Useful and Inexpensive Alternative Charger

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Lot's of folks are thinking about charger alternatives for their Kindle Fires.

Thought I might contribute what I think is a good choice and get some feedback.

I carry this with me everywhere and use it for my ipod Classic, Blackberry phone, Kindle Keyboard, wife's Droid X and, of course, iPad. I just use the other cords when required.

I got my all-round 5.1V 2.1 Amp USB Charger from eBay for around $6.00.

It's the Apple iPad Charger from its China sources.

Haven't used it yet on my Kindle Fire (i'm waiting for delivery Jan 3) but it is spec'd to work fine.

Search: USB 10W iPad Wall Charger

I saw a rocket fish USB wall adapter at bestbuy today for $15 that had 2.1 amp output

I wouldn't personally use an apple product.... they could by all purposes put battery killing code in there and malicioiuslly harm any non ios system. Not if I was paid 100 bucks

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I've been charging mine with my vibrant usb/wall charger...it's slower than the kindle stock wall charger but it does work.

Originally Posted by androidcues

I wouldn't personally use an apple product.... they could by all purposes put battery killing code in there and malicioiuslly harm any non ios system. Not if I was paid 100 bucks

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Seriously?

I charge mine from whatever pretty much. USB, 2.1A and 1A wall chg, 800ma, 1A, 2A car charger. It'll charge from anything, just at different rates obviously. The only issue I've had is it doesn't like my retractactable USB cable for charging.

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Originally Posted by androidcues

I wouldn't personally use an apple product.... they could by all purposes put battery killing code in there and malicioiuslly harm any non ios system. Not if I was paid 100 bucks

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire

i love the way you think...

the charger that came with my kindle fire did not work, i even checked it out with my inspire 4g and it didnt do anything. so ive been using my inspire charger for the fire, and i def want a different charger.

i contacted amazon and since i purchased my fire from a target store they wanted me to place an order for one and be waved the 25 dollars after i was already charged for it. call me paranoid, or on a tight budget, lol, i would like to find a cheap charger that works good.

maybe something like ten dollars max at a store so i can use it right away.

Just be careful about those cheap Chinese models that are claiming 2.1 A output. There are LOTS of bogus ones out there that can't actually do more than 400 mA or so. Search around and you will see lots of complaints from folks who got ripped off.

I'm a big fan of the Belkin F8Z630 USB charger. You won't get it for $6.00 (at least not legitimately), but it will absolutely deliver a solid 2.1 A at 5 Vdc. Plus, it can be used worldwide (100-240 Vac, 50-60 Hz), and the rotating plug feature is handy. It folds up nicely for storage in your briefcase.

I picked up a blackberry playbook power supply which has the same output that the KF has for $14 off of Amazon on sale. The charger has a fixed micro USB attached to it.

It even came with a good micro USB cable with it a well.

apple charger

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I use a $5 micro to usb2 cable and my iphone wall charger and it works fine. It actually charges faster than my stock KF wall.charger.