8890 on an airplane?

Nope. Planes only provide 70 Watts, your 8890 needs at least 95 to work and that's very iffy and only if the battery is removed or fully charged. The other problem you are going to face is the connector, so far, none of the commercial adaptors checked have a connector that fits the SAGER. Its a special weirdo DIN.

I had the same problem Pyrobob

Hey there,

I had the same problem. I use my Sager 8890 on the plane for about an hour and a half for part of a movie. Which kinda sucks. Especially since I go to school in Boston, and I live in Seattle. That's a six and a half hour straight flight with Alaska Airlines. I've found that the best way is to get to the airport early and watch the first part of the movie "plugged in" at the lobby.

I decided to invest in a supplementary toy. I got a HP Ipaq 2215 Pocket PC, which totally rocks. I use it, along with my big SD cards as my movie/mp3 player now. I get a good 6 hours on straight mp3 playback.

The problem with our Sagers is that they are so incompatible with things. It's getting better now, keeping in mind that the Sager 8890 has been around for almost a year now. I just put in my order for a Targus Sport Deluxe from Amazon (suprisingly they had the best deal the day I ordered it). We're missing out on airline chargers, suitcase chargers (not the best thing at the airport), and sadly, protective cases (backpack in my case). No pun intended.

I havn't really looked into this, but I heard that the new Sager 8890 don't have the 16 inch screen anymore. Is this true? Then did they go with a high quality 15 inch? I actually got the first Sager 8890 shipped out from http://www.powernotebooks.com way back when. Mines a beautiful 16 inch with no pixel issues. I love my screen except that I get crammed in my airplane seat because there's almost no room. I ain't complainin' though.

Okay, so my post was pointless...
I am curious about the lcd screen though. If so, then is the new Sager 8890 smaller and lighter weight?

Denny Metcalf
dennymet@bu.edu

They let you board with these things ? I always thought they would be too heavy (max weight for a carry-on is 25 pounds, I believe)

Pyrobob83, typical ciggie outlet is about 120 to 180 watts. But its best to check your car's manual or the fuse box. Just multiply the amps on the fuse by 12, that will give you the max wattage available. Figure about 10% to 20% less than that for long draws.

Also, give some consideration to your car's battery. Most new cars have pretty substantial batteries these days, with all the powered stuff, so they can handle it. But a big SAGER or something similar can suck a battery dry if you aren't careful.

I suggest folks that are going to use their car outlet regularly for long periods of time (say a salesman on the road with the machine on and working all the time) should look at doing a direct connect to a spare circuit in the fuse box. Arm it with a 15 amp fuse. Use 10 gauge wire.

And dpelchat, yes, they do let you board with them. They only weigh in at about 15 pounds max. Sheesh!! Some folks!

Hi there,

Being a pilot on the Airbus and owner of an 8890, I have my secret plugin near the front of the aircraft that's a normal wall plugin (120v) when I take a break. I have to use one of the front seats so the cord can reach.

I'm not sure what type of airplane you'll be on, but it might be worth checking with the airline. They probable don't advertise it because we only have 1 at the front (that I know of), but it won't hurt to ask the crew when you get on the plane. Just make sure your wireless and bluetooth are both off.

Good luck

Maybe I am wrong, but I think it was it was a JETBLUE Airbus A320 I was on, flying to NYC (pre-Sager, but I had my Compaq lappy with me). I drained the battery, and was rather upset I couldnt continue the game I had been playing.
Well we went to disembark the plane, and I saw, near the floor in the isle, a row of 110 outlets.
Now I am not 100 percent sure it was the Airbus, but I think it was.

Just got back from another flight and this time I checked and there is a plug in the front and the back of the Airbus. The front one, I was told, was added when we bought the plane, so it's not standard on every Airbus, but the other one in the back, behind the last middle row of seats is more standard. They use it to plug in the vacuum cleaners and other 'stuff'.

Still, ask the staff before using it. Just tell them you used it on the last flight and it was ok...

Great info Marty.

Denny, the newer 8890's with the 15" screen are the same physical size. Sager just use a smaller LCD with a larger shroud for the edges. Unfortunately the 16" SXGA's were in short supply and Sager/Clevo had to come up with an alternative. Pity because I agree with you about the 16" SXGA screen - it is superb.

I am so glad to hear my memory isn't toast
Were you on an A320?

I'm curious about this kind of thing too - I've heard a lot of people go "Aaa sagers are so kickass they take too much power to work on a car adapter!" but I tried with two car adapters (one very old one) and they both worked fine. I also tried them with a hairdryer and a small vaccum and they worked jumpily but still worked. So take it from me you most definatley can run it on the car adapter, I had my 8890 on for 6 hours playing music plugged in and everything was fine.

If you are using a car adaptor to power a hairdryer or a small vaccum, it is probably much larger than that required for the 8890 as each consume a lot of current...

Yes I am talking about the cigarette lighter one..are there other types? I assumed that's what people talked about when people say car adapter. I know there's a native one that goes from the cigarette thing to the 8890 power plugin but I was assuming it's a given that one works

Actually..if you're feeling very desperate, I have seen normal plugs in the bathrooms for shaving and whatnot. I don't know how powerful they are but once I spotted it I was very very tempted to go in there for a bit....if you don't mind a lot of people hating you for hogging the bathroom for a while.