🚗 Charge, Track, and Conquer the Road!
The nonda ZUS Smart Car Charger is a cutting-edge device that combines rapid charging capabilities with smart features like automatic car location tracking, battery health monitoring, and mileage recording, all designed to enhance your driving experience and keep you connected.
T**A
The ZUS ecosystem
I recently learned about Zus products earlier this year when I saw it at Walmart. I knew there were parking chargers that helped you find your car but I didn't think I needed one and I always thought they were gimmicks.The design was very clean and it caught my eye. A few months later I finally splurged and purchased a Zus smart car charger. It has been extremely convenient to find your car after a long day at a theme park (we've gotten lost several times at Universal Orlando and Disney World) or large mall. I really like the subtle things like the three-LED indicator and the elegant shine ports that help you plug in your devices in the dark.It's also one of the very few chargers that have reversible USB ports which, once you start using you'll wonder why this feature isn't more prevalent with USB ports in general.After using it for a few months I noticed there was a quick charge version but held off since I didn't own very many QC products. I finally got my hands on one and love seeing the green LEDs when a compatible QC device is plugged in. Keep in mind that if nothing is charging/powered through the ports, or your device is not QC, the LED indicator will remain white. It'd be nice if the elegant shine ports turned green but it remains white regardless of QC or not.I don't really keep track of how quickly they charge my devices but I can usually get a 20-40% increase in battery life within 30 minutes. I'll probably update this review once I start monitoring the charge rates.Because of this well-crafted charger and its features, I'm a proud owner of almost every Zus product including the newly released dash cam, backup camera, HD audio Bluetooth adapter, TPMS, and vehicle health monitor.Zus makes some solid products and this smart car charger has to be my favorite. I get a lot of compliments on the looks and its LED reversible ports. A cool additional feature that Nonda could possibly implement is the ability to change the elegant shine port colors via the app and maybe the three LED indicator could turn red/orange when charging and white when full.Another suggestion is to allow notifications when we park but no sound from the phone. I've had people look in my direction quite often when they hear that audible beep from my phone that I've parked. It's a great reminder to let you know it's saved your parking location but I'd also like the option to turn the sounds off. I know you can have no-notifcation zones such as your house but I'm talking about just no sound notifications anywhere.Who knew you could have a favorite car charger? Our family now owns 4 Zus smart car chargers and it's our main charger for our devices on the road.Keep an eye out at Walmart as these chargers go on sale quite often and are usually much cheaper than Amazon and Nonda's website.Pros:- Unique clean design- Has held up in FL heat- Elegant shine USB ports- Reversible USB ports- Car parking feature is pretty accurate (with app)- LED indicator turns green when a QC device is plugged in- Angled USB ports allow cable to be pointed directly at driver and passenger (assuming you're not using Zus' angled cables)- Car battery voltage monitoring is convenient (with app)- Option to set parking meter reminder and take photo of parked location such as inside a parking garage (with app)Cons:- Pretty expensive for a car charger- LED indicator only turns green when a QC enabled device is plugged in. This feature is not mentioned anywhere in the packaging or website. The photo of the green LEDs on the box is very misleading as I thought it'd remain green at all times. After contacting support did I find out you have to have a QC device plugged in for it to light up green- Physically speaking, the 24W non-QC smart car charger looks identical to this 36W version. The only way you could tell the difference is the 36W charger tip is slightly more bronze than the normal 24W. The other two ways to tell them apart are the green LED indicators (but only if you have a QC device plugged in) and the faint model # etched onto the actual charger- Using Zus' angled USB cables don't make much sense when the USB ports are already angled. Using the right angle USB cables that Nonda sells would make the cable point inward towards the middle or back towards the front of your car which doesn't make any sense. Using normal straight USB cables seems more efficient with these angled ports
C**.
Very useful usb car charger
Product build is very good. They say it's the carbon fiber design but it's only that the sticker they put on it looks like carbon fiber.Both USB ports fast charges my S20 FE. Very usefyl additional featires: car battery level, car finder, and mileage tracker. Overall, a very good buy.
