Pros & Cons
Pros
Great little gadget and much better than most others on market. No problems apart from coil flex is very tight. I just hope the glue lasts!
Plastic collar increases the size of the plug and keeps it in place in the fiat's socket. Fiat use the bigger european size socket.
Highlights
Quality
Good quality works well like the two little sides that slide out so you can screw it down so it doesnt move if you like
Works really well with the colour led power indicator
The plug for the dashcam kept falling out so a quick internet search told me that most car manufacturers and the makers of powe... Read More
What i have often found with in car multi sockets is that they are fragile and often do not connect well with the in car power sockets
Price
Great product at an extremely low price
Competitiveness
Used to power a dashcam and sat nav
Used to power a dashcam and aftermarket reversing sensors from single lighter socket
A basic 12v adapter for a car
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What i have often found with in car multi sockets is that they are fragile and often do not connect well with the in car power sockets
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had searched to no avail various websites looking for a simple solution to the problem caused by car makers producing two slightly different size power sockets that were incompatible
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Then i chanced on this product from ring which by dint of a simple collar on the plug solved the problem
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However when i fitted the plastic ring inside the cigarette socket it was a bit loose and popped out when the sat nav was plugged in
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I could see it would work nicely if only the plastic ring would stay in place
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I telephoned the manufacturer and they explained that there are different sizes of small cigarette lighter sockets and that those from japan or the usa are larger than those from europe
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Ir is only a fraction of a difference so i used two part epoxy glue to carefully glue the plastic ring inside the socket and so far so good
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Plug keeps working loose in the car