HEXUS.winners win4FREE competition

In case you missed it, the latest HEXUS.winners win4FREE competition is giving our HEXUS.community members the opportunity to win one of four FSP NB PLUS notebook adaptors.

Though we've had plenty of convincing entires so far, the competition ends this Sunday July 13th, so there's still time for you to enter.

So, how can you win one? Well, it's really quite simple, in order to get your hands on one of four FSP NB PLUS adaptors, all you have to do is answer the following question:

The notebook adaptor currently goes by the name of "NB PLUS", which we feel is a little unimaginative. If you were to rename the product, what would you call it?

That's all there is to it! We won't be accepting e-mail entries for this one, answers must be posted in our HEXUS.community forum by no later than July 13th 2008.

Remember, we've got four adaptors to give away, so we'll be hand-picking four suggested product names that really tickle our fancy.

So, what are you waiting for? Head on over to the HEXUS.community forums and post your answers. Good luck everyone, we'll be picking the four lucky winners soon after the competition closes.

Rules and Regulations

The competition winners will be picked at random from all eligible entries that arrive by midnight of the closing date, July 13th 2008
Competition entries are only applicable via the HEXUS.community forums
In event of any dispute the judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
Only one entry is permitted per household. The winner will be notified by email no later than 14 days after the closing date
The grand prize is one of four FSP NB PLUS adaptors
HEXUS.net will do everything to ensure a speedy delivery of of your prize, we cannot guarantee a delivery date
In the event that the prize offered is unavailable due to circumstances beyond our control, we reserve the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater specification
Competitions are open to residents in the UK who are over 12 years of age
Entrants can be assured that no details will be kept on file or re-distributed
Prize Draws are not open to employees of HEXUS.net and their affiliates, agencies, suppliers, sponsors and members employees' immediate families
Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions

Useful links

Where to buy: Scan.co.uk
Official product page: FSP NB PLUS Adaptor

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It's the same problem as with the previous adapter, the FSP120-AAC - it just doesn't work with enough laptops to be a consideration for most. When I bought mine there was so little documentation to tell you what it worked with. It just lists sizes and widths of the tips, but who knows what size their socket is? It should list the series of notebooks it works with (eg, Acer TravelMate 2300 series, which ought to encompass all 11 millions laptops they released with relatively subtle differences), and they should be actively testing and adding to that list with more tips or tip packs available for purchase.

Mine doesn't fit my XPS M1530 or HP nx6310 at all. That in itself isn't too much of a problem, but it would be a much more attractive purchase if I could add their and other product's support to it.

If they introduced a means of adding compatibility over time, then this is almost an impulse buy for companies who have a range of different laptops bought over a few years - smaller schools like our own for instance. A much less attractive buy with such limited compatibility though, and too expensive as a second charger. As such, I'm struggling to see any real market they could target.

Ending on a positive, at least this one is much slimmer than the previous one. That thing is simply massive - just as long as this new one, but with the depth of a more normal adapter too. Not too fussed personally, as I don't move it around - it's purely for laptops I pull out of trolley's to work with - but you couldn't carry it around at all. This looks to be a good improvement on that - better long and thin than thick and bulky.