Verizon Note 10 Plus Wireless Charging in the Car

[charlier180]

Though I would post about my experience charging my Note 10 Plus wirelessly in the car.

Before my Note 10 Plus arrived I purchased the ZeeHoo 10W, Qi Fast Charging Wireless Car Charger.
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This DOES NOT come with a QC 3.0 car charger adapter, just the cable and various hardware to mount the charger on the dash or A/C vents, etc.

Therefore, I bought a Meagoes Fast USB C Car Charger (mine is gray not the pink one in the current link).

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This past Friday I had a 3+ hour commute (each way) to a client site for work.
During the trip there my Note 10 Plus stayed at 100% battery full even though I was using a Navigation App the whole time with screen set to 80%+ brightness. I was also streaming music the whole time and running at least a half dozen+ other apps.
So for this part of the trip the wireless charging kept up.

While I was at the client my Note 10 Plus used about 30% of it's battery power during heavy/moderate use. On the trip home, I decided to keep the wireless charger running to see if it could keep up or better yet charge the phone while running ALL of the same apps I ran on the trip to the client. To my surprise the charger not only kept up but in increased the batter charge level about 12%.

Now for a few other comments. The ZeeHoo charger has a few features/quirks that some people might not like. First, the two clamps on the sides of the unit are motorized. If you brush the release button with your finger the clamps may open up and your phone fall off (especially if you are not using a case or a very thin case).
Before I got my case this happened to me once or twice but my phone did not fall out.

One of the quirks is that the bottom shelf that the bottom of the phone rests on must be FULLY EXTENDED so your Note 10 Plus rests firmly on it. Doing this positions the phone properly on the wireless charging area. Failure to do this prevents the phone from charging.

Last but not least, I purchased the OtterBox Defender Series Case (OBD). With this case on the phone I have ZERO issues with charging my phone wirelessly. That applies to both the ZeeHoo charger above and numerous Qi wireless charger I have at home. The OBD case is also LESS bulky than the OBD case I had on my Note 4. No doubt this is due to the Note 4 being much thicker.

Finally, the OBD case also makes the phone fit very snugly in the clamps on the ZeeHoo charger/mount. Basically the clamps are at their maximum outward extension so the phone cannot accidentally fall out any longer.

Your experience may vary. Just thought I would pass this along in case some here are interested.

 

[Rukbat]

And with the Otterbox Defender, if you get into an accident bad enough to kill you, the phone will probably survive. (No kidding - I had a phone in a Defender lobbed at a wall and there wasn't a mark on the wall, the case or the phone. It's still working a few years later. I wouldn't try driving over one that was lying face down, but it might survive. [Face up, of course, the tire would probably smash the screen.])