TYLT VU Wireless Charging Car Mount 3 Coil Qi Charger for Galaxy S6/Nexus 6/Droid Turbo/Lumia 920 and other Qi Phones - Gray

Yet another Tylt Product DOA due to soldering and electronics assembly problems. This time, it was the car adapter portion of the Tylt VU Wireless Qi Car Charger that was DOA. Sure, I could have sent it back for exchange, but I'd rather know why it failed in the first place, even if I have to learn why it failed at my own expense.As a Hardware Design Engineer, I have an eye for electronics QA - so when my friend asked me to look into why his Tylt charger wouldn't work fresh out of the box, I traded chargers with him and investigated the problem.The symptoms were that his wireless charger wouldn't work, but the 5V USB jack located on the cigarette lighter adapter DID work. Again, this was fresh out of the box.When I put the charger on my bench power supply, I limited the current to 500mA just to be safe. Unloaded, the charger immediately pulled all 500mA, and sagged the voltage down to 7V. Clearly something was wrong with the charger electronics. My friend told me that he had plugged it into his car for about 10 minutes trying to troubleshoot the problem, so I knew that the electronics had already been exposed to well more than 500mA. So, I adjusted my supply for 2A and checked again. This time the voltage only sagged to 9V, meaning we were getting close to the max current the defect was going to pull from the power supply. After some more tests, I arrived at 3.2A to maintain a 12V source voltage. Unloaded, this DC-to-DC supply shouldn't need more than 20mA max to turn on.Time to go inside. The plastic case on this charger, like most of Tylt's other car chargers, is glued-shut with CA (cyanoacrylate adhesive). They went bananas on this unit, however, as I actually TORE THE PLASTIC instead of being able to just crack it open along the seam where the glue was applied. The square top cap came out first, but is obviously designed to only come out when the plastic halves of the adapter are separated. This unit is NOT designed to be serviced or opened EVER, once glued shut. Getting inside of this thing SUCKED, and I did have to make a small blood sacrifice to proceed.Once inside, I saw the same kind of thing I saw in the last Tylt charger that came across my desk: Dirty electronics, crooked parts, solder balls, cold soldering joints, bad assembly, and TERRIBLE (or simply non-existent) QA. I've attached pictures of what I found inside, and those pictures speak for themselves. Do you like what you see?After repairing a crooked MOSFET that had bent the side of an electrolytic cap during assembly (see picture), I fired-up the charger and let it "cook away" for a few seconds while I spied on it through my Fluke Ti32 Thermal Imager. The imager revealed that a small toroid coil on the back side of the PCB was getting hot, so I started my investigation there (it's the picture attached to this review with all the white goop holding the coil down). I used Novec to soften the white goop holding the coil down, and discovered that one of the coil's copper wires was pushed onto the sharp leads to another crooked component. The sharp edge of that lead had cut through the red lacquer on the cooper wire causing a resistive short (turning the whole coil into a 3 Amp resistor, essentially). After fixing the lead, I re-tested the charger and it worked. I then decided to clean up the rest of the electronics while I was in there, did a final test, and stuffed the electronics back into the deformed plastic. After some heat gun treatment and some UV-cure CA, I have a working Tylt Vu Car Charger Adapter that pulls 6mA when unloaded - LIKE IT SHOULD.The question you need to ask yourself before making this purchase is: Why do I have to fix my own electronics when they're brand new out of the box?Seems that Tylt doesn't occasionally take apart their own stuff to verify quality. Keep that in mind when you shell out $70 for this charger. If you aren't equipped to troubleshoot and repair electronics, you might consider taking your money elsewhere.I'm sure I'll get asked "Why didn't you just send it back?" The answer is two fold: (1) I am equipped to both troubleshoot and repair electronics, and I was willing to do so, knowing the warranty would be invalid as a result, and (2) I knew that if I could fix this, It would be functionally more secure, work better and be fully and properly "checked-out", whereas anything I received as a warranty replacement would not -- It would still have bad soldering and assembly problems. I would much rather have an ugly plastic case with known good soldering and QA than a pretty case with questionable-quality electronics hiding inside, just waiting to blow my car's fuses, and possibly cause a fire in the process.Caveat emptor.

