Thursday, July 2, 2009

Xantrex Technologies 851-0801 XPower 800-Watt Micro Inverter

From the Manufacturer
X-Power Micro-inverters make it a snap to access household power from your vehicle. You no longer have to use many different adapters. XPower Micro-inverter 800 transforms your vehicle's electricity so you can power your electronic devices through their standard 3-prong plugs. Micro-inverter 800 is compact and lightweight. The 800 will power all the devices our 175, 200 and 400 Micro-inverters do, plus complete mobile offices including computers, printers, and fax machines, small power tools, and small kitchen appliances.

Customer Reviews

Useful globetrotter 3
I bought this inverter to use my laptop/phone charger/GPS in my truck. It works really well as described. Three things:

- Be prepared in case of overheating the inverter automatically shuts off(computer, saving data).

- There is a processor checking the car/truck battery level and when it becomes too low for the next start, turns the device off. Sounds good but can be wrong(don't turns off in time!). Use this feature with caution, experience the consumption of your devices and the battery power- find the balance. The safest thing is still the running engine!

- The two sockets are too close together. A wide phone charger blocks the other one.

I've been using mine since 3 years without any problem.

So So 2.5 stars3
Product handles the amount of watts that it states, however, if you are planning on using this product for audio items, bad choice, gives off audio buzz through vehicle stereo.

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