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14 comments to "Greenhouse Eneplug: AC to USB Charger"
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Dodger
April 21st, 2008 at
1:18 am
Holy crap $47!!
can pick these things up in New Zealand for around $10 -
Thespian24601
April 21st, 2008 at
1:26 am
Can you send me one, Dodger?
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Eliot
April 21st, 2008 at
1:50 am
Jawbone headsets come with a charger like this.
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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!
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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).
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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?
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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 …
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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!
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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.
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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 cheaperThis product announcement is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of.
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Hirudin
April 21st, 2008 at
10:05 am
$47?????
Also, who decided to stick “19ยข” 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.
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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!
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The Slapster
April 21st, 2008 at
2:59 pm
I wouldn’t buy it based on the horrible typo alone. “Begging of May” really?
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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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