Review of Save A Battery 2365 12-Volt Battery Charger and Maintainer

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I purchased a few cheap versions of a battery tender and they worked for a brief while. Spent a few extra bucks for this one and it has been reliably perfoming for three years. Whenever you store a car, a tractor or any battery starting mechanism after storage if you hook your battery up to this one you can count that the battery will perform.

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I was hoping to restore an old week battery in my summer sports car, but either the battery was too far gone or the charger just doesn't have the juice to make it work.

Buy Samsung Intercept Moment 2 M910 Cell Phone Rapid Car Charger

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Item works as advertised, but two things I noticed:

1-plastic housing that goes in cigarette lighter is somewhat flimsy and has already starting cracking on my unit. Don't rough house with this charger, treat it gently.

2-charging cuts on & off when USB connector is jostled forcefully. Not a big headache if you play nice but I thought you should know.

For the low price of the item you can/should overlook these two observations.

The charger stays put in cigarette lighter and on the phone USB connector. The coiled cord is flexible enough that you can handle the phone without either end pulling out of its intended location.

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I got one in April by June it was no longer working. First day I plugged it in it had a burnt odor. It worked good for the short amount of time it did work. No warranty info came with it.

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1) Charger is NOT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE, SAMSUNG... Although listing does not state OEM, It is misleading as it DOES state Samsung Intercept M910 charger leading one to believe it is OEM.

2) Charger did not come with any statement of warranty.

3) Although charger seems to work adequately, the cord is very flimsy, and the plugs are cheaply made (look as if not handled very easily could fall apart... time will tell.

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On my second Samsung phone, that after using NON-Samsung brand chargers, I started having trouble with the connection with the phone to charge the battery in the phone. Not sure if it is an issue with my phones, or if it is the 'knock off' cheap chargers that are messing them up. Not sure I will get another Samsung phone, and if I do, I will only use Samsung chargers. Other than that, it was all it said it was, and I liked that it had a light to let you know it was working.

60A LCD Solar Charge Regulator Controller 12V/24V PWM Review

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Worked perfect! I like the LCD readout telling you the voltage, amperage, battery temperature, and much more. Charged 10 deep cycle batteries to proper 14.0 charging volts, and floated at 13.6 as industry standard, then back again. Could not ask for a better unit.

I purchased a second one for the second solar array of 5 panels I purchased. See my video here for installation instructions.

Only needs a flat blade screw driver to install. Back off the screws, insert wires, then tighten. All you have to do is follow the icons on the front to see where to place the wires. Shows + and terminals on the icons.

One solar panel input, one battery output, and a optional diversion load output for when the batteries are full and you want to make good use of the unused electrical power.

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Exactly the product I expected. Functions to perfection. Actually have two of them running almost half a year now, non stop, without even a hic-up.

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Hi all, I am running this controller (30 Amp Version, basically the same) since April 2013 and should not complain about anything.

The device seems to be reliable, flexible and simple to use.

I am running a UHF Amateur Radio repeater and other Radio Transceiver from my residence and wanted to have some backup

system for the many power outages we all experience at random at some point.

In order to continue on I have to have some backup, that's when the 500 Watt Solar power with this controller came into the game.

Since I also run a few single board computer with websites etc. on it I have to have independent AC for those to continue to run

rather than using an UPS that shuts down after 5 Minutes.

The Computer run full time (about 100W) off a 1100W power inverter.

With 165 AH battery power the whole system can survive on Battery for about 18 Hours continuously, during loss of power.

This seems to be not very much and normally one would want to add more batteries to increase run time.

It is very unlike to go for longer periods of power loss unless we are absolutely doomed.

SORRY I DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT!

In brief, I am using the panels combined with AC power to have the batteries always at full charge.

If the Power goes down, I have 18 Hours of runtime and hopefully the Sun or AC shows up before discharge.

Connection is made via three pairs of screw on terminals, that can accept wire sizes up to 4 Gauge,

but this is somewhat tricky. There is a battery, solar panel and load terminal. The first two don't really need

much explaining. The load terminal can handle loads of up to 30A and can automatically switch off if the

battery voltage drops to a pre-set value. There are many more settings that relate to the

maximum charge voltage, low shut off, switch out the charge circuit and more. It keeps a statistic in AMP/Hr

which need a little guess to figure W/Hrs.

