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It's a Battery Isolator, no cutoff needed, It Charges the Battery in depended of engine battery, it has the solar controller built in, wont overcharge the battery with the temperature probe, It's a must have for RV Trailers as the voltage is low by the time it gets from front of the vehicle to the battery in the trailer, plus add a solar panel on top, your all set.

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I GOT THIS SO AS TO HAVE A CHARGER IN BOTH CARS. I HATE A DEAD PHONE. OEM AND SO AFFORDABLE...

BEWARE. SAMSUNG HAS TWO DIFFERENT SIZES OF PLUGS. A "BIG" ONE AND A "SMALL" ONE. COME ON STANDARDIZE !

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I CAN NOT RATE THIS. DID NOT USE. I BOUGHT THE WRONG ONE.I DID NOT PAY ATTENTION ON THE RUGBY WITHOUT THE II.I THOUGHT I WAS PAYING A GOOD PRICE FOR THE CHARGER BUT WRONG EASY RETURNS AND REFUND QUICK THANKS

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While the description says it's for a Samsung SGH-A237 phone, it's actually a model CAD300MBE.

According to Samsung.com, the Samsung SGH-A237 requires a CAD300SBE.

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Does NOT work with the small plug on the Rugby II....may work with the old one. Plug end is not designed for the small jack on the Rugby II.

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Product was delivered quickly (Only 2 day shipping). Product was exactly as advertised Original Equipment Manufacturer Samsung charger. Works great with the phone. Great quality would definitely purchase this product again.

Reviews of Pioneer GEX-INNO2BK Inno 2 Portable XM Satellite Radio with MP3

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I've had XM for four years, and this is the third type of unit I've had, and it is, by far, the best. I owned the portable Delphi unit, which worked fine. I bought this Inno for a friend, and when I saw it, I fell in love and bought one myself.

Why I love it:

Size: It is small, and sleek. It comes with a little leather case to protect it (bravo to Pioneer for not making me spend another $30 on an after-market case!) on the go.

Reception: It has an internal antenna that little stub on the top of it in the picture is the antenna. Unlike the old Delphi, no need for an external wire clipped to clothing for reception; the reception is GREAT and smooth.

Battery: I haven't gone out all day yet, but after three hours yesterday, the battery was still over half charged. The battery indicator is clear as well. BTW, the unit comes with a slight charge, so you can "play" with it right away; no maddening "please wait 8 hours before first use."

Recording: Easy to quickly record a station, a single song, and even schedule a recording in the future. This is good for the talk radio channels.

Menu: Easy to flip through and select menus. The display screen is a great improvement; it isn't just color because it's cool; it's designed to make navigation easier.

Power: No need to lug cradle on trips. It comes with an additional more compact charger for travel. Thanks!

Why someone might complain:

Earphones: I've read reviews complaining about the earbuds. Yes, they are cheap, but so what? I've got so many other ones scattered about, it isn't really an issue. I use my ipod buds, my Bose headset, whatever. Who cares about the little earbuds? It's just something so the package is complete, and you can listen right away.

FM Modulator: Not internal to the unit, but must be purchased with the car or other kit. But then again, there are so many of those on the market, I appreciate that they didn't eat up size/functions with the modulator that is easily added on elsewhere. This is a PORTABLE unit. I don't really need a modulator when I'm out walking around...

Memory: Again, I've heard complaints about the storage size for books and recordings. I wouldn't have been surprised if there had been a slot for a card, but I'm okay with that. I've got an ipod; I'll leave my books on there. I'll use this radio as a RADIO.

OVERALL it's great. Reception is good and consistent, screen easy to navigate, solid battery charge, and the accessories in the box are great no need to buy aftermarket anything.

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I've had this radio for a few weeks, and I think I can give an accurate review now. This is my first time having satellite radio, and I love it! The station selection is awesome, but I will not go there because I am not reviewing XM.

The Inno is sized about the same as an iPod, and it is really sleek (and slick for that matter.) As this is intended for all around use (car, home, and portable) it is very adaptable. I think it is very neat that when sitting sideways on the dock the Inno automatically switches sideways so you can look at the screen face on. The pad adjusts as well, so everything is very logical.

Some of the main features that are impressive are:

--The recording capability--even if you are almost all the way through the song you can get the whole thing!

--The bookmark capability. You can bookmark an artist or a particular song and anytime that artist or song is playing on any station the Inno will let you know so you can switch over.

--The ability to create a "favorites" list of stations.

