Expert's Rating
Pros
- Includes plugs for the places you are most likely to visit
- handy nightlight
Cons
- Makes a high pitch wine when the iPhone isn’t charging
- nightlight can’t be turned off
Our Verdict
If you are looking for a way to charge your iPhone in various hotel rooms around the world, and you don’t like to sleep in complete darkness this could be the device for you. However, we noticed that packing the unit would take up a little more room than packing a converter plug and our usual iPhone charging cable.
Price When Reviewed
$25
The reviveLITE II int’l is a docking travel charger for the iPod and iPhone. You plug it into the wall, wherever you happen to be (it includes four different plugs: for the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore; Europe; US and Japan; and Australia and New Zealand). It also sports a small light at the base that could be handy in an unfamiliar hotel room, just as long as you are the type who doesn’t need a complete blackout to be able to sleep.
Unfortunately if you need complete silence to sleep as well, this might not be a great device for you as when we plugged it in the wall there was a distinct high pitch wine. The wine stopped when we fixed our iPhone in place but certainly concerned us. We wonder if the wine is because the unit is set up for the US currency.
If you have more than one device to charge the reviveLITE II Int’l has a handy additional USB port in the side, so you could charge both your iPhone and iPad in one go.
Charge your iPod or iPhone wherever you are in the world
Author: Karen Haslam, Editor
Macworld editor since 2008, Karen has worked on both sides of the Apple divide, clocking up a number of years at Apple's PR agency prior to joining Macworld almost two decades ago.
Karen's career highlights include interviewing Apple's Steve Wozniak and discussing Steve Jobs’ legacy on the BBC. Her focus is Mac, but she lives and breathes Apple.