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i am new to solar panels but i bought this for a grid down from whatever.to recharge AA batterys i tested it and it seems to work good now it is packed in a faraday cage for its safety hope i never need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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You'll pay more for a much less effective terminal protector. If you think car and truck battery's terminals rust, try a boat. Work with all batteries not just marine.

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Battery Tender 022-0158-1 Waterproof 24 Volt Power Tender Plus Review

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Use it to maintaine charge on my friends Airplane battery. works great. made a huge difference in starting up airplane especially if you only fly the airplane once a week, or if aircraft is stored for long periods of time. will extend the life of your battery. a friend has the same charger and he has not had to replace his airplane battery for 6 years. very good product to have and easy to install.

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We use this for our power lift at work. The previous on board charger would over charge and cook the batteries if we weren't careful. This unit charges perfectly and can be left plugged in for a maintained charge. I own several Battery Tender brand chargers and all are high quality and problem free. Do yourself a favor and spend the extra bucks for one.

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I replaced the OEM charger that came with my scooter with the Battery Tender 022-0158-1 Power Tender Plus 24V Battery Charger. I took the old round connector off of the dead OEM charger and connected it to this charger. I expect the expensive battery pack to last longer plus this charger is water proof.

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I have a 1991 BMY M931A2 6X6 5 ton Cargo Army truck which is 24 volt. It is parked at a local RV storage facility and I only get it drive it occasionally. But it always starts right up because I use this battery tender to take care of the batter. Works great!

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October 23, 2012 I purchased this product, it was the second of this type of battery tender I have owned. Took a few minutes to mount and attach to battery using hand tools.

Works great on my 03 Ford F-350 Super-duty highly recommend this product for winter time or any time vehicle has to sit.

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I am an over the road truck driver and we bought a Cuisinart K-Cup coffe maker that draws 1500 watts of power and my 1500 watt inverter could not handle it. We installed this inverter and upgraded the inline fuses to 80 amps and it works like a charm. It can be a bit noisy under load but for the price I am VERY pleased. We have been using for three months so far.

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I did my research, and looked over countless reviews. I bought the Whistler Pro-2000 watt power inverter, and I am VERY HAPPY!!! I am a trucker so I know what I am talking about when it comes to the needs of everyday power inverter use. I didn't want to have to use all 4 batteries to run a power inverter. I was using a Sima STP 1500 watt power inverter, and it always had problems running my 700 watt micro wave. I installed my Whistler Pro-2000 watt today and it worked just great. I am all smiles. My micro wave worked great without any problems. The digital read out told me how many watts I was using, and the 3 fans on the back kept it nice and cool. The old inverter would take 4 min. to cook a bag of popcorn, I guess because it wasn't supplying enough power. With my Whistler I was able to cook the same bag of popcorn in 2:30 min. and it almost burnt the popcorn, that is how well it performed. I will continue to update this review when I test it even further.

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This is my first inverter so I have no point of reference to compare it to, but it's meeting my expectations in every way. Do read the reviews for this and other Whistler models as well as other inverters to avoid the mistake of thinking you can plug this into your cigarette lighter and you're done it ain't that simple! Please, please forget using your cigarette lighter with any inverter over 200W right now...you are almost certain to toast fuses or wiring in your car.

And oh yeah, a complete solution is not as cheap as this single item either.

My biggest complaint was about grounding the unit. There is a ground connector but not much detail about *how* to ground it or *why* to ground it in the manual. Searching around on the web I found posts suggesting that (1) you don't really need to ground it and indeed it works just fine without a ground wire, (2) if you don't ground it you will die, and (3) if you DO ground it you will die. I think I got that resolved (more later). My only other complaint is trivial: the supposedly always-powered USB port on mine is only powered when the switch is on. Not a huge deal.

I bought this to supply power to a few items in my house in the event of a sustained power grid failure caused by something like an ice storm or a hurricane, both of which I've experienced. I've had a gasoline generator for years but it took up lots of room, had to be maintained (oil/filter changes, keeping the tires inflated, exercising it periodically) and I had to remember to go buy lots and lots of flammable gasoline to store when the weather looked nasty (and provide space for all those gasoline containers). After reading a lot on the web I sold and replaced it with a solution consisting of...

