Originally Posted by
tennisboy
Does anyone know if the new 777s run on EmPower for passengers (like most of their fleet, I believe)? I have a DC adapter and I'm having a hard time finding a DC to EmPower adapeter under $100. Thanks.
The IGo Juice70 is available for $85.59, with Free Shipping available, at Amazon right now. It works with all the different types of airline, car, and AC power (110VAC, 240VAC, EmPower, and the car adapter used for example by AA), and comes with a dozenish adapaters from most all notebooks. Go to
www.igo.com to determine if it's compatible with your notebook, but the prices are way better at Amazon, so go there to buy (unless you get an even better price with shipping at a retailer you prefer).
The the two types of airline plugs on the Juice fit into each other, so the EmPower adapter is "inside" the car/AA adapter. So you only have two power cords, one for AC outlets (which works worldwide with just plug adapters needed) and the other for Empower/car style power.
I find it very useful as it's the only adapter I need to carry and it works no matter whose plane I get on or even in a rental car, as well as in hotels and at airport lounges (if I remembered the plug adapter for the country I'm in!).
I've used it for several years and the only reliability problem I had was when the cord that connects to my laptop got visibly frayed from being bent and banged around in my laptop bag. But it took several years to get to that point.