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Summary: stick with oem products
Review: failed after a few months use with my toshiba centrino laptop. targus would not honor warranty because they claimed that the power adapter was not meant to be used with my particular model. can't think of a a more bogus explanation for poor quality.do yourself a favor and avoid this pricey paperweight. stick with oem equipment
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Summary: Defective
Review: I bought one worked for 5 hours. Returned it for another. That worked for a day or so. Crappy, crappy, crappy.
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Summary: Don't ever buy it!!!
Review: I bought this item for my hp pavilion laptop. On the original package it's writen that it's compatible. However after using it only a couple of months, it suddenly stopped working. I called the company and they told me that it was written wrong on the package. They accepted their mistake but they would not do anything about it! They are still selling this product in the market although the information on the package is wrong! The customer support of this company is useless...Do not trust and buy this item! it's just waste of money!
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Summary: Save your money!!!!
Review: I have only owned one product(APD10US)from Targus and I will not buy another adapter product from them. I had this unit approximately 6 months and rarely used it when it quit working. At the time, my battery was shot (the reason I needed an Auto/Air adapter in the first place) and I lost my complete spreadsheet that I had been working on while flying back from Las Vegas. After this happened, I was so frustrated that I decided not to go through the hassle of getting a replacement. No more cheap adapters for me. After doing extensive research the second time around, I bought a LIND(3 year warranty)instead back in March of last year and it has worked just fine (with lots of usage). Mainly accessing the internet through WiFi hotspots using my wireless card on my notebook. Compare the warranties on each company before you buy. I hope this information will help you make the right decision the first time.
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Summary: Tried twice....failed twice
Review: I ordered this product because I often fly overseas and try to work inflight. I am also traveling for weeks at a time, and the thought of consolidating my OEM AC adaptor and my other DC only adpator was a dream. I used the product for about two weeks, then it failed. Targus was good about sending me a replacement, although it took nearly three weeks. I left for another trip across Asia the next day, and the replacement product (same model) failed after one week of use. Unforutnately, the only other AC/DC adaptor available in the Singapore airport was the same product. I had no choice but to buy another one, because I had puposely left my OEM adaptor at home. But the one in Singapore cost me 60% more than what I paid in the US. I also had to lug around the failed adaptor for another week, so I could return it to Targus for replacement. Targus has promised to send me a different model, the 70W AC/DC Universal Adaptor, as a replacement. We'll see.... Recommendation...try Kensington or another alternative...
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Summary: Not reliable
Review: I own a Sony Vaio laptop. I bought this adapter to replace the heavy Sony power adapter supplied with this computer and to be able to power my laptop from airplane and auto power sources.
A power adapter, no matter how versatile, has to be 100% reliable. When your power adapter fails, it's all over for your laptop in about two hours.
I have owned this power adapter for ten months. During this time, I have had to replace two power tip adapters. In addition, I have noticed that when my laptop has some heavy processing to do--such as producing a large PDF document--this adapter cannot keep up with my laptop's power demands. Operating voltage drops and the laptop becomes slower and slower.
In the future, I will be relying on the heavier, more powerful Sony power adapter.
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Summary: looks too good to be true
Review: I was drawn in by the slim design, the 120W rating, and the convenience. I bought two of them, one for my old Sony VAIO and one for my new Asus M6Ne. They worked for about 8 months. Like some others here, I broke 2 tips in that time, just by lightly bumping into the plug while it was plugged into the laptop. The build quality of the tips is ridiculously bad. Also their connections are so loose, they were always disconnecting from the adapter cable unexpectedly.
A couple weeks ago, one of the adapters burned out while I was away on a trip. I had two hours of life on the battery and then I was stuck. A couple days later the other adapter died while running my other laptop. As others have said, Targus customer support is totally miserable. I tried to get RMA#s for both of the units, but after rounds of pointless emails back and forth ("what's the nature of the problem? what kind of laptop? blah blah blah") I'm just tossing them in the trash.
I found the Fellowes model 98448. It's only rated for 70W, which is just about enough (my laptops each need about 65W) and so again I bought two of them. The build quality is much better, the tips are rock solid on the cables and won't pop out accidentally.
I've only been using them for a few days, but so far so good.
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Summary: Excellent for Transcontinental Flights
Review: I was taking a flight one day from Los Angeles to D.C. when I noticed that a person in front of me seemed to have 'plugged in' his laptop while on the plane. I asked him how he did that and he pointed out to me that most planes have a power adapter under most seats (usually the first half of the plane only though) and that he had purchased a Targus Auto/Air Power Adapter. As soon as I landed I went to my local computer store and indeed found this product. I purchased it immediately (I admit I paid more than what Amazon is selling for, though) and used it on my flight back from DC. It was so nice to be able to watch two full length DVDs versus getting through only 90% of one DVD before the battery went dead. Best of all, I don't have to hunt around the airport anymore for an AC plug because as I watch my DVDs on the plane the Targus Auto/Air power adapter charges my laptop for me. I have a son that was born in July of 2003 (around a year old at the time of this writing) and so the only DVDs I watch anymore are when I go on business trips. It is actually pretty relaxing to fly now that I have this power adapter. I just plug in my laptop, put on my headphones and I am in my own little world (until the flight attendant finally comes by to 'put my seat in the full and upright position'). Thanks Targus for such a simple but useful product.
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Summary: Make sure it works with your notebook before you buy
Review: This adapter uses interchangable "smart" tips to configure itself for various notebooks. When one of the 5 supplied tips is attached, it will fix the adapter's voltage to a pre-set level. Using a meter, I found the voltages range from 15 to 19.9 depending on the tip used. Here's my point. Just because a tip may "fit" your notebook's DC jack, doesn't mean it's putting out the correct voltage required by your notebook. Make SURE your notebook is on the list this thing directly supports, or DON'T BUY IT. You could damage the adapter, or worse, possibly your notebook. A list of of compatible notebooks is available from the Targus website.
It is much lighter and smaller than my stock AC adapter and gets quite warm after an extended use. This worries me a little, but so far it's still working fine after several months of intermittant use. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't have to report a failure problem like others here have.
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Summary: Look can be decieving, I owned it for only 5 min
Review: This is what happened when you don't believe the review.
I'm intrigued by the look that appear on the web of this product and found a great deal at compusua. They sold it for $49.99, I rushed order and picked it up, afraid that it's special price won't last long.
The minute I saw it, yuck !, you can see the bad quality built even in the package. The plastic, the connector, the labels, all of it... yuck. It looks so good on the web.
Then well, it's such a good price, I'll try. I haven't left Compusa and tried several time in my car with Sony T150, wait and wait. Read the manual and find out what've I done wrong. It's still not providing any electricity to my notebook.
The adapter is such and ugly and awkward design. I don't know why it has to go so wide sideway. This is not a door key that you need a wing span to torque open something. It's hitting my protruding battery of T150 and it's just so so so ugly.
So, I went right back and exchange it for Kensington 33501 which look much better, better plastic quality, a bit pricey (in store $79.99) but the most important. It works right away - oop, haven't read the manual yet.
BTW. This is the 2nd Targus brand that I found common features (the other one is Bluetooh minimouse) - bad quality built, expensive, not working (or partially working). I guess no more Targus brand for me.
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