Lenovo ThinkPad Stack Accessories Review: Wireless Router, Bluetooth Speaker, Power Bank, and 1TB Hard Drive

Announced in 2015, the ThinkPad Stack Accessories consists of four devices: a Bluetooth speaker, power bank portable charging station, a wireless router, and 1TB hard drive. They literally stack together to save desk and travel space. Although designed to complement Lenovo’s ThinkPad notebooks, they can work with any modern Windows computer. There are also apps for most smartphones, including iOS and Android. The devices can be purchased separately, though the hard drive and wireless router are only sold together. The latter combo allows you to take portable wireless storage wherever you go. The power bank can power the entire stack, and is also capable of charging up to two devices simultaneously.

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Very nice concept, but really poor execution and quite the asking price. It feels like they cut a lot of corners on the parts used. What is the material used for the casing (I might have missed that one)?

 

Good question. It's plastic, much like the palm rest material on ThinkPads, but a little softer feeling. The devices certainly feel solid enough.
That said, the only accessory I really found value with here was the battery pack.
Charles

 

If the router and the drive were made of metal, they would've run cooler, but I guess that would be a problem, especially for the router, since the metal would block the signals. The router could've been AC capable, so it would rival the USB 3 speeds, but then comes the question if the interconnect between the two (router and drive) is capable of transferring at such speeds. I can go on and on, but in the end what I really want is an upgraded version of this concept.