Insignia™ - 3.6A USB Charger Wall Outlet - White

Bought 3 of these when on sale, replaced two outlets above the kitchen counters with these and makes it nice when company comes over and as usual need to charge their phones, no longer searching for a place to plugin. Has charged various phones, iPhone/Android (with correct cords) and tablets with no issues and with two additional outlets one can even plug in 4 devices. Installation is simple,remove old outlet and replace. But be sure to turn off the breaker to kill the power to the outlet first. Wires attach easily using the screw lock tabs, slip the wire behind the tab and screw it tight. Tamper resistant plug outlet is a nice added feature with kids around.

I ordered both this Insignia and a dual pack of Dynex charger/outlets. The insignia has a 3.6 amp charging capability and the Dynex has a 2.4 amp capacity. I first installed one of the Dynex. It charged my IPhone and IPad just fine. The problem with the Dynex were the Tamper Proof outlet covers. These are to make the device safe from kids inserting things into the 120 volt outlet. While safe, the Dynex made it next to impossible to plug things in. The safety covers would seldom open and it was extremely frustrating plugging things in. The Insignia not only has a higher charging capacity, the tamper proof covers are much easier to use and do not cause the frustration I experienced with the Dynex models. I addition, the Insignia has a one year warranty while the Dynex was only 90 days. I fully recommend the Insignia brand!

Half a century ago the Wriggley Company created an ad campaign for their Double-Mint flavor gum, touting the fact it was "two mints in one". Well, somebody must have been paying attention to that concept when they decided to combine two power sources in a single electrical device. This little number is a standard 115v duplex receptacle that also has the transformer capacity to charge your favorite tech toys without the need for an external charging device, Every room should have one of these. The only downside is the retail price. But, if you are patient enough to wait until these babies are on sale, they are a good value. That will ease your pain financially. No matter how smart your phone or sophisticated the device or notebook, it's useless if the battery is dead. Which reminds me, please turn OFF the power before you install the receptacle, because you too will be useless if dead. Be safe.

Not difficult to install. It's just like any other electrical outlet, just a little bigger, so a tighter squeeze into the box. Has a nice clean look. I bought 4 of them on sale - 1 for myself and 3 gifts. On the one I installed myself, one USB didn't work, then a week later, both USBs didn't work. I ended up finding an external device at Bed, Bath & Beyond that does just as well, so my daughter can take hers to college and bring it back home. I ended up taking back two of the gifts and replacing them with the external plug-in model. I replaced mine that didn't work and it seems to be OK. I will return the defective one and the other. The 4th is far away with my son - too far away to get it back. Hopefully it works for him.

Installed this in the kitchen so that my wife loves to watch her shows on her iPad while cooking and baking (which she loves btw). Now she can keep both her iPad and her BT external speaker fully charged as he enjoys her shows ... without having to have bulky charging bricks blocking her normal outlets. Previous posters said that the tamper-proof outlet caused them a problem. Yes, the initial use of the outlets was a little difficult, but by jiggling the plug the outlets allowed the item to be plugged in normally, so that is not an issue really. I'm buying another one today as they are on sale again. Will put this one in the bedroom ....

I was very excited about my new outlets for the convenience of built in USB connections with my standard outlets. I had no issue installing them. That is the only plus. Over time I found that if I had a USB cable plugged in I could not fit in a standard 3 prong connector at the same time. The cable and plug would bump into each other. Now I cannot plug anything into the outlets. It is like the outlet is closed. No matter what I do I cannot insert any normal appliance connector. How is it possible they worked one day and not the next? It is all one piece so there is nothing to adjust. I am installing my original outlets tomorrow. My advice, skip the cool factor and stick with what works.

I installed 4 of these. They're pretty simple to install, even though I know next to nothing about electrical work. The first three went in with no problems. 2 receptacles had 1 BL, 1 WH, 1 GND; 1 had 2 BL, 2 WH, 1 GND. The 4th one had 1 BL, 1 WH, 1 RED, 1 GND. I believe the RED is for the wall switch to be able to operate a lamp. I wired it up exactly like the receptacle it replaced, but the wall switch-to-lamp no longer worked. I then tried every other different combination of wires in holes, keeping RED and BL on the correct side and the WH on the other (never crossing over). IOW, I had 4 holes, and 3 wires, but no combination worked to get my switch-to-lamp to work. The USB's work great though.

Having read some of the reviews I was apprehensive about purchasing this. But it went on sale for a price I could not pass up and I am glad I did. It is rather large but if you have a standard sized outlet you should not have a problem. I think it would be an improvement to have the option to screw in the wires on the side rather than only being able to insert them at the back as that adds to its size . I did have an issue first time I tried to use the regular outlets, but after one try they worked fine. USB's are great and as others have noted its nice to be able to use the outlets as well as charge your devices, getting rid of their bricks. We use them for LG and Iphones and they charge very quickly....Will probably buy another one when they go on sale again....