If so, we’ll find out in a day or two if 5ft is really enough 
I hope it is…
Is the vent on top open? I thought that’s something else. 
If it’s meant to take on rains, why is it directed upwards ? 
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Didn’t you know that the Dot is also a letter box 
Jokes apart…it is just a vent to suck in cool air and let out the warm air from the front.
The Dot can’t be waterproof…it’s just water resistant. It can’t be out in the open like the First gen home charger or the public charger but it can resist some rain splashes.
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Why put the vent to suck in air right on top 
I still haven’t seen a single dot in person.
Firstly hot air rises up - Reason for vent on top. As hot air rises up it creates suction for cool air (which is heavier) to enter through the various honeycomb patterns in the cover.
Vent on top is a good but it needs to bend into a U shape which will prevent dust, water and whatever else that enters with gravity assist. All fins entries should be angled downwards. Maybe a real engineer will design it the next time around.
It’s actually the inlet for air. I think. The outlet is the honey comb.
The pod being waterproof or not, I still don’t know it. But for the meantime, I will definitely get an acrylic case (The one which @diwakar24 got for his - Pic below) for the Pod since mine is fairly exposed to rainwater as I noticed after light showers today in bangalore. Same for the 5 A socket installed.
The only modification I would add to it - Hinges to open the front flap for easy access and maintenance
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This is the way vents should be designed, pointing downwards.
As far as top vent being inlet for air, please read your 7th standard physics of how hot gases rise and cool air is heavier.
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Agree with you on that but…
No need to get all fiesty mate. Chill.
I’m not an expert, but there’s a fan, dead centre. You really think it matters if the hot air raises up to conveniently exit the dot? XD ( especially past an airstream like that?) 
For those who have the portable charger/dot. Could you clarify if the the fan sucks in air or pushes out air? I’m assuming it pushes out air from the centre. Makes the most sense. But in that case. The position of the inflow makes no sense
In any case @indianfarmer
I was referring to this post. 
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Guys please help me choose between dot or portable charger. Most of the time, I will use the scooter from Home so I feel dot would be better. But my dad says, in case we go to our grandma’s place or somewhere else to stay for a week, then it would be a problem, so better to get portable charger. Any suggestions?
After the courier ships, you would get a messagw with a tracking link, if you want to change the address, you can update it there, i ordered ather in chennai, and i updated my address, to visakhapatnam, it got delivered
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How frequent are the trips to other places? If it is too frequent then portable charger makes sense. It is exactly the same as dot internally, charge time is also same. if you can afford to buy both then it will solve your dad’s problem as well.
Thanks! How much did it cost you and how long did the delivery take?
Why not both charger !??
Now instal Dot and buy portable (if u willing to invest 10k)
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Wouldn’t it be better to install portable charger securely on a wall and detach when needed? Probably use wooden/acrylic box with lock and key if needed? Can anyone having experience with using both chargers confirm?
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There is no extra cost, when you buy an ather, the charger gets delivered to your address(the one that you gave for registration) so at first the charger get shipped to the given address, you will get a message regarding the same, with a tracking link, you can click on that link to enter a modified address, and the package will be shipped to that address.
And yes it is free of cost, ather has already paid for the shipping of the dot charger, so no need to worry about it
I got the delivery from Chennai to Visakhapatnam in 1 day
Ather should consider coming up with an updated form factor like that… Allow the portable charger bit to be removed when necessary. Otherwise should be locked into the fixed bit while at home🙂
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Oh. That’s great. But I did receive a mail from them saying that isn’t possible. I would have to take it myself when I take the delivery of the scooter. But strange also because @abhishek.balaji said they’ll deliver the dot and I’ll have to pay extra. Don’t know what and why this is. Maybe it’s because of the order swap and the city Ather isn’t in. Strange.
I can tell you that the courier partner would deliver you even to another state, cause it happened with me, but i can’t assure you with that. The courier which sent me the charger was FedEx