Callpod Chargepod Bundle Pack with 6 Adapters - Silver

by Callpod

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 5.5 x 3.2 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000X2BUBI
• Item model number: CHPA-0002
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,392 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Chargepod Bundle Pack, Six Devices on One Outlet, Six popular adapters included. Can charge Blackberry and Apple devices.

Customer Reviews

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cleans up the clutter, July 5, 2008

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Travel & Tech (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Callpod Chargepod Bundle Pack with 6 Adapters - Silver (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I bought this Chargepod bundle pack after reading a good review of it in a computer magazine. Our household has around 5 different mobile devices which need recharging at one time or another. The area where we keep all the charging cables was beginning to look really cluttered. Plus, we were fighting over shared charging cables (e.g. for two blackberries).

This neat little system really cleaned things up. Now we have one cable instead of a bunch, and the unit itself is quite attractive, with blue LED lights softly glowing. Although it has a travel case, I don't think I will bring it on travel. It comes with a set of tips for different devices. The only downside is that I still had to go and buy a couple of tips separately, at around $10 each. This can add up over time, but I have the same problem with my iGo travel charger and don't see any way around it. Overall a clever solution to clean up clutter.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AFTER 3 YEARS OF FAILED ADAPTERS, I GIVE UP, July 7, 2010

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BOB (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Callpod Chargepod Bundle Pack with 6 Adapters - Silver (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Admittedly, when this first became available, it sounded like a fabulous concept. Over a six month period, I purchased three Bundles, and subsequently bought many different adapters. I was highly annoyed, BTW, with the absence of the iPod adapter (IPDA-0001) from the Bundle, as others have written here.

None were used in a mobile environment; mine sits on my desk, my wife's on her desk at work, and my step-daughter's on her desk at college, where they are not subjected to stress or abuse.

Then the adapters started to fail. The first two iPod adapters split longitudinally along the plastic housing and died. The 3rd iPod adapter just croaked, period. And therein lies the story of the next two-and-a-half years, failure after failure: Two generic USB adapters (CHUA-0011), one mini-USB (MUSB-0001), one Plantronics (PLNA-00001) and two others. What is the problem?

I'm convinced it's poor and shoddy manufacturing. Most of these adapters arrive out-of-the-box with the two ends out of sync, forcing the user to twist them in order for the charger hub and device-to-be charged to lie flat together. No matter how little force you exert, it is still too much for the obviously flimsy wiring connections inside the connector housings.

I also noticed, as I replaced them, different wire lengths between the two connectors, especially on the iPod unit (they have also now changed the housing on that adapter, obviously due to the shell-splitting problem I mentioned above). That's another sign that whoever is producing these is not adhering to a specification, or Callpod changed suppliers, or both.

Remember, all of this was just from simple desktop use, never detaching the adapters. I cannot imagine the failure rate if one were to utilize this system in a mobile application, where the adapters would be subjected to constant attachment/detachment cycles from the hub. The tines on the herkin' AC adapter do not fold into the housing, and, astonishingly, the tines on the optional "mobile" AC adapter don't either, so both are pretty much useless for travel, unless you want to damage items inside your case, or the case itself.

I'm sick and tired of returning and replacing these adapters. I'm going to sell all three of the chargers and revert to outlet strips and multiple chargers. I strongly suggest you avoid this product... it was a great concept, but ownership is an absolute annoyance.

September 2010 update: iPod adapter #4 R.I.P. Oy friggin' vey, I really hate this thing.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The tips are a RIPOFF!!, November 17, 2010

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Ian Kaie Tseng (Paramus, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Callpod Chargepod Bundle Pack with 6 Adapters - Silver (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Beware that this is a discontinued package and not the same package that's on the chargepod website. This does not include any tip vouchers or tips that work with modern phones. If you miss this fact, like I did, you're stuck paying $10 + shipping to get tips, which adds up really fast. There should be big bold letters that this DOES NOT HAVE A TIP FOR IPHONES OR DROIDS. It would be fine if they would at least throw in some vouchers via customer service but no, all they had was a coupon code for 25%, which doesn't even cover the shipping charges on the website which start at $4. Shipping things from China costs less! This is a good idea but way too expensive once you factor in the tips. I hope some Chinese company starts making knockoffs for the tips, so this thing would actually be worthwhile. In the meantime, stay away form this thing until they figure out how to get tips to us for $3 each, which shouldn't be hard to do considering how many ebay companies sell entire cables and chargers for less.

To top it off, as pointed out on other reviews here, the tips are nothing special. They seem as flimsy as the $3 cables you can get on ebay.