Originally Posted by
HDQDD
This. I carry an inline meter to see how many amps I'm pulling (they're like $7 on Amazon). I did check a DL plane once and it was 500mA (0.5A) which takes forever to charge most devices. iPhone for example pulls about 1.5A at peak then drops down to about 1.1 and then lower as it reaches 100%. iPad ~2.3A peak. IIRC, an iPad will not even charge off of 500mA.
I know that this is Flyer Talk, but being on an airplane isn't like being at home. I don't expect a full recharge from near-dead even on a 4 hour flight. I use my phone to listen to pre-loaded music and start out with a full charge. Having power on board lets me keep up with the relatively small power demand and I can leave the flight at near what I started out with. If I watched a movie on the phone, as it seems is the trend on airplanes these days, with the screen and WiFi on all the time, I can understand why a 500 mA-Hr charge wouldn't quite keep up.
Originally Posted by
Points Scrounger
Sorry, but I can't link from Amazon shopping on my phone, so here are the keywords.
I ran across that Road Warrior when looking for a European USB charger, but it was too large for me to want to carry. I already have my computer bag stuffed to the gills with cables, adapters, headphones (I hate "buds), mouse, a book, a snack, etc.
This one is more my speed. Ten bucks for two, and it has two outlets so you can share it with a seat mate whose US adapter keeps falling out of the outlet.