Comments on: Review: USB AAA Battery Charger with Torch from USB Fever http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/19/review-usb-aaa-battery-charger-with-torch-from-usb-fever/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mlearninghttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/19/review-usb-aaa-battery-charger-with-torch-from-usb-fever/#comment-26517 mlearning Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:30:08 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2008/03/19/review-usb-aaa-battery-charger-with-torch-from-usb-fever/#comment-26517 I own three of these, and I never leave home without one. The best thing about taking one of these on travels is that if you need more power than a unit can provide, you can just swap in new AAAs and keep charging or using your mobile device without having to recharge your backup power unit (as you would if you were using one a comparable closed-cell unit). However, I got my units at a fraction of the price you bought yours for. USB Fever charges about $15 for each unit, plus postage. DealExtreme has these for $9.12 with free shipping worldwide: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3205 My only gripe with these units having owned three for several months is that the printed text on the case wears off quite quickly. Not such a big problem for the brand name printed on the case, but the three little switch labels ("Charge" "Use and "Off") are really important - if you try to charge the unit while it's switched to "Use", you WILL kill your unit... and once the labels have rubbed off, I've had to think hard a couple of times to remember how to switch the unit. Buy three like me - you won't regret it. :) I own three of these, and I never leave home without one. The best thing about taking one of these on travels is that if you need more power than a unit can provide, you can just swap in new AAAs and keep charging or using your mobile device without having to recharge your backup power unit (as you would if you were using one a comparable closed-cell unit).

However, I got my units at a fraction of the price you bought yours for. USB Fever charges about $15 for each unit, plus postage. DealExtreme has these for $9.12 with free shipping worldwide: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3205

My only gripe with these units having owned three for several months is that the printed text on the case wears off quite quickly. Not such a big problem for the brand name printed on the case, but the three little switch labels (“Charge” “Use and “Off”) are really important – if you try to charge the unit while it’s switched to “Use”, you WILL kill your unit… and once the labels have rubbed off, I’ve had to think hard a couple of times to remember how to switch the unit.

Buy three like me – you won’t regret it. :)

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