* this Whistler 2000W inverter (up to 4000 starting watts you need to understand the difference between starting and running watts before you even think about buying an inverter or a generator!)

* two 12V 110 amp deep-cycle sealed AGM batteries to supply power to the inverter (you need to understand all those buzzwords too like deep-cycle, sealed and AGM)

* several not-too-cheap cables to connect the two 12V batteries together in parallel (a.k.a. a "battery bank"), then to connect them to the inverter (the inverter wants to be fed 200 amps; two 110 amp batteries in parallel provide 220 amps to make it happy; my car's alternator provides only 105 amps and yours probably doesn't provide much either, you need to understand parallel vs. serial battery banks)

* a "smart" charger to keep the two 12V batteries ready for use

* a few very robust extension cords

* a rolling utility cart to put all this heavy stuff on (the batteries are about 90 lbs. each)

* a ramp to let me roll the cart up two steps into the house from the garage

That got me started and that's almost all. This let me try to power the items I want to be able to run in an extended outage, including:

* my refrigerator/freezer, a recent model from Samsung that is very efficient, it starts and runs fine off the inverter

* as many CFL-equipped lamps as you'd like as well as a few electric fans they draw virtually no wattage; knock yourself out

* essential electronics including a laptop, cable modem, wireless router, NAS adapter, external hard drive, wireless printer, VOIP phone box, cordless phone base station, cell phone and tablet chargers but *not* the UPS that these are usually plugged into the UPS didn't like the inverter (I learned that a UPS *is* an inverter system with battery all in a box)

That left me with one essential item that wouldn't run: an older model, not very efficient portable/room-to-room air conditioner. It wanted more starting watts than the inverter could supply. Solution: do without the air conditioner or buy a newer, more efficient one. Still looking at that. I'll update this review when I figure out what I'm going to do.

One last problem: in an extended power grid failure, how do I recharge my battery bank when it has been depleted? I thought about cranking up the car and connecting jumper cables from its battery to the battery bank, but read too many posts online that made me uncertain about the wisdom and safety of that. Then the light bulb came on: another inverter, just a smaller one. My car's alternator will easily power a 400W inverter ($32, about the price of a good set of jumper cables). My "smart" charger only uses 150W. So for another $32, my car becomes a 400W 115V generator that runs the smart charger that replenishes the big inverter's battery bank. Problem solved. (Actually, I went for an 800W inverter for around $50 so that I could recharge the battery bank and still power some other items during the recharge my car's 105 amp alternator can handle the 800W inverter's 80 amp requirement with no problem. Your next assignment is to find out how many amps your car's alternator puts out.)

Confused yet? I was too and I'm still learning, but I think I've put together a pretty low-maintenance, high-reliability solution for a power failure lasting several days. I have around $1,000 in it and expect it to last for years. Just wanted to give a plug to this product while making people aware that there is a lot more to this than just buying an inverter.

Oh yeah, about grounding the inverter: that was easy. The ground lug is there to ground the inverter's case to the chassis of the inverter itself inside the case. Just connect an 18 or 16 gauge wire between the inverter's negative input terminal and the ground lug. I got this from Whistler tech support. I don't know why the unit can't just be supplied that way. Anyway, I've run it for hours with and without that ground wire and it works just fine. Like any electrical device, pay attention to what you're doing and be careful!

I have my cooking and heating needs covered for an extended period without electricity which is why they're not mentioned here.

Comments welcomed. Seems like I learn something new about this topic every day.

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I am an electrician and I bought this item for my boat.

