Choosing a charger for your iPad is not an easy task. With other accessories, like a case or a sleeve, maybe you can trust your intuition after feeling the fabric and jolting the hinges to see if they work.
With a charger is not so easy, because everything happens on the inside and it’s a little more difficult to estimate how a charger will work. The Griffin PowerDuo iPad charger is one of those accessories which were developed in close conjunction with the features of the gadgets it will serve.
The charger can work with an iPad, an iPod or an iPhone and emulates the quality standards we came to appreciate over the years in Apple products. What better proof for this than the fact that Apple advertises this product on their official site, alongside their own chargers?
The pack we’re talking about today comes with both an AC adapter and a car charger, covering your back on any occasion. Say you’re traveling quite a bit and you find yourself in hotel rooms and rental cars most of the time. The two chargers work anywhere and the flip out plug system protects the plug from damages.
Normal plugs are exposed to the outside most of the time, or you have to wrap them up in something if you want to make sure they’re protected most of the time.
The Griffin Power Dup pack comes with an AC adapter and car charger
But first, let’s take a look at the Power Block AC charger. It’s a little bigger than the stock iPad charger, but is not as wide as that. The cable is pretty long, 42 inch, and there’s a USB port on the charger where you plug the cable, while the other plug goes intto the tablet. The iPad charger is said to charge the iPad faster than the stock charger, as it takes in a constant 11W, while the stock version settles for 10W. Don’t worry, this won’t damage your iPad, iPod or iPhone- it will just get the job done faster.
Also, the cable works not only as a charging cable, but it useful also for synching data between your iPad and your computer. While it does this, it will also charge your tablet, although you will not get the “charging” interface on the screen, that’s because in these cases, there’s only a small amount of power running through it.
Griffin Power Block charger has a USB terminal, so you can connect more types of devices
Next, there’s the car charger for Apple iPad. The Power Jolt connects to your car’s cigarette charger or any other 12W power outlet. Then all you have to do is connect the Apple tablet, phone or music player and you’re set to go. There’s also a luminescent ring on the charger in order to let you know when the charging is complete.
Some users from Amazon, where the Griffin PowerDuo iPad charger is now for sale for $25.45, are saying that the charger is able to power up other devices as well, such as Kindle e-book readers and Blackberry phones, while others say that it doesn’t.
Don’t count on these Griffin iPad accessories to work perfectly with other devices, but if you’re in luck you might get a charger for all of your gadgets at the price of one.It depends on several factors, like the type of battery, the country you’re in (some said the charger works a little slower in Japan) and some compatibility issues which might change from model to model. But all in all, this charger is pretty versatile and might help you when you least expect it.
