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Inspire Premium iPod/iPhone Car Charger, not compatible with new Touch2, Nano4, Shuffle, iPhone3g Feature: NOTE: NOT compatible with the iPhone 3G / iPod Touch 2nd Gen / iPod Nano 4th Gen Chromatic and newer model. Brand new non-OEM. LED power indicator and Vehicle Lighter Adaptor. (12v DC). Plug never heats or overcharges the battery. Built-in charging circuitry protects your car against back-flow current and your iPod from excessive iPod not included. Average Rating: 3.0 Average Rating: 3.0 out of 5 Price:

Customer Review of Inspire Premium iPod/iPhone Car Charger, not compatible with new Touch2, Nano4, Shuffle, iPhone3g by Dan
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Customer Summary What a piece of trash!
Customer Full Review Trust me, there is a good reason why these chargers are dirt cheap. I received two of them, and they were BOTH defective!

On the first charger, the light on the charger turned green when I plugged it into the 12V power port on my car, but it would not charge my iPod Photo. I noticed that the light on the charger itself blinked red for a split second when I plugged it into my iPod, but then quickly returned back to green and did nothing particually useful after that.

It took two full weeks to finally receive a replacement from "BargainCell", which was unfortunately ALSO defective. This charger was a different model than the first one, which had a red light that turned on when I plugged into the 12V socket. When I plugged it into my iPod, it started to charge for a few seconds, only to "reboot" quickly after that. My poor iPod kept restarting itself every few seconds, until a bad battery icon showed up on the screen and the iPod froze. My hunch is that the second charger was not sending a steady voltage to the iPod, which was causing it to crash.

Fortunately, my iPod did not seem to be damaged by either of these defective chargers. The iPod still charges when I plug it into my computer, and continues to play normally. I also know that the 12V power port on my car is not the cause of this problem, either, as I'm using it to successfully power both my GPS and my cell phone charger.

The most annoying thing from this experience is that I needed to go to the store and spend far more on a working name brand car charger for my iPod after wasting three weeks with these pieces of junk. Please learn from my mistake, and steer clear of this garbage.