In order for an inverter to work well it needs to have enough 12 Volt power coming to it. This means you should install the appropriate battery cables (in my case a pair of shorts #0 gauge was enough) and you must make sure your battery bank is big enough to provide the 200 Amps this inverter uses when in full power. My boat runs 2 alternators (110 and 55 amp) and 2 large car batteries in parallel dedicated for the inverter. In this sett up I was able to run 2020 continuous watts (1500W heater, 420W drill, 100W lamp) from the inverter for 15 minutes without a problem while the engine was running. However, when I attempted to run the same loads with the engine off, the inverter shutdown. There was nothing wrong with the inverter. The problem is that my battery bank is not strong enough to provide all the amps this inverter requires at full load. If you bought this inverter the best way to test if you have enough power arriving at the inverter is to gradually add a load while checking the display volt meter included in the inverter. The voltage should not dropp below 11.6 volts or the inverter will power off. After reading all the reviews on this product I've came to the conclusion that most unhappy customers likely had wrong/bad setups and that's the reason they are unhappy with this inverter. If in doubt about the proper installation, take it to an electrician. It will work, you will be happy and safe!

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I bought this in case of another power outage tried it on my fridge and microwave and powered them up one at a time no problem ran them off a car battery it will keep you from losing all your things in your fridge and freezer so it might very well pay for it self the first time you use it it needs a fuse and cables which are not included I used a 200 amp fuse and 4 guage copper cables and mine works fine

Review of Milwaukee 2696-23 M18 18-Volt 3-Tool Combo Kit

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I was interested in both of these impacts individually, it just so happens that it was less expensive to buy them in this kit than individually. The light was just an added benefit. The 3/8" impact is the one I use more frequently. This impact is relatively compact yet it has a very rapid hammer action that sounds similar to a hammer drill. It also has an LED light that is helpful to ensuring that you are on the fastener. I use it to remove medium grade fasteners but I wouldn't recommend installing them with it due to it's strength. It is strong and fast enough that I can quickly run down lugnuts on a passenger car before using a torque wrench to finish tightening them. The 1/2" impact is very strong and hammers much slower than the smaller impact but has no problems removing most fasteners on an average sized vehicle. It is a little nose heavy due to its sturdy hammer mechanism but it is not unbearable. I am also very pleased with the battery run time and the convenience of the "charge meter" on each battery. Something to be aware of with the charger is that it appears to be designed to be mounted vertically. It will charge in the horizontal position but at times I found mine having a difficult time getting a solid connection to get a charge. The light is probably the only thing I would want to improve on in this kit. It uses a bulb and is reasonably bright but the light that is put out leaves a dark spot in the center of the lit area that is a little annoying at times. It uses the battery quicker than the other two tools and is noticeably dimmer than my M12 LED light which I would highly recommend.

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Use caution as even the 3/8" impact driver can break bolts when reassembling. Long lasting batteries. Quality built. Great combo.

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As a constant user of my XPS 10 Tablet, I travel quite a bit. I use this in my car when needed. It seems quality, also sturdy. The XPS charges @ home via a 40 pin connector plugged into the outlet. Next to the charging port is a micro usb port (this item) which it also charges from. Finally, no more dead battery while I'm on the road.

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Shipping charge was high, but the charger was what I expected. It does the job. I have to write 20 words? It works fine. It is black. It works in my car. Am I up to 20 yet? Still not up to 20. How do I submit this?

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This car charger works great. Looks to be original nokia. The price was great. Shipping was quick too. I definitely recommend this car charger.

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I purchased this charger to use with a new cell phone. The product was the correct one, as advertised, works well, was delivered promptly, and at a good price.

What more could you ask for? I would use this vendor again, and would also trust their recommendations.

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The car charger failed to charge the specified phone. The pin is the right size, but it just didn't work.

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It was a good product, according with the description and very useful, I am able to charge my cellphone without any issues

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This charger does exactly what they say it does. It charges batteries using sunlight, even indirect sunlight. They must have changed their design slightly since the earlier reviews because mine came with a charge indicator to tell you when the charge is complete. It also has overcharge protection built in so you can leave batteries in the holder as long as you want.