The only bad thing I have to say about the Charge Controller is that it generates a slight switching noise (PWM) that shows up in my Radio Gear.

Haven't done anything about it yet, but I think I can reduce it to a level that is acceptable for my Radio's.

This noise might show also up in Broadcast Radio receiver on AM.

Since in RV's, I suppose the AM radio would run off it's own Batteries, it may not be an issue.

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I WILL DO THIS AS A LIST AND YES IM SHOUTING !

1. NO One told me this was being shipped from shanghi china. 30-45 days shipping.I live in an RV fulltime.

2. did not tell me until after they charged my card.

3. NO CONNECTORS for the solar panels and batteries. (note thier is NO standard for this industry of solar panels) Im told they use MP4 connectors which i have never heard of.

4. Amazon was not too happy when i called them about this item and what was going on.

5. I cant return this item because i need itIt does what i need it to do -SUPPOSIDLY!

6. power plug end arrived with no adapter attached.

7. Cost was very high compared to other companies. and the 30 watt unit here is from the same company.

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I run busconvert dot com and we write articles on how to convert busses and the goodies you need to buy to make it work. So im not stupid in these matters and have converted a greyhound bus into a motorhome with 10 solar panels and 10 batteries.

Cables Unlimited / ZipLINQ ZIP-PWR-DCA iPod Firewire to Car Power Review

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Much less expensive than a brand name charger. Only had it for about a week but it seems to work fine. we'll see how long it lasts. Seems durable. Green LED lights up whole front and inside of adapter.

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Cheap Midtronics MDXP300 MDX-300 12 Volt Battery/Charging System Tester

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we needed a product to help out on the maintenance of our fleet batteries and find the fact that the battery are good or junk and this is just the ticket for the garage, thank you,

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Reviews of Sunforce 52022 5 Watt Solar Trickle Charger - Pack of 2

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I purchased these solar trickle chargers all winter. I park my trailer at the storage facility for the winter. My batteries always drain down to nothing. I got these so try and see if I could keep my batteries from draining down to nothing. I built a small little angled mount for them using wood so I could remove it when I was not using them. I put the unit on the roof and made sure my batteries were fully changed first. I left the solar panels on the top of the trailer. I checked the trailer twice a month I checked the trailer and the batteies stayed charged up all winter. Good little units. Will not charge your battey it will maintain a charge.

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Since I have several ancillary devices connected to the car's (2007 Ford Taurus) electrical system, there is always a trickle load on the battery. There is a ham radio that uses backup power when off, a GPS that trickle charges even when fully charged, and a GPS receiver that runs 100% of the time. The load is not a lot, but I wouldn't leave this stuff connected for a week without driving the car. These devices do load the battery enough that on long cold winter nights, the battery starts drooping significantly. For this reason, I looked at the charger panel(s), and after reading the reviews decided they would work perfectly in minimizing the impact of all these extra devices sitting in standby all afternoon and overnight. The combination of using the panel all day while inside at work, and from 4 p.m. throughout the night has worked out very well.

I'm only using one panel, the other is for a gift.

A few notes to clear up some confusion that I noted while reading the reviews:

1. The maximum output of 350 ma at 14 volts (loaded) is NOT enough to damage any lead acid battery (car/motorcycle/lawn tractor). Yes, unloaded the panel will put out 22 volts. That means absolutely nothing. As long as it sees a 12 v battery as a load, its output will drop into the 14 plus range, which is EXACTLY what a 12v battery should be seeing from a charging circuit, so no regulator is required (or even desirable) when charging auto/motorcycle batteries.

2. The panel will not discharge a connected battery, period. There is a blocking diode in the panel's wiring that prevents current flowing from the battery to the panel. If your panel is discharging your battery, then the blocking diode has failed (it is shorted). One possible, and I'm afraid all too common reason for this failure is having the panel connected when you start your car. VERY BAD IDEA. The instructions clearly state that one should not have the panel connected while the car is running. If the panel is connected when the vehicle is starting, very large voltage spikes are present on the 12v line and the blocking diode in the panel sees these spikes and may not be rated to stand up to them. The result: the diode shorts, and this allows the battery to send current to the panel overnight....all night.

