PowerMat First Impression

So my PowerMat review unit arrived in the mail yesterday. We got the "home" unit and the "portable" unit. Haven't put them to the test yet, but a few things to mention:

1)Design-wise, the PowerMat Home Charger is better looking than the Duracell myGrid. In fact, the PowerMat looks like a swanky horizontal mouse pad. The portable unit is a little less swanky, but then again it's meant to be portable.

2)Both the home and portable unit came with a handful of tips/adapters, which you're supposed to use to charge gadgets that aren't natively supported by the PowerMat. For instance, the iPhone 3GS is natively supported because there's a PowerMat "sleeve" specifically for the 3GS. (Granted, that sleeve will cost you a few bucks.) So for non-native devices, here's how it works. You connect the tip to your device and then the tip connects to the PowerMat adapter. You then place the adapter on the pad. Sound confusing? It is. It's a lot more tedious than I would like.

I'll test both of the units side by side to see which one is faster at charging, which one has the better construction, and which one offers the better bargain. Stay tuned!