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Buy a battery charger before you go travel with your Ipod Travel Tip.

I do not own an Ipod; however, it appears I do have a battery charger for an Ipod or other similar electronic devices.

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Panajachel, Lago Atitlan, Guatemala
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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Does your kid have an Ipod?

Do you have one?

How do you charge it?

If you are charging it only with a USB port on your computer, please do me a favor, buy a charger before you leave home, or carry a laptop.

Two friends came to visit me in Guatemala, neither of them had a way to charge their electronic device, they wanted me to loan them a USB port in my laptop computer.

Do you love music, do you want to watch movies, you need to purchase a charger, becauase you are not in Kansas anymore when you travel.

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Reader Submitted Comments

goingeverywhereslow said on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 10:11:00 AM

Andy,USB power adapters (chargers).Several from various manufacturers are available online for under $20 USD. The official Apple usb power adapter made for ipod/iphone is $29 USD. There is also a compact version that was recalled awhile back for breakage issues, not sure if the newer ones are better or not.Apple USB Power AdapterEric

ash said on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 10:13:00 AM

This is good advice, Andy. I have a similar device to an Ipod ('creative zen vision M') and the first thing I did when I bought it was buy a mains charger. More than anything else, it's much much quicker to charge this way, and I don't want to use my laptop's precious USB slots for this slow purpose.If, however, you have lots of items that can all be charged from USB, you can buy a mains plug that instead of having a power chord coming out of it has a couple of USB slots on it. So you can use the same cable, but from the wall socket. Here is an example of a british one (at a silly price) with an in-car version. I suspect any other nation's plug would be half the size (I do not carry british plugs when i travel!)

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 10:31:00 AM

I could not use my computer when it was charging, I was afraid of dropping the Ipod on the concrete floor as it hangs from the side.

Anonymous said on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 02:21:00 PM

The owner of that ipod does have a plug into the wall charger for that ipod he had with him, and the other had a compter with a usb port! Please tell me they are NOT both so clueless as to have known that!!!Jane

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 04:19:00 PM

This is a general tip Jane and they did try his Dads computer, I do not think he had a charger with him, something about using a clock next to his bed. The Ipod in the picture would not charge, he was testing on my computer, I think it was broken.Again, this is a Travel Tip, generalizing, not about specific people.

Anonymous said on Thursday January 8th, 2009 09:03:00 AM

Ah... my faith in their knowledge/abilities may not be misplaced!Glad their visit with you went well. Thanks!Jane

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Thursday January 8th, 2009 12:38:00 PM

Jane, do not expect much from us men, we truly do not run the planet.