Insten Universal World Wide Travel Charger Adapter Plug, White - by eForCity
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Insten Universal World Wide Travel Charger Adapter Plug, White - by eForCity
Customer Review: A little bit tricky but it works
Summary: 4 Stars
As other reviewers mentioned, it is a little tricky to make this adapter work. I visited London in Oct 2010. The first hotel I stayed had, to my surprise, US-type wall plugs, so I didn't need to use the adapter for my laptop.
The second one, which was much less luxury, didn't have US-type plugs, so I used this adapter. At first, the small green indicator didn't come on, which means the power doesn't go through. I thought the connection was not right and moved the adapter, pulling a little or pushing toward the wall etc. Then, the indicator turned on.
It seems you have to pull it away from the wall just a little bit. Once you figured out this adjustment, the adapter works fine. It doesn't do anything excellent but that's what this adapter is supposed to be, right? Just working fine is what I expect.
Customer Review: A+ Concept, C+ Delivery on the Concept
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought two of these for my first ever trip to the UK. I used them in both my hotel room and in my business office and the results are mixed; that is it's hard to determine exactly where the "problems" occurred but these were the results: a) the plugs fit very loosely in the socket and had to be wiggled around to make the red power light come on & stay on, b) the item being powered had to have the plug wiggled around to make it connect right, c) in my work office it actually caused a 'pop' when plugged into a power strip and caused the whole strip to go out.
That said, it did work, and there were other team members who also had similar problems with their power converters. This leads me confused as to whether the problems resided in the 'host' power outlets or in all the converters (although the odds seem low on this).
On the plus side there are locking slides that keep the selected options locked in. This is an amazing device that I really wished would have worked as expected. I couldn't have survived without these but it sure felt like a 'kludgied' solution.
-Steve
Customer Review: ALWAYS read the instructions !!
Summary: 5 Stars
This adapter has all the features needed for travel virtually anywhere (without doing any voltage conversion). Even though it has an attractive price and claimed to do what I wanted - I still ordered it with some apprehension because of reports that in some cases it fails to fit snugly in a foreign socket - thus defeating any practical use. For me, these reports proved unfounded. Why? - apparently these users failed to read the instructions!! Despite being very simply to operate - the 'locking' mechanism actually serves two purposes which may not be superficially obvious. I'm sure no one had any problem releasing the lock to get at the UK prongs (for example) - BUT after you release the prongs you MUST reset the lock!!! Otherwise, the spring loading mechanism will prevent the adapter from staying securely in an electrical outlet. The step is discussed in the one page instruction sheet - but I'm certain many/most never take the time to read it over. In my opinion there should be no worries about purchasing this item - it's a must-have for going over seas. I'll be getting more!Customer Review: Adapts well...
Summary: 4 Stars
A great travel adapter that works well in Australia. It has settings to work in other countries and I would assume it works just as well.Customer Review: Al in one
Summary: 4 Stars
Nice to have an "all in one" device. We have an older adapter with assorted plugs that are easy to misplace. Not with this one.