That's pretty cool, especially for the price, but the renderings and one real photo make it look like a cheap piece of chinesium junk. I'd like to see the inside and quality of the parts used before I decide to purchase one. If the inside is good, I will likely pick up a few as I always need lots of USB charging and power in various locations.
Huh, this makes me wonder if Pine really did change the reference design since they said it had some major flaws. Perhaps they did and just used the same manufacturer to save money on the enclosure and assembly since they wouldn't need to build something entirely new and make expensive tooling for the case. I'll still wait to see if there are any teardown videos coming out before I take a chance on Pine's offering or one of these questionable chinesium power supplies.
That's my concern - what's inside. Pine has been pretty decent about stuff, it's certainly experimenter grade hardware but it's of decent quality.
Will have to see when reviews start appearing.
Hopefully we see some teardown videos soon. I really like the specs and individual power meters so I hope Pine did good on the switch mode power supply inside. Adding USB PD and wireless charging is definitely bonus for the $35 price tag so I really do hope this is a good power supply despite its outside appearance.
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