Customer Reviews

Dell Inspiron 8500 8600 90W PA-10 AC Adapter DF266

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(14)

 

 

Beware!!! This is not an official Dell unit and is of extremely poor quality. Despite this AC adaptor being "rated" at 90 watts, my Inspiron 9400/E1705 only detects 65 watts of actual output. When running off this adaptor, it actually DRAINS my battery! It will only charge the battery when the computer is powered off. There is no UPC, Serial No. or Part No. on the unit itself, and the whole unit is very light and reeks of cheapness. Don't waste your time with this one.

This is described as a Dell Charger...IT IS NOT. It is a cheap looking imitation. However, it worked, and was inexpensive. I have not gotten any error messages, but I have a serious problem with describing something, and posting an image, of a genuine replacement, and then getting something else. The Battery Center should not be allowed to do this.

Despite being advertised as "a Genuine Dell PA-10 Family 90W AC Power Adapter", this is not a genuine Dell product. It has the exact same size/shape as the Dell unit, but lacks the Dell logo, and appears slightly lower in quality, with a shorter and cheaper feeling cord.

The computer doesn't recognize it as a Dell unit either, and gives a warning (both on boot and in Windows) that it isn't genuine and won't charge the battery, and that the computer will run at a lower speed. Despite this, I found that it does charge the battery and the computer runs at full speed.

So this is far from a perfect replacement. However, Dell's own units are of such abysmally low quality (I had 3 fail in the first year of owning my laptop), that this one can hardly be worse.

Worth it for the price (much lower than buying from Dell), with the above caveats.

In the advertising this product apear as original Dell, but they delivered to me one totally diferent. Is a generic product withouth brand. If you want an original product, don't buy this.

A previous reviewer pointed out the same problem I had. I was specifically looking for a 2-prong adapter. The listing for this item goes out of its way to claim that it is a 2-prong adapter, but what I got was a 3-prong adapter. At this point I'm just glad to have my laptop working again, but I feel like I've been misled.

First off, what you see is NOT what you get - the picture is of a different AC adapter than what is delivered. Also the product description says "New PA-10 family Dell 2-prong AC adapter" - it's actually the 3-prong version, which is less reliable. Also: it is NOT COMPATIBLE with my Inspiron E1505 - it provides power, but doesn't recharge the battery! The fact that I'm able to run my laptop at all is the only reason I'm giving it 2 stars - you're better off looking somewhere else for your power needs.

As you have surely noticed from the other reviews, this is not a genuine Dell product and the one that I purchased has just crapped out after less than 30 days.
I am now attempting to contact Amazon so that they may pull this product and this company from their marketplace.
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!

I had this charger for three months and it died on me ...To top it off i paid for express shipping and it took a full extra week... Do not buy this product this is a rip off... I feel they are very misleading in their description.

This product is not a genuine Dell AC Charger as advertised. I ordered the product in January and paid for expedited shipping. It took 2 weeks to arrive. The product worked for 4 months and then died.

Summary: My unit failed after 2 months and it is not a genuine Dell charger.

I bought this to replace my original Dell charger. A little over 2 months later, it's dead. When it worked, it would really overheat. As the previous reviewers stated, this is not a Dell charger even though it is advertised as such. It still might be worth buying if the charger lifetime vs replacement cost is better than Dell chargers. For me, this was not the case, and I will be spending the extra money for a Dell-brand charger.