# Twelve South Butterfly

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/twelve-south-butterfly
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/wireless-chargers
- Placement: #12 of 15 in Wireless Chargers, D tier
- Brand: Twelve South
- LP on this board: 271
- Last researched: 2026-09-01T11:34:13.708Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## For

- Nice magnetic design
- Real leather and aluminum construction
- MagSafe-certified in a tiny package
- Apple co-retail relationship suggests a long service life rather than a disposable accessory

## Against

- 15 W output
- High price
- Underperforms compared to cheaper faster options
- Expensive - the weakest price-to-function ratio among the recommended options

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 2 of 5 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 6 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pack Hacker Reviews | Pack Hacker Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmdjKYc4tog | fetched and confirmed |
| Alex Kidman | Alex Kidman | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdmtQuiC7as | fetched and confirmed |
| How-To Geek | How-To Geek | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x46GY2MFZFY | fetched and confirmed |
| Product Overview World | Product Overview World | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvud4Lhu2Uk | fetched and confirmed |
| MakeUseOf | MakeUseOf | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7_nCv2BTs | fetched and confirmed |
| June Love Tech | June Love Tech | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyyhaR-WVLQ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | ESR CryoBoost 3-in-1 25W Qi2.2 Charging Station | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/esr-cryoboost-3-in-1-25w-qi2-2-charging-station |
| 2 | Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Foldable Wireless Charging Station | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/anker-maggo-3-in-1-foldable-wireless-charging-station |
| 7 | UGreen Uno 2-in-1 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ugreen-uno-2-in-1 |
| 8 | ESR Qi2 Mini Wireless Charger | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/esr-qi2-mini-wireless-charger |
| 9 | Belkin UltraCharge 2-in-1 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/belkin-ultracharge-2-in-1 |
| 10 | Anker 313 Wireless Charger | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/anker-313-wireless-charger |
| 11 | Anker 3-in-1 Cube with Magsafe | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/anker-3-in-1-cube-with-magsafe |
| 13 | Iniu SnapGo W11 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/iniu-snapgo-w11 |
| 14 | Samsung 15W Wireless Charger Duo | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/samsung-15w-wireless-charger-duo |
| 15 | Mophie 3-in-1 Extendable MagSafe Stand | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/mophie-3-in-1-extendable-magsafe-stand |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/wireless-chargers.

## What this tier means

- D: Weak. Hard to recommend when better options cost similar money.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.