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seems like the product died after 3 hours of use. probably the fuse burned out, but there is no way to safe open this device, i just send it back for a refund, but 5/5 to amazon and 1/5 to the product

I bought this in the hope of reducing the number of items in my travel bag. With two iPhones and several iPods in the family, I am always taking several adapters, splitters, etc. along.

This is an okay unit, but note that it will not charge two iPhones at the same time via the USB ports, or even one iPhone and one iPod. (Two iPod minis seem to work fine.) You can obviously plug the second iPhone in via the 120v outlets, but that kind of defeats the value of the dual USB ports.

I'm a little disappointed in this product. It's rather large for a "mini" power strip. It's more suited for slipping into your suitcase than a laptop bag. With the non-retractible plug, it's easily three inches thick. Also, the AC ports are normally spaced, so if you have a wide AC adaptor, you'll only have room for two outlets.

The biggest problem is that it won't properly recharge my iPhone 3G over USB. My phone freaks out every time I try to charge it with this strip. You know how the iPhone goes "bleep" when you start to charge it? Well it goes into charge and not charge mode about twice a second -- "bleep!" "bleep!" "bleep!" "bleep!" It charges my Samsung NV20HD digital camera over USB just fine, though.

Decent unit, seems well made but definitely a few disappointments.

Amazon has 3 copies of this item listed as 3 separate products. The reviews are not consolidated.

The unit is significantly larger than expected. My fault for not observing the listed dimensions, but the pictures give the impression that the device is smaller than it really is.

The swivel plug is nice, but it sticks out from the socket farther than I'd like. Plugging something into the bottom plug can torque the device since the plug has an inch or so of space between it and the wall. So two hands are really needed when plugging items into the device.

The only reason I purchased this item was for the USB ports. I have two normal items plugged into the wall socket but wanted to recharge my PS3 controllers without having to waste electricity running the PS3 itself. Connect the controller to this charger via the USB cable that came with the PS3, no dice. Switched to the thinner, charge only USB cable that came with the charger. That did not work either. I did have my RAZR cell phone handy which uses mini USB for charging. Connected it to the charger with the PS3 USB cable. Did not work. Connected the phone with the charge only USB cable, and it did recharge the phone.

I'd guess that the PS3 is proprietary, but the controller will charge off my laptop. Also makes no sense why a full USB cable would not work. Just because the extra pinouts are wired for data shouldn't affect charging.

The USB spec is for 5V and up to 500 mA of power. I don't know the draw of the PS3 controller, but since it will charge off a PC I'm guessing that the problem is with this charger. Just be aware that USB is not fully compatible.

Travel yes. As long as it's only the US. The device is only rated for 110V. It's brilliant and I love it but this is a huge design oversight.