Customer Reviews:
 Light but not a relaible product February 1, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Pro -- light and works in car
Con -- Works only on American Airlines outlets; but not on any other airline. I was also disappointed that this Inverter failed after one month. I e-mailed Xantrex and their customer service rep ran me in circles for over a month until he agreed to replace my product.
 Nice Unit that Works Well January 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this unit with one thing in mind. To power my laptop GPS system. This unit does that and more for a fair price. So far I have used this unit of about a year with no problems.
Perfect for laptop on road trips! January 2, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
My family takes our 12-inch Powerbook G4 on road trips for showing movies and doing other computer stuff on the road, but the battery would often give out after 2-3 hours rendering the laptop unusable until we could charge the battery again. Over Christmas vacation my family was mid-way through a 2,000 mile road trip, and I saw the Xantrex XPower Pocket 175-Watt Inverter for $20 in the clearance section of a local store, so I picked it up. Couldn't be happier as now we can run the laptop as much as we want. The inverter gets warm but not too hot. I never heard any noise from it, even after running for over 5 hours (looks like it has a fan on the bottom, but I never heard it running). This is the perfect inverter for us as it is very small and fits easily in the under-seat storage compartment in the van. It only has one power outlet -- if you need two outlets, look for a different model. This one is perfect for powering a laptop.
Note that this model, #813-0291, does NOT have an airline adapter, but comes with two cables, one for a cigarette lighter, and one for direct connection to a 12-volt (car/boat) battery. The product probably has changed since Amazon first started selling it. My model is black, like uploaded in the photo section by R. Liu. The silver photo must be the old model that included the airline adapter.
 Neat little thing December 30, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's about the size of a 2.5 inch western digital passport II. Very small and compact. Gets a little hot but does the job. It can power my laptop just fine.
Looks better than the picture. it has a neat on and off switch that lights up.
I have a small 14.1 inch IBM-T43
since it's small it doesnt use much power. i wouldnt use this to power anything thats too hungry though.
low tech, so far so good November 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
checked its output. It is a 60Hz square wave generator. That is what they called "modified sinewave". Very low tech. However, looks great, space saving and use it once for cell phone fine, but have not check with high power yet
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