XANTREX XPOWER POWERSOURCE

XANTREX XPOWER POWERSOURCE MOBILE 100 852-0281
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Product Description

PowerSource Mobile 100 is ideal for people who frequently travel by vehicle and/or airplane. If your laptop battery runs low or you need more play time with your portable game console or portable DVD, simply connect your device into the AC outlet and keep going.

Two USB charge ports will keep your Blackberry, iPaq, Palm, or iPod charged when you need it most. You no longer have to carry extra cords, chargers and device-specific batteries. You'll save money and space in your laptop carry bag!

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #328 in Home Improvement
* Brand: Xantrex
* Model: 852-0281
* Dimensions: 9.00" h x 3.00" w x 8.00" l, 4.00 pounds

Features

* Converts 12 DC power from a vehicle battery into 120 AC power
* Three-prong AC outlet to handle all chargers and adapters for mobile electronics
* USB charge port
* Blue LED on/off power indicator
* DC cable with vehicle and airplane connector

Editorial Reviews

From the Manufacturer
The XPower Pocket Inverter 100 is a mini inverter that utilize advanced electronics to convert the 12 volt DC battery power from a vehicle into 120 volt household AC electricity. When your laptop, portable game console, or any other mobile device runs out of battery power, simply plug it into the Pocket Inverter and keep going.

Customer Reviews

Portable Power
I've used plenty of power inverters so i know what to expect and how to get the best out of them. Do not use this little baby at it's limit. It is designed just for low draw portable devices, cell phones, pda's, small laptops. 80 watts with DC input, (Less Than)65 watts just using the inverters battery.

Just remember to use it as a backup and to recharge it often even if you don't use it. Oh, and save yourself a couple of bucks by buying the Xantrex version, the Duracell version is just a relabeled Xantrex. You will be paying for that big brand name...you didn't think that just because they sell the batteries that they make them too, did you?

usb ports broke, battery so so
the usb ports on this thing do not charge my iphone. they do seem to work with some other devices. i'm not sure i'd trust this thing not to fry something out while charging it through usb. the ac outlet seems to do okay, but when the inverter loses dc power it will not automatically switch to battery as you may hope. it will need to be shut down and then turned back on with battery mode on. sad.

A good value for the price, good output frequency tolerance, but wattage is lower than advertised
I got two of these under the Duracell brand names and several more Xantrex branded when Amazon had them on sale for about $50 each. They work well for some devices, but don't work at all with some power hungry laptops like my Dell Inspiron 9400/E1705. This particular laptop has an AC adapter rated at 80 watts.

Although still under 100 watts, the device runs for about 1 second then shuts off. There is also no direct DC output from the battery which would have made it more versatile. They also don't provide enough power to run an aerobed inflator. But, for $50, it's not a bad deal.

After discovering some output frequency problems with some other model xantrax/duracell inverters, I tested 8 units of this model and was pleasantly surprised that this model still appears to be crystal controlled. Most of the units were within +/- 0.05 Hz of 60 Hz.

The worst was 60.14 Hz which is still within a quarter percent of nominal so that isn't too bad. The other new model xantrex (and Jensen brand) inverters I tested had output frequencies ranging from 58 Hz to 64 Hz which is very poor.

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