( 3 reviews )
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Posted: May 23 2009
I purchased the Targus 100 Watt Slim Line Mobile Inverter for international business travel. I was tired of carrying two laptop batteries for 7-9 hr flights. The product works as designed and is pretty small compared to other similar devices. It can power up to two devices at one time (1 USB and 1 US-based female input). What more can you ask for at only $45ish dollars? Some constraints: 1. the fan is very loud. on an airplane, people won't really notice since the cabin is loud anyway. the fan is loud in the car unless people converse loudly. 2. the device does give off an odd smell. 3. when using a powerful laptop and depending on the airplane yr, make, model, etc..., you might have to remove its battery. if you don't, the power source (at least on the airbus 330) will cut off every 5 secs.
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Posted: Sep 17 2007
So far so good.
Targus products were the only auto inverters on the rack at CompUSA that completely listed the input, output and peak wattage on the box. I used this inverter on a recent road trip to power my HP nc6120 laptop. The inverter was able to boot the laptop without batteries. The fan could not be heard over the car engine. The inverter case did become warm but not hot.nThe fan exhaust is on the bottom so it could be easily blocked by carpeting.nMy only complaints are the lack of an airplane power cable and the inverter could be a little smaller and lighter for road warriors.
Pros: Small lightweight with enough power to boot laptop. Auto power status led.
Cons: Auto style power fuse hard to remove without tools. Airline adapter is seperate.
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Posted: Aug 23 2007
This unit is a nice size and well-designed. But the cooling fan is amazingly loud. Loud enough to hear in a moving car. Loud enough that if I saw someone about to pull this out of their bag on the plane, I would offer my seat to someone else. It seems the designers realized this, and added a variable fan speed control to the design. So the unit goes from loud when it is idle to obnoxious when it is under load. What really frustrated me is that I called Targus and asked specifically if this unit has a fan. They said "no". They even double-checked. Grumble...
