Reviews for Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger

I so wanted to love this product but it just didn't live up. I took it on a trip for Thanksgiving and quickly became frustrated with it. I plugged in my husbands and my iphones into the two usb ports and the phones started power cycling! The "protected" light also stopped working, which makes me nervous. I am returning it. It's just not worth it.

This surge protector works great. Belkin's always a good brand for surge protectors, and the features on it are great. The three plugs are well-spaced; you won't get a bulky adapter in each one, but they'll fit plenty of slightly-wider plugs. In addition, the two USB ports are great for charging phones (charges my Motorola KRZR better than the charger that came with it!), iPods, whatever you have that gets USB power (I even have a USB power cord for my DS that works great). This means you can leave the bulky adapters at home, just bring the USB cables. It even comes with a mini-USB charge-only cable, for most Blackberry phones, modern Motorola phones, pretty much anything that uses that new standard for power.

It is a bit big, but not unreasonably so. Especially when you consider that it keeps you from having to bring at least two other large AC plugs, it really makes up for it in your bag! In addition, it comes with a cap that goes over the plug, keeping it from getting bent up in transport; there's also a small spot on the side for the cover to slide on when it's plugged in, so you don't lose it. Small things like that make it grand.

And of course, as you can see in the official description and the pictures, the plug on the back rotates. It locks into four different positions, so it's not a true "360-degree" plug I suppose, but that should be good for most anyone.

All in all, a great value, a great brand, and great features.

(I bought this at Best Buy on sale, although the Apple Store price is far from unreasonable!)

The Belkin is slightly bigger than the picture suggests, however, considering the solid build, functionality and the $75,000 Warranty, the unit is well worth the price.

I purchased this from my local Apple retail store so I didn't have to pack two iPhone chargers when travelling. It works fine to charge one phone at a time, but when two iPhones are plugged in at once, they both just repeatedly make the "plugged in and charging" sound. I assume that together they just draw too much power.

I own Belkin's previous travel surge protector (without USB charging) and really like that the electrical plug folded flush into the device. This plug is different: it's fixed in place I'd prefer to have one less electrical plug to make the unit smaller, enough power to charge two iPhones at once, and foldable power plug.