The whole thing folds up into a package slightly larger than the 4 cell battery compartment. It weighs about as much as the batteries. With 4 x AA batteries installed it weighs about 8 ounces. It has arrangements for hanging it from a pack by lanyards, so you can charge on the go while you hike. This, combined with the light weight and small size make it an ideal source of electricity for back country backpacking.

Be aware that it only charges AA batteries. You can't plug in your laptop or your blackberry...or even AAA batteries, so plan accordingly. Mine charges AA batteries very quickly. They say that 4 hours of fairly bright sunlight will fully charge 2 AA batteries and 8 hours is supposed to charge 4 AA fully. Since I don't ever run my batteries down that low, I can't vouch for these times, but it will top off a partially drained battery in about an hour. Even on a cloudy day, it can top off 2 batteries in less than 2 hours. That is comparable to any AC charger I have ever used.

It uses a thin film photovoltaic array, so it's flexible. This is both good and bad. The thin film is much cheaper, less prone to crush damage and folds up smaller, but it's probably only good for about 5 years use, roughly 1/4 of the life span of more expensive cells. This time limit only applies to the time actually spent in the sun. The clock stops whenever it is stored in darkness, so if used only for camping or other outdoor or emergency use, it should last pretty much forever.

This is not supposed to be an outdoor solar panel to mount on your roof. It's a very tiny charger for emergency power (or camping). If you take it for what it is, this is a great product.

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I purchased this charger in case of long term power outage (earthquake, ice storm, nuclear war, cap and trade-caused blackouts), with the intention of always having light by recharging AA batteries and using them in LED flashlights and lanterns.

I used this charger on Oct. 24 on a sunny day in central Illinois, on a pair of partially discharged NiMh 2400 maH batteries that read 1.2 volts. The charger brought them up to 1.36 volts quickly and showed them as fully charged. Impressed, I decided to purposely discharge a pair of AAs by running them in an incandescent flashlight. One battery read 0 volts and the other was at 1.0 volts and the filament of the bulb was just barely showing a red glow when I put them in the charger. The charger accurately diagnosed them as very low and started recharging them in a trickle mode. One trip to Walmart later, (1-2 hours total charge time) and both batteries were right at 1.36 V. I also ran a separate 4-pack of partially discharged batteries and they were charged fully in 1 hour.

Based on this small experience sample, I am very happy with this product, as it surpassed the charging times on the box on a sunny day, even in late fall, with the sun very low in the sky at mid-day.

I also feel the build quality of the product is high, based on first impressions only.

This charger is also very small, folding up into a box smaller and thinner than I expected. It also comes with a 4-pack of the excellent low-discharge Sanyo Eneloop batteries, which are a $8-10 dollar value.

It also has grommets to make it easy to use string or cord to affix it to a backpack or tie it down in windy conditions. I am planning on making a set of copper wire supports that can be used like tent stakes to hold this charger in place on flat ground or to prop it up to get true perpendicularity to the sun to maximize the energy capture.

In summary, I love this charger and highly recommend it.

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Been into Solar Chargers for the past 6 months. Interest in solar charges grew from wanting to be prepared for emergencies. The electronic devices that I have are powered through AA, AAA, and USB sources. Therefore, my focus was on finding a solar charger that can power one or any combination of the three. This is the review of the PowerFilm AA Battery Solar Panel Charger.

I was hopeful for this solar charger would be able to charge AA batteries. On the positive side, this charger did appear to have some ability to charge certain AA batteries with a significant charge. The panels and nylon material appear well made. Overall, this is a very lightweight and compact set up. In addition, there are two red LED lights that indicate a full-charge with a constant on, charging with a single blink, and indicates an empty charger or low battery with a quick two-blink sequence.

Unfortunately, the charger did not work with a lot of my Sanyo Eneloop LSD, Energizer NiMH, and Duracell NiMH. I tried troubleshooting by using both newer and older batteries, charging two batteries at a time versus four at a time, using the three different brands mentioned, using the solar charger during peak hours in direct sun and also indirect sunlight, charging for two-days in a row to ensure enough charge time, and switching between any of the four AA slots on the charger. Most of the batteries would result in a quick two-blink (empty charger or low battery) no matter the arrangement or length of time in the charger.

