@hammi99 Yes, these are merely adapters, not converters. These are good for things having their own converters, like laptops and everything else that comes with an AC adapter.
As for the 1.0A USB, it’s basically useless. Instead, the user should use the device’s USB charger (which, like anything else, can plug into this adapter).
Since essentially all of Europe runs on 220V or 240V, and these don’t convert the voltage to 110V, any US-market electrical equipment that does not have the ability to run on 220/240 will most likely fry when connected to power via one of these. (Ditto for NZ and Oz.)
@werehatrack Basically everything I own that plugs in and is small enough to fit in a suitcase works with both voltages. Take a look on the plug or power brick - you might be surprised to see your device already takes 220v no problem.
@IndifferentDude@ircon96 Not just Europe. Many US National Parks have gone over to requiring a reservation for entry, and it must be bought months in advance, separately from the entrance fee itself. The days of “show up and see” are over for a lot of the popular destinations.
The description says surge protection, nothing on the packaging does. Is the picture the same thing being sold? Surge protection in an outlet adapter is a pretty important selling feature to be left off the packaging.
Hmmm, bad market messaging. Maybe one of Meh former marketing exec’s products?
This one time my wife & I were in the UK (staying at a friend of a friend’s flat who was out) & ran my coffee grinder (yes I brought my coffee grinder), using some sort of adapter, & BAM, tossed a circuit breaker. Okay so I search, locate, & figure out how to reset it (it was quite different OK!?), np.
Hours later my friend gets home & there is a knock at the door… it seems the whole building was out & some of the residents didn’t know how to reset the breakers. I never did tell him it that I did it.
@blaineg Looks like a nice design. (for adapter, not website)
I like that it says you can
Whizz around the world with no worries
because I do enjoy urinating especially on long international trips, you can’t just hold it till you get back home. though some of the street toilets, um, pissoirs, do cause some worry.
Often with electronics you just need to change the plug, not the voltage. Check each item for its voltage requirement. These also look like the type that will not handle anything with a motor (like a coffee grinder) or any heating appliance (hair dryer, curling iron, etc).
@dstraker
Motor will run slower due to 50Hz vs 60Hz power assuming it can handle 220v. No mention of wattage limit. It’s possible these might be usable for a blow dryer since many of them now have switches making them 220 / 110 if the wattage limits is in range…
I really enjoyed today’s product writeup. I think they’re usually good, but this one was great.
These writeups bring me back to revisit the site more than the deals (though the deals are excellent, thanks).
I think that a “Best of” these daily product pages would make a terrific coffee table book. If you wanted to sell books, though… you might need to create some kind of online store.
@806D2701 And then the online store that started by selling books would become yuuge and buy this mediocre litle online store. and fire all the people and replace them with bots.
then the remaining humans would have to go start yet another company.
Having this giant wall wart spaced out by an adapter seems like a recipe for disaster. Once you plug something in the torque is going to make it fall out of your wall outlet with way too much frequency!
@chienfou Many of these adapter widgets have the same misfeature. In NZ, I eventually found a stand-alone adapter that worked well there, and I used that instead. All it did was adapt American plugs to NZ/OZ sockets. That was all I needed
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: TravelSmart by Conair All-in-One Adapter
Model: TS238B3X
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$49.98 for 2 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 2
Like my ex this has all the holes.
Not a fan. USB is 1.0A and you need separate adapter to plug into non-EU sockets. Doesn’t even do voltage conversion!
@hammi99 Yes, these are merely adapters, not converters. These are good for things having their own converters, like laptops and everything else that comes with an AC adapter.
As for the 1.0A USB, it’s basically useless. Instead, the user should use the device’s USB charger (which, like anything else, can plug into this adapter).
Since essentially all of Europe runs on 220V or 240V, and these don’t convert the voltage to 110V, any US-market electrical equipment that does not have the ability to run on 220/240 will most likely fry when connected to power via one of these. (Ditto for NZ and Oz.)
@werehatrack
Which is why they are called adapters and not convertors.
