Greenhouse Eneplug: AC to USB Charger

1. Dodger
   April 21st, 2008 at 1:18 am

   Holy crap $47!!
   can pick these things up in New Zealand for around $10

2. Thespian24601
   April 21st, 2008 at 1:26 am

   Can you send me one, Dodger?

3. Eliot
   April 21st, 2008 at 1:50 am

   Jawbone headsets come with a charger like this.

4. Allister
   April 21st, 2008 at 2:00 am

   "No need to have a separate adapter"

   Doesn't this count as a separate adapter?

   This isn't a terribly new/original idea. But I will admit that it is pretty. Pretty expensive!

   HA HA I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE ALLISTER!

5. Jim
   April 21st, 2008 at 3:16 am

   Neat, but Pricey. In HK they go for about US$6 - and they have the added benefit of working on 220V & 120V lines -- the one pictured here is only rated at 100 VAC (or so says the website).

6. MrPumpernickel
   April 21st, 2008 at 5:30 am

   Yeah, you can pick them up around here in Sweden for about $5-6 as well, are you telling me that nothing like that has existed before over there?

7. Randy
   April 21st, 2008 at 6:56 am

   I know very little about electronics and I'm pretty sure I could build one of these with a handful of passive components! $47 is completely outrageous.

   Although it *does* come in a variety of gawdy colors ...

8. James Schend
   April 21st, 2008 at 7:25 am

   What the F? Are they trying to sell this as something new?

   My standard (and extremely popular) Motorola RAZR phone came with one of these, and I doubt it cost Motorola $47 to make it. Oh, and my iPod came with one... in fact, I'm kind of a tech junkie, I bet I have 4-5 of these just laying around the house.

   This is just crazy. You can't introduce products that already exist!

9. DoctorFedora
   April 21st, 2008 at 7:32 am

   Good god. Apple includes one with the iPhone (and a much better looking one, to boot). When someone is charging more than Apple for an item that doesn't look as good (a replacement iPhone power-to-USB adapter is $30), there's a critical step in your plan missing.

10. James Schend
    April 21st, 2008 at 7:33 am

    The more I think about this, the more dumb it is.

    You can buy a powered USB hub ( < $15, available anywhere), and simply not plug in the computer cable, and you'd have the same thing as this except:
    1) With more ports (4 or 8 instead of 1)
    2) A long power cord, making it easier to place where you want it
    3) Much, much cheaper

    This product announcement is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of.

11. Hirudin
    April 21st, 2008 at 10:05 am

    $47?????

    Also, who decided to stick "19¢" to the price?

    For $47 you could probably buy an entire used computer. Plug it in and have many USB chargers. Or buy a TiVo: USB charger with built in DVR!

    I feel sorry for anyone who buys one of these.

12. Miranda
    April 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am

    I bought something like this at Wal-mart like a year ago. It's not just a plug but it plugs into the wall and then you can plug your USB stuff into it. And it was only $15. $47 is a rip!

13. The Slapster
    April 21st, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    I wouldn't buy it based on the horrible typo alone. "Begging of May" really?

14. Gregory
    April 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    It looks like a 3 pack for 47.19, which would probably be a conversion from a euro price. They are much SMALLER than the ones that I've seen/we sell at our store. Which is cool and all, but you know. Still an idea 4 years too late.

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