Belkin F8E449 Universal AC Travel Adapter by Belkin Inc.
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Digital camera reviews of Belkin F8E449 Universal AC Travel Adapter
Digital camera Review: Compact and easy to travel with.
Summary: 5 Stars
used the adapter in australia and new zealand for cell phones, cameras, and computers. It worked great.Digital camera Review: Description did not match reality
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this adaptor specifically for my vacation to China. The product description says it works in China. This is false! The plug configuration is different in China (triangle shape). So this adaptor was useless to me!Digital camera Review: Design is flawed
Summary: 1 Stars
Notice how the plugs flip up in the front? If you plug in something with any weight to it, for example a hair dryer plug, the weight causes it to fold down while plugged in. When this happens it creates sparks, and the plastic melted on mine rendering it inoperable.Digital camera Review: Dissapointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I travel extensively internationally (around 30 weeks a year) so I was looking for a universal adapter that I could stick in my bag instead of having to remember to bring the right adapter for each business trip.
I tried this adapter out and found it was lacking.
Pros:
1. It does work in most outlets worldwide. The one exception is some UK safety sockets...more later
2. It is not too terribly large
3. The trendy white color :-)
Cons:
1. It will stop working frequently when using the europlug. In order to make electrical contact the europlug must be flipped all the way up. Unfortunately it is on a hinge with very little resistance so any weight on it (like a cable plugged into it) causes the plug adapter itself to rotate on this hinge causing the plug to lose contact. You only have to wake up to a dead cell phone once before figuring this out.
2. It does not work in UK safety sockets. Some of the safety sockets in the UK require the grounding pin to hit a switch that allows the rest of the plug to go in. For some reason this plug does not always work in those.
3. It is bigger than it looks in the picture.
In summary, buy the Kensington model instead. I have 2 and they work great.
Kensington 33117 International All-in-One Travel Plug Adapter
Digital camera Review: Does Not Convert Voltage!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a fairly useless device. It does not convert voltage, and since most other countries use 220 volts, you will simply destroy your shaver or cell phone if you use this.
This fact should be prominantly advertised, and it is not.