This charger is great. I have been testing it out most of today. It totally works, I was a little freaked out when it came in the mail and the packedge said it would not work with my Ipod Video. After doing some research I found out it would work fine. The only thing that is not compadable is the part that holds the battery & Ipod together. I will be traveling to India in a couple of weeks and it will take me about 30 hours of travel to get there and 32 to get back. Looking forward to giving this a real road test (will be making this trip a couple time a year).Pros: It work's, AA battereies are available just about everywhere, I can catch up on by back log of podcasts on a brian numbing flight, it is a cheap solution to my problem.Cons: bigger & heavier than the Ipod, wish the pigtail was longer, the part that holds the battery & Ipod together does noth work with 5th generation Ipod.