Turbo Charge TC² Portable Charger for iPod and iPhone
by Turbo Charge
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Customer Review: Worked great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Worked like a charm! A must-have for long flights with my iPod and iPhone.Customer Review: Portability At a Price
Summary: 4 Stars
The trouble with this product is that it is one of a kind; to my knowledge there are no other products that offer this kind of portability.
I have been using this product for months in a variety of ways, and it has SUBSTANCIALLY increased my quality of life, providing iPod recharging in locations (like Iraq) where I do not have reliable places to recharge. And while, initially, I thought it was ridiculous and useless to include a mini-flashlight on the top of it (like including a car adapter for a blender), I have found that I've needed it CONSTANTLY. You will not always be in a well lit location, and while I can't think of many people that carry flashlights/booklights with them, this iPod charger goes with me almost wherever I go, and can be used when I need to read, write, or look for something in my bag. Turbo Charge was actually ingenious to add this to their product.
For that alone it should get FIVE STARS.
However, I have had two significant conflicts with this product:
1) Many users complain about the ease in which this product switches on in your bag and drains the battery completely. I have also experienced this problem plenty of times, and though other electronics far more notorious for eating batteries while my back is turned, TC2's problem is significant enough to register in a review. To specify: I don't have a problem with it turning on in my bag, but when I stick it in my pockets I can almost guarantee that it's going to turn on at least once while I'm walking around.
2) The cable is a piece of garbage. I have repurchased this product once already because the cable attaching the batteries to the iPod is flimsy and poorly made. As a result the inside wire rips/tears/disconnects/whatever and once it does, - unless you angle it a certain way - it's done for. You CANNOT be rough with this product (i.e. carrying it - plugged in - in your pocket) Poney up the dough for another one.
This product gets four stars because it could use modifications and a quality makeover. However, much like some products/services (e.g. Comcast) it is the only legitimate solution to portable iPod charging. Suffer the inconveniences because it's better to have it than to be without it.
Customer Review: Works for me, on iPod touch.
Summary: 4 Stars
Works for the most part as advertised. Used with my first generation 16 GB iPod touch. As some have mentioned the power switch does easily move and switch from off to on too easily, you can have it in your pocket or bag and it will switch to on or LED mode by itself. However, to me that is not a big problem, I just turned around one of the batteries while not in use and 'switching' problem solved. I am using Duracel batteries and they don't last as long as maybe they should, I get about one or two good charges per pair of batteries. Later I'll buy 4 rechargeable AA's. Used mine on a long flight from the U.S. to Asia and it worked great, when wanted was able to listen to my iPod at any time. I suggest only listening to audio while charging, if watching video it will never charge enough and drain your AA's quickly (or turn off the iPod until fully charged). I couldn't get a "full" 100% charge on mine, got up to about 50-60%, but that was enough for me and simply recharged when the iPod battery got to 10% life. This is a much cheaper alternative than some Ion $100 chargers that some buy.Customer Review: Works Great with iphone, as expected
Summary: 4 Stars
Works fine on my kids itouch and my iphone (edge model), I wanted one that I could just put in batteries when needed since I don't always have a place to re-charge the rechargeable type of phone adapters. The only thing I would like them to do is dim down the LED lights, in a dark room or plane they are very bright but I just placed my phone over the top of it so it wasn't glaring at me.
Another good thing is this one has a cord, I had one before that the battery pack went directly into my phone and made my phone about 4" longer and more awkward since it was one solid piece when connected; having a cord is better.
Customer Review: Saved us on a long flight!
Summary: 4 Stars
On our return flight from China this little gizmo came in very handy. Our adaptor/converter had died, and we weren't able to charge up the ipod before heading home. We were trying to watch a video and the ipod battery completely died...by attaching this we were able to continue watching without any problem. Don't know how long it would have lasted, since we had to shut off "all electronic devices" just as the video ended - but on an ipod that was completely out of juice, we watched well over an hour of video before shutting it off. Downside? the 2AA batteries are heavy. Would highly recommend it though!