Philips Power2Charge Universal USB Wall Charger

Nowadays many battery-operated electronics are designed to be charged from a computer's USB port or such. That makes a real problem with a desk computer because the majority have those ports in back where they are often accessible only by a contortionist. If that is your situation, this device that plugs into an AC wall socket instead, and features connector tips for charger inputs that take USB and miniUSB as well as the proprietary input designs that Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, and LG have put on many models of their electronics. So it will also be useful when you are away from your computer but need to charge your toys.

The charger uses a space-saving fold-down plug: the plug is not polarized, so it can be inserted in either direction that helps but the flat 2 3/4" x 2 3/16" main charger body extends enough that it will sometimes interfere with the use of the other outlet in a typical wall socket. However, it appears that Philips had a design engineer who was actually thinking, because in the majority of cases this charger will not become a socket-hog like so many converters and power supplies do (preventing use of other sockets with their thoughtless design unless you spend even more money on "power strip liberators").

Very good: extremely portable (comes with carry bag), lightweight, is designed to be versatile and sensible, and solves a common problem. Note it is listed as a phone charging accessory but it will work on many other electronics. I needed it for my Sansa MP3 player, Garmin GPS and a digital camera here and there. It is designed for use with 5V DC devices that consume up to 350 mA. The English/French/Spanish directions include a long list of specific compatibilities, which I suspect you may also find on the manufacturer's website. I am not sure why it is titled a "car charger" because that is not actually where you would use it unless you are into DC/AC/DC multiple conversion and inversion!

Comes with the charger as well as several adapters. Some devices work with it (the GPS, my MP3 player, my phone), and some don't (Sony MP3 player). For the price and versatility, you can't go wrong.

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I ordered and received this product which was titled on Amazon as a "universal USB *car* charger".

It is not a car charger. It is a wall charger.

This may be a fine product but I'm giving it a low rating because of the misleading title... I thought I was ordering a car charger but wasn't. This isn't what I need and for me it is a waste of money.

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