Using iPad charger for iPhone?

Hi
I've always assued it was okay to use the chargers that came with my iPad and iPhone interchangeably.  However, I was speaking to someone in a retail store and they were saying that I should onlyi use the iPhone charger for the iPhone and same with iPad as it could impact the battery over time if I mix and match.
I've even used my iPad charger for my old Nano when I wasn't charging it through my computer.
I know there was a previous discussion on this a couple years back but I was curious if there were any updated opinions on this.
Thanks!

You can ignore that advice, as whoever you talked to doesn't know what they're talking about. You can use the iPad charger with your iPhone, just fine. Read here:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD836LL/A/apple-12w-usb-power-adapter
The 5W iPhone charger will charge the full size iPad, but only being 5W's, the pace will be glacier.

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