GTMax Rapid Car Charger w/ IC Chip + Home Travel Charger + USB Data Cable for Garmin

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002ZAS1AY
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• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

<li>Rapid Car Charger w/ IC Chip:</li> <li>Brand new non-OEM</li> <li>Vehicle Lighter Adaptor. (12~24v DC)</li> <li>Intelligent IC chip inside recognizes a full battery and automatically switch to a saver.</li> <li>Plug never heats or overcharges the battery.</li> <li>Short circuit protection.</li> <li>LED charging indication.</li> <li>Can Charge Ni-Mh, Ni-cd and Li-Ion Battery.</li>

<li>Home Travel Charger:</li> <li>Brand new non-OEM</li> <li>Input: 100V - 240V (U.S. & World Standard)</li> <li>Intelligent IC chip inside recognizes a full battery and automatically switch to a saver.</li>

<li>USB Data Cable:</li> <li>Brand new high quality generic cable.</li> <li>Length: 6 Feet</li> <li>Connectors: USB Type A Male to Type B Mini 5-pin Male.</li> <li>Make plug and play connections with cellular phones, MP3 players, digital cameras and PDAs</li> <li>Transfer rates up to 480Mbps depending on USB version</li> <li>Foil and braid shielding reduces EMI/RFI interference thus ensuring high-speed, error-free data transfer.</li> <li>UPC Code:088515720101</li>

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sort of Works, January 10, 2010

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RKam (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: GTMax Rapid Car Charger w/ IC Chip + Home Travel Charger + USB Data Cable for Garmin (Electronics)

My dog bit through my Garmin Nuvi 260W car charger cable while bored in the car the first time I used it. It was a major bummer and I was looking for a low cost alternative to buying the cord from Garmin, which was costing something like $28 (I paid $100 for the the now discontinued GPS, so it seemed a bit much). Anyway, the price for this set of chargers and USB cable seemed worth it to give it a try. The vendor promptly sent the item and I received it in something like 3 days. The packaging marks the items as for cell phones, but the plugs match the Garmin Nuvi so I gave it a try. The car charger doesn't exactly work. When connected, it repeatedly tries to download maps (which is impossible for it to do since it's not plugged into anything except electricity). It pretty much makes trying to use the GPS while plugged in completely useless. I then tried turning the power off so it would just recharge the GPS. It works for a few minutes, then suddenly powers back up again and tries to download maps over and over. I cannot emphasize how annoying that is. In an emergency, I might be able to eke out a bit more juice to keep the GPS running, but what a pain. Then I tried the wall charger. I had more luck with that. Again, while the power was on, the GPS kept trying to download maps, but when I turned the power off, it started recharging and, thankfully, didn't randomly turn itself back on to do the evil map download. I haven't tried the USB cable, because I really had no use for it so far. At least the wall charger seems to be working.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very reasonable, February 4, 2010

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GTMax Rapid Car Charger w/ IC Chip + Home Travel Charger + USB Data Cable for Garmin (Electronics)

I needed a wall charger for my GPS. This came with anothe car charger and USB cable as well as the wall charger for less than I would have paid for just the wall charger.

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work for Garmin 255w, September 28, 2010

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Edward F. Schofield "Oldtech" (Detroit) - See all my reviews
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Ditto the review from Austin, TX. The wall charger works to charge the unit if you leave it in charge mode, but like the car cord it makes the unit loop from startup over and over unless the battery is fully charged,(which masks the problem). The GPS works fine with the OEM car cord. Just buy an AC adaptor (I got one on eBay for 5 bucks) for the car cord if you want to charge it in the house. If your OEM cord gets damaged or lost, buy the original cord from Garmin! It will save you much aggravation.