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Details
- Price $59.99 at rorry.com
- Weight 10.48 oz / 297 g (measured)
- Dimensions 2.8" (w) x 4.5" (h) x 1.2" (d) / 70 (w) x 115 (h) x 30 (d) mm
- Battery Capacity 10,000 mAh
Overview
EDCs have evolved in a way where there is a whole product range dedicated to people who need to charge their phones, earphones, and Apple Watch at the same time. And I fit right in this category.
In the past year, I quite aggressively minimized my collection of watches and earphones to just one of each type—a first-generation Apple Watch and my Sony WF-1000XM4.
This makes triple-charging docks, like the NOMAD Stand One Max, perfect for my setup—except for travel. I can't/won't bring those clunky stands along but with the RORRY M3, I just might get the best of both worlds.
RORRY M3 isn't designed as a dock. It's a battery that charges all your devices but can be used as a dock, making it the perfect mobile battery for travel. It's one that you can use in and out of your hotel room.
Style
The RORRY M3 comes in two classic colors, black and white. No prizes for which one I went for.
I've found the overall aesthetic quite common in Chinese brands. It's a strive toward minimalistic sleek design, now the trend among mobile battery brands. However, RORRY, like most similar companies, lacks the design finesse that you'll see in brands like Apple, Aer, or NOMAD which has a strong design culture.
Diagonal stripe grooves are repeated on the front and back for increased grip. The RORRY logo sits on a pill-shaped cutout. Despite being all black, the surface is quite susceptible to fingermarks that can be seen relatively clearly under the light.
The Apple Watch charging tab can be flipped open. The charging area is black, while the tab is silver. I've found that this treatment somewhat cheapens the look, making it look like an OEM model.
The charging surfaces are marked with subtle icons, with a lightning icon on the Magsafe contact point. The design of the icons, while functional, doesn't quite have the same tasteful refinement as that of NOMAD products.
The earbuds charging surface also has regulatory logos. Most companies pay little attention to these, usually just slapping it on since they have to. RORRY treated the regulatory marks well on the RORRY D14, but it looks quite mediocre here.
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Material
The polycarbonate shell delivers the kind of durability typically reserved for industrial applications, resistant to the casual cruelties of daily carry. PC plastic, despite its humble reputation, offers superior impact resistance compared to aluminum while maintaining electrical safety standards that matter when dealing with lithium-ion chemistry.
The magnetic components utilize rare earth materials that maintain their strength through thousands of attachment cycles. The 10000mAh battery capacity provides substantial power, utilizing modern lithium polymer cells that balance energy density with thermal stability.
The Hall effect sensor represents a small triumph of physics over brute force, detecting magnetic fields to control power flow more efficiently than mechanical switches that eventually wear out. Each charging surface incorporates copper coils wound to specific inductance values, optimized for the wireless charging frequencies that Apple and Samsung have settled upon.
Usage
A 10,000 mAh battery has always been my preference for the right balance of capacity and weight. The M3 adds the ability to charge my watch without an additional cable.
Short of the Apple Watch Ultra, most Apple watches need to be charged at least once a day. This makes the M3 handy in a pinch. You'll need to place the M3 down on a table like a dock to charge your watch, else it'll likely disconnect if you charge it and put it in your bag. As such, the RORRY M3 is more practical as a charger for my phone when on the go.
From 20% battery, the phone reaches 75% in about 45 minutes, which is about the average speed for MagSafe charging. The full 10000mAh capacity delivers roughly 1.5 complete charges for my 14 Pro Max's 4323mAh battery.
There are three charging points, the front for the phone, and behind the top of it, you can lift a charging point for your Apple Watch. Behind, you can charge your headphones. It's nice that you can fold it down to a brick, but you'll still need to bring along a USB-C cable to charge the RORRY M3. I thought it would be groundbreaking if you could somehow plug it directly into an outlet like the CIO SMARTCOBY Pro PLUG Ⅱ.
Beyond its charging duties, the M3 doubles as an unexpectedly stable video stand, propping up the phone at the perfect angle for video calls or content creation. If you pull on your phone, instead of moving the angle, it will detach your phone, showing how sturdy it is as a stand.
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It can open up to 90 degrees. At 75 degrees, it was able to support my iPhone 14 Pro Max without falling, which I found rather impressive.
Conclusion
The RORRY M3 delivers on its promise of simplified charging without the compromises that usually accompany such convenience. At $89, it costs more than basic power banks but less than buying three separate charging solutions that would collectively occupy more space and patience.
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