--The ability to display the current song/artist on any given station.

--The option to have sports/stock tickers running that shows scores, etc, while listening to the radio.

OK, there's a ton of useful options. Really, I just love being able to listen to what I want on a very cool little "toy." Having never owned a satellite radio before, I am not an "expert" and I'm sure this has flaws, but don't point them out to me. I will likely not hear you because I will be plugged into my radio!

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I bought my Inno2 on Monday. It's my first XM radio, and I've never owned Sirius, so understand that this is a first timer's point of view.

What I *love* about this unit: You can record XM radio, and replay it later. Where I work and use the unit mostly is in an office without a way to use the required antenna for reception. Even though this unit claimes to be portable, it still won't work indoors, w/o direct line of sight to the satelite (read see the southern sky.) BUT, you can record up to 50 hours or so of XM radio. You can recored multiple sessions of different stations, which is very cool. I like liquid metal, alt rock and gangsta rap. I recored about 30 hours of music this week, brought the docking bay into my office, and listened away. You can also build custom playlists from the recorded music (from different sessions, channels, etc, mix and match as much as you like.) When you record sessions of radio, it saves the songs like MP3 w/ artist and song and genre info. You can use this to create playlists of a particular genre, or mix and match in any way you like. You can also search for song, artist, genre and play a particular song from whatever you recorded previously.

If you select to listen to a recorded session, it's just like listening live has all the artist info scrolling, etc. If you make a playlist with random songs (or shuffle them) then you do have one small inconvenience the start and end of each song will have fade in and outs of other songs mixed in. This is because when recording something that was live, they cross-faded the songes. When playing a whole recorded session, it sounds perfectly natural of course. Personaly this is rarly even noticeable when playing playlists of random songs.. But if you are a perfectionist get ready for a slight annoyance. One more note XM is perhaps commercial free, but it still has promotional announcements and odd bits of interest (like a 2Min interviwe w/ an artist, etc.) They get saved to memory just like other songs, and you can delete them when you run across them during playback later if you are so inclined.

I would have given this unit 5 stars except that the menu system just plain makes me cry. Perhaps it's because this is my first XM unit, but coming from the MP3 player world, doing simple tasks like adding songs to a playlist are accomplish. For instance, to add music to a playlist, you dont' go to the playlist section go to the recorded music, find the genre, pic an individual song, then select 'add to playlist' from there. If you want to add an entire genre or recorded channel's music, you do it by pretending you want to add just one song from that selection, then when you have the 'add to playlist' selected for that one song, it has an option to add them all. But I'm getting more comfortable with the menu system, and I still am very very glad I got this badboy.

The unit itself feels very solid. The buttons seem like they'll last a LONG time, there's no loose fitting parts. It's fairly well sealed, I suppose it can handle light rain or the occasional light laugh induced soda nose spray. The screen is sweet to say the least. Turn the unit on its side to put it in the docking station, and the whole screen rotates 90Degrees, as do the buttons, so that even on its side the button layout and words are properly orientated. This makes the thing feel realy well developed. The info on the display is easy to read, you can pick small or large fonts, and a stock ticker if you're big into money.

The system comes with an antenna, a docking bay, wall-plug power supply, some headphones and an adapter cord (for using the power plug without the docking bay.) The docking bay is solid, sits at a great angle to display the unit (it is tilted back just a small bit,) and the unit plugs in snug-n-easy. There is an audio-out on the docking bay, for playing through a stereo (cord included). You can use the headphone jack while the system is in the docking bay, allowing you to use the remote control's volume. The remote is great, even when using on a desk w/in reach, because you don't have to grab the whole system to change a song. The headphones are ok, but I am MUCH happier with the sound I get from my Sony $20 headphones. The included headphones are very comfortable, but have only a fair sound quality, with little bass. I've never seen a system ship with decent headphones, so this is status quoe in my book.

You can upload MP3s and such to the unit, which is plug-n-play with the provided USB cable. You can not to my knowledge play movies on it. I was trying to get away from that whole upload MP3 song and dance, so while I tested it, and it worked, I'd rather grab tens of hours of DJ provided music for literaly $13 a month. To play recorded XM radio, you have to maintain your XM radio account, of course.

While XM has something for everyone, personaly, I find that it only has probably 10-15 channels I'll ever listen too. There are 170 channels of course, but get rid of the sports and country music, the news channels, etc, and it has a comfortable selection of usable channels to keep me entertained and awake while working.

