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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Kensington K33197 120W Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook PC Power Adapter
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List Price: $149.99
Our Price: $125.99
Your Save: $ 24.00 ( 16% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Kensington
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Kensington
Color: 120W Auto/Air Power Adapter
EAN: 0085896331971
Feature: Ultra slim lightweight design for easy portability everywhere
Format: CD
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Kensington
Manufacturer: Kensington
Model: K33197US
Platform: Windows
Publisher: Kensington
Studio: Kensington
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Features
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Ultra slim lightweight design for easy portability everywhere
Powers and charges a notebook computer from any Wall or Auto/Air source
Notebook tips included for most Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM, Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, Gateway, Acer PCs
Works with your own USB cable or purchase a Kensington USB Power Tip Pack with retractable USB cable (sold separately)
Regardless of suffix, SmartTips are identical and compatible as noted in user's manual (for example, N19B and N19 are identical products)
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Kensington Lightweight, Slim line 120 Watt AC/DC Power Adapter handles all your mobile power needs, all in one slim package. Packed with 120 watts of power, the Kensington Notebook AC/DC Power Adapter uses patented technology to deliver all the power you need. It's 40% smaller and lighter than other power supplies, but provides reliable power for today's larger, high-performance notebooks as well as other small mobile electronics: iPods, cell phones, DVD players, and PDAs.
Works with your own USB cable or purchase separately a Kensington USB Power Tip Pack
with retractable USB cable. Included Tips: N1 or N1B; N2 or N2B; N3 or
N3B; N9 or N9-B; N14 or N14B; N15 or N15B; N19 or N19B; N27 or N27B; N29 or N29B; N30 or N30B; USB1 or USB1B; also includes connection plugs for use at home/office, airplane or car.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not as advertised
Comment: Outwardly the K33197US is compact, lightweight and attractive with a polished mirror surface that is likely to get scratched up easily with normal use. As noted by many other reviewers the cord to the wall outlet is way too short (still six inches in 2009) , and the advertising claims made for the unit as listed on this web site and on the manufacturers web site and in the printed literature that accompany the product are not borne out. The sources cited list eleven tips as being included with the product, specifically N1, N2, N3, N9, N14, N15, N19, N27, N29, and N30 along with a USB tip.
In reality the product I received came with five tips, namely N3, N14, N19, N29, and N30. The Kensington web site is happy to sell you the missing tips for about ten bucks a pop. Consumer advocates have names for companies that make claims like this and deliver half the goods. The missing tips are for products from Toshiba, IBM, HP, and Sony. This product as it ships from amazon will not fit any Sony laptop or USB device. For functioning tips it will work from the wall or automobile. It is a gross distortion to say that the shipping product will "power or charge virtually all notebook computers from any AC or DC source" or that it "works on most HP, Compaq, Sony, IBM, Gateway, and Averatec notebooks." It might work on a select few models for each of the brands listed, that is it. Any user of competing products that need over twenty tips and still miss working on hundreds of models will know the specious nature of such a claim.
There is no listing in the product literature of specific models that the supplied tips will fit and no mention the user should consult the manufacturer to discover what tips can safely be used with what models. The product literature actually says that you should just try the tips until you find one that works!!! This is a formula for disaster. There is, in fact, no tip compatibility guide anywhere on the Kensington site or even a list of models on the pages that sell SmartTips. No consumer can find out in advance from the site whether the laptop they own will actually work with the K33197US or whether the tip they need will ship with the product. It is best for safety and warranty protection purposes to use a factory issued adapter from the company that makes your laptop, much cheaper and no guessing. Who wants to fry a laptop worth ten times the price of this product with no recourse.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Functionally good but poor design
Comment: This is a good universal by all accounts in terms of size, available adaptors, split charge, etc. The biggest design flaw is the short power cable that causes the brick to dangle from the wall. This can result in it falling out of the wall or causing stress on the cable / connection. Ultimately mine failed and is now in the trash as Kensington won't stand behind their poor design.
Customer Rating:
Summary: VERY Poor Support from Kensington
Comment: Three key things about this unit.
1. If you need a shade over 120W, forget it.
2. If the short, black little power cord gets lost--same color as the seats in the airport, forget it. Kensington does not sell the $2 power cord for the $125 adaptor.
3. Targus has an identical unit (same OEM clearly). And they sell the cord for around $11. So, I'd buy from them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not what it shold be
Comment: Although this adapter works as described it is poorly executed. The tips fall apart requiring you to order new 2 packs at $9.95. I also agree with the other comments about the short power cord and lack of documentation. For this amount of money they could do a lot better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Destroyed my Dell Inspiron battery charger
Comment: When I plugged this Kensington power adapter in to my Dell Inspiron, it could not charge the battery. When I unplugged it, I could no longer charge the battery with my Dell power adapter.
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