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Originally Posted by wannabee
You've certainly done your homework.
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Well I usually do. I'm a plan-ahead kind of guy.
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Originally Posted by wannabee
The double USB cigarette lighter charger for US$6.95 was about AU$20-30 in Oz. AU and US dollars are about the same at the moment.
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Yeah you can find huge price differences for some items online sometimes. The thing that puzzles me is that this device doesn't exactly have spotless reviews, some people report them breaking or not functioning, but it's the same for every other gadget of it's kind. It seems you can't get quality in such cheap & simple gadgets.
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Originally Posted by wannabee
The other item looks like it's 110v. Our stuff here is 240v.
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The other item takes a 12V DC input (car lighter), you must have meant the first. It takes a 110/220 V AC input, and most chargers / power bricks / devices these days take varying voltages, you usually don't have to worry about that when traveling to or shopping from another continent. You do have to worry about the shape of power plugs (US / EU / UK / AU).
For those who may need to know the AC -> USB charger mentioned includes all the 4 types of plugs (which can be attached to it), so it's ideal for travelers.
Also, the most compact power plug adapters I've managed to find (there are lots of them online and mostly the shape and size is the only difference) are the ones by Semsons :
http://www.semsons.com/eutousplad.html
http://www.semsons.com/eurplugad9.html
http://www.semsons.com/eutoukplad.html
while you can get a a pretty compact AC -> USB charger here :
http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0947
http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=1294
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Originally Posted by wannabee
Just a thought.....if you already have a charger with a single USB outlet, couldn't you use a USB hub to charge multiple devices? They must be readily available in your home town surely.
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1. The hub and the additional cables are an additional bother.
2. The hub and the cables all consume electricity (a small amount).
3. That solution would provide 0.625 W to 2.5 W (1/4 to 1 USB) power to each gadget (as hubs share out the power, unless they're powered additionally), while the Lenmar charger provides 2.5 W to 10 W to each gadget (1 USB to 4 USB power on one port, 2A at 5V)
It's a simple and powerfull solution for charging almost all gadgets...