It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
@Yoda_Daenerys@shawn my order page currently shows only the canceled order (ol’ fashined) for 2, but i later received a confirmation email for 1 order and then 2 more - i guess i need to check the timing closer
“Everybody has some weird little idea of what they’d do with an electrical outlet in the car. Whatever yours is, you’ll find this power inverter useful enough to be worth eight bucks.” Answer: Stocking Stuffers. Let them figure it out. historic-manic-protest
This is one of those odd items that tends to sell out fairly quickly. Bought it a few minutes after it went up and figured there were 60 minutes to cancel.
Should be handy for camping. The 200 watt TRIPP-LITE on Amazon is probably better, but not three times the price better.
Besides, gotta amortize that VMP over more than one item this month. limber-informally-airplane
Two years? Not 30/60/90 days? That’s crazy talk for an 8 buck electrical do-dad. Sign me up. (Of course it’ll cost 8 bucks to ship back for repair/replacement. Better buy 2 or 3.)
As a person who is still on the go I love my CyberPower CPS150CHURC1 150W power inverter!!! The Power Inverter 2.1-Amp CPS150CHURC1 from CyberPower converts a 12V DC outlet to AC power to rapidly charge and operate a portable DVD player, laptop computer, digital camera, small power tool, or any mobile device that uses up to 150 watts of power. The CyberPower CPS150CHURC1 features an AC outlet, a DC outlet, and a 2.1-Amp USB power port. It provides surge protection and automatic shutdown to safeguard connected devices. A two-year limited warranty comes with the CyberPower CPS150CHURC1 so you know if it ever fails they will have your back!!!
I like how it provides safety features… it provides surge protection and automatic shutdown to protect electronics against power fluctuations, temperature, short circuit, and high or low battery conditions. I like how it safeguards electronics against power fluctuations from vehicle startup and shutdown. I also like how the automatic shutdown prevents my battery from draining.
I also love the USB port, with its 2.1AMPS of power it rapidly charges and powers USB devices such as tablets (including iPad), smartphones, MP3 players, and other mobile accessories.
In for 4 in 200 watt and of course I got VMP… it’s the best deal in traveling wave inversion.
Seems like a good enough, late Father’s Day gift. Won’t get it till like, next year though. /Buy
/image This is my 3rd buy this month, someone send help.
I couldn’t say no to that awesome picture of Irk driving in his pimpmobile and popping popcorn. Meh, because boring product, but I also bought it. Also, I kind of need it since my car charger for my phone stopped working. This will be worth the eight bucks.
All I need this for is occasionally charging my laptop and camera battery. I mentioned this in a discussion for a more powerful, direct-wired inverter. @baqui63 and @mehdaf remembered and pointed this one out.
@craigthom I’m glad it worked out! This one is even more useful than the small Cobra one that I bought the first time around, since this one has a cord. However, mine does have one advantage, every time I talk about it, it makes me think of this:
@craigthom I am not sure why, but I am seriously considering buying some of these. (I already have one in the trunk of my car that I don’t use, though it isn’t this cute and doesn’t have the USB charging ports.)
Well, the /buy didn’t work, at least not within the few minutes of time I gave it. I got three the regular way.
I do note that when I type a slash in the leftmost column, I get a menu of choices (yay! for javascript or whatever), but typing “/b” leaves nothing in said menu. Maybe /buy only works at the top level in a topic?
TL;DR: the /buy didn’t seem to work. Probably my fault. I got three the old fashioned way.
@salaosantiago The automagical VMP buy command will have mediocrebot put up an image but you might have to find your own…I’m not all that hip to the slash commands. Let’s try giphy.
I’ll put it next to the other inverter that’s just been sitting in the car. Maybe they’ll mate or something.
onerous-moral-frog
(Yeah, I chose this image over the compromising pic of Prince Harry that also came up with those search terms. ??)
@mehdaf ya, my first two selections were too much weird boob rubbing for a shopping site. Why a breast pump string gave me a Breakfast Club gif is one of life’s grand mysteries.
@givemehdeal If you built an adaptor and waited long enough, in theory, yes.
But you’d need multiple tanks of gasoline to run it long enough to just charge the tesla once. There are probably better ways to waste time and energy.
@narfcake I suppose next you’re going to dash my hopes and dreams of using my blowdryer, brewing a pot of coffee, and running a photocopier in the backseat of my car… I mean, I have a power strip I could plug into it! Sheesh!
@msaragia Welcome to meh! May God have mercy on your wallet.
