Looking for a charger

[YAYTech]

I'm looking to get a charger for at home. I need:

- 2 USB ports
- somewhat compact
- 2 or 2.1a output
- known to work with Nexus 7
- fold-in prongs for travel preferred

If it's Amazon Prime eligible, that'd be icing on the cake too. I would *love* something like the little cube charger that came with my Razr, except with the higher output.

 

[YAYTech]

Nobody? I'm leery at ordering one that hasn't been shown to work, as I bought a GE travel surge protector with 2 USB 2.1a outlets on it, and it charged my Razr fine, but not my N7...

 

[mkiker2089]

What you are looking for is going to be difficult to find. Most of them will be .5 amp per USB specs. Others will be 1 or 1.5. I haven't seen any locally.

For the record the Nexus charges just fine at .5 amp, it just takes longer. The reason the GE failed is because the Nexus wants to negotiate power with the charger as it would a computer or USB hub. Many chargers don't do that, they just send what they can when they can. The Nexus is a bit funny about how it introduces itself to other hardware actually.

 

[InfamousDX]

As I said in the "Home chargers" thread, don't buy the 2 port, 2.1A per port reVOLT. It won't work with the stock N7 cable nor any other microUSB cables that DO work on the stock N7 charger block.

 

[Bang321]

I've been using this one and its been great. It just doesn't have fold in prongs, but its pretty compact.

http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Trav...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU2012995

 

[statdoc]

I've been using this one and its been great. It just doesn't have fold in prongs, but its pretty compact.

Amazon.com: PowerGen Dual Port USB 2.1A 10W AC Travel Wall Charger for Apple iPad 2, New iPad 3, iPhone 4 4s 3Gs 3G, iPod Touch And More Devices (USB Cable not included) - Black: Cell Phones & Accessories

Thank you for that. I just ordered one.

 

[YAYTech]

I've been using this one and its been great. It just doesn't have fold in prongs, but its pretty compact.

http://www.amazon.com/PowerGen-Trav...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUacUvbUpU2013286

Thanks. I had eyeballed that one, but had held off for the lack of folding plugs, but moreso the lack of confirmation that it would work. Knowing it'll work, I can overlook the folding plugs.

What you are looking for is going to be difficult to find. Most of them will be .5 amp per USB specs. Others will be 1 or 1.5. I haven't seen any locally.

For the record the Nexus charges just fine at .5 amp, it just takes longer. The reason the GE failed is because the Nexus wants to negotiate power with the charger as it would a computer or USB hub. Many chargers don't do that, they just send what they can when they can. The Nexus is a bit funny about how it introduces itself to other hardware actually.

I knew it would charge with a lower amperage charger - I've been using the 1a 2-plug charger that came with my Razr to plug in both the phone & N7 at night, but if the N7 is substantially run down, overnight doesn't give it enough time to recharge, so that's not really a good long-term strategy.

 

[mkiker2089]

It's strange the way it charges. I have a .4 amp phone charger that charges it in about 6 hours decently, but it gets hot. Not the charger, the Nexus. I have a 1.8 amp Kindle Fire charger that takes about the same amount of time (go figure) and the charger gets hot but not the battery. The Nexus charger takes, what, 3-4 hours for a full charge and neither get that hot. I use a battery monitor widget to check temp by the way.

Someone said that the Nexus charger charges in cycles. That could explain how it keeps the temp down. At any point after my tests I've decided to use my Nexus charger to charge everything, one at a time.