One tip I would suggest is- bring a powerboard. If you regularly carry a lot of gadgets (a laptop, portable media player, a portable game console, such as a Nintendo DS, and a battery charger) rather than getting adaptor for all those just get one and bring a powerboard. A powerboard is also useful if you go to hotel rooms with scarce power sockets, or they’re hidden behind a bed or something.
If you doin’t carry that many gadgets you can get away with a double adaptor.
better yet since allot of your stuff might have power pack get a power squid or get a mini one made up by a sparkie (helps if you have other stuff for them to do). Means you can fit brick plug packs with out hassle and will pack into weird spots versus a stiff cube power board.
The Wired How-To wiki offers a complete guide to staying plugged in while you globe-trot, pointing out this especially bookmark-worthy world electriciy guide, an index to plugs and voltages for dozens of countries around the world.
Sydney
May 5, 2008 at 11:41 AM
One tip I would suggest is- bring a powerboard. If you regularly carry a lot of gadgets (a laptop, portable media player, a portable game console, such as a Nintendo DS, and a battery charger) rather than getting adaptor for all those just get one and bring a powerboard. A powerboard is also useful if you go to hotel rooms with scarce power sockets, or they’re hidden behind a bed or something.
If you doin’t carry that many gadgets you can get away with a double adaptor.
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May 5, 2008 at 4:02 PM
better yet since allot of your stuff might have power pack get a power squid or get a mini one made up by a sparkie (helps if you have other stuff for them to do). Means you can fit brick plug packs with out hassle and will pack into weird spots versus a stiff cube power board.
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