@werehatrack Basically everything I own that plugs in and is small enough to fit in a suitcase works with both voltages. Take a look on the plug or power brick - you might be surprised to see your device already takes 220v no problem.
Why would anybody in their right mind ever wanna leave the good ol’ USA and need one of these contraptions??
/giphy USA! USA!! USA!!!
@IndifferentDude
@IndifferentDude maybe for this:
/giphy oktoberfest
@IndifferentDude who can even afford to leave the US for vacations anyway
@IndifferentDude Looks like they don’t want your ass over there anyway:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2023/07/31/tourists-go-home-fed-up-with-over-tourism-european-hotspots-impose-bans-fines-taxes-and-traps/
@IndifferentDude @ircon96 Not just Europe. Many US National Parks have gone over to requiring a reservation for entry, and it must be bought months in advance, separately from the entrance fee itself. The days of “show up and see” are over for a lot of the popular destinations.
The description says surge protection, nothing on the packaging does. Is the picture the same thing being sold? Surge protection in an outlet adapter is a pretty important selling feature to be left off the packaging.
Hmmm, bad market messaging. Maybe one of Meh former marketing exec’s products?
@hchavers I’m not sure if surge protection even matters. The spec says:
At that point, whatever was connected would have been zapped already.
@hchavers Particularly if you need them on a cruise ships where surge protectors aren’t allowed.
This one time my wife & I were in the UK (staying at a friend of a friend’s flat who was out) & ran my coffee grinder (yes I brought my coffee grinder), using some sort of adapter, & BAM, tossed a circuit breaker. Okay so I search, locate, & figure out how to reset it (it was quite different OK!?), np.
Hours later my friend gets home & there is a knock at the door… it seems the whole building was out & some of the residents didn’t know how to reset the breakers. I never did tell him it that I did it.
@Joedetroit Bravo!
This is my favorite, as it doesn’t look like an OSHA violation waiting to zap you.
And the adapter plugs use the standard IEC320C13 plug, so you can use a computer power cable as an extension.
(Warning: Stupid web page design, the menu takes up the top third of the page.)
https://www.allocacoc.com/Home/Home/Product/category/category_id/2/group_id/22
@blaineg Looks like a nice design. (for adapter, not website)
I like that it says you can
because I do enjoy urinating especially on long international trips, you can’t just hold it till you get back home. though some of the street toilets, um, pissoirs, do cause some worry.
@blaineg So far only 1 country, but took these to Ireland and worked fine. Plugged an Anker mini-strip or USB charger into it and was fine.
https://www.ceptics.com/collections/adapter-plugs/products/gp-5pk
@pmarin Street toilet, you say?
You are right, that is a garbage website design
Often with electronics you just need to change the plug, not the voltage. Check each item for its voltage requirement. These also look like the type that will not handle anything with a motor (like a coffee grinder) or any heating appliance (hair dryer, curling iron, etc).
@dstraker
Motor will run slower due to 50Hz vs 60Hz power assuming it can handle 220v. No mention of wattage limit. It’s possible these might be usable for a blow dryer since many of them now have switches making them 220 / 110 if the wattage limits is in range…
I really enjoyed today’s product writeup. I think they’re usually good, but this one was great.
These writeups bring me back to revisit the site more than the deals (though the deals are excellent, thanks).
I think that a “Best of” these daily product pages would make a terrific coffee table book. If you wanted to sell books, though… you might need to create some kind of online store.
@806D2701 And then the online store that started by selling books would become yuuge and buy this mediocre litle online store. and fire all the people and replace them with bots.
then the remaining humans would have to go start yet another company.
Having this giant wall wart spaced out by an adapter seems like a recipe for disaster. Once you plug something in the torque is going to make it fall out of your wall outlet with way too much frequency!
@chienfou Many of these adapter widgets have the same misfeature. In NZ, I eventually found a stand-alone adapter that worked well there, and I used that instead. All it did was adapt American plugs to NZ/OZ sockets. That was all I needed
@chienfou Kick it! kick it.
This is one of the weirdest I’ve seen. Compact though.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/