home. Except for one complaint – and it’s a big one.
The design of the wallet is pretty straightforward. The battery pack has the familiar circle of magnets for the magnets, a USB-C port at the bottom, a power button, and five pips to show you the charge level.
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The backplate is attached to the battery with four T5 screws. It has a neat design with a kickstand that can adjust to any angle. When you open the kickstand, you can use the slot where it was as a thumb hole to slide your cards up and out. Overall, except for one flaw, it is a simple and effective design.
When you connect the Veger X5 to the back of your phone, the battery starts powering your phone (at a maximum of 20W, by the way). But I wonder whether merging the functionality of something like a wallet, which is always there, with a charger – a device you only need occasionally – is a mistake.
What ultimately happened was that my iPhone 17 Pro Max never discharged below 100%, and the charger ended up being on all day. This point is not very intuitive, but if you press the battery button twice, it stops charging until you really need it.
Initially, there were only two cards in the wallet – my credit card and my driver’s license. There are four T5 screws that hold the backplate of the wallet onto the battery. I loosened those screws and then tightened them again, and just like that, I was able to add my insurance card to the mix. But that was not the biggest problem.
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The problem I faced was that the MagSafe magnets on the wallet are extremely weak. When you put it on your phone, it rotates and slides quite freely. Keep your phone in your pocket, and it’s a virtual certainty that it will slip out. When this happens, whether it’s right in your pocket or you fix it yourself, the phone starts charging again. I kept trying to reconnect the battery to my phone.
Despite this problem, the Veger X5 is proof that Android manufacturers need to get this far with embedding Qi2 magnets for such accessories. The convenience of having a MagSafe charger, kickstand, wallet, or snapping everything together is a joy that can currently only be enjoyed by iPhone and some Google Pixel users. Now, Samsung, OnePlus and others need to join the fray.
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Ultimately, I couldn’t continue using it Vegan X5Which is a shame. It basically did everything I wanted, except hold all the cards I like to carry. However, if you only need to carry one or two cards, this may be much more practical. Just keep an eye on whether it’s draining the battery. Luckily, there are thousands of other MagSafe chargers on the market for you to consider.
