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Review on GIANDEL 300Watt Inverter Outlets Smartphones by Prince Burr

Revainrating 5 out of 5

My MacBook's PSU isn't heating up

I had to work from my car one time last week and used a small $30 inverter I got from a big hardware store. It worked in a pinch, but my computer's power supplies got very hot. I later found out that this is probably because it is a quasi sine wave inverter, so I decided to buy a pure sine wave inverter. The GIANDEL 300W Pure Sinus Car Power Inverter seemed to meet my needs on paper. When he showed up today, I went to the car and worked for about an hour. During this time I have charged my phone and booted my computer with no side effects from the device and nothing got very hot. The GIANDEL stayed very cold and my power supply warmed up to about the same temperature as when plugged into a FirstEnergy powered outlet. It's slightly larger than my other inverter but has twice as many 120 volt connections. The only minor downside I have is that I wish the USB chargers wouldn't turn off when the inverter is off, but the reason for this is really personal so I won't be deducting points. This is a good unit and may buy more or even others from this company.

Pros
  • just fine
Cons
  • I vaguely remember