Customer Reviews

Belkin F5C400 AC Anywhere DC/AC Portable Power Converter

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I used this converter to power a 13" TV/VCR combo in our van during a long trip recently. It was great. The kids sat in the back and watched movies and it made the trip much nicer. My only complaint is that it goes off when you stop the car and then you have to unplug everything and replug them in when you are ready to use them again. Overall it was great though.

I bought this over a year ago and it was an excellent purchase. I plugged a power strip into this, and use it to charge my Compaq Armada laptop, cell phone, and a AAA battery charger all at once without any problems. Having AC power in the car is quite convenient.

I had no problem powering my toshiba laptop with this inverter. I was drawing approximately 140 watts -- a bit more than one amp and things work fine.

The short answer is that it works great, when plugged in to a car battery (ie via the cigarette lighter port), as it was intended to be used.

It's possible that you could plug this inverter into some hokey battery-charging device meant to 'recharge' your auto battery, but I doubt that you'll get that much power out of it as you only get out most of what you put in.

I have a Compact Armada 1400 Series of notebook computer. I bought one of these converters thinking I could connect it to a 12 volt power supply. One that is used to start cars by plugging into the cigarette lighter. I was hoping to get several hours of service while I was on my 14 hour flight to Japan. It did not work for me, either with the portible power supply or plugged into my car lighter. There was just not enough amperage to power the AC to DC converter that plugs into my computer. Maybe it works on computers that require less than one amp of power.

I had no problem powering my toshiba laptop with this inverter. I was drawing approximately 140 watts -- a bit more than one amp and things work fine.

The short answer is that it works great, when plugged in to a car battery (ie via the cigarette lighter port), as it was intended to be used.

It's possible that you could plug this inverter into some hokey battery-charging device meant to 'recharge' your auto battery, but I doubt that you'll get that much power out of it as you only get out most of what you put in.

I bought the old model of this that offered with it a nice rebate. Unfortunately, without testing the product I sent in the UPC barcode. THE NEXT DAY I tested it and realized that it made a loud whistling sound, and meanwhile the standard fan noise is quite excessive.

I contacted the rebate company well before they received my letter with the rebate materials (and before processing) asking if they could send it back to me. Even with emails and finally speaking to a customer rep on the phone, they would not budge and said it could not be sent back to me once received.

Meanwhile, now my only recourse is to ask for a replacement (of this CRAP product) from Belkin, and yet even if it's proven defective I have to pay for the return shipping.

Buy at your own risk!!!!!!

This product is rated at 140W, 1.2A output (uses 11A DC).
It is similar to the F5C400-140W, one of several output levels now available from Belkin(50, 140, or 300).