In the blurb at the top of each deal thread there are all sorts of details–one being the estimated delivery time. For this one it says: Estimated Delivery: 7/5 - 7/7
These really rock. I was able to test the usb output to 3.15 amps and it was still giving 4.95v. It also runs my 127 watt crock pot for hours. uses less power than the 2800w outback inverter. I’m totally off grid, solar/generator to charge a 5000ah battery bank, and this is the best inverter from meh yet. way better than the cobras.
Ok used this on a battery jumper box as main source to plug in the converter which makes it alot more portable totally silent really nice item the pack didnt go down much as i charged my laptop from dead to fully charged impressive for this price point will be picking up more as gifts next go at it TY MEH GREAT JOB AGAIN WITH THE BARGINS
Specs
User Manual (PDF)
Condition: New
Warranty: 2 Years CyberPower
Estimated Delivery: 7/5 - 7/7
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x AC Mobile Power Inverter
Pictures
Power inverter
Ports
Vertical other side
Car
Price Comparison
$38.27 at Amazon (6 reviews)
Find a relevant price comparison? Please share it in a comment in this thread
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, February 11th - Monday, February 18th
It’s Electric!
@Stallion boogie woogie woogie
@Stallion Boogie woogie woogie!
@Stallion
You can’t see it!
@Stallion Get It On (Bang a Gong)!
You gotta feel it!
Oooooh, it’s shaking …
You gotta know it!
Now you can’t hold it!
It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
By the way … Modern Prometheus … worst pacing of any novel, ever.
5 pages describing a walk in the woods.
Then creates the monster, start to finish, in one paragraph.
Brilliant idea, horrible execution.
Kind of like Victor’s …
Meh
Ready,set…Charge! Power up Mehers
@AttyVette
Power to the Mehple?
/buy
@dewaynelawson It worked! Your order number is: haphazard-tan-partridge
/image haphazard-tan-partridge
@mediocrebot Good job @Barney!
Good job @mediocrebot!
@chacham Hmm…
Hmm… maybe
No, it’s not phallic at all.
@mike808
You might want to see a doctor about that.
How hot will this get?
/image inexpensive-gritty-salami
so test cases
i bought two the ol’ fashioned way and canceled, now i’m going to order 1 and edit and then order 2
/buy --quantity 2
@Yoda_Daenerys It worked! Your order number is: generous-handmade-motion
/image generous-handmade-motion
@Yoda_Daenerys seems like only 1 ordered
@Yoda_Daenerys next test case - order 6 more
/buy --quantity 6
@Yoda_Daenerys @shawn my order page currently shows only the canceled order (ol’ fashined) for 2, but i later received a confirmation email for 1 order and then 2 more - i guess i need to check the timing closer
@Yoda_Daenerys still says only a cancelled order and i’m too lazy to prove it with my screen capture
Good job @mediocrebot!
Don’t worry, nobody’s perfect.
/giphy doomed-knitted-butterfly
It has “cyber” right there in the name, it must be awesome, right?
I feel bad for the Amazon review dude who paid $63.59 for one @ BestBuy. But serves him right for walking in the door.
@RedOak
/giphy walking in the door
“Everybody has some weird little idea of what they’d do with an electrical outlet in the car. Whatever yours is, you’ll find this power inverter useful enough to be worth eight bucks.” Answer: Stocking Stuffers. Let them figure it out. historic-manic-protest
VMP bait!
(Sorry, @unixrab. I succumbed.)
@narfcake
So convenient, now I don’t have to go all the way to Tosche Station to get my power inverters!
/buy --quantity -1
@awk It worked! Your order number is: worst-meaningless-power
/image worst-meaningless-power
@mediocrebot Appropriate order number, but I ordered quantity NEGATIVE ONE buddy.
@awk i wonder what would happen if you’d buy -100 fuko’s?
Good job mediocrebot!
This is one of those odd items that tends to sell out fairly quickly. Bought it a few minutes after it went up and figured there were 60 minutes to cancel.
Should be handy for camping. The 200 watt TRIPP-LITE on Amazon is probably better, but not three times the price better.
Besides, gotta amortize that VMP over more than one item this month. limber-informally-airplane
@RedOak Yep.
/image buy now, decide later
/buy
@Yoda_Daenerys It worked! Your order number is: invisible-distinguished-giraffe
/image invisible-distinguished-giraffe
Damn, captionbot correctly identified this as a “herd of giraffe standing in a field”. Good job captionbot!
@mediocrebot
Invisible? If I can see them, then am I The Chose One?
