der_saeufer

That's because they are 0.5mm too narrow (0.8mm, to be exact). The Europlug has 4mm pins so that it fits in an Italian or Swiss outlet, but the pins on German and French plugs are 4.8mm. A proper Europlug has half-plastic pins at an angle so they'll still fit correctly in German/French/etc. outlets.

Proper type-C adapters either have 4.8mm pins or angled Europlug-type pins, but there are tons of them out there that have neither. My personal favorite are the little black ones that can be had for less than 25c where the pins are loosely crimped to the contacts inside the adapter and rattle around. I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't throw all of them out until one melted.

Dread Pirate Jeff

Those things work great, but a couple comments:

1: OP asked about Power Adapters, these are just plug adapters, which is a different sort of beast. That said, just about everything these days is dual voltage, so a real power adapter is often not necessary. Not remembering the full OP I'm pretty sure they're asking about plug adapters and not power adapters, but I could be wrong.
2: OP is going to Asia, IME, first most hotels will loan you one for a couple days, and you can get them in electronics markets for almost nothing. I bought about 6 of these for every plug type in the countries I frequent for less than $1 each and I've used them on every trip without fail.

Nayef

Any recommendations for a near-universal power adapter? I got from Amazon but the UK prongs did not end up fitting because the third upper prong was plastic and crappy. Ended up needing to buy an expensive UK adapter (Type A/B to G) from the airport. At this point I'm tempted to buy individual cheap plugs.

WilcoRoger

Those are the ones I give a wide berth - especially after having read an illustrated writeup from an electrical engineer who disassembled a few of these

crackjack

Expect you want a universal adapter with USB ports.

Perhaps SKROSS? They’re expensive, but they feature in many airline sky shops… doubt they’d remain there long if significant issues. Not sure if available in the US currently.

seems to have a good rep (even w/ that name…), but their focus was single-type plug adapters. Their universal ones w/ USB seem to have mostly good reviews, but…

Another option perhaps is something from Conair’s Travel Smart brand?

I used to have a ‘LowePro’ branded universal plug w/ USB (possibly not licensed). I retired it due to coil whine.

My current grab-and-go setup is instead a Kikkerland adapter with a separate USB charger. It’s lighter and more reliable.

It does get a bit long with the Innergie 60c plugged in, so am thinking of the compact Mogics Plug Adapter, even if it only supports US/JP plugs - that’s what my AC power adapters are already. Or I’ll go w/ this …

Nayef

SKROSS seems pretty decent so I'll try it out. Thanks!

GUWonder

SKROSS ones are what I mainly have used, but given how much of my stuff uses USB chargers and given my being locked up in an Apple eco-system for much of my personal travel stuff, I have way less use for SKROSS nowadays than 1-3 exchangeable slide plugs that Apple has as part of the world adapter travel sets.

Nayef

0I asked about a decent adapter plug because I primarily use a travel power strip with a US plug and all my electronics either use US plugs or USB. So I just need to connect the one cable with the necessary plug to charge all my things at an airport or on a plane.

StuckInYYZ

That's how I deal with multiple plugs. I have two sets of plug adapters and I carry two OTG powerbars (I wish I could pick up a few more but alas they are discontinued and the other brands don't stack up too well from experience). I haven't tried using the powerbars on airplanes, but on the ground, they get plugged in before anything else to expand the number of plugs I can use.

pseudoswede

I've been very happy with the Wonpro Power Bar that I bought a few years ago. I bought the EU power cord (Type E/F) and keep it in Sweden.

https://www.europlugs.com/product-ca...ro-power-bars/