Cool Pt Premier Gift
Feb 28, 2011, 5:58 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2008
Programs: I fly too much and stay at too many hotels
Posts: 489
Anyone figure out how to make it work? How do you know it is charged? There is no indicator. My PC does not show it connected like it does for a flash drive. I hooked it to my cell and got no indication that it was sending a charge. Will be really useful if I can figure out how to use it.
Feb 28, 2011, 11:32 pm
#17
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MEM
Programs: UA 1K-MM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Avis something or other
Posts: 436
I have not received anything as of today's (Mon) mail. Did everyone get one?
Mar 1, 2011, 12:24 am
#18
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Detroit, MI
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Platinum Premier
Posts: 19
Hmmm. It's interesting that you PP's are actually home to get the mail.
My neighbor sent me a message letting me know he picked up a package from my front porch. Hopefully, I'll be home in a few weeks to check it out.
My neighbor sent me a message letting me know he picked up a package from my front porch. Hopefully, I'll be home in a few weeks to check it out.
Mar 1, 2011, 1:35 pm
#19
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: N Charleston South Carolina
Programs: UA PM (by 2MM), DL GM (by 3.5MM), Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 1,655
Took me a while to figure out how to get the USB and ipod connectors out. Anyway - it does pass power through itself so you can connect the USB to the computer and plug in either your phone/ipod on the other end and it charges. My guess is it also contains a battery and if left connected to the computer for a while it will charge. Then it could be used to supply power to the connected device. I doubt it holds much of a charge, the solar cell included produces very little current, but hey - it's cool anyway.
Mar 1, 2011, 5:37 pm
#20
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: Marriott LT Tit; Hyatt Explorist; Hilton CC Gold; IHG CC Plt; Hertz (MR) 5 star
Posts: 5,536
Anyone figure out how to make it work? How do you know it is charged? There is no indicator. My PC does not show it connected like it does for a flash drive. I hooked it to my cell and got no indication that it was sending a charge. Will be really useful if I can figure out how to use it.
Anyone?
Edit: I guess it just takes a while to get it charged. It's now able to charge my cell phone. I wonder how much battery power it stores - it'll be handy for my wife when she makes international flights and can charge her iPod inflight.
Thanks Marriott! Awesome tchotchke.
Last edited by iflyjetz; Mar 1, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Mar 1, 2011, 9:17 pm
#21
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: MEM
Programs: UA 1K-MM, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hilton Diamond, Avis something or other
Posts: 436
This sounds really cool and I could really use this thing. Per my wife, still no mail from MR....what gives?
Mar 1, 2011, 9:48 pm
#22
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: HH Silver, MR Plat Prem & LT Plat, Hyatt Plat,SPG Plat, Hertz PC, National EE, UA 1K
Posts: 3,405
Mar 24, 2011, 12:19 pm
#23
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: MAR:PP/PE DL:DM/1M
Posts: 1
I tried mine out today.
It had been previously charged up via USB. It had discharged in the bag over time. I plugged into my iPhone and set in the sun - nothing.
I charged it up again via USB - I left it about 2 hours, but no way to tell if it was charging or when it fully charged.
I plugged into my iPhone again, and it took about 30 minutes to add ~15% to the iPhone. Then it fully discharged, and the phone stopped showing charging. And no joy when putting it in the sun.
I re-read the spec sheet again, and solar charging takes 50 hours (of daylight - 4 days!).
While I would prefer something I can use while traveling, the SPG photo book would be less useless.
YMMV
It had been previously charged up via USB. It had discharged in the bag over time. I plugged into my iPhone and set in the sun - nothing.
I charged it up again via USB - I left it about 2 hours, but no way to tell if it was charging or when it fully charged.
I plugged into my iPhone again, and it took about 30 minutes to add ~15% to the iPhone. Then it fully discharged, and the phone stopped showing charging. And no joy when putting it in the sun.
I re-read the spec sheet again, and solar charging takes 50 hours (of daylight - 4 days!).
While I would prefer something I can use while traveling, the SPG photo book would be less useless.
YMMV
Mar 27, 2011, 10:37 am
#24
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Woodstock, GA USA
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Delta DM & 1MM, Hertz and Avis President's Circle
Posts: 906
I got my Premier credentials last week in an envelope. No package, no solar charger
Mar 27, 2011, 10:50 am
#25
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: LA (Lower Alabama) and on the road!
Programs: DL DM&MM, PC PM, MR LTP, HH DM
Posts: 128
Well, nothing for me yet. Of course, I called Marriott the first week of March about my PP Creds, and was told that they had been mailed on Feb 9, and should show up any day.....they did --- MARCH 21.....that's only 5.5 weeks for US mail.....ahh, the pleasures of living out in the country, LA - Lower Alabama 