Kensington K33197 120W Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook PC Power Adapter | List Price: $149.99
Discount Price: $100.00
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Brand: Kensington
Binding: Electronics
Features: - 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)
It's the LONG cord that was the problem! [Posted on 2008-02-23]
I purchased a Kensington 33197 in early 2006. I loved using it - it's light and slim and the short AC cord didn't bother me. After a little less than a year, the charging became intermittent. The charge light would go on and off like the connector was loose. It turned out that the long cord - from the power brick to the laptop - was failing at the connector to the laptop.
Kensington support offered to replace the cord for free - nice - but then it took three more support contacts and seven weeks to actually get the cord - not so nice.
8 months later I was on a week long business trip when the new cord failed in the same way - this time suddenly and permanently. If my client hadn't had a compatible Dell power brick, I would have been dead in the water.
I replace the Kensington with an iGo Everywhere130 PS00099-0008 Universal 100 Wattt AC/DC Notebook Adapter with Dualpower. It's bigger and bulkier - especially the cables and connectors which are so heavy duty it looks like they'll last a thousand years! Not so slick and light as the Kensington - just made to last under travel abuse.
works for me on planes trains and in foreign hotel rooms [Posted on 2008-03-09]
I use this with my laptop (a thinkpad), my cellphone (treo), and my iPod. It does everything it's supposed to, and extra tips for are both less expensive and easier to pack than entire travel chargers, as I used to bring.
As others have complained, the short cord from the transformer to the all outlet is odd. Also, given the modular design of this thing, you would think Kensington would sell versions of that cord designed for different sorts of international outlets. As it is, I sometimes need to bring several outlet adapters along, in addition to the K33197. As the adapters never sit in the wall very well, and the transformer ends up hanging from them via its super-short cord, it often pops out of the wall unless I prop it up on a pile of books, or hang it from the arm of a chair with the loop of velcro intended to help control the cable for packing. It works, but it's not elegant.
On balance, I am pleased with it. With a bit more polish, it could have been a lot more useful for international travelers.
Also, why no Apple Macbook tip?
worked like a champ on my IBM [Posted on 2008-05-01]
Doesn't work for my Dell - they make one but then I need to purchase a second unit. Either way, the unit leaves up to its promised and worked for the machine I purchased for
Bigger than my old "brick" [Posted on 2008-05-31]
I hate packing and hauling large power bricks for my work laptop. So I was always looking for a smaller one and I hoped this would fit the bill so I ordered it. It turns out that when you place the main unit, the power cords (two are required) and the correct tip in the nice little clothe bag that comes with it, it's bigger than my existing brick. So back it went. Seemed to work fine, it just wasn't the miniature solution I was looking for.
No USB tip [Posted on 2008-07-24]
Even though the Amazon listing says this can be used with your own USB device cables and the USB tip is listed as an included tip in the chart on Kensington's own website, the version shipped by Amazon does NOT include the USB tip. Other tips supposed to be included were missing as well. Kensington's support was useless - all they could say was to ask Amazon for the tip, that it should have been included. But it definitely wasn't - perhaps it is an earlier version of the item, but if so they should have changed the model number. Buyer beware.
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