Quick Look: Belkin BOOST UP Home and Car Chargers for iPad

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I was sent a Belkin BOOST UP Charger and BOOST UP Car charger, both of which feature 12-watt charging for the iPad.

Belkin’s website copy claims that these BOOST UP chargers are 40{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} faster than a 5-watt charger at fully recharging an iPad Air, which is true, but not really a fair comparison because neither an iPad Air nor an iPad mini with Retina Display ship with a 5W charger. In fact, the newest generation of iPads both ship with Apple’s own 12W chargers out of the box, so they’re exactly as fast as this offering from Belkin. However, that’s not to say that there aren’t some slight differences here.

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Each of these BOOST UP Chargers comes with the charger itself, and a matching Lightning cable (in black or white). The BOOST UP Charger for Home is nearly the same size as my 12W Apple charger, although the Belkin is a little taller, and its prong doesn’t fold inwards for…

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