Battery Base for Echo Dot (5th generation), Made for Amazon White

IWith out being prompted, I just had to write a review for this Amazon Echo base to help others sort a problem I've had for a long time. I already own an Echo device, but I wanted music/radio in the bathroom where there is no power socket. For a long time I've struggled with other brands of Alexa enabled portable speakers. I want to be able to just say Alexa play ..... first thing in the morning when going for a shower without going into an app. Then I discovered almost by accident, that this Alexa battery stand does exactly what I need. Just unplug and go, then pop the connector back when finished. It makes the Echo device completely portable. As the Echo has a temperature sensor, I can take it to the greenhouse to ensure the tomatoes are not too hot or even outside in the garden when having a BBQ. It's important to know it works on the house Wi-fi, so can't be taken out of range. Instructions state battery lasts 5 hours although I've not used on just battery power for that long. It's been fine for my needs. When not using the battery, it just sits in the cradle charging with clever technology stopping it from over charging. If your Echo is already set up, then this simply plugs in. I was moments away from buying a different brand speaker when I found this stand.

Even though the Echo Dot is a stand alone item and could do but it still looks more at home on the Battery base and is so easy to connect out of the box.

Great item but does not have a on or off button. So its constantly on, even when echo dot is not on - waste of charge

Fit only 5th gen Echo dots

The battery base is a nice size and shape. It’s very easy to set up. Its ideal for times when you’re listening to music or a podcast etc and need to switch rooms - you can simply transport your Echo Dot to your other rooms without interrupting your listening, which is fantastic. However, you cannot switch it off! So every time you unplug it, the battery runs to zero and you have to recharge from scratch! It also has a fairly bright, blue light which glows while it is holding charge, which is annoying in a dark room. It’s ideal if you have your Echo Dot plugged in permanently, so the battery base is always ready to use (apart from the annoying blue light constantly glowing). If you unplug your Echo Dot at night, you’ve got a blue light glowing for hours overnight and your battery base will be discharged and useless until recharged. To me, it seems logical to have an ‘off’ button on the battery base.

Never had an Alexa becore so still getting used to it, but I like that with the battery base you can u olug it and take it around the house with you (eg when I am getting ready in the morning it comes to the bathroom, bedroom and then where I put on makeup!

Bought this for my elderly mother-in-law as she injured herself in the bathroom one day and was trapped for hours, so as she was used to using an echo dot and could make a phonecall from it if needed, we needed a solution so we could have an echo dot in the bathroom and not need to worry about cables etc. So we bought another echo dot and this battery base unit so she could use the echo dot to call us for help if she gets stuck again, great idea at the time, but this battery base battery lifespan was shockingly little in reality! At full charge, and not even using the echo dot for anything, it still completely drained the charge in this base unit in less than a day! Making this completely and utterly useless! I would have thought even if the echo dot is not used for anything at all, that we would get at least a few days to a week of standby time, but less than 24h is terrible! On top of that, the charging time on this is ridiculous, it takes just as long to charge it as it does for it to discharge without even using it, it takes hours to charge it, for such a tiny amount of output! This has to be one of the worst battery backup devices ever made, it's almost as if its using battery technology from 20 years ago! But we're stuck with this thing now as too much time went past before we first used it so can't return it, so it's just become an expensive stand for the echo dot!

First impression out of the box is this is a quality product seems well built . Don’t lose the the small attachment you’ll need this to ensure you echo is connected to the battery base . Can’t comment on the claimed battery life yet but early indications it works as as intended without a hitch . Definitely recommend this at the moment but hoping it remains robust .

Super pratique

Muito bom produto

Hace su función para escucharlo por donde vayas de la casa, pero para sacar provecho...hay que desconectarlo muy amenudo...la clavija falla... inconveniente para su función de carga...se apaga todo 🤦🤦🤦creo que ya hay otro sistema más novedoso, probaré el sistema nuevo a ver que tal.

Gerät kann jetzt überall platziert werden.

Makes it possible to bring our Echo outside during the summer time. Works well.