Sima SIP-3 Ultimate International Travel Adapter Plug Set by Sima
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Digital camera reviews of Sima SIP-3 Ultimate International Travel Adapter Plug Set
Digital camera Review: Worked in Nairobi Kenya!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this for use in Nairobi and it worked just fine with my hair dryer and digital camera battery charger. It can be a little hard to get the US plug into the adapter. I suggest putting the plug into the adapter before plugging the adapter into the wall.
I haven't tried my phone or computer with it though.
Side Note: This is an adapter only, not a converter. Anything you plug into it needs to be able to handle the power current of the country you're in.
Digital camera Review: Worked perfectly in France and Germany
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this adapter for my recent trip to Germany. When the adapter arrived, it came with all three adapters plugged together to form a cylinder, which is great for easy packing. I liked having all three adapters because I wasn't sure which one we would need in France. It turns out you need the same two pronged one as the one for Germany. It worked perfectly. I used it for my 220v curling iron, phone charger, laptop, camera battery charger. I would highly recommend.
I want to emphasize that this is an adapter, NOT CONVERTER! When traveling to Germany/ France, you can only use 110- 220v appliances. Most battery chargers, computer plugs, are 110-220v. It will say on the plug. If the plug does not specify, don't use it with a simple adapter. The adapter only changes the plug type. A converter changes the flow of electricity. Using a 110v device and simply putting an adapter on it and plugging the device into a 220v outlet will cause it to blow up. But if you need an adapter, this one was convenient and very user friendly.
Digital camera Review: Worked well for us
Summary: 4 Stars
Used the Sima sip 3 in London for 10 days and it worked. A little tricky at first with the power cord prongs going into the adapter sockets but used my lenovo r61 laptop with it as well as a recharger for our digital camera batteries and it worked as advertised.Digital camera Review: Worked, but plug was not tight, more than I needed
Summary: 3 Stars
Having returned from our vacation to Europe, I have enough experience to understand what you do (and do not) need for power when traveling. Almost all electronics (computers, phones, chargers, etc.) are designed to handle either 110V (US) or 220V (Most other places). The device will be marked, near the plug, with the volate it can handle. Tor this purpose, all you need is an "adapter" such as this one, that fits in the foreign socket and accepts your plug style.
In my case (American using electronics in Europe) I didn't need two thirds of the parts of this adapter. And the one piece I did need seems to be able to accept several other plug styles than the American ones I had, but in being a "one size fits all" they did a poor job, and my plugs would consistently fall out of the adapter. I could usually make it stay in place, but it was a pain. Had I known, I would have bought a simple US to European adapter and been all set.
Two other things I learned as I sorted this out:
You would only need a voltage "converter" if you wanted to use other things -- appliances (notably: hair dryers, and in which case if they don't have one where you're staying, it's probably just as cheap to buy one!).
Bring a regular extension cord -- we had several digital cameras, phones, and a laptop with us, so I ended up being, eh hem, in charge of charging. Being able to plug in a couple or three things at once was handy.
Digital camera Review: Works after some fidgeting
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought two of these to charge my (U.S.) camera and laptop in New Zealand. It takes an unexpected amount of pressure to fit the U.S. plugs into the Sima adapter, I'm not sure why. That's not really an issue though. The adapters fit into the NZ wall sockets fine.
One of the adapters I bought works well; the other one, however, takes a good amount of fidgeting before any charge passes through it. (It seems like it wants to be weighted so that the prongs in the wall point slightly upward instead of horizontally.) I tried both adapters with different devices and different wall sockets and confirmed that the problem was the adapter, not some other factor. On closer inspection, the other (better) adapter also exhibits the behavior, although to a significantly smaller extent.
That said, both adapters do work. I'm able to situate the fidgety one so that it doesn't spontaneously interrupt the flow of charge. I've been using them for two weeks.