We are talking about a portable charging complex for the iPhone Belkin Portable Wireless Charger + Stand Special Edition (WIZ003), consisting of, actually a wireless charger and a stand, inside which is located battery stored up to 10,000 mAh. They are deadly dangerous (not a joke), Belkin recalls them. I bought the device to be reviewed, its full cost will be reimbursed. From Belkin, a company that has a special relationship with Apple, no one was waiting for this. But what happened to Belkin, it can easily happen to any consumer electronics developer, even Apple is not insured.
2,280 charging responds, serial numbers to be replaced by the device are published on the BELKIN website. The serial number of the device, if you have it, you can look at the back of his stand. Belkin recommends that all owners of the charger first disconnect it from the electrical network, and only then compare their serial number with numbers in the list.
Devices whose numbers did not hit the list, safe, they can be used further. There are no information about fire and victims from Belkin SE.
BELKIN charging can catch fire?
Having learned about the recall, the media immediately remembered the AIRPOWER, the ambitious charger, the presentation of which was amazing, but that did not happen - in 2019 the device output was officially and publicly canceled. According to many specialists, Apple engineers failed to cope with excessive heat released by dozens of coils collected in a close building. Due to overheating, the device was destroyed, and very similar problems arose.Officially, Belkin does not report any details, but from the staff of this company it became known that the marriage overheats the battery block, mounted in the stand, and only if the device is connected to the electrical network for a long time, dozens or hundreds of hours in a row. Unfortunately, wireless chargers are most often used precisely that - especially if they have a battery yourself, the charge of which is used to increase the battery life of the iPhone. It is said that fast heating begins unexpectedly, the temperature grows very quickly, and its critical level is achieved in a few minutes. He told the man who, as if, miraculously managed to pull the smoking device from the outlet.
If you also have such a charging, and its serial number is in the review list, you can apply for reimbursement of funds on the Belkin website.
Is it worth buying BELKIN charging
BELKIN reputation caused serious damage. Reimbursement of the full cost of recalculated devices will be not suited. In the Apple online store and the Belkin online and retail stores the device was sold at about $ 80. Who and how to reimburse this damage, we will most likely not know. All Belkin products are manufactured in the People's Republic of China, plants that belong to Foxconn, and Belkin is a subsidiary of this company. I hope on the sales of Belkin products this episode will not affect.
The complex from the charger and the portable battery, which was recalled, has long been removed from production. It was made from July last year to October. Belkin one of the first released products compatible with Magsafe, to create that Apple instructed it. The company brilliantly coped with this task, in recent years, especially after its production problems assumed Foxconn, never disappointed. So it is not necessary, perhaps, draw conclusions due to one charging.