I need one of those.  Always needing to charge the GPS and my cell phone at the same time.  Where did you get it? Cost?

I saw something similar yesterday at WalMart. I started to buy it. I need one for my PDA, laptop, cell phone, and halogen lamp. Thanks for the review. I'll take a look at it.

Nice, manufactures really need to add more outlets to our vehicles. Do they not realize that we use our vehicles as our office. Thanks for the information.

Margaret,

Thanks for the post. We do love our toys. I think Realtors are magnets for new gadgets.

Two USB ports? Love it. Nice find. Please thank your daughter for me. 

Margaret - With more and moe equipment in the car needing power, this gadget will certainly simplify things.  Thanks for sharing.

Margaret, This is very cool.  I will have to check it out.  I have bookmarked for future reference.

And you wonder why woman drives get such a bad wrap.....Hope you don't blog & drive.... LOL

I have a power inverter, but I've never seen one with the USB ports. Looks like I'm obsolete again.

I got one of those...

I plugged it in and heard a fizzle.. and then all of a sudden I smelled this awful burning smell... it was on fire!

Sorry to the local authorities but I had to throw it out the window!!

Wow....after reading David's comment...be careful! Maybe it was just a dud he had....sounds pretty cool.

So, Where did you get this beauty. I haven't seen one in my neck of the woods, is it something you can get online?

I'm also curious where you found this.  Also not surprised that David's fried ... especially if he used the 110 volt socket.

great gadget where did you get it from?? What is the cost?  Does it come with "side effects" of running down your car battery or shorting out anything???

Sound like it would be great and useful to have.

Sybil, I will have to check with my daughter for you. Maybe she will read this post and answer.

Leon, Let me know if you like it. It was a lifesaver yesterday, my cell phone was running really low and I was able to get it charged enough to get a negotiation going.

Susan, Yes, cars need to come with power strips for all of us!

William, You are so right, we are magnets for new gadgets. How many gadgets do you have that you do not use?

Jeff,  Yep 2 usb ports..Thank you, Erica!

Jennifer, I am all for simple stuff.

Lola, Let me know what you think after you check it out.

Dan, No I do NOT drive and blog but I might have to get a chaufeur.

Terry, This pretty cool! Obsolete seems to happen sooner with all our gadgets.

David, Yikes! Fire in the car is not a good thing. This one has a fan that runs while it is charging. Yours must have been defective...so sorry.

Sally, Yes mine is cooler than David's.

Pam, Pretty sure my daughter got it on line.  

Larry, Mine is ok so far but I will keep an eye on it.

Rosemary, Will get more information from my daughter. Don't know of any side effects yet...still new.

Thank you,my favorite daughter Erica,  for sharing the information with everyone here on Active Rain. And thank you for the wonderful "plug".

As far as the Fruit names.. They had to put in new spam prevention mechanisms to try and stop or slow down the attack on the site. SURPRISE!! - What Happen To The Fruit in the Rain? 

A neato power inverter that charges things up hmm?

And it looked like it had a 3 pronged outlet too!!

Fascinating, Mr. Spock!!

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(I might just get one of those...I bookmarked this for the future.)

Alexander, The three prong is what I really like. My daughter says she have found one just with that feature. Will let you know.

E-mail me about it, Margaret...... I have found power converters at Walmart that had 2 of those plugs.... but THAT one looks like it had plugs for specialized chargers, hmm?

During the hurricanes several years ago in central FL. that knocked out power for us for 14 days...I ran my aquarium off a power inverter from my car...my fish lived through it with us!!

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Great use of the power inverter. Think the one found was at Walmart, but will let you know.

Yes--I found it at Walmart yesterday accidentally.  It's in the electronics section.  (It doesn't seem to be on their online store though.)  Same brand as the other one, just smaller and no USB or lighter inputs.  Chances are I will only ever use the "regular" outlet, too bad I didn't see this one first.  

Thanks Erica.......

I guess i will go and buy THAT unit then........Walmart sells things at great prices..... and I am glad abotu that!!

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Hi Er, You could go sign up but don't think there is category for daughters of Active Rain members!

I am getting one.

Rebecca, Just got a smaller one with the just a 3 prong plug...thank you Erica!!

Very cool... thanks for the tip.  I'll have to check it out!

Rebecca, I discovered the great "inverter" years ago when I was taking my family on a long "road trip" and we needed something to plug the laptop in to show DVDs to the kids (before cars had video screens...). They are definitely a "must have" item.

Irina, You are welcome. Did you check it out?

Joe, You are way ahead of me. Glad you have found this gadget useful on your roadtrips.

Neat product. thank you.

Graham, It is a neat product and your are welcome.

Just did a search out of curiosity and found OfficeMax has this inverter.

Margaret,

I love this gadget - what a great thing to have in the car.  Plug it in, plug it in.

Pat

Andy, good research!

Pat, Just put one the smaller one in my husband's car.

Andy...

Is the price above or below that of the Walmart price?????

Did ya look into that?

I know when we buy one it is tax deductable as an office expense, BUT makin sure the price is right is a good thing also....hehehehe!

David, This wonderful gadget started smoking and sizzling when we were in our plane. That is not a good smell while in the air!!

 Had to trash it. Guess it was not the greatest gadget in the world!