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I am chronically looking to charge my devices, yet one thing is in my car, I really do not like to clutter up the DC/cigarette port. I have found that the adapter that allow me to plug in regular AC adapters or the dual cigarette port adapters to be heavy, awkward, and even once shorted out the fuse to the cigarette port in the car. And I have difficulty finding storage in the glove box for those large items, and the cords, etc.

So, I was pleasantly surprised to find a device about the size of a thumb with two USB ports. It fits smoothly into the cigarette port, and two blue LEDs illumiinate the ports (they do not change colors once something is plugged in). So, began my road trip, charging my IPAD2 and using my Droid Bionic with the GPS ongoing (with the extended 2700mAh battery inside--like I said, I keep running out of juice!).

After about two hours of driving, the IPAD2, which was not used during the trip, charged about 20%, the Droid bionic improved about the same while using the GPS, bluetooth phone calls at times, with the screen at a fairly high brightness and the volume on high. The square end of the device stayed cool, the end inserted into the car was slightly warm, but not hot. Again, the small size was a big plus, as I found it easy to slip into my glove box with the respective charging cords, using very little space. I am impressed by this seemingly simple, yet elegant design. They did a great job by keeping it small and slim, elminating the bulkiness and the thickness of other DC adapters. And with almost everything going USB, I think this will save me from purchasing other adapters.

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This charger has serious design defect. It didn't short the green and white sub-cable (#2 and #3, data) in the charger itself, instead shorted in the cable. You have to use the included cable to have AC charging (>0.5a). Other usb cables without shorting #2 and #3 sub-cables will only has USB charging (0.5a), which will not charge your phone at all if you have GPS or music on.

For those who can't return but still want the 2A charging, you can peer open your cable, and connect #2 and #3 together in the microUSB ends, leaving #2 and #3 open in the USB end. If you are geeky enough, you can also flash a ROM with quickcharge softMOD.

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I'm so tired of this. This is another one of those things that only delivers 1 A per port. The 2 A are for both ports combined, but this purchase is useless if your device needs more than 1 A.

To make this clear: using my Android phone with this charger it is still *losing* charge while using navigation. Can be a bad surprise on a long trip.

It's not that this is very expensive and Amazon accepts the return just fine, but it is still very annoying because now I have to wait for another round turn of

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My car is an Acura TSX and the space for the charger is recessed into the center console and not very large. At first I was really worried that this charger couldn't fit with both cords attached. But I was wrong, it fit, even in the very tight confines of my charging port perfectly! This will be super handy for our road trips or even just around town when we both need to charge our phones, or if she needs to charge her Kindle Fire or my Asus Transformer Prime after watching movies. The charger feels solid and well made in a day and age where most things feel like they will fall apart if you breathe too hard around them. Would absolutely recommend to anyone who has lots of charging needs in the car. Also perfect to hook up to my Evo 4g to listen to music via my phone in the car without killing my battery!

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I used to charge my Verizon iphone 4s and

Pros

Allows you to charge both devices at the same time.

Angling of the USB cables is perfect for both driver and passenger

LED Lights are nice but not really required.

Charges fast -no difference noticed between home and this charger.

Compact design which is slim and small.

Cons

LED Lights should have been next to the USB plug however its not a must.

I would recommend this to anyone especially with the price if phones today you don't want to be using a cheap product and then notice your phone doesn't work.