Turbo Charge TC400 Portable Cell Phone Charger
by Turbo Charge
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Manufacturer: Turbo ChargeBrand: Turbo Charge
Edition: Wireless Phone Accessory
Model: TC400
Publisher: Turbo Charge
Studio: Turbo Charge
Music Label: Turbo Charge
Product features:
- Motorola, Motorola RAZR/ SLVR, BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung, LG (x2), Sony/Ericsson, Nextel, Kyocera/Audiovox and Sanyo
- Charge a cell phone from a single AA battery - alkaline, lithium or rechargeable
- Ideal for emergencies or power outages
- Includes 1 AA battery, charger and adapters
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Customer Review: Very Flawed Product.
Summary: 1 Stars
Where do I begin??. This has to be the most upsetting thing for me for this product. Horrible at best. Here are few MAJOR FLAWS this product has.
1.Unable to fit rechargeable batteries but yet works fine with disposable batteries which gets eating away faster than you can keep buying. Sure there are those Lithium energizer ultimate batteries but they are still disposable.
2.Turbo Charger isn't really turbo. It does not have the power to charge my blackberry properly. the screen goes on and off like its having trouble charging the blackberry. Sure i turned it off and still it charges way too slow and the batteries inside turbo charger gets pretty warm which means its not every efficient.
Energizer Energi-to-go charger beats turbo charger hands down. It not only charges my blackberry while its still on with no problems at a fast charging rate. But also you can use any 2 AA batteries including RECHAREABLES and hardly ever gets warm. On a fully charged 2 AA 2500mah nimh batteries. My black berry gets fully charged when its off and 85-90% charge when its on. I am talking when my phone is fully discharged, and hardly ever gets warm which makes it a very efficient cell phone charger.
Something that turbo charger fails to do without eating away batteries first.
3.I had to take the paper wrapping off for rechargeable batteries just so it can fit.
I highly do not recommend this to anyone. Worst decision i ever made.
Now there are things to consider that might fix these issues. One of them happens to be that in fact this unit uses 1 AA. This means in order to charge your cell phone the voltage would have to go from 1.2/1.5 to exactly 5V. Thats a big boost from one AA battery.
All the conversion is lost as heat. Heat that is been generated = waste of charge because this thing eats batteries like there is no tomorrow.
The only downside with the energizer enrgi-to-go is
1. Has no switch for on and off
2.Has a high voltage termination threshold. This means when the battery gets around 75% charge left. Whatever you do, do not disconnect it from the phone that is charging or remove the batteries. Because once it goes off thats it and all that remaining charge wont get used. But if you don't disconnect or remove the batteries. Then the battery will get used up all the way.
Which is why i am looking for a charger that has the strength of the energizer energi to go but with a much lower voltage termination so that way i can turn it off whenever i want and not having to worry about not turning back on.
I try the Turbo Charge TB550 and see how that goes because this one is a complete failure.
Description of Turbo Charge TC400 Portable Cell Phone Charger
Turbo Charge portable cell phone charger. Compatible with Motorola RAZR/ SLVR, BlackBerry, Nokia, Samsung, LG (x2), Sony/Ericsson, Nextel, Kyocera/Audiovox and SanyoDigital Cameras & Photo Categories