While this unit has an entenna built in, using the unit without a connected antenna (i.e. standing outside if you turn in a cirle while listening to it in your hand, it'll probably lose signal. But in a car, home w/ the antenna in a window, or listening to pre-recorded music, it's just phenominal. SO just because it looks like a portable radio, don't expect to put it in your pocket and use it while mountain bike riding unless you'er playing pre-recorded music. From what I have heard, the antenna headphones might work ok, but I haven't tried them, nor do I plan to step back into the 1990's and have a C-Clamp strapped to my cranium once again.

I couldn't be happier with this thing all in all. It's cool, sounds great, feels solid. I figure it was worth every penny of the $200 I paid.

As a side note, the car docking bay feels pretty fragile. It hangs from the A/C or Heating Vents in your dash, it's wiggly, and bounces around a little when you go over small bumps and around corners.

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The Inno is my first satellite radio. I bought it mainly as a means of getting to listen to new music without having to go hunt for it, or listen to endless adverts. The fact that the Inno is portable was a major factor in deciding on this particular unit.

Pros its reasonably well made (not as nicely finished as an iPod, but not cheap feeling either). It comes with a reasonable set of earbuds. The XM channel selection is superb!

Cons the door to the battery compartment is held on with some really flimsy tabs, I wouldn't like to change battery often since these will likely break off after a few uses. The sound quality of XM radio is not as good as I thought it would be (this is not a comment on this radio, rather its a comment on all satellite radios the talk shows sound like AM, the music sounds like some low bps MP3s. All in all the sound is quite murky and sibilant compared to an iPod and decent earphones. That said, its good enough for casual listening while outdoors. I'm just glad I didn't pay $990 to get XM fitted as an option in my car!).

The Inno does what I need it to do. What it doesn't do is play well as a 'live' XM radio outdoors. Trees and buildings (or even your arm) frequently get in the way of the signal, and the sound dies. Making it too annoying to use. Since nothing I listen to is time sensitive its fine to record big chunks of music and listen to that instead. Its painless to record many hours of music once a week, or even less frequently, and that works for days.

Indoors the unit works well with the antenna that comes included. Even with trees in the way it gets a strong signal, even when the antenna is quite far from the window.

Bottom line. In the future, when the technology advances and the bitrate improves, XM radio will be awesome. Currently its good, provided you are prepared to focus on the content and not the sound quality. The Inno is excellent for using when you are biking, running or walking, provided you are in an area with excellent signal and no trees, or you don't mind listening to recorded material.

The Inno was a good buy, and one that I'm thoroughly enjoying using. But, stil a few years off being perfect. I'm guessing I'll be replacing the Inno when something better comes along in a couple of years time.

Oh, since people mention this in other reviews I've turned all the available recording space to XM use, and don't intend using it for storing my mp3s. It would be too annoying ot listen to high bitrate mp3s and then switch back to XM radio quality. Nor do I intend to use it in the car for live radio, I'm sticking to pre-recorded stuff.

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I drive a lot on highways so wanted to give satellite radio a try. I once hesitated because installing the external antenna seemed to be troublesome. Additionally, I drove two cars alternatively with my wife but only wanted to have one radio (my wife doesn't like the idea of satellite radio). That means I would need two car kits and do the installation twice.

Anyway, I still wanted to try. I picked up Pioneer Gex-Inno2BK after reading those good reviews at Amazon (the other portable one that I was interested is DelPhi SKYFI3). It turns out to be a big, good surprise: Inno2 does not need the external antenna! Well, I am talking about highways in Midwest, so keep that in mind. It does lose signal occasionally when my vehicle passes under bridges. Actually most bridges are fine, and when the radio lost signal it's just a couple of seconds.

It also works fine in the local roads of Chicago suburban areas where the signal is mostly from terrestrial repeater (with occasional loss of signal). I also used it in a small town in Iowa with no terrestrial repeater. It works better than in Chicago suburban area because the buildings there are much less dense.

The location to mount the radio does matter. I mount the radio on the air vent using a vent mount bought from Wal-Mart. If I put the radio on the passenger's seat, it may lose signal when the vehicle picks up a upslope or downslope. Using a windshield mount gives even better signal, but the vent mount works almost as well -I prefer vent mount for its lower position.

Battery life is decent in the range of about five hours. It's good enough for most of my trips. If needed, $10 chargers for Inno are available on the Internet.

