Now, we all know that there’s a lot of things you can use in your car that you can’t in your house.  And vice versa, actually–I know there’s a lot of things I’d love to be able to plug in while driving.  Charge my laptop, for one…and now, thanks to the Smart AC 120 USB Power Inverter, I can.

The Smart AC 120 USB Power Inverter is a kind of universal power adapter, able to handle most every kind of AC power demand, including USB port demand.  It will apparently work smoothly with laptops, dvd players, cell phones, televisions, game consoles, and even unexpected stuff like small power tools and portable fridges.  You can even hook a power strip to this thing and run your choice of devices from that.

I’m frankly amazed that you could operate all that kind of equipment from one power inverter.  Who needs a gas generator?  Buy a junker car, hook one of these to its cigarette lighter and run your whole house!  And do it on the cheap, too–these things cost just forty dollars apiece.

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You know how this goes–you’re out tailgating and someone brings out one of those awesome beer coolers or electric grills or what have you, and it’d be a great idea except no one knows where to plug it in.  Yeah, sure, you could hook it to your car’s cigarette lighter, but that could wear down the battery.

But now, that’s not even a problem with the 400 Watt Power Dome, a generator that fits in your car trunk.

Granted, four hundred watts is not a lot of juice.  It will, however, run a TV for five hours or a PS2 for eight on a full charge.  And, if you need more continuous power than a charge will carry, you can plug this into your cigarette lighter and, while running your car, run power through the Power Dome and use it like a giant inverter. You’ll have power until you run out of gas.

It’s a pretty nifty idea, and should really put a punch in campouts or tailgating.

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You know, it can be tough bringing all your mobile gadgets with you when you drive.  Your laptop’s a power-hungry little beastie, and trying to recharge your cell and your other gadgets can be a royal pain.

And don’t even get me started on the whole cigarette-lighter inverter concept.  That thing can be incredibly tough to use.

But this one is a bit different.  It’s shaped almost exactly like a Starbucks cup, and fits easily into your cup holder.  All you have to do is plug the thing into the cigarette lighter–which isn’t so bad–and then plug your devices into the top-mounted slots on the inverter currently in your cup holder.

Of course, the downside to this is that you lose your cup holder, but you gain a fast and easy place to plug in your devices.  And at the end of the day, isn’t that better than a handy place to stow the Big Gulp you really shouldn’t be drinking anyway?

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