@MehnofLaMehncha you are the WON
@awk I want proof!
I think it’s a herd of giraffe standing on top of a field.
/captionbot
Good job @mediocrebot!
You too, @captionbot!
Two years? Not 30/60/90 days? That’s crazy talk for an 8 buck electrical do-dad. Sign me up. (Of course it’ll cost 8 bucks to ship back for repair/replacement. Better buy 2 or 3.)
As a person who is still on the go I love my CyberPower
CPS150CHURC1 150W power inverter!!! The Power Inverter 2.1-Amp CPS150CHURC1 from CyberPower converts a 12V DC outlet to AC power to rapidly charge and operate a portable DVD player, laptop computer, digital camera, small power tool, or any mobile device that uses up to 150 watts of power. The CyberPower
CPS150CHURC1 features an AC outlet, a DC outlet, and a 2.1-Amp USB power port. It provides surge protection and automatic shutdown to safeguard connected devices. A two-year limited warranty comes with the CyberPower
CPS150CHURC1 so you know if it ever fails they will have your back!!!
I like how it provides safety features… it provides surge protection and automatic shutdown to protect electronics against power fluctuations, temperature, short circuit, and high or low battery conditions. I like how it safeguards electronics against power fluctuations from vehicle startup and shutdown. I also like how the automatic shutdown prevents my battery from draining.
I also love the USB port, with its 2.1AMPS of power it rapidly charges and powers USB devices such as tablets (including iPad
), smartphones, MP3 players, and other mobile accessories.
In for 4 in 200 watt and of course I got VMP… it’s the best deal in traveling wave inversion.
The one in my car sucks and I’ve been wanting to replace it.
/buy
@capguncowboy It worked! Your order number is: inconsistent-childlike-otter
/image inconsistent-childlike-otter
Good job @mediocrebot!
/captionbot
I am not really confident, but I think it’s a couple of giraffes that are next to a graffiti covered wall.
In for 3. Keeping one for myself in case of an emergency and the others as gifts.
keen-ticklish-maid
@JT954 me too
So many inverters, and only 1 car…
/buy
@etheltheflog It worked! Your order number is: welcoming-aromatic-scale
/image welcoming-aromatic-scale
Good job @mediocrebot!
@awk i get it - power inverter - classy
@Yoda_Daenerys Yeah, he thought it was power inverted not inverter. Must be a problem with the r&d department
@chacham reminds me of a joke - what did the agnostic dyslexic schizophrenic ask himself?
@Yoda_Daenerys dog i, ma?
@airira is there a doG?
in for 3… this one will sell out quick. As others have said, buy one for yourself and the other 2 as a stocking stuffer. Be a hero.
what exactly is this thing? To me it just seems like an external charger… what’s the difference between that and an “inverter”?
@aarp changes DC in your car/boat/RV/MethTrailer to AC for charging your DC phone and DC laptop
/buy --color purple
@djslack It worked! Your order number is: mysterious-hateful-feast
/image mysterious-hateful-feast
The Hateful Eight was one wonky movie. Typical Tarantino.
Good job @mediocrebot!
Don’t let 'em try to trick you.
I love purple.
What happens if you plug it into itself?
@RedOak you perv…
@RedOak Infinite power loop
@RedOak It’s called Stromboli, and I’m not providing a link.
@chienfou your mind went there, not mine. I was thinking along scientific lines line @rcade81.
@RedOak DON’T CROSS THE STREAMS!!!
/buy
@haydesigner It worked! Your order number is: clean-frugal-squirrel
/image clean-frugal-squirrel
Good job @mediocrebot!
I guess it could power a speaker dock.
Seems like a good enough, late Father’s Day gift. Won’t get it till like, next year though. /Buy
/image This is my 3rd buy this month, someone send help.
@cbattick95 You got a long way to go to equal any help/intervention in this crew
My first Meh purchase in 18 months . . .
Good job @huja!
@huja Very Meh of you, you belong here!
@Barney Meh
@Stallion (ibid)
/buy
@keili30 It worked! Your order number is: arched-patient-wall
/image arched-patient-wall
Good job @mediocrebot!
/image legitimate-lapping-machine
/buy
@timmyboy1 It worked! Your order number is: curt-exhausted-advice
/image curt-exhausted-advice
@mediocrebot I’ll bet the advice exhaustively given to Curt was “don’t quit your day job”
Good job @mediocrebot!
