To those of you looking for a contemporary review and to answer some questions, I wanted to make a few comments. First of all, as many additional reviewers have mentioned in their five star ratings and to answer some of you that have left one or two star ratings, this is an AC Adapter, as mentioned in the product description and the box itself. This is not a charger, not a docking rank. This is merely an electrical plug that works with the Leap Frog products. Whether you have rechargable batteries or not, this item is not intended to charge those. This is to be plugged in even as using the unit, as you would a television. If you want a portable unit, place in the batteries. We use this ac adapter when we are at home, in view of the fact that most kids sit in one place even as using these toys, it is no problem to plug it into the nearest outlet. We place in fresh batteries when we head to an airport or when we are in the car. That being said, the second issue, which really made me wonder whether to order this or not, is whether it works for the LeapPad or Leapster Examiner units. It does. In fact, the version we received is exactly as shown – a white adapter with a rounded/domed plug – and the box really says on the front and back that it works for ALL Leapster Learning Systems – explicitly stating that it includes the Leapster Examiner and the LeapPad Examiner. We have a Leapster 2 as well as the LeapPad and this works for both of them. Why the product description mentions that it isn’t compatible with the Examiner systems, I do not know. The only reason I can reckon of is that Leap Frog has updated this item in view of the fact that it originally appeared and now includes those systems. Of course, what you receive could always vary from what someone else received, but we just got ours this week (May 6, 2012) and the pictured item is what we recieved, even if the description doesn’t match. As far as I am concerned, this is a very honest price for an electrical alternative to batteries, especially if it works for all the units Leap Frog now makes. Oh and one last answer that I couldn’t find before I ordered it – the cord length is 6.5 feet (78 inches).

I choose with the additional 99.99% of reviewers. Certainly 5 star. I hesitated on buying it and now am wondering why. Like it! Things I reckon would be caring to additional people: Once you attach it to the Leapster it involuntarily blocks the device from getting power from the batteries so it doesn’t hurt the batteries or device. Additional game devices with AC adapters they tell you to remove the batteries, but with the Leapster AC adapter you can keep the batteries in according Leap Frog. The cord stays into the device excellent and doesn’t fall out. The cord is really long. The outlet plug end had a smaller 3/4 inch thick box extension with the prongs behind the larger power pack box that makes it simpler for the plug to be tightly snug against the plug socket outlet at home or in the car if it has an three pronged AC power outlet like mine. You can’t walk more than approximately (haven’t measured it)6 feet away, but if you were playing a PlayStation, X-box, or Nintendo 64, most kids stay sitting in one spot even as they play games even if it is an handheld game console. And when we need his Leapster 2 to be portable he has his rechargeable AA batteries inside. Even rechargeable batteries can be recharged only so many era before you have to replace them as well. Buying this has saved us so much on how often we have to recharge or buy replacement rechargeable batteries.
Update: We used this on a road trip vacation from Florida to Niagara Falls, New York all the way up on the United States/Canadian border and this was a life saver on the extremely long…long road trip in a car. Like I said my car has an three pronged AC power outlet. Worrying about his rechargeable batteries having to be recharged and replaced over and over on the road was not a issue.

I bought the Leapster Leappad for my child and wanted another way for her to use it rather then buying batteries all the time and chose to buy this AC adapter. I was kinda concerned that this would not work with that particular device but it does, theres a slot for the adapter to pull in and I do not have to worry about having to buy batteries all the time.