Originally Posted by
wco81
Anyone try these? They come with tips for various gadgets. I can see popular devices like iPods or some models of cell phones to be well covered.
I guess their charger offers a range of voltages and amperes to cover many devices.
Probably won't work for laptops.
But these days, you take iPods, cameras, cell phones, maybe GPS devices on the road. Maybe laptop too.
I think Tumi was offering one for $200 but who knows how current it is.
I have two Nokia phones and they have the same-sized wall plug but the little pinhole plugs which go into the phones are different in size and the volt/amps are slightly different. One is a smart phone, the other is a throwaway with much smaller battery. So it's somewhat understandable that they have different chargers. I guess they wanted to make sure people didn't use the wrong charger so they made the plugs incompatible. Not because it would break the devices necessarily but it would not charge as quickly.
On top of that there is Empower and car chargers.
Well, I'm not sure what you're asking about. Either you want to carry one adaptor with a bunch of tips on it OR you're asking about transforming voltages from different parts of the world.
I travel with my MacBook, iPod, PDAphone (Quad-band GSM, Tri-band 3G, unlocked), another cell phone (Tri-Band GSM) and a digital camera. It may sound like a lot to haul around, but it's really not. ^
What does take space is all the powerbricks that you need to bring along to power your toys. I usually pack those in my shoes in my checked baggage. I'd prefer to use the OEM powerbricks as opposed to third party ones because I'll know that they will work and not cook my device.
Most powerbricks usually say something like "100-240v input" which means provided you have a plug adaptor, which you can usually get cheap once you're on the ground, you don't need to worry about converting local current because the brick already does it for you.
After a day of trekking around, I usually have to charge several items and if I had just one powerbrick, it would take a VERY long time!