I'm very displeased with my purchase right now. While everything worked well for the 3-ish months that it's owned it, today all four tabs on the dock snapped off. The dock had become loose and was not supporting the phone correctly, so I attempted to tighten the back. Upon attempting to tighten the bracket, the tabs snapped off, and I was left with a useless car dock. For the money, this should not be broken after three months. I would suggest seeking other options.

I purchased this almost a year ago. I forgot to write a review.I have one issue, and I knew it would happen, the red faded a little bit sitting on the dashboard of my car over the course of a year.I love this thing. It has not fallen off at all on it's own. Let me explain, I moved it once when I was cleaning the car and I removed it from the dash and I don't think I put it back on correctly and it fell, maybe dash was still wet. But since then it has not come off.Have had many different phones charging in it. Samsung S6, S7 and the Notes - 4, 5, and 7 (before it blew up, lol). Currently we have the Motorola Z Force Droids with the wireless charging mod backs which make the phones a tad thick. Hit a pot hole and they loose wireless connection for a second but that is about it.The stand has been able to grip anything I have put in it. It has not sagged forward or backward.I have run Waze (screen on) and Pandora while driving and been able to keep almost a full charge on most of my phones. But I do believe that does also depend on the phone and the app.Thank you for reading my review

I bought the VU 10 months ago, August 10, 2015. It is a fine product - it can charge my phone through my Tech21 case (but not a thicker case such as an OtterBox). It charges quickly, and has an excellent range of motion. Also, the base of the cord, where you plug it into the car, has a usb outlet on it. The product looks good, works well, and is designed amazingly.That said, this gets a one star review. In less than 10 months, in the mild southern Missouri weather, the base has become unusable. OVernight it slid down the front of my windshield and left a nasty blackish goo behind it.So if you want an amazing product that will work perfectly until it causes a huge mess in your car after a year, this is your product!I've contacted Tylt customer service, and will update this review pending their response. I really do love the product and hope this can be resolved.Update: TYLT Representative Katarina contacted me early Monday morning, and as of today, they are shipping me a free replacement unit. Top notch customer service. Hopefully this one will last a long time!

Unit works great and will charge my Samsung Galaxy S8+ through the SUPCASE (otterbox defender like) protective case. The three coil design allows it to pair with the coil in the phone in more positions than many similar chargers with only a single coil. The chin is adjustable and allows you to fit your device into it.I have mounted it on the Windshield and before that had it on a stick on mount on the dash from another magnetic mount I was trying... it also had a 17mm ball and was able to mount to it as well.This unit has a premium feel and is well constructed..There was another review about the power supply being bad and poorly made... more than likely TILT doesn't manufacture the power cord, it is common for companies to just purchase that from another vendor... I am also sure they would have swapped it out for him if he didn't tear it apart...I have not used he USB port in the power adaptor, but assume it would be a standard 1amp output...

Good quality and works well. Great design, although a little bit bulky.No hardware for fixing it over a clip, I had to use screws.

The Tylt Vu that I received from Amazon worked perfectly for several days. Then one morning, I placed my phone in the charger, and nothing happened.

Purchased this product back in Sept of 2017 so it lasted me approximately 9 month before I had issues.

Charges very slowPower plug is not micro USBclamps wellstays mounted to window

Works fantastic for me.

The quality is excellent, but it was just too big for my dash, and the phone never held a charge while connected.

The ad didn't make it clear to me that this was *not* a changing station, but I did get what I ordered.

This thing works great! If your old pre-X iPhone needed a drink by noon, and now you are running the X, this is the real deal.

All I can say about it is it charges (Under certain circumstances). I also have the TYLT VU Mate Qi Wireless Charger Receiver for Samsung Galaxy S5 & TYLT VU Qi Wireless Phone...

After about 8 months it doesn't work intermittently