Some other good surprises: I can use it in subway trains of Chicago without using headphone antenna (so far I only used it in part of the blue line and I will update on this). The signal is from terrestrial repeaters. In the Salt Lake City airport, the terrestrial repeaters are so strong that I can walk with the radio without any signal loss. I haven't purchased the headphone antenna yet.

Some cons: The screen is small for vehicle use. I use the largest display fonts and then most song titles will be rotated on the screen. There is a bug (I think so) that only part of song title is displayed when being rotated, for example, "Big Girls Don't Cry" becomes "Big Girls Don't". That's a strange software bug and I wish Inno would have a firmware fix for this. The menus do not rotate -if a menu is long and I want go to the last item, I have to move all the way to there. But those are minor issues.

update on 3/18/08: Now I have four more weeks of experience with Inno2. It still works great and I keep my rating. It works well on Chicago subways. The closer to the city center, the stronger the signal from the terrestrial repeaters. The internal antenna doesn't work well enough when I walk on the streets. Driving on the streets is not a problem, because the driveway is away from the building I believe. It is better to take some recording for walk to subway stations.

As for driving, I found that weather affects the signal (with internal antenna) slightly and in an unpredictable way. On a heavily snowing day the Inno2 got good signal all the trip, and on a cloudy it lost signal more often. Overall it works well -I did some sampling (definitely not scientific way) and concluded that I lost less that 0.5% listening time in that worst day for all kinds of reasons. Installing an external antenna should improve the condition, but to me it's not worth the associated cost, time and risk of vehicle interior damage. (Whenever there is a signal, signal strength doesn't make a difference to sound quality for digital radios.)

I found a caveat in a trip east-bound on I-80 -when I intentionally drove my car on the left lane in parallel with the CENTER part of a 18-wheel truck on the right lane, after a while the signal was lost. The XM satellite signal comes from the south and the truck could block the signal. Nevertheless, for normal passing the Inno didn't lose signal. It seems to have some buffer to tolerate glitches in signal reception.

A final word on XM radio sound quality: It is good but not close to that of iPod. With a scale from 1 to 10, I would give 10 to CD sound quality, 9 to iPod, and 7 to XM radio and the best FM radio stations. XM and FM are different: XM seems to have more clarity and those best FM stations more dynamic range. I still like XM for non-commercial music and for no need to search new FM stations every 50-80 miles.

PS I should have mentioned that the Inno2 is connected to the car audio through an aux port.

Discount BatteryMINDer Charger/Maintainer/Desulfater - 2.7 Amps for 36V

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I was initially looking for just a desulfater, when I found this listed on Amazon. This unit is

a full service battery pack solution. It monitors the temperature, hence the condition, of your

batteries, maintains a perfect charge level, and desulfates [read that: renews] all of your batteries

at the same time. It is truly amazing. I have been using it now for 3 or 4 months, and I haven't had to

use my big charger at all. I permanently wired the unit so the box is in the basket, [not under the

seat with the batteries] and it is very convenient to monitor and set. I just keep it plugged in all the

time when the cart is not in use, and the batteries are always in fully charged and perfect condition.

All I have to do is top off the pack with distilled water once a month, and it's good to go. Easy to install,

foolproof. I have it installed on my 2001 Ezgo Freedom PDS, I wish I had found it sooner. I probably

would not have had to replace at least one set of batteries during the last ten years. BatteryMinder

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I have only used it for 6 days, and seems to be working. It takes about 3 weeks for the desulfater to clean the batteries. The product has a 1 year take it back policy and a 5 year warranty which is great.

Rally 7637 Marine Grade 500W Power Inverter with USB Charging Port Review

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This is exactly the same thing you would buy if you got a Harbour Freight unit. They are manufactured at the same place. This unit is NOT marine grade, there is no epoxy coating on the board. Obviously with a fan it's not water tight either.

It's cheap plastic, no hiding that.

It can take a load and it performs well. You can water resist any inverter, just take off the plastic case and spray clear coat on the board. Then heat it to 200* for 2hrs to cure it (just run an inverter with a load for two hours).

EVERY modified sine wave inverter is most efficient when it's running HALF it's rated Nominal load. It's just the way the circuit and transistors work. This unit is 71% at half and less than 65 at full. That's GARBAGE! Cobra units are over 80% on both and Pure Sine are over 90% on both.

It's overpriced for what it is. Don't bother. I really was expecting something much better. I'm giving it three stars because the board, solder and parts used are good quality but it's a dated design that's not efficient. 10amps in gives you .5amps out (DC to AC) or in another way 120 watts consumed in DC power gives you 60 watts out. You loose half the power. It also falls really short in capacitance capabilities or in english starting an electric motor from a stop (press the trigger on a drill that's startup draw or Capacitance). The PEAK is usually where that rating comes in but a 1/2" hammer drill from Milwaukee blew out the safety shutdown every time and it's rated for 500w.

