3 in 1 USB Charger Kit for iPod and iPhone: Travel Charger, Car Charger, and Retractable USB Charger and Data Cable

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000YCAH8Y
• Item model number: USB12V2
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (167 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,894 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

3 IN 1 iPOD iPHONE CHARGER KIT

Customer Reviews

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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works well with the iPod (touch), phones, and Xbox 360 controllers!!!, September 6, 2008

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Nathan Robinson (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 in 1 USB Charger Kit for iPod and iPhone: Travel Charger, Car Charger, and Retractable USB Charger and Data Cable (Accessory)

I wanted to get this product for my iPod touch so that I don't have to turn on a computer every time my iPod needs to be charged. I was going to pay $20 separately for a wall charger and car charger at a store, until I found this on Amazon. As is described, the wall plug and the car adapter have USB docks in them. iPods aren't the only things that these things can recharge, though. I plugged in my phone via USB and it worked as I expected. This is a nice feature because it will save me from having to buy a new car adapter for every new phone I get, so long as I have a USB cable for said phone, that is. It'll even recharge my Xbox 360 wireless controller! Sometimes I need to recharge my Xbox 360 controller but the Xbox 360 is annoyingly loud, turned on, when you're not using it. Such a pleasant capability!

Aside from the wall plug and car adapter, the USB data cable works just as well for syncing iPods as the one that comes with them. The fact that the cord is retractable is very convenient because it eliminates any tangling of other cords and it's easy to just slip in your pocket in case you're planning on recharging your iPod somewhere like at school. It isn't as long as the one that came with my iPod, but it certainly is nice to have because sometimes I need to recharge my iPod with my MacBook, but have a hard time bringing that long messy cord that comes with the iPod.

All in all, the wall plug, the car adapter, and the retractable USB data cables defeat messiness and will save you money on extra junk that you think you may need. It's a must own for ANYONE who needs to charge a device via USB. Did I mention that it'll even recharge Xbox 360 or PS3 wireless controllers? Whether it's an iPod, a phone, a game controller, or whatever that needs to be recharged via USB, I highly recommend this product to anyone.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cord is too short, September 21, 2008

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BakariC (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 in 1 USB Charger Kit for iPod and iPhone: Travel Charger, Car Charger, and Retractable USB Charger and Data Cable (Accessory)

It works fine, but the cord only extends to 2 ft. Think it should be at least 3 or 4 feet.

33 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Will not charge my iPhone 3G, November 24, 2008

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Michael Schell (www.schellsburg.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 in 1 USB Charger Kit for iPod and iPhone: Travel Charger, Car Charger, and Retractable USB Charger and Data Cable (Accessory)

From what I've experienced, the other reviewers are correct: this product is either not designed to charge an iPhone 3G from a wall outlet (the most likely case since the Firewire pinouts were removed for the 3G), or else has such quality control problems that only a minority of wall units sold (judging from the reviews) actually work. The presentation on my iPhone is that the status icon on the top of the iPhone switches to the charging icon, and the full screen image with the green battery bar graph appears. But the unit doesn't really charge. And when you try to "slide to unlock" when connected to the wall charger, the arrow button never slides, and you cannot get to the Home screen (or the Enter Passcode screen if you have a passcode).

There are several online reports to the effect that several generic third-party iPod/iPhone chargers no longer work with the iPhone 3G. That seems to be true here, despite the claims to 3G-compatibilty.

The USB cable should work fine, though you can purchase it very cheaply by itself. I've not tried the car charger, and honestly wasn't in a big hurry to do so since I've traditionally had bad experiences with such devices (although I must admit that today's rechargeable batteries are much more resilient than the NiCads and lead acid gel contraptions that us greybeards started out with in the 1980s).

So your experience may be better, and it's not a major purchase, but since it's claimed that this is iPhone 3G compatible, I'm giving it one star and suggesting you look elsewhere.