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Cheap Garmin 010-10723-14 GARMIN REPLACEMENT VEHICLE POWER CABLE FOR NUVI 1200 1250 1260 1300 1350 1450 1490 200 205 250 255 260 265 270 275 285 360 370 465 500 550 STREETPILOT i2 i3 i5 ZUMO 220 (CAR CHARGER ADAPTER) Review

Works great – no issues. Would prefer to pay a little more and have no headaches.

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Cheap Ac Adapter Power Supply Charger for HP 463958-001 PPP009L PA-1650-02HN 463552-001 Laptop Review

I was shocked when I found that the cost to replace HP AC Adapter was something like . Particularly concerning was that the original lasted about a year and a half. I paid around 0 for the laptop so 20% of the original cost to replace the AC adapter wasn’t on my radar screen. Then I found this little beauty for including shipping. The reviews were good and I figure it was worth the chance. Well, it has been terrific since I got it now about two months ago. The only negative thing about it is that the cords are slightly shorter than the HP version. I can strongly recommend this baby as a fine replacement.

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Cheap Black & Decker VEC1089ABD Smart Battery Charger with 15 Amp,10 Amp and 2 Amp Continuous Charge Rates Review

I own a Vector with 10/6/2 amp charging rates which I am extremely happy with, but forgot to bring it home from the lake place this Fall. I decided to purchase another charger & thought I’d try the 15 amp model. So far it is just as good as my other model, and has more charging and bad cell/battery identification capability. It seems to charge a battery faster than the 10 amp model.

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Cheap PowerGenix ZR-PGX1HRAA-4B 1 Hour Quick Charger with 4 AA 1.6v NiZn Rechargeable Batteries Review

I bought the 4-pack with the quick charger recently. After about 2 months of usage, I’m happy to report that these are the best rechargeable batteries I’ve used in years. Now I don’t have Eneloops to compare with, and in fact I was about to buy a set of the Sanyo batteries when I first heard of NiZn batteries. I decided to go with these and try my luck. My current lot of NiMH cells are mostly crappy Energizers – never, ever, buy them! But I do have a set of that are really good; so clearly no all NiMH are bad.

Anyway, my uses for these batteries are mainly for Point & Shoot digital cameras. Every P&S digital camera I have ever owned eats AA cells in a matter of minutes. Be they alkaline or freshly charged NiMH (even the good ones), it doesn’t matter, they just can’t hack it. I’ve seen this on my Kodak, Pentax, Nikon, and Olympus cameras (all of them were supposed to work with NiMH by the way). My wife is the primary user of these cameras and her needs are random – there’s no way to predict the need and charge up a fresh and spare set and hope they lasts. Well, the PowerGenix cells have been just great in these P&S cameras. None have had a problem with the higher voltage, and the cameras just kept going. Shelf live was not a problem either.

I’m now debating whether I should buy more of these batteries or a set of eneloops for comparison. The problem I see with eneloops is that I would want a good charger/conditioner as well and that’s not cheap. But I also don’t know how many recharges these NiZn cells will last (I don’t believe any of the mfg specs regardless of chemistry) and that may tip the balance one way or the other.

Some additional thoughts – these batteries are not for every type of use. One reviewer mentioned how the higher voltage would likely burn out a flashlight. Yup, definitely not the right kind of use! He also complained about the recharge time of 2.5 hrs – well the product label I read was pretty clear that it was not a 1 hr charger. And for comparison, NiMH rapid chargers that can top off a cell in 15 minutes are generally to be avoided anyway as they really stress the cells and don’t really charge them fully. So such comparisons are moot in my mind.

At the end of the day, what counts is whether these cells work well in a given application. I’m happy to say that for P&S cameras, they have outperformed everything that I’ve tried thus far. My cameras include both old and recent models.

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Cheap TechFuel® Travel Battery Charger for Kodak Playsport Video Digital Camera Review

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Cheap Belkin BZ103050vTVL Mini Surge Protector/Dual USB Charger Review

Wanted a travel power strip. I looked at the Monster power strips because I thought I wanted one with a plug in cord. The Belkin plug is not flush with the sides of the unit. It looks like it will fit into a recessed outlet (like you would find in the floor at an airport). The Belkin also includes a surge protector, something the Monster strip does not have.

Contrary to another review, both USB charge outlets work It was the first thing I checked. I plugged in my iphone and an itouch and they both charged.

I would have given it 5 stars if it was a little smaller but 4 stars isnt too bad in my book.

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Cheap Premium NP-BD1 NP-FD1 Battery Charger with Car Charger Adapter for Sony CyberShot DSC-T900, DSC-T90, DSC-G3, DSC-T77, DSC-T500, DSC-T700 Digital Camera & Camcorder Review

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Cheap Schumacher SE-5212A Automatic Handheld Battery Charger Review

I bought this unit back in 2002 for those rare dead battery situations and so it has sat around unused for the majority of that time. Recently I have been trying to revive a troubled battery and have been using it more often – typically a few minutes every day. It has served me VERY well. One complaint I heard elsewhere was regarding the lack of a light for the meter, which I will echo here. It does seem odd that they have a power-on LED, but no light for the meter itself.

One little concern that hasn’t really been a problem for me is that fact that it WILL put out much more than 2 amps in the 2 amp charging mode. I have a Fluke digital ammeter and have checked the charger on a few occasions now when charging batteries. The 2 amp mode has been normally putting out between 3 and 6 amps. The manual (which covers 3 different models) is not real clear about this, so I thought I would elaborate. Between reading the manual and my own observations, I will say that the 10 amp mode starts out at 10 with a drained battery and tapers off down to 5 amps (when it will automatically shut off), whereas the 2 amp mode seems to start as high as 7 amps and tapers down to .34 amps(and shuts off).

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Cheap TechFuel® Travel Battery Charger for Leica D-LUX4 Digital Camera Review

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Cheap Schumacher SSC-1000A Automatic Speed Battery Charger Review

With temps dipping down to -4 degrees lately, going out to my car to find it wont start is a real drag on a cold morning. My battery is an Optima red top, and its less than 9 months old…so I had a hard time thinking it went bad.

I received my SSC-1000A charger and ran out to the garage to figure out whats going on. I couldn’t believe how light and small the charger was. All the cables (power, charger clamps) store neatly inside the unit which I though was great for storage.

I hooked up the cable clamps to my dead battery and watched the LED screen. It read 11.3 volts and 17% charge…I toughed out the freezing temps and stood watching the battery, slowly it came up but wouldn’t get over 12 volts. I had my buddy jump the car and re-connected the charger, long story short my battery failed internally. I popped the + terminal off to check the alternator, things were fine there.

I ran the battery back to the auto store and exchanged it out. I returned home to hook the charger up to the new battery. It read 13.8 volts, and 65% charged, it started my ice cold car no problem.

I left the charger on the battery to monitor any drops in power, then turned it on to charge the new battery to 100%, the charger is a real life saver, and the LED screen saves having to pull out your voltmeter. I would highly recommend this charger to anybody who wants a versatile trickle/slow/fast charger, with options for all sorts of battery types.

You’ll thank me on those cold winter days.

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