Kensington Travel Plug Adapter with USB Charger (33346)

by Kensington

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 2 x 2 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BTL0OU
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 33346
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 20, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

For iPods, notebook computers, and more! Safely plug-in, use or charge your iPod, notebook and other entertainment devices worldwide. Just 3 easy steps:

Step 1. Press button to slide out the appropriate plug for instant power or to charge your device

Step 2. Simply plug in your iPod, notebook, cell phone or other electronic device

Step 3. Plug travel adapter into power outlet

The safety release button and built-in fuse ensure safe operation. Includes a spare fuse.

Kensington one year limited warranty.

Product Description

For iPods, notebook computers, and more! Safely plug-in, use or charge your iPod, notebook and other entertainment devices worldwide. Just 3 easy steps: Step 1. Press button to slide out the appropriate plug for instant power or to charge your device Step 2. Simply plug in your iPod, notebook, cell phone or other electronic device Step 3. Plug travel adapter into power outlet The safety release button and built-in fuse ensure safe operation. Includes a spare fuse. Kensington one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well designed, and charges my 2nd gen Nano too., March 13, 2008

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This review is from: Kensington Travel Plug Adapter with USB Charger (33346) (Personal Computers)

This product includes:
1 male plug adapter, which fits in any of the 4 types of supported outlet types (European, British/Asian, American/Japanese/Chinese, and Australian)
1 female outlet adapter, which accepts any of the 4 types of supported plugs
1 USB charger adapter, which can be swapped with the outlet adapter

This was the best of all the adapters I looked at, it has a simple compact design, and only three parts, two of which will usually be firmly attached to each other, so there's less to lose. Contrary to what some of the other reviews say, the USB charger WILL work with an iPod. As I write this I'm charging my 2nd gen iPod Nano with it. It's also not a voltage converter, but I think that would have added a lot of bulk, and all of the electronics I travel with are dual voltage anyway.

I would have given this 5 stars, but I've had a few minor issues with it:

1. It takes much too much force to plug in a grounded 3-prong US plug into the adapter, so much that I'm afraid I'll break it when I remove the plug. It works, but you have to force the round US ground pin into the rectangular UK ground hole, which is just slightly too small for it to fit easily. If the UK ground hole was slightly rounded or half a millimeter larger, it wouldn't have this problem.

2. You sometimes have to pull out the pins on the plug end with your fingers to get them to lock correctly. Otherwise they'll retract back into the adapter when you try to plug it in.

3. You can only awkwardly connect all three pieces together for transport, and you can't do it at all while you're using it. It would have been better if there was a slot or something where you could attach the unused part during use.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars USB Charger doesn't actually charge my devices, October 19, 2006

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M. Kuo (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kensington Travel Plug Adapter with USB Charger (33346) (Personal Computers)

I've tried two of these travel chargers. It's a nice idea. I have some devices that can be trickle-charged by USB, so for my trip overseas I wanted to just bring one of these adapters and the device's USB cables to save space. But the USB adapter caps did not charge my cell phone (Motorola L6) or PDA (Palm TX), so I'll still have to bring the full wall adapters.

If the AC adapter cap converted voltage, it would be great, but it doesn't.

If you could plug the AC adapter cap onto one end, and the USB adapter cap on the other, you could have a nice compact one-piece unit for travel. Of course if the USB adapter cap doesn't work, what's the point?

It's still useful for its travel adapter cpabilities, but I am disappointed that it wouldn't charge any of my USB devices.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well made, but didn't work with my Nano, did work with Axim, January 4, 2007

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Tom D (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kensington Travel Plug Adapter with USB Charger (33346) (Personal Computers)

This seems well made and compact but it didn't work with my Nano. I tried it twice, and both times it didn't charge and required resetting the Nano. I'm guessing the Nano is somehow programmed to look for either an Apple charger or a computer USB port, perhaps even one with Ipod software installed. This is the second such device I've tried that wasn't Apple authorized and both had similar, but not identical problems.

It does work with my Dell Axim, though that comes with an AC charger and I didn't buy it for that. I've always had good luck with Kensington devices and if nothing else, it's still a plug adapter.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy this for a non-Apple product. And because of this Apple problem, I just bought a Sansa flash player instead of another Nano.