i have a toshiba satellite 2405, and the adapter that came with my notebook died yesterday after serving me well for almost 3 years. so this morning i went to best buy and got the targus APA10US adapter. after i set it up, i discovered it makes a shrill, static-y sound that i could hear from the next room! so i returned it and got another one, hoping that it was a flaw with the specific adapter i got. turns out i was wrong -- the new one has the exact same problem! it's going back tomorrow, as well. oh, and the tip fits very badly. move the notebook or adapter even slightly, and the connection is lost... terrible, terrible product.

I was drawn in by the slim design, the 120W rating, and the convenience. I bought two of them, one for my old Sony VAIO and one for my new Asus M6Ne. They worked for about 8 months. Like some others here, I broke 2 tips in that time, just by lightly bumping into the plug while it was plugged into the laptop. The build quality of the tips is ridiculously bad. Also their connections are so loose, they were always disconnecting from the adapter cable unexpectedly.

A couple weeks ago, one of the adapters burned out while I was away on a trip. I had two hours of life on the battery and then I was stuck. A couple days later the other adapter died while running my other laptop. As others have said, Targus customer support is totally miserable. I tried to get RMA#s for both of the units, but after rounds of pointless emails back and forth ("what's the nature of the problem? what kind of laptop? blah blah blah") I'm just tossing them in the trash.

I found the Fellowes model 98448. It's only rated for 70W, which is just about enough (my laptops each need about 65W) and so again I bought two of them. The build quality is much better, the tips are rock solid on the cables and won't pop out accidentally.
I've only been using them for a few days, but so far so good.

I bought this item for my hp pavilion laptop. On the original package it's writen that it's compatible. However after using it only a couple of months, it suddenly stopped working. I called the company and they told me that it was written wrong on the package. They accepted their mistake but they would not do anything about it! They are still selling this product in the market although the information on the package is wrong! The customer support of this company is useless...Do not trust and buy this item! it's just waste of money!

I have only owned one product(APD10US)from Targus and I will not buy another adapter product from them. I had this unit approximately 6 months and rarely used it when it quit working. At the time, my battery was shot (the reason I needed an Auto/Air adapter in the first place) and I lost my complete spreadsheet that I had been working on while flying back from Las Vegas. After this happened, I was so frustrated that I decided not to go through the hassle of getting a replacement. No more cheap adapters for me. After doing extensive research the second time around, I bought a LIND(3 year warranty)instead back in March of last year and it has worked just fine (with lots of usage). Mainly accessing the internet through WiFi hotspots using my wireless card on my notebook. Compare the warranties on each company before you buy. I hope this information will help you make the right decision the first time.

This is what happened when you don't believe the review.

I'm intrigued by the look that appear on the web of this product and found a great deal at compusua. They sold it for $49.99, I rushed order and picked it up, afraid that it's special price won't last long.

The minute I saw it, yuck !, you can see the bad quality built even in the package. The plastic, the connector, the labels, all of it... yuck. It looks so good on the web.

Then well, it's such a good price, I'll try. I haven't left Compusa and tried several time in my car with Sony T150, wait and wait. Read the manual and find out what've I done wrong. It's still not providing any electricity to my notebook.

The adapter is such and ugly and awkward design. I don't know why it has to go so wide sideway. This is not a door key that you need a wing span to torque open something. It's hitting my protruding battery of T150 and it's just so so so ugly.

So, I went right back and exchange it for Kensington 33501 which look much better, better plastic quality, a bit pricey (in store $79.99) but the most important. It works right away - oop, haven't read the manual yet.

BTW. This is the 2nd Targus brand that I found common features (the other one is Bluetooh minimouse) - bad quality built, expensive, not working (or partially working). I guess no more Targus brand for me.