3. As far as charging smaller (lower capacity) 12v batteries or battery packs, some caution needs to be observed. Nickel Cadmium (NICAD) or Nickle Metal Hydride (NIMH) batteries can be safely charged on a continuous basis at a rate of 0.10 X AMP HOUR RATING of the battery. For example: a 12 volt battery pack made of 2500 maH rated batteries can be charged continually at 250 maH. An 1800 maH rated pack of cells can only be safely charged continually at 180 maH. Since these panels put out 350 ma, neither of these batteries can be safely charged on a continual basis. This is where the charge controllers come in to play.

CONSTRUCTION:

The panels are quite well constructed and arrived properly packed. The supplied wire length with cig plug pigtail was long enough to go from the back window to the front accessory plug. Since the panels were provided with 4 screws for mounting, I bought some 1/4 inch plywood (cut to 1/2 inch larger around than the panel by our local lumber yard), and screwed the panel onto the plywood with rubber grommets as spacers/shock absorbers. I also bought some "gripper" feet at the local Wally World (hardware section furniture slider area), and put them on the plywood bottom to help prevent it from sliding around. The panels are clearly labeled "this side down", so it is impossible to mount them the wrong way!

PERFORMANCE:

Since putting the panel on, the rate of decay of the battery in the face of the loading of my devices, has decreased markedly. I have a digital voltmeter on the system and can see that in the morning the battery voltage is not as low as it had been prior to putting on the panel. It won't charge a dead battery, it won't make up for a significant current drain on your car battery. It will prevent a dramatic sag in battery voltage as a result of your car's microprocessor and alarm system running all night, as well as take care of a few auxiliary devices in the battery backup mode (maintaining memory of channels, for example). If your vehicle needs to sit long periods of time without running, these panels are a perfect solution, as long as you have access to sunlight. I measured the panel output at 21 volts on a fully overcast, but bright skied day, sitting in the back window of my car.

CAVEAT:

I have one concern about these panels. On a 30 degree day in full sunlight the panel became surprisingly warm to the touch, considerably warmer than the dash I had it sitting on. I'm not sure how things are going to work or how I'm going to deal with how hot they may get in full sunlight on a 90 degree Iowa summer day. At this point, it appears I have a month or two to ponder this issue. It certainly makes no sense if you can't put a solar panel in your car, (because it might get damaaged by excessive heat), when it is sold as a car charger.

Summary:

For the price and my purpose, this panel appears to be an excellent solution. Properly used and mounted, and with certain precautions taken, I would recommend this panel to anyone needing a 12v TRICKLE charging solution, where a charge controller is not needed (lead acid car/motorcycle/lawn tractor batteries).

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They work great, but it would be good if an LED indicator was on these so one can verify there is traveling current, or not.

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These panels worked great. I had a small window and these fit perfectly within. Gives a good charge of 22.5v each. Maintaining a deep cycle battery this worked great.

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I am sold on these for charging batteries as well as saving energy. I have four total; one for our camper, one for my wife's "toy" BMW, one for our external generator and one for our electric, automatic gate. The one for the gate has been in continuous service for well over a year without issue or failure. I am sold on solar and looking into it to run our wood burning furnace fan to pay ZERO to heat the house this winter (after start up cost recovery of course; not long to recover at the current cost of utilities). I HIGHLY recommend these chargers.

Blackberry Bold 9000 Car Charger / Vehicle Charger Reviews

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This charger came up in a search for accessories for BBerry 9650, and states that it's compatible with the 9000 series. It is NOT compatible with the 9650, the new BBerry Bold, which has a micro-USB connector (why? just to force purchase of more accessories, I guess). It's hard to go wrong for $3, but caveat emptor.

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charges. period. what else can you say. i no longer own the blackberry but the charger did its thing. i liked it

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I received this and have used it several times over the course of 2 weeks. As of the writing of this review, the product has worked perfectly. I would recommend it.