Of the batteries that were accepted by the charger (couple of Eneloops and four of my Energizer NiMH AA batteries), those batteries never fully charged. I tried leaving the batteries in for two days of sunlight, but it made no difference. I compared the charge on the batteries to ones that were charged by my Sanyo Eneloop USB AA/AAA charger and Energizer Charger. The Sanyo Eneloop and Energizer chargers resulted in batteries with a full charge, while this PowerFilm charger left the batteries approximately 70 percent charged at best.

Overall, I rate this PowerFilm AA Battery Solar Panel Charger a 2.0 out of 5.0 stars. It got two stars for what appears to be good build quality built into a compact and lightweight design. It did charge some of the AA batteries, but I could not make any distinctions on what characteristics made it possible to charge the AA batteries that it did. Still, the batteries that could be charged, were not able to charge completely. The lack of overall and dependable function is the reason why I docked 3 stars. I wanted to like this charger, but it was a disappointment. Perhaps I got a defective unit. I will continue to seek a dependable, compact, lightweight, and durable source of solar power.

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I recently purchased this charger's cousin, the Powerfilm USB / AA Solar Charger, and was so impressed with that one that I decided to get this one, too. I was not disappointed; this one is just as high quality as the USB version, only it trades 2 AAs for a USB charging device. These are without a doubt the best small AA-type chargers I have ever used (I've been though about a half dozen). These are ideal for either power outages of those trips in the wild where you will be without civilization for awhile. Truly wallet-sized, yet can keep your AAs going until they finally die on you.

Well worth the money.

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I am truly amazed. This is one of the fastest solar AA battery chargers I've ever owned. There are 2 charging indicator lights on the back of the battery compartment, so you can charge 2 or 4 batteries at a time and know the charging status of each pair. There's no USB connector on this model but if you combine this item with the Tekkeon TekCharge Mobile Power and Battery Charger, you can charge almost anything with it. (Powerfilm also makes a 2 battery/USB version of this product but I've found that it is not powerful enough to charge my 4th generation iPod Touch. The 2 battery version also has only 5 solar panels as opposed to the 6 on this unit.)

Charging is pretty straightforward. The two LED indicator lights have three states: a fast, faint blinking shows that sunlight is available but is not strong enough to activate the charging circuit. A steady once per second blink shows that the batteries in that section are charging. It doesn't take much light: I was able to activate the charger under a 60 watt light bulb (of course, full sunlight will work much faster). A steady light shows full battery charge. The LED's are quite bright, even in full daylight. I was able to charge 4 significantly-drained batteries in less than 4 hours. Completely dead batteries will take around 6 hours. Combine this item with the TekCharger and an extra 4 batteries and you'll be able to get your iPod and cell phone off the grid completely.

Motorcycle & Car Waterproof 3.5" Touch GPS Navigator Fully Loaded Review

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I ride a motorcycle, generally use my smart phone for navigation but I found the cost of the waterproof case was more than this unit costs. The gps itself works well enough and since it runs on windows mobile five it should be possible to load other software onto it besides what comes with it and map updates should be pretty easy too. It comes with a mount that somewhat permanently mounts to the handlebars and has pins in the back that contact contacts on the back of the gps thus making a waterproof power connection, the mount also has a small shade so it's easier to see the screen in bright daylight. The mount also has a small stylus/screwdriver in a holder on the back of the mount. The unit has bluetooth capability so you could pair it with your bluetooth helmet headset or a dogtag style bluetooth that lets you plug standard wired helmet speakers into it.

