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 Excellent product Jul 06, 2010
First off, this is a wonderful product. It has four USB ports with two amps total capacity. It should be capable of charging four standard USB devices or apparently two high-draw one-amp cell phones at the same time. I haven't been able to find anything to back up that second claim but my phone does appear to charge more quickly on this than it does on the 500mA adapter it came with. The interchangeable supply plugs are a plus if you travel out of country, though they aren't held very securely by the latching mechanism--you have to be careful when removing it from the wall.
That said, my experience has been slightly less positive. I bought this for a trip with my girlfriend and her kids. The kids all have iPods, we each have Droid phones (HTC G1 and Motorola Cliq with Motoblur), plus video and still cameras that will charge from USB. Having four ports came in handy a few times. However, I've had unlimited trouble finding a USB power adapter that will charge her Motorola CLIQ. The one that it came with claimed 850mA @5vDC yet this still can't provide enough to charge the phone at all. I've tried close to a dozen different adapters with no luck. As for the loose plug connection, I've added a bit of black electrical tape to hold the US plug more securely to mine.
I'll absolutely be keeping this and can recommend it to my friends in good conscience, so long as they aren't trying to charge a Moto CLIQ with it.
 Hit or miss charging depending on device Jul 03, 2010
My wife and I have Samsung Omnia phones, Zunes, and a Garmin GPS. Only the Garmin would charge reliably and it took forever. The phones had to be turned off, and still didn't charge with both plugged in. Useless for us, though it appears from other reviews that iPods/Phones work ok.
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Charges my iPad, iPhone and headset at same time! Jun 30, 2010
Great charger! I got it because it has 4 USB sockets. When I traveled, I used to leave my laptop on all night to charge all my USB devices (didn't want to bring all the separate chargers). Now I turn off the laptop and charge everything from one AC socket with this handy device.
This is 2A total output, with the standard 500ma per each of the 4 ports. If I plug in my iPad, iPhone and Jawbone bluetooth headset at the same time, it will readily charge the latter two and maintain/very slowly charge my iPad. Turn the iPad screen off and it will more quickly restore the charge on the iPad. It easily charges the iPad back up to 100% overnight, even while the other devices are plugged into the charger. Interesting that unlike other standard USB ports, it does indicate it is charging on the iPad's power icon - must be slightly more than 500 mA going to the USB port.
It doesn't charge anyway near as fast as Apple's dedicated 2.1 amp charger, but it works for my "plug everything in when get to hotel, work for a while and then go to bed" scenario.
I'm happy that it doesn't seem to get warm while it's charging. Also handy that it has adapters for UK, continental Europe and even New Zealand. One minor thing is that the prongs don't fold up for travel. But it is pretty compact and if you want to, you can separate the prongs from the charger to save a little extra room in your bag.
Fried the first time I used it overseas Jun 21, 2010
I liked this unit until I took it overseas and it fried the first time I plugged it into a 240v outlet, leaving me without any way to charge my iphone. All my other chargers worked fine in the same outlet. (including the new usb charger I had to buy) The Lenmar is under warranty but they charge you 7.50 shipping on top of your cost to pack it and return it, so if you're outside the amazon return window, its almost not worth it. There seem to be others reporting similar failure.
caveat emptor.
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Excellent device - but it has it's limitations Jun 18, 2010
This device has 2 amps of power output, total. That means it can charge your iPad at the same rate as the native ipad charger, or it can charge your iPad and iPhone simultaneously, with your iPhone charging at full speed and your ipad charging very slowly. But you've only got 2A to work with, so if you plug in 4 devices, each had better have less than a 500mA requirement.
That being said, it's a great device as it'll put the full 2A to a single port for quick iPad charges. Another great feature of this device, which isn't mentioned, is that the included interchangeable international power connectors plug into the device using the industry-standard two-prong connection usually used on notebook cords, which means you can use a two-prong notebook cord directly into the device for longer reach. A very clever design choice by lenmar, to be sure.
All in all, love this device. It seems to be very sturdily constructed works perfectly for even very high (by usb standards) amperage devices, like the ipad, albeit with the caveat you need to keep in mind that 2A charging limit. It's one of very few devices that will actually put 2A out through a single USB port. Definitely recommended.
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