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Black & Decker CPI100B 100 Watt Power To Go Cordless AC/USB Power Supply
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Awesome little thing!
(5 out of 5) by Kyra Sundance on May 25, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA)I love it! It's small, well constructed, and seems to hold a charge for a long time (it's been over a month, and it still shows it fully powered). I use it for live power for my wireless headset mic. .
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poor at charging laptops
(3 out of 5) by Kenneth C. Hood Jr. on Mar 31, 2009 (Minneapolis, MN USA)This charger advertises laptop charging capability, but it added less than half an hour to my laptop's battery life. I'm sure the 9 hour claim is more applicable to cell phones and small gadgets. This product was easy to use and carry (dense but not heavy).
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Doesn't live up to its billing
(3 out of 5) by Matthew Mabey on Nov 19, 2008Amazon, the packaging, and the Black and Decker website all three lead one to believe that this is designed for powering laptops. The Amazon site can be fairly interpreted to imply that it will power a laptop for 9 hours. Of course this is nonsense that anyone understanding the meaning of 4000mAh will spot immediately. Unfortunately many have been mislead. I knew that I wouldn't get nine hours but I'm not getting anywhere near 4000mAh out of mine either. It works well and is handy but the battery power useable for 120V is closer to 2000mAh. I can't reliably watch an entire DVD on a portable DVD player (no internal battery). The batteries in the pack loose their charge just sitting in storage at a very fast rate. You want to be sure you leave it plugged in until the last possible minute.
For those looking to power their laptop, you'd be better looking to get one of the $250 to $400 lithium based battery packs that is shaped like a laptop. That's what I'm doing now.
For those looking to power their laptop, you'd be better looking to get one of the $250 to $400 lithium based battery packs that is shaped like a laptop. That's what I'm doing now.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
It does not work!
(1 out of 5) by J. Warren on Sep 16, 2008 (Washington DC)It appears to charge itself, but it will only charge another device for about 5 minutes before dying. I need to return it. Do not recommend.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Not bad. Not great, but not bad
(3 out of 5) by C. Bayne on Jul 13, 2008 (Phoenix, AZ United States)I use this to charge my laptops once in a while. I can run my Compaq Presario V2000 for about an hour before the internal battery kicks in. I can run my Asus eee pc for slightly longer than that. I got that result on the bigger laptop about a year ago when I first bought this battery. I got the Asus result a few months ago. The battery gets hot if I charge it too long, and the transformer gets REALLY hot. It's possible that I lost some battery life just because I charged it overnight once.
As far as a 2nd laptop battery goes, this is fine. It's a lot cheaper than other "real" laptop batteries. I have a regular universal laptop battery, and that one doesn't last much longer than this one, and it cost twice as much. The price for this battery has gone down since I bought mine.
The nicest thing about this is that you can plug in a regular 3-prong plug. You don't need to buy extra tips. It is certainly strong enough to charge a cell phone or MP3 player, though I don't know how many charges you can get out of it.
Don't get your expectations up too high. You're not going to get 9 hours of extra laptop usage. But if you want to play with your laptop on a cross country flight, it'll work for you.
As far as a 2nd laptop battery goes, this is fine. It's a lot cheaper than other "real" laptop batteries. I have a regular universal laptop battery, and that one doesn't last much longer than this one, and it cost twice as much. The price for this battery has gone down since I bought mine.
The nicest thing about this is that you can plug in a regular 3-prong plug. You don't need to buy extra tips. It is certainly strong enough to charge a cell phone or MP3 player, though I don't know how many charges you can get out of it.
Don't get your expectations up too high. You're not going to get 9 hours of extra laptop usage. But if you want to play with your laptop on a cross country flight, it'll work for you.