Travel Adaptors. Any advice?

maman

I've been getting miffed with DH on recent trips as he insists on using 'my' adaptor for my hairdryer for his phone charger.:mad:


To ensure marital harmony before our next trip I plan to buy a couple more.


I think I've seen them in the £ shop. Any advice about where to buy them? Do you get what you pay for or are they pretty standard?


TIA

IAmWales

I bought an expensive one from Brookstone, discovered it didn't work an hour into a long bus journey.

We've had cheapo ones ever since and they've been fine. They've only been replaced when I've lost them!

Lineva

We've bought travel adaptors from Poundland in the past and not had a problem with them.

knightstyle

+1 for Poundland ones but you get one USA and one Europe in the pack, so if you want two for any place you have to buy two packs. Cheap though and you can give the two you do not want to a charity shop t sell.

gettingtheresometime

We bought one from Asda costing around £15 which was a world wide one.

Not only did it have a plug adapter but had USB ports as well which was very useful.

I also bought a power pack which had 4 USB ports which, theoretically could be charged up by solar power. I say theoretically as ime it was better to top up by solar power than to try and charge up from flat. I Lent this to a friend when she went to a music festival & she was very impressed with it.

sillygoose

I take 1 adaptor and cheap light 4 way short extension block available from any cheapy shop, supermarket, Wilinsons even poundland. £3 or less.


Plug it in with your single adaptor, then just plug all your stuff in that, you can share!

maman

sillygoose wrote: »

I take 1 adaptor and cheap light 4 way short extension block available from any cheapy shop, supermarket, Wilinsons even poundland. £3 or less.


Plug it in with your single adaptor, then just plug all your stuff in that, you can share!

That's an excellent idea. As it happens, next month we're going to an apartment which has lots of power points but it would be really useful in some hotel rooms.

I've even got a gang plug at home so very mse too. :money:

sillygoose

I also take a compact 8 way USB charger too. With 4 of us, 4 tablets, 4 phones, cameras and so on it worth its (light) weight in gold! (and only takes 1 socket)

zagfles

sillygoose wrote: »

I take 1 adaptor and cheap light 4 way short extension block available from any cheapy shop, supermarket, Wilinsons even poundland. £3 or less.


Plug it in with your single adaptor, then just plug all your stuff in that, you can share!

Watch out if you use it for high power stuff like hairdriers. Some adaptors are only rated to about 7.5 amps, a 2kw hairdryer would exceed that on its own! You definitely shouldn't be connecting more than one high power device through an adaptor.

zagfles

maman wrote: »

That's an excellent idea. As it happens, next month we're going to an apartment which has lots of power points but it would be really useful in some hotel rooms.

I've even got a gang plug at home so very mse too. :money:

They're fine for low power stuff like chargers, but do not use for high power devices such as hairdriers, heaters, kettles etc unless you are sure about the rating of the adapter, the extension lead and the plug socket and have done the maths!

sillygoose

zagfles wrote: »

Watch out if you use it for high power stuff like hairdriers. Some adaptors are only rated to about 7.5 amps, a 2kw hairdryer would exceed that on its own! You definitely shouldn't be connecting more than one high power device through an adaptor.

I have seen 13 and commonly 10 amp rated but not as low as 7.5, 10 is fine for a hairdryer and other items like chargers which are negligible.

I am sure the op would realise just like using extensions at home you can't use lots of powerful appliances on one at once.