Has anyone attempted to use this to charge a laptop? Obviously another adaptor may be necessary, but just curious.
1996101
I am charging a tablet with mine right now, but I have never tried to charge my laptop with it. Maybe I can try it and let you know. It works fine for smartphones ans tablets.
1996102
Pretty sure it wouldn't work. This only outputs 5 volts. Pretty sure laptop batteries have much higher voltage and a much higher capacity.
2102535
I used a generic adapter with male USB connector at the opposite end so that I could charge it with my computer's USB port. As what Conley said, there is a possibility of the unit burning out but with the low amperage coming out of the computer, I haven't experienced any problems so far charging the device through this method. Been recharging the unit this way for the past 6 months if there isn't enough sunlight.
768703
I've tried charging mine with normal microUSB because I thought I'd gotten a bad AC adapter and the normal microUSB's won't register as charging and didn't seem to raise the power at all. Luckily for me, it turned out the AC adapter just has an odd proprietary plug that needed to be pushed slightly harder to click into place the first time, so I'm able to charge, but yeah, it was a bit of a disappointment to realize that it can't charge off of the same USB stuff all my other electronics use.
1677413
I haven't tried that; I use the USB receiver that it came with. I have a USB port extender on my laptop since it does take 2 ports.
2261693
You probably already tried this, add power to the adapter. it only works when it has power.
2261993
If you had it plugged into a computer it probably used the power from that. It didn't work for me without the adapter being plugged in. If you don't need it, just put it aside just in case you do at some point.
1767876
I don't think so. But you may want to check the Voltage/Amps your laptop needs and compare it to the one this charger supplies. On the other hand I don't know how you are planning to plug your laptop to a USB.
490066
I'm sorry but I have not experienced that issue. I'm using a Dell Inspiron. My charger is about 2 ft from my machine. Perhaps it's an issue with the proximity of the adapter to your laptop?
1389625
In order to get this unit to work with my hard drive I had to use an external power supply so i would have to think that you would be better off with a direct connection to the computer for charging any device. Hope this helps.
953906
Hello, I have a gamer type laptop, it requires high amperage. The charger gets very hot, and when my battery is low, during charging the screen flickers, not enough juice in the beginning. But it does work, hope this helps
2237767
You can do it without a problem . I used it to charge my laptop with 90W rating.
1925263
I haven't but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work. The plug just acts as an outlet & the power strip would be no different from any other device you were using. I just wouldn't load the strip up with a lot of things because it may draw too much current. One or 2 devices on the strip should be OK.
883395
It's not a charger per se - it is simply a passive adaptor. You could use it as a charger if you connect it to a source.
1617598
You can use a micro as charger or the adapter for a laptop. My micro sd port fell through so I am stuck with the laptop.
492547
I use it to extend the desktop from my laptop to another monitor and it works just fine. I don't have personal experience beyond that. If you are extending to more monitors than the main and one more, you may be able to use two adaptors; just a guess.
760270
No, but just use a USB adaptor? you can get some cheap laptop adapters, too.
856820
Not sure what adaptor you are referring to. I use USB from hp laptop to dock. Dock does not charge laptop