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I received a wrong car charger. I already throw away my receipt so I can't send it back to change it. I guess I should have tried the car charger first to see it is the right one for my blackberry phone before I throw away my receipt.

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This is a generic USB charger. Nowhere on the packaging or the charger itself is there any mention that it will work with a Bold 9000. The only distinguishing mark on the charger is a little sticker that says "For V3." Did they mean to write "3v," for "3 volts?" Who knows?

I've used my Bold 9000 with other generic USB car chargers that are incapable of actually charging the phone, even though they can successfully charge other devices. The lack of the words "Blackberry" or "Bold" on the charger made me worry that this one might not work either, but it actually works just as well as the wall charger that came packaged with my phone, and may even charge more quickly.

Don't believe that this was designed specifically for the Bold 9000, because it's not. However, it works as advertised, so I still recommend it.

NEW BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE LITHIUM EVO2 12V 16 CELL MOTORCYCLE Reviews

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Ballistic Performance claims that these batteries have a capacity of 28 amp-hours, but the actual capacity is about a third of that. Based on the claims of the manufacturer, I foolishly purchased two of these batteries expecting to get at least 25 amp-hours out of each of them. After a good break-in period of 8 partial discharge / full recharge cycles (using the Ballistic Performance balance charger), the capacity of both batteries is around 9.5 amp-hours. This was measured with a Watts-Up meter during discharge, and the balance charger confirmed the results at the end of the charge. After 9.5 amp-hours of discharge (at 3.5 amps) the voltage was 10.3V and dropping fast, which indicates that they were, indeed, at the end of their capacity.

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My battery died on my bagger and the dealer wanted $185 plus tax for a replacement. I decided to take a chance and try something new so I ordered this Lithium Ferrous Phosphate battery from Amazon (Mueller Motorsports). It arrived in 5 days and when I picked up the box I thought it was empty!! It only weighs 3 lbs! I was worried that it would be bouncing around in my battery tray since it is so much smaller and lighter so I cut up an old mousepad made of neoprene and lined the bottom of the battery tray with that. Then I used the packing foam that came with the battery to secure it in place and hold it from vibrating. So far I have 800 miles on it and it works good, but it takes a little while to get it to wake up in the morning, kind of like my wife ;)

All in all I think it is a good investment and the weight savings alone is really awesome. So far so good!!

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I bought this battery for my experimental airplane because of the weight savings. Before I installed it in my airplane I tested it on my 1984 Ski Centurion boat. This little battery can crank over that 351 Ford motor! That is one great battery.

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I bought this to replace the car battery in my mid-sized four door sedan/streetable racecar. Works great so far (I hope I didn't just jinx myself) including an entire west coast tour with no issues, car fires up perfect everytime... did I mention how light it is? :)

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The battery is fine and hopefully work as expected . The company I purchased it threw here was terrible and I would and will never use them again

Discount Energy Del Sol FPM-68 68 Watt Flex Solar Power Mat For Recreational

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The product was as described. As background, the panel is glued to a rubber membrane, and that in turn has a adhesive that is covered with waxed paper until you are ready to instll (glue it down) onto the roof of the RV. When I first rolled out the panel there were some obvious bubbles where the lamenent between the panel and the rubber membrane had separated during storage or shipping ( one panel was from September 2009, another from November 2010 both were the same. I rolled out and left flat for 4 hours in the hot sun and the bubbles id not go away. However, the sun softened the glue so I could insert an old dull dinner knofe (not sharp!) between the panel and the membrane to allow the trapped air to get out. I then used a linoleum roller (a bread rolling pin would work but there would be troubkle on the home front). The knife was a sticky mess, but once the ir was out panel and membrane layed flat. I don't know waht you would do in 50 degree weather a heat gun and the same knife/and roller might work. I installed 4 panels so I used the provided 10 gauge wire on the roof to a single location where I upsized befor dropping through the roof and to the controller/batteries. I have isolated each panel each outperforms the 68 watt 4-amp specs, and they do this in partial shade!! and late in the afternoon. Very pleased. When you put a load on the battery, like moving out the slide on and RV, they hang right in there on peak power. I was not impressed with putting 20 holes in the roof to mount each panel with the heavy rubber hardware provided. I see manufacturere now has replaced most of these screws with glue down rubber mounting hardware, but this is clearly older stock. I ended up using standard RV Endurabond roof tape, with RV caulk around its edge to keep its glue from being tacky. Way cleaner, lighter, in weight and color, and, in my opinion, all that is needed to hold a streamline waterproof attachment. ANd way better than rattling hardwar on the roof for a standard metal framed panel. Yes the metal panel is cheaper and more powerful, but too much hassle raising and lowering them every time you stop to get max amps.

