A fun iPad accessory

Federico Viticci is known for his love of the iPad, and he’s been exploring some fun accessories recently Of the three accessories he posted about in this recent article, the Edge Pro MagSafe holder really caught my eye. I’ve long been a sucker for iPad accessories, so couldn’t resist checking this one out.

If you’ve not read Federico’s article as yet, the Edge Pro MagSafe holder is a simple magnetic plate designed to attach to a laptop, which lets you stick your iPhone to the side of your device. It turns out, however, that it also works very well with an iPad Pro (12.9” in my case). That’s … pretty random I know, but has actually been quite handy a few times.

Here’s what it looks like when I was having a bit of a play with it earlier:

Whilst there aren’t that many use cases for a thing like this I have found a few over the last few days I’ve been using it, such as keeping my music, podcast or audiobooks onscreen whilst keeping my activities on the main screen front and centre. It’s kind of like having a multi-device Stage Manager.  

The hardware itself isn’t that cheap, considering how basic it is, but it does feel relatively well made and sturdy. The adhesive it comes with has, so far, stuck fast onto my iPads Magic Keyboard case, though I can’t vouch for the state it will leave your iPad in if you take it off. If I remove it, or it falls off, I’ll update this post with more details. 

There are a couple of details I quite like with this products design as well. Firstly, when it’s closed / not in use it can be folded back on itself and it magnetically locks shut, so it’s not flapping about all over the place. Lastly the part that sticks onto your device is a separate part to the iPhone holder, so you can remove the heavier metal part, and leave just the sticky backed metal plate on your iPad or laptop should you want to reduce the weight a little. When it comes to an iPad Pro 12.9” plus a Magic Keyboard, however, the weight difference really is negligible.

All in all, this is a fun little addition to my growing collection of iPad accessories and, whilst its use cases are fairly niche, I think I’ll be able to get quite a lot of use out of it.