/buy
@ciabelle It worked! Your order number is: hazardous-elusive-memory
/image hazardous-elusive-memory
Good job @mediocrebot!
/giphy deep
@ciabelle A young John Elway?
/buy --quantity 42 --color unicorn
@chacham Sorry, you can only buy 3 more of these (you already bought 0).
Good job @mediocrebot!
Stop those cheaters!
/buy --color unicorn
@chacham It worked! Your order number is: carnivorous-rolly-crusader
/image carnivorous-rolly-crusader
Good job @mediocrebot!
So you’re letting the riffraff buy?
The model number CPS150CHURC1 isn’t all that bad… CPS: CyberPower Systems. 150: 150 watts AC. CHU: Charges USB. RC1: uhh, in church?
Also, the popcorn popper in the last image has to be at least 1250W, so no go, Irk. Sorry.
I couldn’t say no to that awesome picture of Irk driving in his pimpmobile and popping popcorn. Meh, because boring product, but I also bought it. Also, I kind of need it since my car charger for my phone stopped working. This will be worth the eight bucks.
/giphy eternal-handy-brush
/buy
@lehigh It worked! Your order number is: grotesque-furrowed-ladybug
/image grotesque-furrowed-ladybug
@Good job mediocrebot!
In for 2. A steal at 8 bucks.
/giphy legitimate-torn-sycamore
/buy
@generalredneck Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members. Become a VMP.Good job @mediocrebot!
Way to sell the VMP!
@generalredneck
@unixrab HA HA thought it was worth a shot! but… did it the old fashion way and decided to pick up 2
All I need this for is occasionally charging my laptop and camera battery. I mentioned this in a discussion for a more powerful, direct-wired inverter. @baqui63 and @mehdaf remembered and pointed this one out.
Meh discussions aren’t all snark.
@craigthom I’m glad it worked out! This one is even more useful than the small Cobra one that I bought the first time around, since this one has a cord. However, mine does have one advantage, every time I talk about it, it makes me think of this:
@craigthom I am not sure why, but I am seriously considering buying some of these. (I already have one in the trunk of my car that I don’t use, though it isn’t this cute and doesn’t have the USB charging ports.)
Ok, let’s try this:
/buy --quantity 3
Well, the /buy didn’t work, at least not within the few minutes of time I gave it. I got three the regular way.
I do note that when I type a slash in the leftmost column, I get a menu of choices (yay! for javascript or whatever), but typing “/b” leaves nothing in said menu. Maybe /buy only works at the top level in a topic?
TL;DR: the /buy didn’t seem to work. Probably my fault. I got three the old fashioned way.
/buy --quantity 2
@salaosantiago Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members. Become a VMP.@salaosantiago
@therealjrn I feel less than mediocre
@salaosantiago you know what to do if you want to feel Very Mediocre.
Good job @mediocrebot!
@RedOak
Thought I was? ;’(
@salaosantiago /image nonsensical-paramount-caption
Is that how this works?
@salaosantiago The automagical VMP buy command will have mediocrebot put up an image but you might have to find your own…I’m not all that hip to the slash commands. Let’s try giphy.
/giphy nonsensical-paramount-caption
@salaosantiago It would have worked if it was on its own line, like
/image nonsensical-paramount-caption
@salaosantiago slash command must be at the beginning of the line
@chacham
/image slash command
@chacham Thanks, this is all starting to make too much sense.
Sure, might need it for something, someday.
/giphy simplistic-amusing-history
I’ll put it next to the other inverter that’s just been sitting in the car. Maybe they’ll mate or something.
onerous-moral-frog
(Yeah, I chose this image over the compromising pic of Prince Harry that also came up with those search terms. ??)
The wife vetoed this one. Her boob milking machine already has a car adapter, which is the only thing I own that this would’ve been used on.
/giphy Madela breaster pumper
@vanslaterco giphy fail
@mehdaf ya, my first two selections were too much weird boob rubbing for a shopping site. Why a breast pump string gave me a Breakfast Club gif is one of life’s grand mysteries.
Oh well, i think i have to buy 2. Someone’s going to want one and ask them why i didn’t buy 2. At $8, might as well.
/buy --color unicorn --order-number alert-tight-bike
@chacham It worked! Your order number is: alert-tight-bike
/image alert-tight-bike
@chacham You can add-on to your previous order? Kewl!
@therealjrn I can order up to three, and with VMP free shipping, it really doesn’t matter how many orders it ends up being.
Right now, at least, it’s showing up as two orders with two order numbers.
@chacham So the alert-tight-bike was your own creation as the order number?
