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Old Feb 8, 2016 | 7:40 pm
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chx1975
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We've been through this before. The absolute best products in this space are all japanese, all of them expensive and hard to get. But there are knockoffs which are cheap, easy to get and not too bad. In detail:
  1. First of all, boycott Monster. They are a tax evading patent troll, don't fund them. If you need a three pole travel power strip try the Voltage Valet PS2 Travel Power Strip.
  2. Any unwieldy big brick style plug adapter with sliding out plugs is for the kettles. Exception is the Skross World Adapter PRO because it's an absolutely unique three poles adapter. Yes, Tumi also sells an adapter like that but if you look closely you'll find the Skross logo on it OK, that's about three prongs, let's move on to two prongs.
  3. The
    Kirkland Kirkland
    is a knockoff of this
    Japanese product Japanese product
    , not bad but there's better now. If you prefer this one, http://www.dx.com/p/mini-worldwide-power-plug-adapter-2238 is even cheaper.
  4. The Wonpro Nano is win. Yes it's not flat but it's small enough to be pardoned for it. It's quite probably a Nissyo NP-10 knockoff but since the Nissyo is unavailable outside of Japan I can't be bothered. I had more success with this in the UK than the one above. The one above sometimes failed me with UK sockets but this one didn't. The way the plug unscrews for the EU plugs is just ingenious.
  5. If you need to plug in more than two devices, then add a
    Road Warrior 47 Road Warrior 47
    .

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