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Cheap UPG 42913 Black Top-Load Breakaway Kit with LED, Charger and Switch

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This kit contains everything you need (minus battery) for a great price. Quality is more than adequate. I actually bought two of them. I strongly recommend this product and wish I needed more! :-)

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Buy Blinc M1 Bluetooth 2.0 Integrated Communication Module Add On

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Just got the M1 in today and had to hook it up right away. I have not rode with it yet but testing it out around the house I noticed these points:

1. There is a slight static in background

2. The volume is GREAT for listening to music

3. The Music continues to play when using Vlingo (Droid Incredible) when it reads txt messages to me so I can't really hear what the "voice" is saying.

4. Tried calling another person and it worked great...they heard me fine and I can hear them perfect (again have not tried this on the road yet).

5. I mounted mine via the clip and holds tight. Might switch to adhesive mount for cleaner look at a later date.

6. Nice Matte Black finish

7. The cord length is fine...had extra I had to tuck into the helmet.

8. I found the user interface a little annoying to get used to...sometimes holding the button down for the "5" seconds didn't turn off and that type of thing...just have to get used to it.

Will update review upon first ride and test with product.

***4/11/2011 Update***

Product is GREAT!

1. You can't hear static when riding.

2. At 80mph could still hear when calling and person on other end could hear perfect. (I did not have wind blocker on helmet)

3. Once I got used to Blinc M1 the user interface works better.

4. Awesome part of product is that when synced to phone (HTC Incredible) the knob on side can be used to switch between songs!! Great for shuffle option on phone!

5. Clip mount works great...has not moved yet!

6. At just $100 I would highly recommend the purchase...can't beat the convenience.

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PROS:

Paid $99 with free shipping. That's the cheapest one I've seen so far.

Controls are easy to use with gloves on, the dial for changing music tracks is very nice.

Loud. I can hear music at freeway speeds inside my full-face helmet.

People could understand me on the phone at 40mph.

CONS:

No dedicated plug for the charger, shares the same plug as the speaker/microphone assembly. You have to unplug one to plug the other in.

Proprietary charger plug.

The "clip" fastener was useless for me because the plug for the headset wiring sticks out pretty far and it would hit my shoulder and unplug. Using the stick-on mounting plate to place the unit higher on my helmet solved this.

OTHER:

Volume buttons could be bigger but they're adequate.

Play/Pause is handled by holding the "volume down" button for 3 seconds. Odd but acceptable.

It comes with a boom mic, it would have been better with a mic made specifically to go inside a full-face helmet.

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I bought this on a whim because I wanted to be able to listen to music on long rides. I opted for the permanent installation because the clip wouldn't fit my helmet. The clip was too small to fit around the bottom of my helmet (AFX DS-39 Awesome helmet BTW). So I carefully placed the speakers where they would fit comfortably on my ears, routed the wires through the bottom of the helmet and put everything back together. It was great, I had minimal wires showing where they connected to the unit and the speakers were just fine on the comfort scale.

I paired my phone to the unit and started playing some music. IT WORKED! Next, I wanted to test it on the road.

So I have a dual sport bike with a small Enduro tank bag. The tank bag has a velcro piece that sits on top with a clear plastic window that you can slide things in to. This, I figured, would be the perfect place to put my phone as it was the closest location to the bluetooth unit without being tied to my helmet (/joke).

Bottom line, this thing is crap. The phone was no more than 1.5 feet away from my helmet at all times and the signal would cut in and out. I'd rather listen to wind noise. It went a little something like this... 2 seconds of music, silence, 4 seconds of music, 5 seconds of silence, 2 seconds of music... you get the picture.