D**S
Charges fast and let's me check the battery voltage. I don't use it for anything else.
As for tracking drives, you could do that but know that some of those features requires a subscription. As a fast charger and one that lets me check on my battery voltage that's great, only problem is it sometimes will disconnect and I have to rotate or wiggle it to get it working again. Something to do with how the prong and terminals are shaped.
C**S
Expensive but works very well Looks Good 2
I hated other Zus products but this one functioned well, was plug and play easy to install and simply worked. The rest of the Zus products upset me so much I returned this product. I was able to return for a full refund. Expensive! Less expensive options out there that work just as good!
Z**U
Mileage Tracking not Working
The device itself is build in good quality. It has a nice finish on it and doesn't look "cheap" compare to others. I used it to charge my Samsung Galaxy S8+ and QC works without issue, and the apps records the battery voltage correctly without any issue. So why is the 3 stars?Well, the other feature of this, the mileage tracking, does not work. I drive ~40 miles to work daily, that ~80 miles a day. The problem is, the app only records the last section of the drive. Sometimes it records the last 15 miles, sometimes it records the last 2 miles. It has never once record the entire trip.I been in contact with their support for the past 2 weeks. They initially ask me to do some diagnosis like making sure the light is on all the time (which it is), make sure the app is running and the battery saving doesn't kill the app in the background (which I did add it to the exception list). After 2 weeks of communication, they claims that my device is working as expected. They said the device is most likely not connected to my phone during those time which cause the trip to not recorded correctly, but the fact that the voltage is recorded for the full trip (full ~40 miles drive based on the timestamp) proves otherwise. The last communication I have with them is on Wednesday, and its not Saturday and still no response.
T**.
Huge fan of them...
I have been using there Gen 1 version for a few years now... Even bought one for my boss who is on the road as much as I am ... it's been great... Now, having it for quick charging... AWESOME.... I will be giving my brother my old one.. I have a few Items from ZUS, and it is nice to have the app to go with it... so much information at my fingertips... Parking locations, mileage and how my battery is doing... A lot of info in such a small app and device... Looking to get the pressure gauges next... cant wait to use them...
G**Y
Didn't work
First off, this gadget is one big advertisement and commercial to buy its monthly services. It had a giveaway about four a mini OBD reader. However the reviews on that OBD reader was atrocious, with most people having bricked their car by not using the OBD reader correctly and the OBD reader failing. That said this gadget does not work in my vehicle because the power for the cigarette lighter adapter shuts off when my truck is shut off. Therefore the GPS adapter is off and the app becomes disconnected. It does not work unless the cigarette lighter is on even if the vehicle is off. Will be returning this.
J**B
Great company, great products
Nonda is a great company. I've bought several of their smart chargers for my family and this one was no exception.My only complaint is that this charger is a little bit hard to put into the car carger, so be careful and dont just push, if you do that you'll end up breaking your car carger. But once the charger is connected it will work like a charm. Nonda is known for their great and intuitive products and also for taking good care of its customers. I've also purchased two of their Tire Pressure monitors from Indiegogo, I cant wait to get my hands on them.
R**G
Easy to use
The app connects very easily to the device, also having 2 USB ports really makes a huge difference. The other features such as the Car Battery Health Monitor, Car Finder, Mileage Recorder etc... seem to work great. All around it's a great accessory.
G**S
Muy buen producto
Muy bien funciona correctamente
A**3
restituito
prodotto pessimo non si collegava Bluetooth e non tracciava bene i percorsi con partenze a piacimento.
C**F
Super Teil
Hält was die Beschreibung versprichtSehr schnelles Laden dankt Q2 möglich bei Samsung S7. Mann sollte vor dem Kauf überprüfen ob das Handy Q2 besitzt.Beim Samsung A5 funktioniert nur die normale Ladeung. Nicht die Quickladung.
C**R
Requires internet connection to work.
Why do you need an internet connection to save gps coordinates. This will not save your location unless you have a working internet connection.
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