Zus Smart Car Charger
A phone charger and car locator
Losing your parked car is never a fun experience.
To allay that concern, Nonda thinks it has the solution.
Plug this dongle into your parked car’s cigarette lighter port (with the engine on) and sync it to your iPhone via the Zus app, and its map will guide you back when you need to retrieve your car.
The app has some nifty features. Set up a parking alarm and it’ll buzz you 10 minutes before your time is up. Share your location with select contacts so lift-sharers can find you. The dongle has two built-in USB ports that can charge two iPad Pros simultaneously, should you so desire. It can even monitor your car’s battery health and calculate journey costs.
But do you need it? You can already mark, track and share locations with Maps, and set up parking alerts in Reminders and Siri. Zus gives you the convenience of that bundled into one app, but it won’t work in covered locations like underground and multi-storey car parks, which limits its usefulness.
Indeed, the parts of this device that most appeal to you may be those unrelated to parking – the car battery reports and the extra USB ports. If so, it’s worth your consideration. If not, give it a miss.