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

This battery base looks good and is simple to set up. However, the battery life is extremely short. It also seems that there is no off switch for the base. This means that if you use the base for half an hour and then switch the Alexa off, the battery base continues to run down its battery. This means that every time you go back to use it, the battery is dead. I was hoping for a base that I could leave in my bathroom for a few days at a time before having to recharge, but it isn’t fit for that purpose.

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!

Great bit of kit, easy to use and makes your speaker portable.

Super pratique

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.

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

The perfect accessory for the echo dot. If you loose power (as sometimes happens in a storm) this little puppy keeps the Evho going. Yay!

Ótimo e bateria de longa duração.