Poundland: 5-in-1 retractable mobile phone charger via USB

svkhtn

Got 1 yesterday.
I think it is a nice gadget. For 1 quid, you can't go wrong.

The link to the item:

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PS. By the way, before anyone asks, it doesn't fit the Motorola V220.

feival

I h ave had one like this for narly 3 years - it was a freebie from microsoft but it looks identical to this. Very good and well worth a pound if you travel with a laptop.

davery83

Doh, another poundland bargain I could do with but the closest is at least 100miles away!

Roger_Rampant

So you recharge your mobile 'phone from the USB port of your laptop computer?

feival

Roger_Rampant wrote:

So you recharge your mobile 'phone from the USB port of your laptop computer?

Exactly. When I am travelling abroad on business it saves taking a mains powered adaptor and a second plug adaptor so it fits into the mains! It is compact and does the job nicely. Be casreful though. Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson havechanged their fittings on newer models and this may not be compatible. Also, some newer phones require a higher charge rate than this delivers - I also have a seocnd freebie USB charger that allows you to select the charge rate but this doesn't feature on this model.

oranabana

Doesn't work on my Nokia 6230 - you been warned!

PS. They also do a All in One remote Control!

ohreally

I picked this up from poundland around 6 months ago and found it didn't fit ½ the mobile phones in our house. On the bright side i also bought an all for one type remote control and an X-Box component cable for £1.

robonz

i bought several of these thinking they were a great bargain but found none of them will charge any nokia phone i try from any pc i try. so from my experience they are a complete turkey, give this one a miss.

rdwarr

oranabana wrote:

Doesn't work on my Nokia 6230 - you been warned!

Nor mine. It then fell to bits but worth it for novelty value

If you do have one make sure you test it before you need it.

PS I've had trouble with those retractable LAN cables as well.

src

Works perfect charging my T610 or K700i. As other have found does not charge my Nokia Ngage/Ngage QD/7600/6600

stuart.atkinson_2

i got a similar one from tesco, ok it was £3, but was smaller than this and it charges nokia 6230... samsung etc. no probs at all!