Griffin PowerJolt SE Car Charger with Coiled Cable for iPod and iPhone 1G Black
Griffin PowerJolt SE Car Charger with Coiled Cable for iPod and iPhone 1G Black
Straight-forward and affordable, the one-piece design of this car charger means that powering up your favorite iPod is fast and easy. A replaceable fuse also protects your device from overcharging or power surges.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Worked fine, for a short while
I bought this charger for my iPhone about 3 months ago. It worked fine for charging my iPhone in the car, though the cord was so short as to make it impossible to talk on the phone while it charged. Now, however, it will only work if the connector is inserted into the phone at an angle and propped up, a position pretty much impossible to maintain in a moving car.
I still need to charge my phone in the car occasionally so I plan to replace this unit with a higher quality product.
5 Stars Iphone 3gs car charger
Works great! The short coiled cord is nice because it is only takes up a small area instead of the cord getting tangled everywhere.
4 Stars Perfect for me, but not for everyone…
I use this to charge my iPhone 3G. I had a regular PowerJolt (non SE) before this and the USB cable that came with the original PowerJolt quit working within a week causing me to have to use another USB cable paired with it. Then the USB connection began to get tempermental so I purchased this NEWER and IMPROVED design. So far so good as this unit is an all-in-one-piece design.
Pro’s:
All-in-one piece should make it more reliable (and has been thus far).
Shorter than the old plug-in plus USB adapter (I hated having the long USB cable in my car as I always had to push the cable around.
Illuminated ring around the plug-in lets you know when the phone is charging properly.
Con’s:
Some may have liked the flexibility of always having a USB cable in the car with them (Personally I would rather pack one seperately as you would need a wall/plug-in adapter paired with it anyway unless you wanted to charge via PC).
I wish the connection would “lock” into the iPhone like the old iPod connections did (where you had to push the buttons on the side to “release” the charger). This is a small caveat but would be appreciated. With this short cord its easy to disconnect the iPhone on accident when shifting the phone around.
5 Stars Exactly what I wanted
This is exactly what I wanted: short and compact. Yes, the cord is short, but that’s OK with me, the plug is compact, doesn’t stick out too much. The materials quality seems fine. I normally had good luck with Griffin products. I’m using it with 3GS.
5 Stars Works as advertised.
cord is a little short, would not recommending using without a headset or you will be pulling the charger out all the time. But then again you should not be driving while talking anyway, so still five stars.