The unit can also play mp3, display photos in jpeg format and apparently also supports electronic books (although they don't say what format it supports). This unit functions like any memory device (memory stick, mp3 player, sd card) etc. when plugged into windows XP and higher, it's seen just like a hard disk etc. and you can move files on and off it with your pc. This unit has a memory card slot inside the battery door. The outside of the unit has a rubberized power switch on the left and a mini(not micro) usb connector on the right side that has a rubberized cover to keep water out, there is also a small round hole there that might be for headphones (book doesn't mention it) or a reset button. There doesn't appear to be an external reset button or hole to put a paperclip etc. into, unless it's that little round hole next to the power jack. The mount the unit arrives with appears to be for a bicycle handlebar--tiny, it certainly will not work on the one inch handlebars common to most motorcycles (some are 1.25 inch, but most common is one inch). Due to the mount issues I went to gpscity.com and ordered RAM mount parts to fix the issue (around 20-30 bucks and you can pick the parts to your own taste as they are sold individually). The plate on the back of the mount is the industry standard four screw pattern so it was easy to order the plate with the one inch ball and mount it on the back of the gps mount, the stock screws don't work, they're too short, the RAM mount part comes with like three different lengths of screws so find what you need and use those. The wire to the gps has a quick disconnect in it should you want to use it on another bike or remove the whole mount from the bike to frustrate thieves, but the power converter is quite far down the wire where it goes to the power supply; so you'd actually have to order more cables for each bike (does anyone even sell them?). I was able to thread the wire through the front end and around the tree and used zip ties to make it all neat (just make sure nothing gets crimped or strained when you move the front end), a little wire wrap (plastic) also helps protect the power wires from engine heat; especially on an air cooled harley. I used a fuse box tap (accessory fuse) so I didn't have to cut into my wiring harness and that also ensures there will only be power when the key is on so you don't run down your battery. (My 2011 sportster has an accessory fuse & harley uses mini fuses not the big ones like older cars use.), You plug the tap into the accessory fuse socket, insert a fuse into the tap and then tie devices into the red wire coming from the tap, the black wire just goes to any ground, probably a convenient ground around the bottom of the seat someplace. My complaint with the wiring that comes with it is that the wiring is darned tiny, almost so tiny that I'd fear for durability and I had a little problem attaching them to the fusebox tap and the ground (kept pulling out of the spade connectors I used they are so small).

The unit works good but you will be replacing the stock mount to use it on your motorcycle right away. Sharkmotorcyleaudio.com sells this gps and you can also find them on ebay, they respond to emails but you don't get a lot of help from there either. They did offer me a mount when I complained about what came with it but I didn't feel it would work, I notice they have a few more mount products now for sale. I have asked them about map updates and was basically told to go look myself. If you ask me they should carry them in the online store. I had my unit about two months and one of the batteries (2 come with it) died and they promptly sent me another new battery no hassles. The batteries appear to be a standard cell phone battery, if you search on the letters/numbers on the battery you find them all over ebay pretty cheap. The battery door on the back uses two screws to secure it, I find it frustrating to take that door on and off, it has to be all lined up just right or the screws won't screw down tight. All the screw spots on this unit have metal sleeves not just plastic so the doors and mounts should be pretty sturdy and not cross thread easily. I have seen one or two references to this unit on forums but still haven't found any instructions for loading new software or maps. I did find a website for the software on the unit but it would appear they only sell the product on memory cards these days and I have my doubts that would work here; haven't written to them yet about it. I think it's a good product other than you'll be spending around thirty bucks to replace the mount and the wiring harness uses some darned tiny wires, and then there are map update issues. In a year or two when the maps are intolerably out of date it looks like you might have a little problem updating the software that comes with it. If you can figure out how it should be possible to put another gps program on here but you'd need to know the hardware specifications to know if it will work and the software has to support touch screen; you can find a lot of information in the settings on the gps including map dates.

This product obviously comes out of china, probably why it's so difficult to get any real support, they sell the hardware and it's someone else's problem to put software on it and support it. It's a product worth the money but at some point you'll be asking for techie help or doing a lot of research to either update the software or the maps.

Note: There are several other brand names for what appears to be the same unit, at least three of which are sold here: Sharkmotorcycle audio SHKGPS2040, Movewell MH-310H, Owat 35MT. Don't seem to be web sites for any of those companies or horsepower either.

