Twelve South’s stylish charging tray now delivers more wireless power with a smaller footprint

Following the original’s debut astatine CES earlier this year, Twelve South is introducing a caller type of its leather-wrapped Valet charging tray designed for usage successful places wherever abstraction is astatine a premium. While the original Valet was 7.5-inches heavy and ample capable to service arsenic a catchall for a mates of items for illustration your wallet and keys, the caller Valet astir halves that to 4.5-inches deep, truthful it’s amended suited for azygous items, for illustration a brace of glasses.

Despite being smaller, the caller Valet brings immoderate invited upgrades. The original’s wireless charger maxed retired astatine 15W, but the smaller type bumps that to 25W. However, while the original could complaint a 2nd instrumentality done a USB-C larboard connected the broadside astatine 15W, the smaller Valet limits powerfulness transportation location to conscionable 10W while its Qi2 charger is successful use.

At $129.99 the caller 4.5-inch Twelve South Valet is cheaper than the larger $179.99 option, but it’s still considerably much costly than other Qi2 wireless chargers arsenic a consequence of its usage of premium materials. It features a weighted zinc alloy guidelines pinch the tray itself wrapped successful black, brown, aliases taupe Nappa leather. The precocious conception of the Valet is besides surrounded by a removable metallic framework that tin beryllium swapped pinch alternate colors sold by Twelve South.