Rapid Car / Auto Charger for the Amazon Kindle 2nd & Latest Generation / Kind...

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001W1XT40
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #5 in Kindle Store > Kindle Accessories > Power Adapters > Kindle DX Adapters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 30, 2004

Product Description

You won't regret your purchase!!!

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118 of 119 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KINDLE IN THE CAR = AWESOME, July 30, 2009

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Cannon (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rapid Car / Auto Charger for the Amazon Kindle 2nd & Latest Generation / Kind... (Electronics)

What's to review about a car charger, right? I mean, you plug it in, it does the trick, you unplug it, there you have it.

Well, let's see....

1. It's well made. It doesn't feel "cheap and hollow." Have you ever used a sort of knock off brand cell phone charger.... you know with cheap metal parts and cheap plastic? This isn't one of those.

2. Your Kindle will, in fact, charge pretty quickly. Now, I do want to point out that this item is sort of a luxury item in the sense that the Kindle DX charge lasts a loooooooooonnnnng time. But there will come a time when you've left your Whispernet on and the batter ran low, and you're 8.5 hours into that long journey and you're losing charge and you want to recharge. Well, here you go.

3. The cord doesn't stretch all that far, but there's really no hinderence at all. My Kindle DX is easily readable from the driver's side, while plugged in - I kid, I kid... I don't read the Kindle while driving. No, the limitation here is that if you have a power source in the front seat and you want to read while it's charging from the back seat, no go.

4. Careful not to strain the connection areas. DON'T attempt to read with the cord fully stretched. You can a) pop the cord out of the power source and smack the person in the passenger seat with the blunt end or b) risk break off from the Kindle connection. That's a no no. You don't want pieces of the cord adapter stuck in your Kindle power port. (This hasn't happened to me, but I'm aware of this sort of thing happening with other electronic adapters).

5. It's difficult for me to complain about price because I recognize that this is an item of convenience. BUT, with all the things we have to plug in these days, I wish we didn't have to have a zillion adapters - one for every possible device. By the time you spend $20 on adapters for your Kindle, Leapster, XM radio, cell phone, lap top, car vacuum, air pump, and backseat blender (again, I kid) you're out a bunch of money for a device that, in the instance of the Kindle DX, you might find isn't used all that much.

HELPFUL TIP: If you've got one of those label makers - you know, the kind that you can type out something that comes out on a ribbon. MAKE a lable for each adapter and wrap the label around the cord, taping it to itself (like a little tab or flag hanging off the side) and you'll NEVER forget which adapter goes to what device, ever again.

Solid product, works great, saves time, not necessary, probably, but it does what it is supposed to do!

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tad Short...But Gormadic is a Joy of a Company, July 3, 2009

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Dianne E. Socci-Tetro "Books & Chat" (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rapid Car / Auto Charger for the Amazon Kindle 2nd & Latest Generation / Kind... (Electronics)

This is a fine product and does what I expected it to. It recharges my Kindle just fine as it should. BUT if you want to read your Kindle while it is also charging in your car, you may find, like I did that the cord is a bit too short for comfort. It's nothing you can't work around since there is a coil, but it may take a few uses to loosen up a bit. I just thought I'd you a bit of a heads up about it!

All in all a very good value for the price, and I did buy a second one for a friend so I really do recommend this product.

I'd also like to mention that I do love working with this company. Every time I need something from them they deliver within what seems to me like mere minutes LOL!, and if a product has become iffy...they work with you without complaint, easily and quickly giving you the best help you could ask for, all from the comfort of your own home. I love Gomadic.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rapid Car Auto Charger, April 29, 2009

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Lynn Gallipeau (Arkdale, Wi. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rapid Car / Auto Charger for the Amazon Kindle 2nd & Latest Generation / Kind... (Electronics)

Nothing is more madding than to be rideing in the car or Motor Home and have my Kindle battery go low .and be in the middle of a good book.This alows me to charge my Kindle while on the go. It's the best.Thank You
Lynn