Universal Travel Charger | 
 enlarge | Brand: Wireless Technologies
Category: Wireless
List Price: $16.99
Buy New: $5.95
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Rating:  10 reviews
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 3 x 1.5 x 1.3
Model: WC-UNI-ACDC
UPC: 701890590540
EAN: 0701890590540
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Turns any vehicle power charger into an AC travel charger | | • | Ultra slim design is lightweight and portable | | • | Safe for 110v or 220v outlets | | • | Useful with other travel items: air pumps, portable coolers, spotlights, laptop, PDA | | • | Compatible with any vehicle power charger so never becomes obsolete |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Universal -- or not? September 15, 2008
Mike Goforth
This Charger Adapter is far less than UNIVERSAL. My Adapter wouldn't stay Plugged into the adapter. It kept Popping out. I had to find another one to do the job.
For VERY low-amperage devices, does not live up to specs December 20, 2007
J. Dong
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The specs for this device indicated that it outputs DC 12V up to 1A, but that is a gross overestimation. I bought this device to power some low-current car devices, radar detectors to be exact, with current ratings around 250-300mA. Plugged one in, as soon as the thing finished initializing it shut off.
Being an electrical engineering student at MIT, I took it down to lab and tested it, and found that whenever I exceeded 200mA the voltage would pulse and a bit over 300 the device cuts power entirely.
This device is only good for low amperage devices, if your device is rated over 200mA I do not recommend it. I'm giving it a 1-star for its purposely deceiving specifications that describe it as capable of 5x the current draw it actually supports.
Not worth the frustration. May 21, 2007
Deepa Sundarakrishnan (Alpharetta, GA United States)
The first charger stopped working within a day of use and I got a replacement from Amazon. The replacement worked ok for US (110) voltage but when I took it abroad (230V) and plugged it in for charging my cell phone it started charging for couple of minutes then stopped working. I was lucky that I had my usb charger with me and managed to charge my phone via that. I would not recommend this product especially for International use.
 Universal Travel Charger, Arrived on time, works just fine May 8, 2007
Neil (Too close to the freeking I-95 corridor)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I lost my cell phone's AC charger, but still had the car-charger. Buying the Universal Travel Charger (herein referred to as "The Adapter") was a good money-saving option instead of buying another AC charger.
The Adapter is a little 12 Volt adapter for using a cell-phone mobile-charger inside the home. It has an AC plug on one side, and has a 12 Volt cigarette lighter socket on the other side, providing a powered 12 Volt cigarette-lighter-socket inside the home.
It can't deliver much 12 Volt power, but it's sufficient and only intended for charging your cell phone with its mobile charger, which doesn't draw much 12 Volt power. It charges the phone's batteries, and also provides enough power for talking.
For example, if you have a radio (with loudspeakers attached) that can be powered by 12 Volts, it would certainly require more power than The Adapter could deliver, since room-filling loudspeakers require significant power. But, The Adapter could probably power an MP3 player with headphones (which require much less power than loudspeakers).
If you try to use The Adapter to power something besides a cell phone that draws more current than a cell phone, it's possible that a fuse inside The Adapter will blow out, leaving The Adapter dead. There is no user-resettable circuit breaker.
I don't know if it actually has an internal fuse, so if you plug in something besides a cell phone and it seems to be working, then give The Adapter a feel every now and then to see if it's getting too hot. Hot leads to fire. That's why there should be a fuse, but I can't confirm whether there is one.
By the way, The Adapter gets snugglingly warm when used with a cell phone. That's the way electronics are designed today. "Warm" is OK, "Hot" is not.
In summary, the Universal Travel Charger works fine for using cell-phone mobile-chargers inside the home. I've had mine for half a year, and use it for hours per week. No failures with mine.
Average Price for an Average Power June 27, 2006
My Phuong T. Nguyen (Jonesboro, GA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This product will work with units specified for low ampere. I bought the item to use with my air compressor, however, it did not work. But, if you want to recharge your cell phone, it will do the job.
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