Brown Leather Charging Station / Valet

I bought this charging station for my daughter for Christmas. She loved it. The brown leather finish matched her bedroom furniture. The Price was right, and it came with the electric strip. I would tell all my friends about this. Thank You.

I bought this to organize my phones and iPods. Now I can set everything up and recharge them all in one place. My daughter saw it and liked it so I gave her one for Christmas. She loves it too. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that when you put the power strip in the back, you have to "work it" to get it to stay closed, but after it's all adjusted right, it works fine.

The three holes on this charging station are appropriate! Despite the 6-outlet strip inside, there is no way to charge 6 devices unless all your chargers have normal sized plugs. The typical phone or blackberry charger with the large plug will take up tons of room on the strip and cover multiple outlets. I was able to finagle it so I got one large charger on each end, and an AC adapter for our video camera in the middle. That leaves 3 outlets unused. I think the only way to improve this is if someone finds a way to create a staggered outlet strip or something. Nice looking, good quality. The functionality is why I give it 3 stars.

I purchased this organizer for my husband as a Christmas present, but had to send it back. If the following doesn't bother you, by all means get it, but if these issues are of concern to you, save yourself the time and money and look elsewhere. First of all, its foot print is just too big. Secondly, the little drawer that is in the front of the unit is about two inches deep. It is useless for anything other than change, and pulling it in and out is a chore, because it isn't attached to a mechanism. It just fits into that space. The pocket on the side of the unit looks promising on the screen. I thought it might be useful for mail or to stow away our address book, but it is too shallow to hold one. Our little black address book looked awkward there. Furthermore, unless the only mail you receive is in business envelopes, it, too will not look tidy kept there. We ended up getting a smaller organizer that holds up to six devices and is of much better quality for a lot less than what we paid for here (it's made of wood and leather, as opposed to just cardboard and leather, which is what this unit is comprised of).