AARP power adapter

[DeborahS194611]

This came as a free gift to charge other devices using a USB cord. It fried my JBL speaker and Ring camera battery as soon as I plugged them in!! 
now what?? Will you replace these items for me? 
huge loss! 

[carold738282]

Thank you for the heads up. This is supposedly on the way to my house. I will NOT be using it!

[philly19125rjc]

Are you kidding me? 

I plugged four devices into the power adapter, then plugged the adapter into an electrical outlet.  All four devices had power: 

-  printer 

-  scanner 

-  mouse 

-  portable CD drive 

The problem?  There was no way to use these 4 devices because my laptop is NOT part of the configuration.

I have a 3-port hub with a USB extension that connects to my laptop...so ALL 3 devices are powered, recognized, and usable by my laptop.  This garbage is TOFU (totally freaking useless).  Contrary to what is advertised by AARP, there is NO user manual. 

Any suggestions? 

[AARPConsumerCare]

I'm sorry to hear the power adapter didn't work as you expected, @philly19125rjc. The device is intended only to charge wireless devices. Please send me a private message with your name an address for further assistance. You may need to enable your private messages first. Learn more here: https://aarp.info/47hWcl7 - Diana G.

[DeborahS194611]

Unable to get to private message settings?