I could not, in good faith, recommend this to anyone in the market for a bluetooth helmet system. I am either going to sell this piece of junk or try to return it. I am very disappointed but that's what I get for buying the cheapest thing on the market.

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I've owned the M1 for about a month now and have done about 250-300 miles using it. It does what it claims to do, which is why I gave it 4/5 stars but there are a few things that are really annoying.

Setup is easy, however, if you own a SHOEI RF1000 Helmet don't expect this unit to fit as easily as you see in the videos on Youtube. Unlike most of the helmets you see portrayed in the demos online the Shoei RF1000 does not allow you to pop out the rear padding of the helmet. I had to shove (with a pencil eraser) the wire between the helmet and the padding till it got stuck up there. So Shoei owners, and people who own helmets with a permanently attached rear padding, beware.

The microphone works great (I can only speak as to full-face helmet use)and up to 60 miles an hour the person on the other line doesn't really notice any difference. You can carry a conversation at 70 MPH but you will be straining a little. The speakers work great but I have a constant low buzz/squeaky noise coming from them when I get a call. I have yet to use this device to listen to music but I imagine you could hear music just fine no matter the speed. I ride a Honda 919 with Sato pipes so if your bike is quiet you could possibly get even better results.

I wish that there was some kind of clip holding the usb cables from the wiring to the unit as over time, I can definitely see the cables just falling out of the unit while going fast.

This is easy to use and setup and works pretty well. I will update this review once I get another m1 to communicate with my wife.

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Basically, you get what you pay for. It does work, and it doesn't cost much.

However, I got caught in the rain once, had it on, and it never worked again. The power on/off function quit, so it wouldn't turn off, and once the battery ran out and I recharged it, it would never turn on again.

Before this, it worked okay. I was sometimes frustrated with it, but I honestly can't remember why now.

Retractable Car Charger for Samsung U820 Reality Reviews

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I like it better than the ones with the long cord. The retractable feature of the cord takes less space in my compartment

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This item is just as described. I truly like the way it retracts when you are done charging your phone. It is a space saver. I would definitely recommend this item. Thank you!!!Retractable Car Charger for Samsung U820 Reality

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I got this charger for our daughter before we left for vacation. She said it worked well, and liked the retractable feature of the cord. I've found these off brand items work really well, and for the price they really can't be beat. Too often things like this are lost, and I don't want to pay the name brand price. So, if it works, why not?

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This is a great little charger. I have had other styles with curly cords that are a pain to keep stored or bundled as they get tangled up and stuck on things. Love the retractable cord!

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I think the cord is a little shorter than 3 feet but other than that, I love it!

Anker® 18W /3.6A Dual Port Car Charger with One Built-in Micro USB Reviews

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There is a lot to like about this charger. 1st and foremost, it is amongst those few chargers that both clearly indicate what types of devices it will charge and supports the vast majority of both Apple and Android devices. This is a lot more rare than many realize, as it is impossible, without some sort of switch/configuration, to have one port on a charger that supports both Apple products and Android products.

This charger goes the route that a few others have and allocates one port to Apple products and one to Android. This is great for flexibility, and while when the idea was first introduced I thought it was a great solution, over time I've grown somewhat disappointed with it. My family, like most families, have settled into being a one-OS family (Android in our case). So what good does that 2nd port, which only supports Apple, do if all my devices are Android?

Yes, I know that I can use special "charging cables" to make ports designed for Apple products work well with Android devices, but personally I find that a weak solution. It means I have to carry two different types of cables on a trip, one for an actual USB connection to a PC and one for charging. I'd rather not have to do that.

This charger also has another new feature, one that I've only seen on one other charger, the PowerGen 15W charger. Most multi-port chargers, even those who support different devices on different ports, use one voltage converter to power all the ports (called "bridged" from this point forward). The downside of a bridged solution is that if one device pulls too much power, the other device suffers. This device has two entirely independent converters, so if one device pulls a lot, it will have no effect on the others. Kudos to Anker for taking the lead on that.

The downside for this device is that both ports do not have the 2.1 amps of current I would like to see, that the most power hungry devices require. The Apple port is spec'ed to 2.1 amps, but the Android port is only spec'ed to 1.5 amps. This means that people with 10" Android tablets won't be pulling the full power they could, even if the other device is only an iPod. The bridged products don't suffer similarly. However, it is worth noting that this device is better than the one other device that has it, which only has two 1.5 amp ports.

