Pretty thorough article on the quality of wall chargers

[styrafoam]

http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html

Reviews in the vein of what you would see from johnnyguru on a power supply.

Summarized : beware of knock off chargers

 

[cardiac]

It has never been worth saving $3-4 on a junk charger....

 

[RossMAN]

I've been really happy with our BlackBerry Play Book 1.80A USB charger.

 

[styrafoam]

It has never been worth saving $3-4 on a junk charger....

Apple actually asks $20 for that little white cube, so i can understand the temptation.

 

[andylawcc]

what about charging with desktop/laptop? how does that compare?