P002 : Universal USB Car Charger Adapter

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P002 : Universal USB Car Charger Adapter

USB car charger adapter charges your PDA or other device from any standard cigarette lighter in any vehicle. (Use together with USB charging cable.)
Patented circuit board designed to protect your valuable gadgets from short circuits.
Compatible with all electronic appliances that use a USB charging cable. Perfect for all PDAs.

Product Description
Use your car to charge any devices (digital cameras, PDAs, mobile phones, USB accessories and more) that can rely on USB for power! This adapter plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter jack to become a powered USB port. Perfect for all PDAs such as Dell Axim X5 ; Palm m500 / m505 / m515 / m125 / m130 / i705 / Tungsten T / W / C / Zire / Zire 71 ; HP (Compaq) iPAQ 3100 / 3600 / 3700 / 3800 / 3900 / 3955 / 3975 / 1900 / 1910 / h1910 / 5400 / 5455 / h1935 / h1940 / h1945 / h2210 / h2215 / h5455 / h5550 / h5555 ; HP Jornada all 500 series like 548, 565, 567, 568 ; all T series Sony Clie including PEG-NR70 / NR70V / T415 / T615 /T665 / NX60 / NX70 / NX70V / SJ20 / SJ30 / L10 ; all N or S series Sony Clie / all 300, 500, 600 and 700 series including PEG-N760C / PEG-N710C / PEG-N610C / PEG-S360 / PEG-S320 / PEG-S300 ; Toshiba e310 / e330 / e335 / e740 / e750 / e755 ; Handspring Treo 90 / 180 / 270 / 300 ; O2-XDA (T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition) …and more.

P002 : Universal USB Car Charger Adapter

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5 Responses to “P002 : Universal USB Car Charger Adapter”

Daniel James Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Two problems keep me from rating this very inexpensive car USB charger higher:

1. The charger that I received doesn’t appear to be the same charger pictured on the product description. (eg., completely different molded body, glass tube fuse instead of plastic-encased fuse.)

2. It won’t charge my iPhone properly. After some testing with a multimeter, it seems the output is close to 6 VDC, despite being labeled as 5 VDC +/- 5%, which would be a max. voltage of 5.25 VDC.

Overall, it’s not worthless. Other less sensitive USB-powered products may be able to be charged by this.
Rating: 2 / 5
M and G Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Pro:

-Works well with many devices

-Snugly fits in the cigarette lighter

-Light tells you if you have power

-GREAT PRICE!!!

-Although slightly bulky, it’s great that it has no cord of it’s own. When traveling I would be bringing my spare 3715WW Tungsten 5 cable (see my other review) anyway, so there’s less tangly mess to deal with

Con:

-Slightly bulky… for it’s size I think that it could have 2 connections so that 2 devices could be powered/recharged at one time

Bottom line: Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
A. Malezis Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
This device works as expected – no issues at all.

I do think the body is bigger than it should be, and can be reduced by 50% or more, with essentially a “stub” containing the USB port.

Still this is priced right and works.
Rating: 4 / 5
zemes Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
I bought two of these, both fell apart (literally) within several weeks of infrequent use. Even when they worked, they never worked reliably and required connstant twisting and turning and pushing to get a connection. The whole thing looked like they were put together by a child (no, I’m just talking figuratively and not implying what you think I’m implying about Chinese labor, which is a whole different issue). A gentle squeeze, the thing goes squeaky and shaky. Unlike most other car adapters, this one doesn’t have a snugly fit into the cigarette lighter. It is just so wobbly everywhere. Avoid such low quality products to keep your life sane.

An update: I subsequently purchased a few Universal Mini USB Car Charger Adapters offered by Eforcity (search Amazon or eBay). What a difference. The Universal Mini USB Car Charger Adapters is exactly what this product should be made alike. Solid, compact, and reliable. Both are inexpensive Chinese made products, but one is total junk and other a gem.
Rating: 1 / 5
A. Chandler Says:
March 18th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
This thing works fine for charging my zune, but if I’m playing music while getting power from this, it puts a lot of noise into the signal. Enough noise to make me throw this thing away. If all you need it for is USB power without playing music, it’ll work fine.
Rating: 2 / 5