hi everyone Aaron here for ZolloTech and
up until this point if you have a Tesla
Model 3 and you wanted to wirelessly
charge your phone you probably are
familiar with this Nomad wireless
charging base and this is a great
product from Nomad I've been using it
for quite some time in fact I've used
their other products as well such as
this titanium watch band on my Apple
watch their products are really well
made and this is custom-made for the
model 3 but then recently Tesla decided
to release their own version and this is
their Wireless phone charger it comes in
a similar black box and does the same
thing at wirelessly charges 2 phones so
I thought we'd compare both of them
since this came out I ordered it right
away but it took almost a month to get
here I ordered it right away and I
thought we'd compare both of them and
see which one is worth your money the
Nomad or the Tesla version and so let's
compare what comes in the box what you
get for your money and also how they fit
in what they look like in the car itself
so let's go ahead and take a look at
those now on the Left we have the model
3 charger it comes in at 125 dollars and
on the right we have the Nomad charger
that comes in at 120 9.99 now with the
Nomad charger you get USB splitter
cables and these allow you to not only
charge your device but also split the
cable so that you can record the camera
from the dash cam or from the Sentry
mode cameras should you have an event so
this is built-in you just use a USB
thumb stick plug it in and then plug in
the charger to the other cable so that's
really nice and then let's go ahead and
open a nomad box so inside the nomad box
here we have the charger and then we
have some spacers so now I've been using
this like I said so it does look a
little bit worn but it's holding up
quite well and it's well-constructed
it's got a rubbery material so your
phone doesn't slip you've got this
little shelf here and a couple little
indicators here and these light up to
let you know when your phone's charging
then on the back we have a plastic back
and it's screwed together and then we've
got our two USB cables that allow it to
charge now also included in the box are
two spacers so if I take these out here
if you have a smaller phone with
wireless charging these just fit here
and kind of boost the phone up so that
it will charge
so maybe you're not using one of the
iPhone 10's max phones maybe you're
using an iPhone 10 or an iPhone 8 or
anything smaller this will boost it up
so it will still charge so let's set
this aside and take a look at the Tesla
charger so inside the Tesla box now I
have not used this charger let's remove
this here inside this box it says
regulatory information we have a pad
that's made out of silicon it's a little
bit different it feels a little
different and it's got the same USB
cables the back is also screwed together
it feels a little bit thinner than the
Nomad charger but we'll take a look at
that in a moment and then also you've
got a little trim piece here for the
Tesla itself so I don't know that we
need this but it looks like it would fit
somewhere like this once we install it
so it would kind of fit on there and
hold your phone in place so let's
compare these side-by-side now as you
can see there are slight differences
when it comes to the shape of them they
both have this little Ridge in the
middle to keep the phone separated but
on the side here it looks like the test
the one might be a hair thinner it's not
much different as far as the thickness
goes and it's a little thinner on the
top than it is on the bottom so that's a
little different and then on the back
again like I said they're both plastic
and they both have USB leads out of them
so let's go ahead and install them in
the car take a look at what they look
like they both charged at 7.5 watts each
in fact Tesla doesn't specify but Nomad
does and that's really the max you're
gonna get out of this sort of connection
so let's go ahead and take a look at
that underneath the display on the model
3 here's the center console we'll open
it up I've removed the little charging
mat that went here before and the trim
piece that went here we may need that if
we're going to use the Nomad charger but
let's go ahead and put the Nomad charger
here connect the actual cables
underneath here and see what it looks
like and then compare it to the Tesla
charger now I've connected the cables to
the USB ports underneath I can put the
splitter in there after if I want to use
it and then you'll see this charging pad
just kind of rests here without the trim
he's on so let me go ahead and put the
trim piece and show you how it fits so
you'll see there's a little overlap
there on the corner it just fits in here
like this so now if I want to charge my
phone I just place it down here and it
will begin to charge and you have a
little indicator light down here that
lets you know it's charging we can swap
from side to side here and you'll see
the light switches with it it will
charge two phones at once so it's pretty
good you'll see the fit and finish here
around the edge it's pretty nice no
issues there and if you want to close
the outside lid you can do that now it
doesn't close really well if you have a
case on it sometimes if you have a
larger phone we have a smaller phone
it's not too much of an issue so let's
go ahead and try the Tesla charger so I
have the USB plugs plugged in for the
Tesla charger let's take a look at the
charger itself and you'll see there's
two little tabs here that hold it in
place along with the actual little tabs
on the back that are keeping it from
moving around let's go ahead and put the
little trim piece on and see what it
looks like now the fit around the edge
of the Tesla charger of course is going
to look fairly factory since it was
designed for the car just like the Nomad
one was and you do have a little lip
here so if you put your phone on here it
won't fall out so let's go ahead and put
the phone in there it's charging and you
have a little lip right there you can
see it overlaps a little so if you went
over a bump it won't come out now with
the Nomad one I've never had an issue
with that either so it's not going
anywhere and it seems like it's in place
pretty well but you really couldn't fit
a thick case here it wouldn't fit very
well and maybe you'd be better off with
a nomad one if you had a thicker case
but in either instance both of these do
not shut very well when you have a thick
case on them so just keep that in mind
but they both seem to charge without an
issue now one thing I noticed just from
using this a little bit the Tesla
charger actually is a little bit under
this lip so if you have this center
console closed its underneath here a
little bit so you do need to lift it up
a little bit instead of just pulling it
straight out it doesn't really pull
straight out because it's hooked
underneath here whereas the Nomad one is
a little bit different let me show you
now on the Nomad
charger of course you've stood at that
little notification light you don't get
on the Tesla one and there's no lip here
so if you want to grab your phone you
can just grab it so it is a little bit
easier that way I don't know that it's a
huge deal but it's just something to
know as compared to the Tesla charger
both of these wireless chargers have
similar fit and finish they both stay
put no problem but the Nomad actually
has a couple little indicator lights to
let you know when it's charging and the
Tesla version has a little tab here to
keep it in place and also has these tabs
on the back that keep it in place so it
does stick a little better but it's not
like it moves around a lot at all so
both of them I would say are fairly
equal as far as build fit and finish and
what they do that's it for the Nomad and
Tesla wireless charging docks let me
know which one you prefer and why in the
comments below I'd love to hear which
one you have maybe you already have the
Nomad one maybe you picked up the Tesla
one let me know your thoughts in the
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