SOLAR users: Buy a more efficient model. You don't need to spring for Pure Sine unless you intend to run sensitive electronics (computernot laptop, LCD TV, cable box, anything with a radio in it, etc...).

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It claimed marine use, it is very light and has two ways to provide power. So far no complaints. I would buy another so far.

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Love the multitude of ports this inverter supplied. Even has a map light! Got it at a ridiculously low price with free shipping as well so this was one of my favorite purchases. Love the 500W of power it is capable of providing. Great product marine grade products are usually made above and beyond expectations! Would recommend even at the regular price.

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I got this item to go camping, and when I got it out of the box to use it it wouldnt work. I tried the other adapter and it came on for a sec but went right back off and never worked again. The only thing I was tryin to power was a heating pad for my disabled husband while we was camping, so I know the watts was plenty for that. HORRIBLE PRODUCT

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We took it camping, it worked great and charged cell phones, a fan and we love the lite is bright!

Cheap OEM Rapid Car Charger with IC Chip (SPN5400) for Verizon Motorola

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How much can you say about a car charger for a cell phone? Does it work, stop charging when full, appear to be well made and durable, priced right, and shipped fast?

Yes 5x.

Other thoughts: To get the phone maker's OEM branded (Motorola)charger shipped to my door for $8.08 is a very good deal. The charger looks cool with the lighted blue window that's viewable from all angles, so you don't have to fiddle with the charger to find some tiny little LED to see if it's on nice feature. The construction quality is clearly much better than the off-branded one I picked up at an auto parts store as a tide-me-over backup. The smart chip works, as the charger did not push juice to the phone when full, but when the phone had been used for a little while and reconnected it began charging only until full again. This is comforting...who needs a ruined battery or electrical fire in their car?..especially if they aren't around.

Would I recommend this to a friend or family member? Yes.

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First things first: IF (and that's IF) you get the genuine OEM Motorola charger listed here, the SPN5400, it works great with modern smart phones like the Motorola Droid, The Incredible, The Google Nexus One, etc. Basically, if your phone has a micro USB connector (and almost all of the newer generation smart phones do), then this is the charger for you.

That said: Not every seller is selling the right item. There are lots of reports of people getting the wrong charger (I've had this happen myself). Your best bet: Amazon, who not only IS selling the correct charger, but has the best price, when you factor in shipping, provided you qualify for free shipping from Amazon (either with Prime, or if your order is > $25).

The Amazon listing for this charger can be found here: Motorola P513 Vehicle Power Adapter MicroUSB Rapid Rate Charger. Search through the sellers to find Amazon. Their price, if you get free shipping from Amazon, is the cheapest. And you are guaranteed of getting the correct item, brand new, retail.

OK, that said, here's the rest of my review:

There are so many sketchy sellers selling phone chargers out there, that it can be a bit scary. The problem is that if the charger is poorly made, the output of the charger can be out of spec and can, in some cases, fry the phone you connect to it.

For that reason, when it comes to phone chargers, you should stick to name brands. (They are all made in China, but the name brand ones are usually subject to stricter QA).

When I found this charger on Amazon, SOLD BY AMAZON, I jumped on it. It's a MICRO USB car charger, made for Motorola and sold under the Motorola name, in retail packaging. The rated output is 4.75-5.25V and 950mA.

This charger should work fine with most any phone that uses the MICRO USB connector. The key number to pay attention to is the second one, the rated amperage. This is the MAXIMUM amount of current that the phone can request from the charger. A typical USB port on a PC provides as little as 100mA, and few provide more than 500mA. So this charger should charge your phone faster than when it's connected to a PC. A few phones out now can use up to 1000mA. But that just means they CAN use that amount. If 950mA is provided, they'll still charge, just a bit more slowly.

