Kensington Travel Winder Cable for KTGadp

by Kensington

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• ASIN: B000E59I22
• Item model number: 33347
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,361 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 9, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Tired of stuffing messy, bulky cables into your carrying case? The Kensington Travel Cable Winder replaces the cable that runs from the Kensington Power Adapter to your notebook with a neat and convenient cable case. Just pull to unroll the cable, turn the crank to wind it back up.

Product Description

MODEL- 33347 VENDOR- KENSINGTON FEATURES- Travel Winder Cable for KTG adapters Tired of stuffing messy bulky cables into your carrying case? The Kensington Travel Cable Winder replaces the cable that runs from the Kensington Power Adapter to your notebook with a neat and convenient cable case. Just pull to unroll the cable turn the crank to wind it back up. * Works exclusively with the Kensington Power Adapter * Convenient crank mechanism reduces mess and saves space * Lightweight plastic case protects the cable from kinks and tangles * Extend as much or as little cable as you need to make the connection

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars interesting attitudes, January 17, 2007

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Geoffrey F. Beneze "geoffbeneze" (Tempe, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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I'll come right out and give this a 5 star rating. The amount of clutter reduction realized by this product is alone worth any hassle, and the "hassles" this reel setup brings are infinitesimal compared to the "stock" cable. The cost is reasonable if you have need, and certainly beats the crap out of dragging your laptop onto the floor by getting tangled in the supplied cable.

I apparently don't understand how to be sufficiently critical so I can write such negative and low starred reviews. The product does what it's advertised to do, any REASONABLE person would understand that you tuck the handle in to "lock" the reel.

For me, the tool DOES the job, it does it EXTREMELY well, and at a reasonable price.

What do these other people want, gold plate?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Does Not Work with 120W Ultra Portable Power Adapter, March 16, 2008

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M. Spence (Dallas, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kensington Travel Winder Cable for KTGadp (Electronics)

Key Point: This retractable cable does NOT work with K33197 120W Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook PC Power Adapter with which it is featured on Amazon.

Reason: The tips have small tabs on top and bottom that fit into groves on the cable ends. On the retractable cable, the ends lack this grove on the bottom, preventing connection.

Pros: Compact size and light weight. I recommend it to anyone that travels with size and weight constraints. Just be ready to return it if the the tips don't work with your Kennsington power adaptor model.

Major disappointment with Amazon for combining incompatable products.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It works, but it could be better., April 29, 2006

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alltheusernamesaretaken - See all my reviews
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(Note: This is an updated version of the review I first posted in April. Two months later, I've had more experience with the product and I now feel that 3 stars is more appropriate than 2.)

The Travel Cable Winder is certainly an improvement over regular power cables that tend to get all tangled up . As you'd expect, one end connects to the Kensington power adapter and the other end connects to your device. The wind-up case sits in the middle, and you turn the handle to retract the cable into the case when it's not needed.

Unfortunately, this winder has one major flaw: There's no way to lock the cable in place once it's been wound into the case. The handle is very loose and an accidental pull on the cable will release quite a bit of cable. Even worse, there's so little resistance that the cable falls out by the force of gravity alone: If you pick up the winder while it's still attached to the power adapter, the whole cable unwinds itself.

The winder works better if you disconnect it from the power adapter every time and keep the handle in its down position (where it doesn't move as easily), but that gets to be a hassle after a while.

Essentially, the product works and it does what it's supposed to do, but I wish Kensington put a little more thought into the design. That said, however, I definitely prefer it over the standard power cables and would not hesitate to buy it again if I had another power adapter.

(One last note: Remember that this only works with Kensington power adapters and Kensington SmartTips. It's NOT a generic/standard power cable, so don't get one unless you have compatible Kensington accessories.)