FabSwingers.com forum: ipod chargers

By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

need a new 3 pin plug with the usb charger for ipod

official ones are around £20 with carriage but amazon have then starting at a few pounds

heard stories/rumours that they can overheat and explode etc etc

anyone had a none official one that there happy with or should i get the proper one ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dont knowif this helps but i have the new iphone 5 and i bought a cheap usb charger cable its been fine. I also got a back up battery which isa case you charge up and it inturn charges your phone when your battery runs low

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I got a cheap iPhone cable from eBay which worked for about a week!

Then got another one which wasn't as cheap but cheaper than official and it's been fine.

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

was it from the market or amazon ? did the good one have a brand name

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Pay your money and take your chances. A lot of them are total shite. I would rather get a decent one in the first place rather than faff around.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine was from ebay

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

"was it from the market or amazon ? did the good one have a brand name"

The better one was from sainsburies. No idea of the brand name. I would of just bought an apple one after the cheap shit one broke but I was in dire need and don't have a phone or apple shop near me so just bought the only one available! Lol x

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

I have one from the pound shop and an original one, both work fine.

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

guess if the supermarkets sell them it has to be safe and somewhere to complain if it does burn my house down !

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"I have one from the pound shop and an original one, both work fine."

how much was it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bought a couple of cheap ones from Amazon, less than £2 each in p&p, they work fine for my phone, but don't charge my friends E-cig, to be honest, @ less than £2 it was worth taking the chance, just don't get the ones that say they catch fire etc lol. read the recent veri's and go with that.

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By *imply_SensualMan
over a year ago

warrington

If you buy from a reputable trader, you should be OK, regardless of the price. Buying from the internet from an unknown source can be risky because there are 100s of fakes about which as you say, will probably last about a week before they go pop.

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By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Pay your money and take your chances. A lot of them are total shite. I would rather get a decent one in the first place rather than faff around. "

This!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bought 2 mains and 2 car chargers off ebay for less than £5 (mainly to leave at work and in my grab bag) both are fine and i've had them for 2 years- charge both ipod and iphone. read the feedback though to see if there are many complaints about the chargers

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By *leasureDomeMan
over a year ago

all over the place

I would be careful about buying plugs from non approved sources ,many are designed to hack your phone or ipad in less than a minute ,by injecting code via the power cable .

ain't life a bitch .

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I would be careful about buying plugs from non approved sources ,many are designed to hack your phone or ipad in less than a minute ,by injecting code via the power cable .

ain't life a bitch ."

What? By plugging in it transfers code to your device?

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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

Bought a new plug and lead from the local shop for £5 - still goon strong after 18 months

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"need a new 3 pin plug with the usb charger for ipod

official ones are around £20 with carriage but amazon have then starting at a few pounds

heard stories/rumours that they can overheat and explode etc etc

anyone had a none official one that there happy with or should i get the proper one ?"

proper one...... always...

I know in east london there were a ton of knock off and cheap ones removed because they were exploding, causing electrican fires and scaring people thru overheating....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"need a new 3 pin plug with the usb charger for ipod

official ones are around £20 with carriage but amazon have then starting at a few pounds

heard stories/rumours that they can overheat and explode etc etc

anyone had a none official one that there happy with or should i get the proper one ?

proper one...... always...

I know in east london there were a ton of knock off and cheap ones removed

because they were exploding, causing electrican fires and scaring people thru

overheating...."

There weren't made by BEKO by any chance

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By *utty_JiggleCouple
over a year ago

Black Country

Pound land, my last one from there has out lasted both of the official ones that come with my Iphone / Ipod

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