Great! Except no right angle tips | Kensington K33197 120W Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook PC Power Adapter

Some additional info on Kensington 33197 & 38010 | Kensington K33197 120W Auto/Air Ultra Portable Notebook PC Power Adapter

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Great Notebook Makeover For Cheap

My HP ZV-series notebook had always been a bit much to lug around in public together with its oversized power supply, both stuffed into a large case. As part of a holiday treat for myself, I picked up this Kensington adapter along with a smaller, sleek case. Now the notebook feels a lot more portable and svelte to bring around.

The flat form factor of the Kensington is definitely the star feature, and together with the universal voltage capability, auto power cord, and wide range of adapter tips, the unit provides great value.

As reported in these reviews, it would have been great to have a longer or retractable power cord; I need to carry along a 6 ft extension just in case. Yes it does get hot, but I can't imagine that the original design deliberately meant for it to be dangling awkwardly from the wall or crouching from a floor outlet in order to allow cooling.

One caveat - my ZV actually draws power right at the Kensington's upper limit, and this can cause my notebook to not charge the battery while it's on. I sometimes will need to put it in standby or hibernate to enable charging. No fault of Kensington - my system is not on their supported list anyway, but I did manage to get a tip that works.

Definitely try to get this unit for way less than the $100 "standard price".

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Great! Except no right angle tips

This product is great. Except for: 1) no right angle tips are provided make use almost impossible on planes 2) Power cord too short. but standard cords can be used after minor modification to adapter.

Some additional info on Kensington 33197 & 38010

The adapter in Model 33197 is the same as in Model 38010 (confirmed with Kensington tech support). Both include the same cables and auto & empower adapters, but 33197 includes a bunch of SmartTips and 38010 doesn't. Naturally 38010 retailers want to sell you the tips (at $20 a pop) that you get for free in the 33197.
Also, if eg you have a Lenovo Thinkpad T60 none of the shops stock the N29 tip for it anyway (it's included in 33197), so you're going to be waiting on delivery before you can use the adapter whatever you do.

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Once you get the adapter in use, it is very good. The build quality is excellent, the way the various pieces connect together is easy and a pleasure to use. If you have a device for which Kensington make a tip but it's not in any stores (which is pretty much any device now that CompUSA have closed), the customer service people will send you one for free (more than once as well should you manage to lose the first one!). This may just be a result of the Kensington website being so dire, but hey at least they don't just leave you USKWAP.
An odd thing is that each tip has 1 of 2 color marks on them, and the optional splitter supports only 1 of each color, so you may find that depending on what you're charging that you have 2 devices, 2 tips, a splitter but still can only power 1 of them at a time. And so it goes.

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Kensington 33197

I have owned Targus, Dell, and Kensington before. By comparison this is, by far, the best unit yet! It can run in my car, my home, and on a plane.

The tips are fairly pricey, but deals can be found. I exchanged several on a local swap list. I own two of these, and the dual charging cord. I can charge my Motorola phone while using my Dell laptop!

Very happy with both units.

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