Review: Good, compact fast charger
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2014
This compact charger works as it should and fully charges a power-drained Kindle HD in 3 hours or so.  It gets warm but not hot (I had a heat problem with a cheapo charger last year) and it's small and handy.  Nice feature: the prongs fold into the body of the charger making it easy to carry in your pocket or bag. I use this to charge a Kindle Fire HD, an original Fire, and a Paperwhite and charge times seem to be reduced by about an hour or more.Warning: it's the same size and looks precisely like the lesser 5w charger and if you have both you'll have to make a mark on one so you can tell them apart.I have one BIG gripe about it, though: when I bought the Kindle HD the charger recommended by Amazon was the 5w regular charger. They did not recommend this Powerfast charger even though it was available at the same price. I only bought this Powerfast charger when it went on sale as an Amazon Deal of the Day. I really am annoyed about this.Does it have value? Only if the time element is important to you. I usually charge my Kindles overnight when needed, but occasionally need a quick charge for an hour or so and this is an ideal solution.