Customer Reviews

Gilsson 110V-240V AC Charger Adapter for GPS

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We own a Garmin Nuvi 350, Garmin Nuvi 750 and a Magellan Maestro 3200 GPS receivers. We have been looking for an AC Adapter to charger our units. We were surprised to find this Gilsson AC Adapter capable of charging all three GPS units. I love this AC Adapter, because it uses a nice and compact right angle miniUSB connector, smaller than those available from Garmin and Magellan. This Gilsson AC Adapter appears to be very high quality with UL certified parts, unlike other generic AC Adapters. I have referred several friends and colleagues to Gilsson for this AC Adapter and they are all very happy with their purchase. I first learned of this Gilsson AC Adapter, because Magellan Technical Support recommended that I call Gilsson to order this compatible AC Adapter, as it has been tested to work with Garmin, Magellan and TomTom GPS Receivers ! It is very rare for a name brand GPS maker (Magellan) to recommend another brand name (Gilsson), but apparently Magellan has enough confidence in endorsing Gilsson products for their GPS users. Why pay more for OEM parts, when you can buy a high quality replacement at a lower price ? Happy Navigating !

I wouldn't order this, at least not from Amazon. The third party vendor sent it in a padded envelope but otherwise unwrapped, with no manufacturer packaging or any other indication that it is a new item. I'm not going to plug my device into it, under the circumstances. Still waiting to hear from the seller about getting my money back.

Edit update on grievance to seller: the seller did exchange emails with me and defended themselves, saying this was a new item they had unwrapped for ease of shipping. They offered to accept a return, though refunding only my purchase price, not shipping. The cost of shipping it back will just about cancel that out, so I am probably not going to bother to return it.
My warning still stands: there's just no way to tell, other than the seller's word, that this is indeed a new item intended for the use described. Without the packaging, the seller's claim cannot be verified.

I purchased this for my husband's new Garmin because he hates the cord hanging from the GPS to the power source. It's worked very well for us and is compact enough to bring with you when you travel. No problems, and it does the job. Price was reasonable and was delivered quite promptly.

**There was a review that the charger came to that buyer w/out factory packaging, just in the mailing envelope. Ours did arrive in a bubble wrap mailer but was still sealed in the original factory packaging.

I was well-pleased with the quality and price of this Gilsson 110v-240v adapter charger cable. I was a little perturbed with Garmin,considering what little cost they could make this item for, that they didn't include the item as part of the 750 GPS system. Well done, Gilsson.

The Garmin Nuvi AC wall charger was a great purchase. The product was new and in great condition. It was cheaper than purchasing in the store.

Once again, Amazon.com will be my very first on line company I trust.
The item is working like a Swiss clock.
Good job

Having purchased this item, I find that it does charge the Magellan Maestro 3250's internal battery to full bars, but that they start to diminish rapidly. The charge holds far longer when using the DC plug for the Power connector in the car. Also, emailed the company requesting information on whether this AC Charger could overcharge the internal battery of the GPS and they never replied. This I found disappointing.

Works just as advertised. The charger is great and easy to use. It only takes a short time to charge my GPS. Would buy again.But only need one.

My car had no cigarette lighter, so I could not charge it. This worked perfectly, the only downside is that the position of the hole on the GPS unit makes it difficult to un-plug the charger.

I ordered this charger for my Garmin Nuvi 855 and found that it will not work (the usb connector on the charger is too big for the 855). There is a label on the package (a cardboard and plastic package) that notes all the units it will charge and the 855 IS NOT one of them, though the Amazon description does say that it will charge the 855. All is not lost, however, because my wife has a Garmin Nuvi 255w with which the unit will work, so she gets it. I wound up purchasing a sucion cup mount with cradle and separate cigarette lighter cable which I plug into my Ham Radio Power Supply (it has a cigarette lighter outlet on it) for my 855 in the house and it works fine, albeiet a little overboard on the price of in-home charging. I would NOT purchase this item until I was absolutely sure it would work with my model of GPS.