- Compatible With Iphone IPod,Smart phones
- Easy do it yourselftwo wire installation
- USB Port Protected with a Cap when not in use.
- Other Optional USB connectors are available
- Your Satisfaction is Guarnatee or your money back
The workmanship and quality seem good on these adapters, they come with sufficiently long cables that they're easy to attach and position pretty much where ever you'd like. The actual USB plug has a rubber cover that protects it and gives it it's weatherproof (not waterpoof) rating. I was able to mount it under my dash, so I doubt it will ever be an issue, but it is something to consider when installing it on a motorcycle. I also installed it so it was downward facing, so if water was to drip on it, and the cover wasn't on it, that it wouldn't go into the actual USB plug, but just on the outer housing.
All and all a good price and well made, simple to install and does exactly what I want.Great concept, however don't like that the LED indicator stays on all the time, probably if I found a way to connect to the ignition power supply so it cuts power to this thing when key is not in the ON position I'd be fine, but don't want to cut wires on front of bike.
If you use a trickle charger, I'm sure the small LED will not be an issue but could be over long amounts of time.Nothing fancy here. A fairly basic USB mount that I used on a 2012 Triumph Bonneville. Long wires, so can be mounted just about anywhere. I was a little concerned about the main body, as it has a small red LED light on it. I wired the unit to a constant power source, not a keyed source. But it has sat for several weeks without a trickle charger, and still fired up without problems. So the draw is to low to drain the battery. Normally I keep it on a trickle charger anyway. You also might want to put a piece of tape over the LED, or position in correctly. When first installing it, the LED shown down under the seat and was obvious at night. So I had to reposition it so as not to look odd. But otherwise, it powers my iphone and Sena SMH10 Bluetooth well.Installed on a 2007 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Silverado. Leads were very long (actually had to cut them down quite a bit). I used a plug that fits into the pigtails from my battery tender (didn't have time to find a good weatherproof switch yet). I installed it such that the voltage regulator is below the handlebar risers (so I can see the power LED when on the bike as a reminder to unplug it when the bike is off!).
Used it to power my cell phone to and from DC for Rolling Thunder and it worked great (used the phone to listen to music and to use it as a GPS). Nice side-effect of doing that was to allow my wife and daughter to track my progress via Google Latitude as the phone was able to update my position more frequently versus when on battery power.
Only drawback I ran into was the weatherproof fuse holders at Pep Boys are a lower gauge wire so finding a waterproof/heat shrink butt connector that worked was difficult. Although, given how much wire I had to trim meant I didn't have to cut it out and relocate it...
All in all, well worth the $20 I spent for it.Don't bother buying this. Was in a hurry ordered it and then spent hours trying to get it to work. In the end I threw it in the garbage. It wasn't even worth spending the time and money to replace.
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