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(More customer reviews)I bought this to replace a Griffin PowerPod Firewire Charger that I also got at Amazon. The Griffin lasted about 6 Months and then stopped working and started to fall apart. The DLO seems much more robust so I am hoping it will make it past the six month mark. I use these firewire auto chargers for an old 10 gig 3rd generation iPod from 2003...same as the one featured in The Book Of Eli...that i run with a cassette adapter for driving. The old girl sounds fine but she just doesn't hold a charge like she used to. Which is where the charger comes in of course. I try to use the auto charger as little as possible, sort of an emergency back up plan if I forget to fully charge the old iPOD. I am pretty sure charging on your car battery can be quite taxing on the electrical system in a car. Especially in a car like mine that is older than the iPOD! The kit includes two iPOD cables; one firewire, one usb, that are 'retractable'. They work fine as cables but they don't really seem to retract easily. At least I couldn't get them to without some fuss. Still it is nice to have the retracted short cables for charging from a outlet at my 'charging station' using a regular charger. buying this kit is cheaper than buying replacement/spare cables. And it's also cheaper than buying a battery replacement kit which is what an old iPOD probably needs. If you are looking at this product and reading this, you are probably in the same boat, trying to squeeze a few more listening miles out of an old firewire iPOD. So bottom line, it works fine, just as expected but it's no big deal, which is why I say Meh. Having owned both, I'd recommend the DLO over the Griffin, even though I generally like Griffin products. Just check back with me in six months!
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