Vector VEC040 Pocket Power DC/AC Inverter

by Vector

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• ASIN: B0002DR0O4
• Item model number: VEC040
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,607 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 4, 2004

Product Description

High surge capacity (70 watt continuous 160 watt peak), compact design for easy portability, single 110 volt AC receptable, no installation required. Powers: notebook, computers, video gtames, TVs, Radios, Stereos & recharges: cell phones & power tool battery packs! Portable 110 Volt AC power plugs into vehicle accessory receptable!

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Short Life Span, May 4, 2006

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Dave Ilg "cake decorator" (N.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vector VEC040 Pocket Power DC/AC Inverter (Electronics)

I bought this to use for my video camera and cell phone charger. I was able to use it, very well, for about 3 weeks. Then one day I bumped it, not hard enough to even dis-lodge it from the cigarette lighter socket, then it quit never to work again. I replaced it with one from Radio Shack and bought the extended warranty. I have had no problems since! This is a good product and worth it's weight in gold, but buy one with an extended warranty.

1.0 out of 5 stars BAD PRODUCT, March 1, 2008

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L. Bacon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vector VEC040 Pocket Power DC/AC Inverter (Electronics)

I bought one of these and my mother bought one. Both of these smoked, hissed, and put out a noxious fume when used in our vehicles. One was used in my mother's Prius and I used mine in my Explorer. My mother was afraid that it had fried her computer, but luckily it did not. I'm so glad she warned me because I had bought it to charge my son's Nintendo DS in the car. This is a horrible product and it does NOT work.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but not for inflight use., April 1, 2007

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Armano (Sunny Valencia, SoCal 661) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vector VEC040 Pocket Power DC/AC Inverter (Electronics)

Did not work in a US Airways plane.

Originally purchased for use in my car. Bought a larger direct wire unit so decided to use this strictly for plane flights for my laptop and iPod. Bought an "airline to cigarette lighter" adapter and off I went.

Surprise-it did not work! Lighted up fine, but had no AC output. Inverter is OK, worked fine in the car the night before. We had a multimeter handy so we started trouble shooting it.

15.8v @ the "Empower" socket in the seat. 15.8v @ the "airline to car lighter" adapter. Function light "green" on the inverter when plugged in. No output @ the AC socket.

Started researching for a replacement and see that some have input capabilities as high as 16v. Not Vector. I am looking for one with a factory airline plug and "OK for airplanes" certification. Perhaps the 15.8v was beyond the acceptable threshold for a "car/12v" inverter.

Just a heads up if you are looking to use on plane flights.