Anyone travel to the UK with their camera gear?

[justiceischeap]

I may be traveling to the UK soon and have no idea what type of travel adapter I'll need. Well, that's not 100% true... I've found some on Amazon. What I'm wondering is if I can bring a power strip and plug that into an adapter and be able to charge my camera batteries and my laptop (at the same time). This would be my first trip outside the US so I'm hoping some of you are more experienced in that regard than I am.

[uppityperson]

1. I've traveled to France and used an adapter on my laptop and camera battery recharger thingie

I do not know about a power strip though, kicking to read later.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Yes, you can. Just get the UK adapter, plug it in, plug in power strip. MAKE SURE

any device you plug into the strip is meant for dual voltage. COmputer and camera stuff usually is. Check the 'brick' and you should see 110-240



The plug for UK is

Or I just found this dandy thing!

http://www.monstercable.com/productdisplay.asp?pin=3842

[justiceischeap]

4. Would this be better (safer)? I came across it on Amazon.co.uk

http://www.amazon.co.uk/HL-Universal-Worldwide-Extension-Individual/dp/B005NIXQB4/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Hmmm... perhaps. But you'd have to pay shipping from the UK. BUT LOOK...

I found this on Amazon US

http://www.amazon.com/Simran-SM-60-110V-250V-Universal-Protection/dp/B003UHYDYO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371680314&sr=8-4&keywords=Universal+Worldwide+Multi+Plug+Adapter+US

[justiceischeap]

7. The difference being the one from the UK has a UK plug and the one from US

has a US plug. I'm more concerned about frying my electronics than paying shipping fromt he UK at this point.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. OIC. However...

all you would need is the little adapter thing.
I read several reviews and they mentioned that.

[NV Whino]

3. If you are staying in B&Bs, be careful about using too much power

I ended up drying my hair with the cold setting on my hair dryer because I kept blowing the fuses in a B&B in the Orkneys.

It's was a while back, but those old places have old and limited wiring.

[justiceischeap]

5. I'll have to see where we're going but I think we'll be in some B&Bs

We're starting in Scotland and ending in London (if I can get it together in time to join the group going).

[Major Nikon]

8. The thing to remember is there are two different kinds of adapters

One has a step-down voltage transformer to convert the 220v input to a 110v output. The other is just an adapter which allows you to plug in your electrical device to the desired socket.

The transformer is considerably heavy compared to the adapters. You may not need it as long as all your devices are rated for 110-220v 50-60hz and it should say on the device. This is usually the case for electronic gear, but you need to check.