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This is a great product! However, there was no paperwork included in the shipment. I had no clue as to what the parts were or how to use them. There wasn't even any information about the company or how to contact them. Luckily, Amazon has a link to contact the company. Within days I received an answer from the company and was sent instructions by email. They will not send a printed copy. The instructions are very thorough and explain everything you need to know about the GPS. It doesn't appear that there are any updates available so this could cause problems in the future. It is easy to use and it is a good value for the money.

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I bought two of these Gps units for less than the price of one waterproof Garmin. The units came with ample mounting hardware and charging accessories. You can find the manuals on line including the PolyNav navigation software. Works great easy to use. Support is limited but these GPS units work great and ++++easy to program routes and great road map display options. The motorcycle power cord is nice for more or less permanent installation to your bike and leaving the car charger and car mount for quick switchover to car use if desired.

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I bought it to use on my motorcycle. The screen is not readable in the sun and the handlebar mount is too small to fit those on my bike. It was shipped without an owner's manual nor even an instruction sheet. Email contact with the manufacturer has not been helpful.

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For the price I love this GPS. Only down fall is the glare, you can't see the screen in sunshine. Also the handle bar mount I think its for a bicycle. Had to buy a larger mount to go around my handle bars.

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the usb extender is a must have for any flip. Makes it easy to plug in the flip anywhere. Car charger is very handy

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This was as expected and perfect for my cisco flip and handy for other uses too. just what I was looking for.

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This product does NOT charge the FLIP SLIDE HD video camera. DO NOT PURCHASE it if you need an AC charger for the Flip Slide HD. Your camera will not recognize it! That being said, it may be useful for other devices (especially the DC charger) but it is useless for the Flip Slide HD

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The kit is perfect and is just what is called for when traveling and it contains just about everything needed to use.

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This product is NOT by Cisco as claimed on the product page. Normally, I would just return the items, but at $8.63, I figure they're not worth my time nor gas to go to the PO to return them.

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I was a little hesitant to order a non-Blackberry brand car charger, but for the price figured it was worth a shot. I was very happy to find that it words perfectly, and charges the Blackberry Pearl even more quickly than the wall charger the phone came with does.

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this thing stopped working after 1 day. i am very unhappy. i have never had this experience buying something on here...

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I bought this charger for my sony ericsson phone. I didn't want to pay a small fortune for the ones at my cell phone retailer so when I saw this one on Amazon at such a great price I thought I would give it a try. Its great! I haven't had any problems with it and the price was terrific. I would recommend this to anyone who has a phone it is compatiable with...

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this product came super fast and works as it should i have had no problems and i am very Satisfyed. the product discription does not include my phone the t401g but it does work for that product and for the price i could not go wrong. thank you!!

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I already submitted this info--its an okay item. I am sure I will be able use it even tho it is not like the sturdy one from ATT

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I ordered two of these and one broke really easy. They do work quite well, as for as charging a phone.

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what a deal , and what did i do without a car charger for my phone. great charger, great price, love it. peace of mind if phone loses battery power. ahhhhhhh

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Purchased this 2nd generation iPod shuffle charger/sync device, after my original of two years broke! After checking several box stores, I concluded that for $20 more, I might as well buy a new iPod! these chargers are that expensive! I ran a search on Amazon & this item popped up first! For $1.83 I wish I bought more! Small & simplistic best describes it! Syncs up to iTunes without a glitch! Seems to charge faster than the original iPod charger in my opinion! For an item where the shipping was more than the product itself, I'm 100% satisfied! My only advice would be that at this price, buy at least a couple!

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Not too much to say so I'll be brief. Contacts are gold plated, works gread, has never failed to connect. Body plastic is *slightly* rubbery, allowing it to bend and give just a little bit (less likely for the protruding plugs to snap off). Super compact fits in my pocket with my shuffle and basically turns it into a jump drive.

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It's sturdy, it's compact, it charges, it syncs. And the price is right. Worth its weight in gold!