@therealjrn i have no idea what you are talking about.
/me whistles nervously and turns away
Good job @mediocrebot!
/image fattest-rejoicing-fruit
/buy Utah, get me two.
@FloridaOrange Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members. Become a VMP.@mediocrebot Damnit Jim!
/buy --quantity 2
@chienfou It worked! Your order number is: easy-loathsome-uranus
/image easy-loathsome-uranus
@mediocrebot
Good job @mediocrebot!
giggle
@chienfou @Barney
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/uranus-is-the-future
/image small-pungent-honey
/image velvety-terrible-shark
@Snapster, almost 3,000 sold? You must have bought a shitload of these gadgets. And now we’re doing the same. Kudos.
is it high power enough to charge tesla using this?
@givemehdeal If you built an adaptor and waited long enough, in theory, yes.
But you’d need multiple tanks of gasoline to run it long enough to just charge the tesla once. There are probably better ways to waste time and energy.
I can finally make toast in my car!
@warpedrotors 150w peak, 120w running, no you can’t. Some slow cookers are low enough in wattage to work, but that’s about it for cooking appliances.
@narfcake Don’t shit on my dreams, man! I think you’re overestimating the power of my worthless toaster.
@narfcake I suppose next you’re going to dash my hopes and dreams of using my blowdryer, brewing a pot of coffee, and running a photocopier in the backseat of my car… I mean, I have a power strip I could plug into it! Sheesh!
/buy --quantity 3
@Mehrocco_Mole It worked! Your order number is: melted-ebbing-dinosaur
/image melted-ebbing-dinosaur
Good job @mediocrebot!
It’s kinda amusing to think about the potential for lost sales (if any) by narrowing the ability to use /buy command
/image ridiculous-forum-rules
@unixrab OTOH, they may become MORE tempted to sign up for VMP after failing to /buy.
/image kawaii marshmallows shirt
@narfcake - they are drug dealers hooking people up to VMP… it’s a travesty
/image shameless-dealers-addiction
uh…wtf is that picture??
@unixrab A happy family buying VMP.
@Barney
/image no-no-no
Hey guys, I just joined meh and bought two of these. How long will it take to receive this (in Buffalo NY)?
@msaragia Welcome to meh! May God have mercy on your wallet.
In the blurb at the top of each deal thread there are all sorts of details–one being the estimated delivery time. For this one it says: Estimated Delivery: 7/5 - 7/7
@therealjrn Great. Thanks!
Aww - what the hey, they’re still here
/buy
@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: vibrant-furious-mink
/image vibrant-furious-mink
@ManBehindPlan I had an earlier order too:
/image healthy-creamy-zombie
That be plain scary…
/captionbot
I am not really confident, but I think it’s a dog is holding a sign.
Good job @mediocrebot!
/giphy garish-agonizing-spider
Got heem.
/giphy marginal granular baseball
Goddamnit, I hate the Cardinals.
What’s up with those sales in the states around the Great Lakes? Stocking the fishing rigs?
/buy --quantity 3
@lisameh It worked! Your order number is: straight-vibrant-siren
/image straight-vibrant-siren
Good job @mediocrebot!
I got re-meh’d @ #ceo
/buy
@Foresterh It worked! Your order number is: vigorous-contagious-salamander
/image vigorous-contagious-salamander
@mediocrebot thanks! That order number pretty much describes meh…
Good job @mediocrebot!
I’m sure that I’m going to get a real charge out of this when it finally arrives.
/buy
@opivp99 Oops, sorry. You’re too late.
Good job @mediocrebot!
I’m late. I’m late for an important date. No time to say hello, goodbye. I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!
Just seeing what would happen - thanks
These really rock. I was able to test the usb output to 3.15 amps and it was still giving 4.95v. It also runs my 127 watt crock pot for hours. uses less power than the 2800w outback inverter. I’m totally off grid, solar/generator to charge a 5000ah battery bank, and this is the best inverter from meh yet. way better than the cobras.
Ok used this on a battery jumper box as main source to plug in the converter which makes it alot more portable totally silent really nice item the pack didnt go down much as i charged my laptop from dead to fully charged impressive for this price point will be picking up more as gifts next go at it TY MEH GREAT JOB AGAIN WITH THE BARGINS
It worked good for a week and shorted out, now it makes a humming noise so into the trash. Too bad.
@jlaskey Have you even tried contacting CyberPower? These have a 2 year warranty.
God awful, blew my fuses faster than the hooker could eat a bomb pop