Charging from dock

[my3chis]

This has got to be the coolist thing! Last night I was playing with my Transformer and noticed it was down to 33% battery. I decided to throw it on the dock because it had a full charge. I walked away from the duo for a couple of hours during dinner and when I came back to them my tablet had a full charge. Neither were plugged in during the whole time. Way to go Asus!

 

[mknollman123]

I am glad you are digging this - it was actually a noted feature, but there are so many that we all probably missed one or two.

It's fun when you discover something like this by accident - it's like an easter egg

 

[jerrykur]

It is designed to do this. Asus' goal is to ensure that the tablet is charged if you need to disconnect and go commando.

The only small issue is there is a level of inefficiently in the energy transfer so you lose 40% of the dock's charge. That is why you only get an additional 6 hours instead of an additional 10 hours when you add the dock. The batteries inside the table and dock are rated the same.