Hi Erik,
Well, I can understand worrying about the Braille display, but
laptops, cell phones, and mp3 players are designed to work on power
sources that support variable voltages. What I'd worry more about is
finding enough outlets for all your devices. One thing that may be
useful is the Monster Outlets to Go travel power strip. Here's a
sample link to the product in the U.S. Amazon store:
<http://www.amazon.com/Monster-MP-OTG400-BK-Outlets/dp/B000F9YN2M>
It's about as long as a 6 inch ruler and the size of a thick candy bar
in your hand. It has two outlets on each side, and a short three-prong
plug cord that wraps around and plugs into one of the outlets for
convenient carrying. I don't remember whether I've used this in the
UK, and that adapter may be trickier to plug in with the two prongs of
a three-prong plug, but elsewhere in the world this works fine. Plus,
it ensures you can find outlets for your other devices as long as you
can plug this into one outlet. Certainly works well for the rest of
Europe and traveling in North America. And if you're in an airport,
and someone is using an outlet to charge their devices, you can ask
whether you can plug this in, let them use one outlet, and then use
the other three to charge your devices.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Jun 11, 2010, at 13:08, erik burggraaf wrote:
That's what my friend barry says too, but I'm just not a trusting
soul when it comes to electronics. I'm not sure at all that I want
to trust my $2500 macbook pro to a $2 piece of equipment that may
just barely meet regulatory standards. Plus I'd like to get as many
of my devices as possible running on UK plugs with as few pieces as
possible. Mainly we are looking at macbook, mp3 player, braille
display and cellphone, but maybe others.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
Toll-free: 888-255-5194
On 2010-06-11, at 1:14 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Erik,
You don't actually need to use a separate Apple travel adapter for
your MacBook's power brick -- any of the standard travel adapters
can be plugged onto the end of your regular plug. However, the
travel adaptor kit is convenient, if a bit expensive. My Apple
Store put a few of these on sale for $10 off about five years ago
and I picked one up. I may take one of these plugs along if I
travel, but mostly I make do with the regular travel plug adapters.
Cheers,
Esther
On Jun 11, 2010, at 04:24, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hi guys, I am going to the UK soon. When I went in to buy a UK
adapter for my apple macbook, they would only sell me a box with
every power adapter known to man. So, if you plan to travel to
hongkong, china, europe, australia, japan, south america, or if
you are from anywhere in the world other than the UK, and you want
a north american one, give me a shout and I will sell you one.
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
User support consultant,
Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
Toll-free: 888-255-5194
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