Note that the amperage (second number) merely tells you how much the charger CAN supply, if requested. The phone itself is responsible for asking for the current. That is to say, if this charger can provide 950mA, but your phone can only use 300mA--no problem. Your phone asks for 300mA and the charger provides all of what is requested. If, on the other hand, your phone can use 1000mA, this charger will provide all it can, which is 950mA--a wee bit less than the max asked for. That's also not a problem; it just means your phone will charge a little bit (not much in this case) more slowly. The rated voltage for this charger is presented in a range of 4.75-5.25V. The "ideal" voltage for a USB charger of any type if 5V. And most chargers for home use are rated right at 5V. But car chargers work in a noisier environment and thus you have the range. This is where a cheapo charger can really do damage, as some of them are poorly regulated and can provide voltages that are WAY out of spec. Again, when you can get a name brand charger from a seller you can trust (Amazon) for such a reasonable price, it's very foolish to consider the cheapo no-names.

This is an excellent quality name brand travel micro USB charger at a price that beats the no-name junk from third party sellers. What's not to like?

BE SURE TO ORDER IT FROM AMAZON AND NOT ONE OF THE THIRD PARTY SELLERS, as some of those have been known to make mistakes with respect to what they ship relative to the listing. I can confirm that Amazon is shipping the P513 /89143N /SPN5400 charger, as pictured.

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This product works great with my new Motorola Droid. Charges very fast and has a cool blue light that shows when it has power. Too bad my truck just got broken into and it got stolen. Will have to get another one. I recommend this product if you own a Droid.

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Very cool looking. Charges the phone without any problems. What more do you want for five bucks? :-)

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I was skeptical based on the price as well as some other reviews. I've been very pleased, though, with the value and effectiveness of this charger. No, it's not going to completely recharge your battery from the brink of death in 20 minutes, but in an hour, with the phone inactive, I've seen a 40% increase in charge. It's also nice to have when using the GPS function or the music player on the Droid. I'm able to keep the phone in use for hours without having to worry about a dead battery by the end of my ride.

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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.

Premium Car Charger For HTC Inspire 4G Review

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I bought this because of the price for my HTC Inspire 4G and it works perfect. Im very pleased with this product!

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I am very pleased with this charger. My kids are always leaving the house without charging up their phones. With this, there are no more excuses. Seller shipped very quickly and the price was excellent!!

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Can't beat the price....excellent quality! Works just as good as the original that came with the phone. Glad I bought one for my husband too!

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Worked extremely well for a couple days. Was really happy until a couple days later it stopped charging my phone. Was very disappointed as i do alot of driving and i need to have a car charger!!! Dont recommend this product.

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My son gave me his HTC Inspire 4G phone because he said I needed an upgrade badly!! However, I could not purchase any accessories because the phone had been discontinued. Amazon.com was a life saver! I truly appreciate the premium car charger. It works like a charm!!!

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This car charger failed to work at all. It was the correct device for my phone and in a brand new car with three different power source outlets, none of them fit this charger such that all the contacts were made...I guess the 99cent price should have been a give away... 1 star is one too many!

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Item worked great & arrived quickly. NO complaints...exactly what I was looking for & saved a ton not buying from the Cingular store!

Review of Save A Battery 1702 12-Volt Battery Charger Maintainer and Tester

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I've been looking for a battery maintainer/charger to hook up to a car that I put in storage during the winter months. I came across this compact gem and was surprised that for the price it is a maintainer, discharger, and tester.

It comes with nice and long cables and is in a very nicely designed box (that appeals to the gear-head in us) with easy to read LCD screen and LED indicators. The cables allow you to hook up to your battery using alligator clips or have a semi-permanent hook-up with a quick disconnect.

All I had to do was hook the cables to it, plug it into a wall-outlet, hook the other end to the battery and that was it. Like the description says, this will not overcharge your battery so you can leave it hooked up indefinitely.

Well worth the purchase.

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I have had so many "trickle" chargers or battery maintainers over the years, but by far this is the best yet. Nice small design and great monitoring to analyze things.

A bit more than the run of the mill chargers, but most certainly worth the difference. Very highly recommended

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Does a great job of , TESTING , Charging and Maintaining batteries, especially the batteries that are not used very often. I use this device on my antique car and also on my garden tractor. Keeps them READY-TO-GO!! Great device & safe!!

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Excellent product. Used Battery Tenders for many years on my motorcycles and old collector cars. Found them to be excellent also.

However Save A Battery charger is the only charger that will bring back to life my failing Optima Battery in our 59 Corvette. Long story on this, but again it worked, where the Battery Tender was almost of no use. Also like the voltage readout to give you battery charge status. Highly recommended.,

Good pricing at Amazon. The owner/vendor of the product sets up at major automobile events,,,,Goodguys for example. Sells for a 100 bucks at the shows.

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This charger is unique in that it is the only MODULAR system on the market know what you are getting. The comparisons to Optimate 6/Battery Tender Plus being cheaper or more versatile may be true, but those lack features this one has.