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The product is small, and can be carried around so I don't have to deal with cables. It connected perfectly to my macbook pro eventhough, it scared me when a window popped up saying that an unknown USB drive was taking too much power. It's ok though, after I opened iTunes the iPod was read and the syncing process happened without a glitch. :D Highly recommended if you don't want to spend too much money on this type of item.

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Piece of junk. If something seems too good (or too cheap) to be true then it is. This is the level of quality I'd expect from a gumball machine toy. This didn't do anything but cause my computer to shut down the USB port, saying it suffered a power surge. Oh yeah, and sparks shot out of my iPod. Seriously. No thank you. Probably a fire hazard. Don't waste your money.

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We got a free one as part of supporting a local radio station. In this case we got what we paid for. It worked once, charging an iPhone from 95% to 100%. Since then it goes dead within seconds of plugging in a phone, and letting it bake in the sun for a day just causes it to report it's fully charged to go dead again seconds after anything is plugged in.

A nice idea, and it would have been useful on mission trips to Haiti where power is frequently hard to come by. But the implementation is a disaster.

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We got a replacement unit, and this one didn't die the first day we used it. So I tried some experiments.

First, I charged it in the sun for a half day, and it showed some blue on the indicator bar. so I plugged in my iPhone. The iPhone battery began to drop, fairly quickly. Frustrated, I disconnected the iPhone and plugged the juicebar into my laptop, to charge it that way. After a few hours the bar went solid blue, and I plugged the iPhone back again.

Now the iPhone began to charge.

Apparently, the juicebar compares its internal battery to whatever it's plugged into, and decides whether it should charge itself up, or charge the other device, based on that. In other words if its internal battery is low and you plug it into a mostly-charged iPhone, it's going to assume you want it to drain the iPhone to charge its own battery. Consequence: forget using the juicebar to "top off" a mostly charged iPhone. You'll drain power instead.

Looking at the specs, this is a 2000 mAh battery and a 100 mAh solar cell (some apparently are rated at 80mAh). Even in a perfect world, it would take 20 hours of noonday sun to charge up the juicebar. 20 hours of bright sunlight being hard to come by in a day, this means that if you want a purely solar solution, you probably need to let the juicebar sit in the sun for 4 days, and maybe longer, to get it full. Then you can use it to charge a few devices, but once the juicebar starts to get low, it may start draining power instead.

I suspect the device would be fine in an Arizona summer. I live in Massachusetts. I doubt the juicebar is going to provide a complete charging solution. I kill an iPhone battery in a typical day of use.

Yes, you can fill the juicebar from your laptop. That goes quickly. But it's not efficient to charge a juicebar to charge an device; it wastes less power to just charge the device directly. The only way the juicebar is a win is if it charges from free sunlight, and see above.

I'm hoping this will be a better solution on trips to Haiti, which has plenty of bright sun and (where I go) unreliable power. In Massachusetts, my combination of heavy phone use and cloudy days means I'll continue to be tethered to charging from laptops, some amount of the time. And given how cheap it is to charge an iPhone, it would take a LOOONG time for this device to pay for itself on solar power.

Amusing idea, but in terms of ideal implementation, this is no titanium spork. Improvements: add a switch that tells the juicebar whether to charge, or be charged, from the USB port. Put a better battery indicator on it. Make it larger so a bigger solar cell can be added, or give it a fold out solar cell.

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Great find! Small size, easily portable. Well built unit. I usually charge it via USB cable but it is nice having solar panel as a backup and I think that helps keep it at full charge between uses. Battery will give a full charge to my smartphone while on the road which is great for travel or when an electrical outlet is not handy.

Only negative is that the included adapter plugs are flimsy and the one I use most broke in half. So I replaced the entire cord/adapter combo with a dedicated micro USB cord.

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The idea is solid. The charge meter is hard to read. You must leave it baking in the sun a very long time and does not hold a charge well. I would not suggest buying this.

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I just took this charger on a 5 day hike. Everyone was asking to borrow it for their stuff. It can recharge itself so quickly that I had no problem lending it out. Great product.

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This is a great charger! I love the fact I can charge my phone anywhere and if the charger loses power I can charge it in the sunlight.