Originally Posted By: RNewcomb
I bought one of these. Read the instructions carefully (cause I didn't), and ONLY use it to charge 1.0A devices. I tried to use it to charge my IPAD (2.1A), and it let out the magic white smoke in about 10 minutes... and was so hot I could smell the plastic melting.

Too bad they couldn't put in a protection circuit to prevent that, because otherwise, that one was pretty much exactly what I was looking for.


That is why I mentioned in my original post:

One thing to keep in mind. On Ebay, most of the descriptions clearly state the charger is not meant for tablets.

And you are absolutely right -always read the instructions!
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