Originally Posted by pseudoswede (Post 26296453)

I now only use the schuko power adapters.

Originally Posted by der_saeufer (Post 30759998)

The "Ceptics" ones on Amazon with the blue lettering are pretty much the standard design and work fine.

Originally Posted by der_saeufer (Post 30759998)

Schuko is the German name for the grounded plug (type F) used in about half of Continental Europe, not a brand name.

Originally Posted by der_saeufer (Post 30759998)

The "Ceptics" ones on Amazon with the blue lettering are pretty much the standard design and work fine. On principle, I'd avoid anything that doesn't have the half-insulated hot/neutral pins--if the manufacturer was too cheap to do those right, what else did they do wrong? Luckily those seem rare, even from the Chinese eBay sellers.

Originally Posted by MareLuce (Post 30761919)

Just out of curiousity, how could I spot one that does not have the "half-insulated hot/neutral pins" ?

Originally Posted by chx1975 (Post 30761930)

I thought we had an entire wiki for this question at https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trav...er-advice.html

Originally Posted by der_saeufer (Post 30762054)

Look at the photos--notice how the longer top (earth aka ground) pin is bare metal but the other two (hot and neutral) have a coating for half their length? That's a safety measure that makes it very difficult to shock yourself when plugging in or unplugging a device. It's required by the standard, so any adapter that doesn't have it is by definition low quality. Even my $1 Chinese eBay adapters have them.



We do, but that wiki mostly covers the "universal" adapters rather than the single-purpose ones the OP asked about. Some good info in the thread though.

As an aside, I hardly even use adapters anymore; I have a collection of power cords for my laptop and just charge other stuff off the laptop. Just as cheap, but even lighter and one less failure point.

Originally Posted by lwildernorva (Post 30762172)

I also have two extra figure-8 power cords, UK and EU, which I can [...]

Originally Posted by MareLuce (Post 30763631)

What do you mean by figure-8 power cords?

Originally Posted by der_saeufer (Post 30762054)

I hardly even use adapters anymore; I have a collection of power cords for my laptop and just charge other stuff off the laptop. Just as cheap, but even lighter and one less failure point.

Originally Posted by MareLuce (Post 30763631)

What do you mean by figure-8 power cords?

Originally Posted by der_saeufer (Post 30759998)

Schuko is the German name for the grounded plug (type F) used in about half of Continental Europe, not a brand name. What I believe pseudoswede was referring to is that there are a lot of really low-quality, sometimes dangerous ungrounded (Europlug/type C) adapters for the Continent out there.