Belkin F5C400-300W 2 Outlet Dc/Ac Inverter

This Belkin inverter is much louder than the 140 watt inverter (which is difficult to hear at all). You can easily drowned out the noise with your radio but the pitch was a little too high for me.
The 300 watt unit is only a little bigger with a second outlet than the 140 watt inverter. It comes with an automotive type fuse (30 amp) which does seem to be very useful if your car lighter fuse is 10 or 15 amp.

We bought this item so that we could use our laptop in the car and also to be able to plug in more items in our RV. I like that it has two outlets.
Some people have said it was "loud" but I didn't understand that at all. Yes, there is a quiet "whirring" sound from the fan, but if you're driving down a highway or have the radio on low, you'd never hear the fan.
I think it was a good purchase. Worth the money and I'd recommend it to a friend.

After that experience, I replaced the fuses in the auto for the power outlets and tried it again, but now unit was dead.
The only item plugged in was a DELL Laptop Computer.
I have not had time to pursue returning it as defective, but need to do so.

I purchased the Belkin AC power converter for my cross country trip from california to virginia. I am half way done with the trip and the power converter has worked extremely well. I am able to work on my laptop while my wife drives and the kids watch their portable dvd player in the back. This was a great purchase and I am also able to save by not having to purchase separate car chargers for my cell phones, they just plug into the power converter.

I got this unit to provide power to several devices while on the road. Unfortunately it has blown fuses in ever vehicle (at least the 3 I've tried). It's the fuses in the car, not on the unit itself. So a box of fuses later, I have yet to be able to get it work.

vibrates and hums a bit, but isn't obnoxious. Powers my MacBook Pro4 with no problems whatsoever. We intend to ocassionally use it with 2 laptops, but haven't tested that yet.

Make sure you realize it has an on and off switch for the power. Our old one didn't have an off switch, and it took me a good 15 minutes of stupidity to figure out why it wasn't working.

feels and looks sturdy and solid.

Bought Belkin F5C400-300W 2 Outlet Dc/Ac Inverter and it was the best buy. I have used it on road trips for my kids computers, hand held games, my Curling iron (no I wasn't driving)but was great when I was running out of time and needed to do my hair on the way), a crock pot for potlucks (we wanted to keep the food hot on the way to the party), Cell Phone charging (my son does not have a car charger), etc. The thing as you can tell has come in handy for many things as you can see. It has been such a great item I am purchasing another for my Mom. There are some reviews that say it is noisy but I am not sure which one they are referring to. The one I have listed above is very quiet. It is hard to hear the slight hum of the fan which keeps it cool. I have had it on with no radio on and you can hardly hear it. It is a wonderful inexpensive product, a great gift for the person hard to buy for. I am quite certain they will love it.




Belkin F5C400-300W 2 Outlet Dc/Ac InverterBelkin F5C400-300W 2 Outlet Dc/Ac Inverter

Works well. Charges my laptop on the go, lets me use an electric cooler, and an electric blanket. Kind of loud though and the outlets might be to close for some items.

great product; beats buying a new car charger for your cell phone every time you buy a new phone

The fan in our unit whirred fairly loudly to begin with, but also buzzed and rattled so loudly that you had to constantly tap it, shift its position, etc., to stop the buzzing.

I gave up eventually, and bought a different unit from a local Radio Shack, halfway through our road trip. This unit did have a quietly whirring fan which could be drowned out by the radio, iPod, etc., and I can live with that.