A few months ago I had a detailed look at the product design, features and practical use of the SKROSS World Travel Adapter 3, which I found a brilliant piece of engineering and an excellent travel companion.

In today’s article I will have a look at another great accessory that easily fits the bag of every modern nomad. It is the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger.

“The “Midget” is a mini-format 12V USB charger suitable for cars, trucks, RV’s and boats. Great for charging mobile phones, mp3 players, GPS/navigation devices and digital cameras.”

SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger hardware design

The picture above shows you an angeled view of the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger, in the well known World Connect branding that is also seen on the World Travel Adapter 3.

You can clearly see the USB port in the middle, with -in the picture above- a SKROSS logo below. Just above the USB port you can see a light grey circle, which is the charging LED that lights up red when you are charging a mobile electronic device.

Furthermore you can see the eye-catching gold colored contact points. The SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger has a rim on the top, that makes it easy to release it from the cirgarett charger in your car.

In the picture above you can see the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger on the left and a normal sized USB car charger on the right. Roughly speaking is the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger hakf the size, and it easily fits every bag.

Furthermore you can read on the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger specification sheet:

• Input voltage: 12 volt;
• Output voltage: 5.0 +/- 0.25V;
• Output current: 1000 mA;
• 24 month warranty

Remarkably is the 1000mA output current, which distinguishes quality chargers from the cheap nade in china imitations.

Overall conclusion and wrap-up

I have been using the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger over the past months and charged different types of mobile devices: several smartphones including the HTC HD2, HTC Snap, T-Mobile G1, HTC Tattoo, my Zune HD 32GB multimedia player, and a Jawbone Bluetooth headset.

All devices chargerd perfectly and the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger was a perfect combination with the Gomadic Power Hot Sync and Charge Straight USB Cable with TipExchange.

A few weeks ago I spent a weekend sailing on a boat and used the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger to keep all mobile devices charged. For my Lenovo X60 tablet notebook I used the Lenovo 90W Ultraslim AC/DC Combo Power Adapter, simply because this adapter has a build-in fuse !

Overall is the SKROSS Midget USB Car Charger a very compact and lightweight charger, and despite it is called midget it is a real giant in its performance and design. Especially the 1000 mA current output makes it work flawelessly with every device out there !