CELLULAR INNOVATIONS UY-ADT Universal Cigarette Lighter Splitter

Rating:
Summary: Cheaper crap
Review: the other reviewer couldn't run much power through his splitter, but thought it might be ok for cell phone chargers, etc.

I wanted a splitter for my radar detector and my cell phone charger, so I thought great.

I can't get any power through mine at all. The little light goes on, but the radar detector doesn't go and the cell phone charger doesn't go.

I'll probably take it apart andd see if I can rewire it. It isn't worth shipping back.

I really can't recommend buying one of these things from this manufacturer.

Rating:
Summary: Cheap crap
Review: There's nothing "universal" about this product. It'll split lightweight stuff like cell phones, but don't trust anything more demanding than that with this splitter. I hooked my laptop up through it and the fuse blew within one second. Sadly, I'd bought four of these since shipping cost as much as the item itself, and ALL FOUR died when I tried them with my laptop. The back of the package says not to use items that use over a total of 10amps, which seemed reasonable, so I got out my ammeter and figured out that my laptop used 6amps at most, so not only is this busted, but they lie on the package. I managed to open up the splitter and put in some more heavy duty wiring and a stronger fuse, and then it worked for a short time until I started smelling plastic melting -- it turns out even one of the springs inside couldn't handle 6amps and heated up enough to disfigure and melt plastic around it. I give this item two stars only because you might want to plug in two cell phones simultaneously. For anything else, beware!

Rating:
Summary: Cheap crap
Review: There's nothing "universal" about this product. It'll split lightweight stuff like cell phones, but don't trust anything more demanding than that with this splitter. I hooked my laptop up through it and the fuse blew within one second. Sadly, I'd bought four of these since shipping cost as much as the item itself, and ALL FOUR died when I tried them with my laptop. The back of the package says not to use items that use over a total of 10amps, which seemed reasonable, so I got out my ammeter and figured out that my laptop used 6amps at most, so not only is this busted, but they lie on the package. I managed to open up the splitter and put in some more heavy duty wiring and a stronger fuse, and then it worked for a short time until I started smelling plastic melting -- it turns out even one of the springs inside couldn't handle 6amps and heated up enough to disfigure and melt plastic around it. I give this item two stars only because you might want to plug in two cell phones simultaneously. For anything else, beware!