FEATURES:

For example, you can plug it into the cigarette outlet WITHOUT the A/C connection and it will act as portable voltmeter using the battery for power, displaying your car's system voltage as you are driving. Very handy unless you have 4 hands.

You can also shut off the LCD and turn on the alarm and leave it plugged in to your car indefinitely. If you have a parasitic drain, it will start beeping when the battery voltage gets too low.

FLAWS:

The unit's main flaw is its "discharging" function. It's internal load is weak (only 2A or so) and doesn't stop automatically. You'll have to listen for the low battery beep. (Perhaps it works that way to give you more time to catch it?) Mfg recommends just using the headlights. It does work for testing battery voltage with a small load, though.

Also, there is no manual "start" button. I had a battery flat to 5v and it wouldn't start charging. Perhaps this is intentional, but another charger recovered the battery enough for this one to work. Mfg recommends tapping another 12v source to the leads in parallel to get it going.

BENEFITS:

The manufacturer has great customer support, and are based out of the USA in Silicon Valley. They make computer logic components like SCSI terminators and there is significant attention to detail such as rubber caps and the cords themselves. You can talk to a knowledgeable human within 30 seconds.

I have no complaints about the quality of its charges thus far, but will edit the review if anything changes. Also, the unit is rather pricey I was tempted to get an Optimate 6 for the same price instead. The mfg recently had a sale where their high-end deep-discharge-boat-gel charger (the 9999) was the same price as this; although they recommended not deep discharging regular batteries unless necessary, I would have liked the extra functionality.

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Remember, this is a MODULAR charger that you can carry with you and has high build quality. You supposedly can leave it connected to the battery indefinitely. If it was cheaper, or had extra functionality of the same-price Optimate 6, I would have given it a 5*.

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It's a better charger than the one I ordered for the house. It seems to fit better and my phone stays charged longer.

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the charger's mini usb tip breaks easily, be careful when separating from phone, but otherwise this is a great buy...

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I bought for husband but then he bought a new phone although he can't use it on the new phone it's ok it was only a couple of dollars

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This broke after minimal use. My husband kept it in his lunchbox, which may have contributed to that fact, but it really didn't last long enough to be worth the buy. The price is right, but not for something that cannot be relied on for more than a month. Live and learn

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works ok but the insert into the phone doesnt stay in place very well and always slips out of my chocolate... when its in the phone it works but it doesnt stay there unless you hold it in place with your hand or something else

Vmaxtanks VMAXSLR85 AGM deep cycle 12V 85AH battery for Use with PV Reviews

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this battery is as described and in service and working fine.. fast delivery and packaging good .. in the future I will get another to add to my system..

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This upgrade worked great for about a year and a half, then failed with no output whatsoever. Parallax won't replace it under warranty because I can't locate my receipt, and won't honor the warranty based on the manufacturing date. They have no repair capability. So do yourself a favor and buy another brand.

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I bought this unit and installed it in my RV with minimal difficulty. It worked fine for a little less then three months -and then quit. Now I'm not exactly ignorant of electronics -I have a degree in electrical engineering. It appeared that the basic unit itself had a blown fuse or circuit breaker -but there was no fuse or circuit breaker that could be replaced or reset.

Since the unit had a a two year warranty -as noted on Amazon and at the Parrallax website -I contacted them to get a replacement. I told them that I had purchased it through Amazon, and I received a curt reply from their warranty administrator, Susan Dixon, who stated, "I am sorry, we do not sell any converters to Amazon and we are unable to honor a claim on a part that was purchased from Amazon."

Kudos to Amazon, though; I contacted them and they immediately offered to replace the unit or refund the price. From a comment on Parrallax's phone about "recent changes in the warranty policy" I suspect they are having a lot of returns and hence their reluctance to honor their written warranty. Needless to say, I will my unit with a different brand that I'll get through Amazon. Amazon -great service, and they've earned my business.

Parrallax -horrible service. Don't believe them when they claim to have a warranty.

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The power supply was a hundred dollars cheaper than going to my local RV dealer.

Installed in 25 minutes, works perfectly.

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Did some research and this was what was needed in order to fix the power problem in my RV. Was easy to install and it has been working great ever since.

