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Reviewer: Ben Ferguson| Date:2009-11-21

My wife and I used two of these in Paris last week, and they worked fine. We charged an iPhone and camera batteries for much of the week. They're small and light, and I imagine they'd be even more useful if you traveled all over the world in addition to Europe.

To reiterate what some others have said here, this is an adapter, not a converter. If you're using something in Europe that has a high watt rating, like a curling iron or a hair dryer, you NEED a voltage converter. I strongly recommend this one: STEREN 910-010 Dual Voltage foreign Converter Kit

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Reviewer: nathan hearns| Date:2009-11-18

A great travel adapter that works well in Australia. It has settings to work in other countries and I would assume it works just as well.

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Reviewer: E. Bennett| Date:2009-11-03

I have just returned from a week's stay in England, but before I left, I had read as many reviews as possible on the various brands of travel adaptors and after a good deal of consideration, decided to go with this one and a Samsonite as well. I figured that if one didn't work, the other one hopefully would. I am happy to report that this one performed just as many other reviewers have expressed, whereas the Samsonite will be returned to Amazon ASAP for it proved useless to me. I ended up using this adaptor for not only my mobile phone, but my Bluetooth charger, my Palm PDA charger and most of all -- when I was out for the day -- as a charger for my new Toshiba netbook! (Side Note: Another Amazon reviewer praised it as a nice little surge protector for the price; they were absolutely right).

Although I recalled previous reports on this item, it still took a bit to sort out how to expand the UK portion, but once I got that in hand, things were fine. (I had been reading the instructions, but it still took a few minutes to figure it out, and thankfully, I tried it BEFORE leaving on vacation, in case I needed to replace it).

I also noted -- and I'm uncertain if others have had this problem -- that if I "shoved" the adaptor completely into the UK plug, the red indicator light would not turn on. I was already cursing under my breath, thinking that I was now going to be forced to purchase another in London; so I tried wiggling it a little and pulling it forward, and the light began to glow. After that incident, I never pushed the adaptor entirely into the main plug, so you might wish to keep this in mind should you have a problem with it turning on and see if that helps.

My biggest regret is that I didn't buy more of these, as having only one (and also the useless Samsonite) meant I had to rotate what was charged. Therefore during the day, the netbook got the full treatment, and in the evening, after a full day of touring, the mobile and the PDA got theirs. In the end it all worked out, but had I purchased a couple of more, that slight problem would have been prevented.

I likely won't be able to return to England for a few more years, but here's hoping this product will still be around for then. Or...maybe I'll just go ahead and buy a couple of more while I can! It would be worth it believe me.

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Reviewer: Adam L. Gunder| Date:2009-11-01

I purchased this converter to use with my laptop and cell phone / video camera charging. The converter itself is easy to use. It worked very well in Hong Kong because they use British style plugs. China uses the Australian type plugs. When using these plugs there is no third plug. Some circuits at upscale hotels will only work if 3 prongs are used, not just 2. When two prongs are used either in the Australian plug or the European plug, the connection is very flimsy and falls out of the socket easily. I did not have to use this much in China as the hotel I was staying at (a Mariott hotel) had several options on the wall plate that allowed me to use American plugs.

Regaring power transformers: Most of Asia uses 220 - 240 Volt circuits. If all you are using are laptops and cell phone / camera charging cords, most of those will tolerate up to 240 volts. Just check the sqaure/rectangular box attached to the cord to see how much voltage it will take. If you are using hair dryer / curling iron / electric razor / etc., you will need a power transformer as these appliances typically will not take voltage over 110 (used in America for most things).

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Reviewer: A. Gheorghe| Date:2009-10-18

I got this adapter for out trip to Europe and worked as it supposed to. Compact, lightweight and functional. This is just an adapter not a transformer but these days with most electronics having an transformed incorporated, all you need is an adapter when travel oversees. Highly recommended!

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