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Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: Deal Of the Day - 240v & 12v USV Chargers
Just spotted this on Amazon UK. A 240v wall wart style charger with USB socket for an astonishing £0.01p!
As USB is becoming the defacto standard for charging many devices a few of these 240v chargers could come in very handy. Many devices don't come with mains chargers forcing you to charge your satnav in-car or by connecting direct to your PC's USB outputs.
A 240v USB charger and a USB-mini-USB lead would enable you to charge it (or indeed any device that can charge from USB) from any convenient mains power socket.
The same seller even has a cigarette lighter plug with USB socket for the same £0.0.1p so you could buy the pair for 2p! Postage and packaging is extra of course but it still makes for a very reasonable deal.
Click the link at the bottom of this post to access the offer.
Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:
Probably best to add the advert states
Quote:
Product Description
Made for GIZMO-DEALS , 3 pin USB Power plug wall charger suitable for charging. Just plug in your USB cable into the input - then charge you MP3 player or other device. NOT compatible with SONY NWZA818, SONY NWZA818, Philips SA3124
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:50 am Post subject:
That's the thing with standards. There are always those who choose to ignore them!
The both NWZA818 (it's been repeated twice above for some reason?) and the Philips SA3124 are MP3 Walkman's btw. I have used a similar charger to charge all my recent TomTom's, a Navman, a PocketPC, a Sony PSP, an iPod, BlackBerry and a few more.
Probably worth adding that postage is £4.50 per item. Whilst £4.51 in total for the 240v charger is still very good value, I'm not sure it is such good value for the car adapter _________________ Darren Griffin
Forgive me, but taken straight from where I posted this on a certain other website, be mindful all members, of the following points.
(But to be fair, a member on that forum DID order two of each, and strangely, it only cost him £4.23. That was not my later experience however). So to summarise the usual ramblings I posted though:
shadamehr elsewhere wrote:
Well not sure what's going on here mate, but if I order 3 of each item, the cost is £0.06, but the final bill with delivery at the checkout brings it to £27.06....!!!
So not sure where I went wrong...
EDIT:
Or £18.04 for two - so there's some rip off going on!
SECOND EDIT: Clocked it, not sure how it's working for you, but postage and packaging is a whopping £9.00 for one of each, or £18 for two of each, or £27 for three of each.
In other words, a coooooool £4.50 for each individual item shipped.
Now THAT'S how you make a rip-off profit - charge a single penny for the item, but then £4.50 P&P for every single item you order, with no limit on how many times this can be applied - PHEW **
Then:
shadamehr elsewhere wrote:
And reading Buyer reviews of the item, it seems there are a few on the Amazon site complaining about the "£6.00" delivery charge as extortionate.
So clearly it seems this guy chops and changes his delivery charge (i.e. profit) all the time.
Be careful - but that's not to say a bargain is not to be had - just be careful folks.
EDIT: Another problem... The seller lists it as being "Not Compatible" with certain devices. But the devices he lists, are those that disgruntled users have too late informed him, it doesn't work with, and he just goes back and alters the info each time, afterwards. So likely this will not work with a few other things too, and there are even reports of it overheating some devices.
WORSE THOUGH: if it does fail etc, he will refund the cost.
But let me be clear - that is the cost of the item (that is 1p) not the postage too, AND you need to pay postage to ship it back to him!
So it would cost you around a quid, to send it back to him, on top of the however much already paid to order it in itself, to get back how much - yes, just a single penny, is how other people read this..
Be careful folks.
Hope this is helpful. At the end of the day folks, it's just background info - you need to decide for yourself if this still suits you.
Joined: Aug 08, 2004 Posts: 107 Location: Massachusetts, USA
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:
I travel a fair amount for business and it's true that I end up carrying a lot of fairly bulky and heavy (it adds up) wires and chargers in my suitcase. It really is time for the electronics industry to standardize on chargers and on power supplies for portable devices in general.
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Sorry mate, but it SEEMS as if the one you refer to on Amazon is no good.
As it's actually an iPod Charger set.
Let me explain... You get both a wall plug, and a cigarette lighter car plug.
BUT, you then plug the USB shaped end of the cable into whichever one of those two you choose to use at the time, and the other end goes into your device.
The other end however, NOT being USB, but the proprietary iPod connector.
Unlike the branded and expensive "iSync" range that has MULTIPLE ends, and can be configured how you want it when you buy it, this seems to be only USB one end (the end for the charger plug) and iPod only the other end (device end).
I base this only on the image though, but even the description backs it up.
Hope this is useful, if not entirely definitive!
EDIT:
Darren the same could also apply to the Maplin one, BUT it does say "suitable for iPod AND mp3 players*" but I can find no relevance on their site as to what the asterisk means in terms of which mp3 players etc.
So not sure if the Maplin one has changeable heads AND comes with a USB head for the other end too.
If not, again it is no use then.
Last edited by shadamehr on Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:13 pm; edited 1 time in total
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject:
SpikeyMikey wrote:
Surely you can plug a different USB cable in to charge what you want, you're not limited to the one they supply!!
Or am I being daft?
You can, regardless of the iPod specific retractable cable, the chargers work fine with other USB devices.
I have received two wall warts and a 12v charger from the original amazon seller today and all work fine with all the devices I have tested so far. _________________ Darren Griffin
Sorry mate, but it SEEMS as if the one you refer to on Amazon is no good.
As it's actually an iPod Charger set.
Let me explain... You get both a wall plug, and a cigarette lighter car plug.
BUT, you then plug the USB shaped end of the cable into whichever one of those two you choose to use at the time, and the other end goes into your device.
The other end however, NOT being USB, but the proprietary iPod connector.
Unlike the branded and expensive "iSync" range that has MULTIPLE ends, and can be configured how you want it when you buy it, this seems to be only USB one end (the end for the charger plug) and iPod only the other end (device end).
I base this only on the image though, but even the description backs it up.
Hope this is useful, if not entirely definitive!
EDIT:
Darren the same could also apply to the Maplin one, BUT it does say "suitable for iPod AND mp3 players*" but I can find no relevance on their site as to what the asterisk means in terms of which mp3 players etc.
So not sure if the Maplin one has changeable heads AND comes with a USB head for the other end too.
If not, again it is no use then.
I see your point, but I'm assuming that you would already have the necessary USB leads for you devices and just plug those into the adaptor. Bearing in mind the initial post was about the adaptors only.
The price for the charger is not 1p, as stated by another member the "price" is included in the postage. It is very light and unlikely to cost more than £1 for them to post.
For someone travelling I'd recommend this item from maplin which has mains plugs included for most countries. It is on special offer at £9.99 at present. There is no postage if you live near a store and Maplin have a good returns policy if it doesn't work with your device.
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Just spotted this on Amazon UK. A 240v wall wart style charger with USB socket for an astonishing £0.01p!
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