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I decided to take my 14' travel trailer and go camping for the Memorial Day weekend. So here I was pulling into the last available spot in one of the rows near the bath-house. It was late Friday afternoon when a thunderstorm started brewing and before you know it, rain starting falling hard then a sudden strike of lightening with a deafing sound of thunder at the same time, when all my electricity (which is powered by my Parallax Converter/Charger) goes out. I later learned that nearly the entire row of RV's where I was parked lost their Converter/Chargers due to lightning striking and knocking out almost all of them leaving us with dead batteries. The good news is the RV repairman that is recommended by the campground was there and advised me what to do.

I went online and went to my favorite online shopping site, Amazon.com, and after reading some reviews, ordered the Parallax Power Supply 7355RU 55 ADC Converter/Charger. They offered Free Shipping and I didn't have to pay any taxes and my repairman told me that he could not get the same exact product for the price I paid anywhere so I ordered it and upon arrival of the product had him install it and now it is better than before since Parallax offered the upgraded model for the same price.

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Cheap Optima 8012-021-FFP YellowTop Group 34 Deep Cycle Battery

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I decided to order this battery through Amazon since it was about $50 cheaper than local retailers. Since I've never purchased a car battery online, I called Amazon and Optima to ask how a warranty claim would work when the battery was purchased through Amazon. The people I spoke with gave me some very surprising information, which I thought I'd share with you:

1. Amazon only accepts returns for up to 30 days after the item was purchased. After 30 days, the customer will be referred to the manufacturer of the item.

2. Optima refers all online purchases back to the original retailer. The full warranty cannot be honored through Optima unless the battery was purchased from one of Optima's authorized online retailers. The authorized retailers are shown on Optima's site; Amazon is not one of them.

3. Optima is unable to honor any warranty for batteries purchased through Amazon because Optima is unaware of the condition of the batteries, the shipping procedures, how long the batteries have been in a warehouse, etc.

The Optima Yellow Top series are arguably some of the best auto batteries currently on the market, but the money saved by buying from Amazon clearly isn't worth the almost nonexistent warranty.

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Optima specifies in their data sheet for this battery a "reserve capacity test". Basically, you take a fully-charged battery at 80F and put a 25A load on it. In 120 minutes the voltage of the battery should still be above 10.5V. I've received three of these batteries from Amazon that tested around 83-85 minutes. The batteries varied in age from between 3 and 6 months, and sitting that long without being charged likely damaged them. I purchased two from a local retailer that were only 2 months old, and they were a lot better, lasting nearly 100 minutes, but still failing the reserve capacity test. Optima has yet to respond to my complaints, but it is clear that these batteries do not meet the specifications in their own data sheet for their capacity.

This probably isn't an issue if you're using them to start a gasoline engine, but I'm using them in an Electric Car, where

capacity really matters.

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I was hesitant to buy this because of all the reviews saying the battery was poorly packaged and would arrive damaged. Knowing Amazon has a good returns policy, I took the chance and ordered it.

I'm in NY and the battery was shipped by truck cross country (I watched the tracking updates). It took about a week for it to arrive.

When I finally received it, I realized I was lucky. The battery was in good condition with no breaks or scratches on it. At the same time, it came in a simple cardboard box with some cushioning on top, but nothing on the bottom. This is a very heavy item and it's very easy to visualize the bottom of the battery getting damaged during a long truck ride as there is no protection whatsoever between the bottom of the battery and the 1/4 inch cardboard box it comes in.

I don't get it, sometimes they go overboard & package the most trivial of items in styrofoam and bubble wrap, and with this 50lb. item it's basically just covered in 1/4 inch of cardboard.

The battery itself seems fine ...started my car up fine (although I can't comment on it over the long term just yet).

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I bought eight of the Optima yellow top batteries for house batteries in a sailboat for the convenience of AGM, no fill, no spill, etc. These batteries are charged by a state of the art 4 stage regulator, plus solar panels on a microprocessor charge controller. The batteries are all in one bank and charged/discharged equally and never below 85%. In other words they are pampered. Now the bad, one battery failed within a week of installation. It started gassing and heating up even under a light charge. After about a year another one developed an internal short and its voltage dropped to around 8V. It was easy to detect by just touching the top. It was warmer than the rest. Six months after that, two more developed internal shorts with the same symptoms. These batteries are over rated. It appears that the build quality from battery varies widely. I will never buy another one.

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I just love these batteries. Over the years I've always bought other lead acid batteries and have always been disappointed with the life and cold weather performance . I decided to go ahead and spend the extra money on the Optima. I have had an Optimal Red Top in my Camry for 3 years with perfect performance and decided to go ahead and upgrade my other car.