As for whether this delivers on its specs, my power draw testing passed with flying colors. The USB spec is that the voltage shouldn't dip below 4.75 volts. The 2.1 amp port was at 4.81 volts when I was pulling nearly 2.2 amps. The 1.5 amp port held at 4.90 volts even when I pushed beyond 1.6 amps. This makes this the best performing charger I've tested. As an added bonus, when I did push the unit significantly beyond it's amperage specs, the ports went into auto-shutoff preventing damage to the device, yet another positive for this device.

I had two minor dislikes for me personally: It doesn't support the HP Touchpad (I recognize few of you will care) and it doesn't have a power LED. I know some will like that, as they don't like the distracting light, particularly at night. For me however, I prefer a light (not too bright of course) so that I know the device is working (or at least claims to be).

Overall, for people with an iPad and an Android phone, or an iPhone and a 7" Android tablet, or a her iPhone and his Android phone, or an iPhone and a lower power device (less than 0.5 amps) or is willing to buy a "charging cable" I think you'll be happy with the device. Not only does it deliver a lot of current, its good construction and compact size also are positives on its side that you'll like.

For me personally, this will replace my 15W bridged device from PowerGen for when I have one Apple and one Android device, but I'll keep using the 10W bridged device from Bracketron for when I've got two Android devices or am lugging around my HP touchpad.

For device manufacturers, if you want my coveted 5-star rating, this is what you have to do:

1. Deliver 2.1 amps to both ports

2. Make each device configurable (a small switch, etc.) to be either Android or Apple

3. Have good ergonomics/quality/compact size like this Anker

4. Support the HP Touchpad (OK, you don't really have to do that, but I'd really appreciate it anyway)

Notes on the devices I tested with:

-HTC Evo 4G LTE showed "AC charging"

-Kyocera Rise showed "AC charging"

-LG Optimus S showed "AC charging"

-4th gen iPod Touch charged correctly

-HP Touchpad didn't charge correctly

-Breadboard with cut cables, power resistors and a fluke DVM used for power draw/voltage tests

Full disclosure: Anker shipped/gave me this product for free in exchange for my honest feedback.

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This is the third dual port port car adapter I have tried and the only one that does what I was looking for. I am now able to have the iPad charge and operate at the same time as my phone and both will charge while in use. This is great for the the trips with the kids since it will charge the iPad even while it is on and playing video / games / etc.

The other models I have tried will charge (slowly) the iPad. When using the iPad with the other models, the iPad would lose charge on long road trips because there was not enough current coming out of the adapter. With this model, the iPad is on and charging while being used and the phone is also charging.

One thing to note, there are two ports on the adapter. One is for the iPad (labeled Apple) and the other for phones (labeled android). They are both standard USB ports and will charge devices on both ports. However, if you plug the iPad into the non-Apple port, it will not the full 2A needed to operate and charge the iPad. I always keep the cables in place, but I switched them to see what would happen. It does not hurt the phone to plug it into the Apple port (and depending on the model, it may charge faster on the Apple port).

Excellent product. I am looking at getting another one for my wife's car.

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Both the Samsung Droid Charge SCH-i510 and the Apple iPhone use 2.1 amps to fully charge. The Anker 18W / 3.6A Car Charger can output enough juice to charge *one* of these devices but not both. Know that you cannot charge two full featured phones that are in heavy use at the same time on this device. However, this will do fine if one phone is idle or off while the other phone is in use. That said, I prefer my dedicated 3 amp charger for my SCH-i510 device and use this on a second power port for other devices along for the ride, charging an iPod and a digital camera with this device. This is not an all-in-one solution sadly.

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I really like Ankers latest high powered 18 watt, Car Charger. It's performance is exactly as stated by Anker, and I love the sleek highly polished and elegant white finish that it comes in. The charger is extremely well built, and it has its 2 sides done In a lighter shade of grey. It fits my hand perfectly, It feels ergonomically designed, and it sits in my hand as if designed personally for my grip.

