![]() ![]() * Get an EU/UK travel set from Best Buy or Radio Shackīuy this stuff in the country you’re leaving, not the one you’re traveling to * See if departing students are selling electric gear * Check the voltage tag on the laptop cord you may not need to do anything Make sure you know the difference between converters, adapters, and transformers Thanks for the tip - many other readers agreed on these points, and other suggestions appear below.If I got it more than once, it’s asterisked.Ĭheck the voltage carefully - you may need a converter and an adapter, not just an adapter Laptop.A lot of converters are only two prongs, so it’s good to double-check that it is actually a three-prong one.It was also very cheap Walk in one and say you need a three-prong US-to-UK converter for your To the U.S., she can just put all of it in a box and give it to a friend,Īs for the laptop converter, I got mine in the UK.There are severalĮlectronics shops right at the Tottenham Court Road tube stop.Just Have a lot of appliances and you can spend as much or as little as you’dĪnd then, when she’s done with her studies and if she decides to return To do this is Argos (are like Target in that they What she really should do is get cheapUK equivalents.A great place Other than her laptop.I studied in the UK for two years and I can’tĮven begin to tell you how many fellow Americans tried to use aĬonverter for their hair dryer and ended up with a smoky, broken hairĭryer.It’s just not a good idea and it doesn’t work. ![]() Please tell Electrician not to bother to get converter for anything ![]()
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