Customer Reviews

Bargaincell 2.0 2-in-1 USB Sync & Charge Adapter for Apple iPod Shuffle, 2nd Generation

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I bought this product because I hate cables. I keep it plugged into a USB port on my laptop and it works very well. I can charge my shuffle and transfer music to it with this cool little device. It is, however, a bit over priced but I bundled it with something else and got free super saver shipping.

I don't want to give this a bad rating, because I bought it for a use for which it wasn't intended.

I have a 3rd generation Shuffle, and a 4th generation Shuffle, and one sync cable between them. Before spending $20 (almost half the cost of a new Shuffle!) on an authorized replacement, I decided I'd give this inexpensive one a try. The connections appear to be the same, after all.

So for anyone who's tempted like I was:
It didn't work.

I ordered 2 chargers and neither one of them works. When one responded, I received an error message about a power surge.

I had high hopes for this nifty gadget. I bought 3 of them, because they are so cheap, and cheap stuff sometimes has a bad batch or so.

All three of them, if I plug the adapter into a USB port and have a shuffle attached, shut down the laptop immediately. Happens on my mac mini, happens on my laptop. The evil happens as soon as the adapter is connected to the usb port and the shuffle is connected to the adapter.

If there is a way to use this thing, I haven't been able to figure it out, and there isn't a lot to it.

The product works well and fits onto a key chain for easy finding. That being said I would have given the product 5 our of 5. However when I received this otherwise great and on time product I was taken back that in the contents of the order sheet paper work was a remark to go back online and at least give them a 4 our of 5 stars or 5 out of five stars. Was I reading this right? I am requested to do this and that if I didnt there rating would be lowered overall. So I will give them and continue to give them a 3 our of 5 stars untill they stop telling there customers what to do and how they are so good everone needs to do exactly what they say. Just another American consumer remembering when the customer was always right.

junk- makes bad contact and you have to play around way to much to get it to work

i too hate cables, so i just had to get this. i'm not sure how much the above reviewer had to pay for this, but i bought it for under 4 bucks including shipping and handling. for the convenience, i would have paid higher. the only problem i have with this is that it gets lost too often.

This little gadget works great! It's very small, it's actually smaller than the ipod shuffle! And you can access iTunes just like normal! 5 STARS!

I bought this charger for my Shuffle 2.0 as a replacement for the original charger. Upon first plugging it in to my Mac, I got an error message saying that it pulled too much power and therefore the computer was shutting down the USB port, however, I unplugged and plugged it in again, to find that it was working perfectly. It charges the shuffle and updates it with new music just like the original charger. Occasionally this problem repeats, but it's solved quickly just by the unplugging/replugging. Since I travel a lot, I have to say that the inconvenience of this minor issue is far outweighed by the tiny size and portability. I wish Apple had made their chargers like this! It came in a small envelope and shipping was fairly fast (4-5 days).

Works perfect for me on my 2nd Gen iPod Shuffle. Couldn't be more compact and I like not having a long cord to deal with. The price is unbeatable.