It looks great. It works very well, and it is compact and sturdy at the same time. . It doesn't have to be shoved into the charging port. this charger glides right into the port, holds itself very firmly once seated in the port, and slips back out easily once I am done using it.

I use these 12 volt car chargers very often at home, as well as when I am driving. It is very useful to have around the house. A friend of mine showed me his Wagon brand AC wall adapter with a Cigerette Lighter port on its other end. I loved the idea of it. So I bought 3 of these, and they work incredibly well. This way i can use these car chargers anywhere in my house and I also don't have to constantly grab AC power cubes and also a bunch of car chargers for when I am out in the field doing residential installations all day.

I tested this Anker product. A good car charger that delivers an actual 18 watt power supply is very rare. This Anker car charger has two ports which are elegantly marked by using a wonderful etching outline that clearly demarcates the Apple Port and the Android Port. The Apple Port in the instruction manual is rated at 2.1 Amps at 5 volts. And the Android port is rated at 1.5 Amps at 5 volts.

If you are like me and use only Apple IOS Devices there is no need to worry. The instructions clearly state that as long as your iPhone has IOS 5 or higher it will charge at full power levels in the Android port. This means that I can now charge, simultaneously, without overloading the charger, both my IPad 2 AND any of my IPhones.

So this is what I tested for to see if this was true in real world conditions. I plugged the Wagon adaptor into my watt measuring device which is called a Kill-A-Watt meter. It actually is pretty accurate meter. The meter goes into the wall outlet, the Wagon Cigerette lighter adapter is plugged into the Kill a Watt meter, and then I plugged the Anker 18 watt car charger into the Wagon adaptor and the meter.

With my IPad 2 plugged into the Apple marked 2.1 Amp port, my watt meter reported 10.7 watts being used. I then also plugged into the Android 1.5 Amp port my IPhone 4S which has a higher IOS system then the required system 5, and I checked my meter and it was reading about 16 watts with a 1/10 of a watt fluctuation occasionally. I left both my IPad 2 and my iPhone 4 plugged into the Anker charger until my Iphone charged to full. ( About an hour ) They were both charging at their listed specs rate as stated on Apple's Website. My IPad capacity level rose as usual in that hour.

The Anker 18 watt car charger was not even WARM. When I came back in an hour later with both devices charging at their usual rates of charge, I thought the car charger would be hot like so many others get. But this one was room temperature. Simply amazing. The product performance outdid its own rated numbers that Anker assigned to it!

It is easily one of the best performing car chargers available. Maybe the best one. It is so very useful if you work away from home or out of an office all day, in order to keep your devices topped off and constantly charged, it is very convenient and very well designed. It's highly polished white gloss finish is very attractive and also makes it easily findable, and this is very important for me. It is lightweight but with no trade off on specs. And it easily and fully charges one IPad 2 and one iPhone at the same time without producing noticeable heat.

I am very happy with my new charger. I like Anker's products because they all last for a long time, they stand up to being dropped occasionally, and they are all very well designed. I am and will be using this charger a lot and am very impressed with its overall performance and design. The Anker 18 Watt 3.6 Amp Car Charger is an all around winner in my opinion.

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This adapter works fine. It works as advertised, delivers enough charge for the ipad and nexus 10 to charge off of in the car. I do have 2 issues with it, but they are nothing i would consider removing a star for.

1 Labeling one port is a little more powerful than the other, for the iPad. The words Apple and Android are printed on it, but the writing is so small you'll never be able to read it when it's docked in your car. It would be much better if they colored around one slot Green (android) and the other Red (apple) (or even put as big a Red and Green dot as possible beside each).

2 It's tall. I have a slot in my center console for device charging, and this thing sticks up a long ways. My previous (ipad only) charge was flush to the console (maybe 3mm above the port) but only had 1 slot. This is easily over an inch out of the slot. I'm afraid someone is going to snap it off throwing a purse or putting a drink in the drink holder.

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I really like the retractable car charger idea because it makes it much easier to store but this one comes up a little short. End to end it measures about 29 inches fully extended. That made it too short for my GPS device. The charger did work fine but just doesn't reach where I have my Garmin.

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