AUUUUGH!!!

After hours of rattling through website after website, learning the difference between a converter and an adapter, having a crash course in watts and volts and hertz and computers and hair dryers and coming to the brink of insanity because, it seems, there isn’t a website in existence that gives enough information about these accessories to learn what a 4-second encounter with the actual item in its package in a brick and mortar store would tell you (for instance: CAN I STICK MY COMPUTER PLUG INTO THE DAMN THING?!), I found this beauty. Here. And all my questions appeared to have been answered. So I, being the trusting soul that I am, purchased it.

Well, I didn’t know what I didn’t know until the product arrived.

Now I know what I didn’t know.

I am livid.

THIS PRODUCT WILL NOT WORK WITH YOUR PLUGS THAT HAVE 3 PRONGS!

NOT EVEN IF YOU PRAY REALLY HARD!

NOT EVEN IF YOU SACRIFICE A GOAT.

NOT EVEN IF YOU TRY IT ON A BOAT.

IT WILL NOT WORK WITH THEM ON A TRAIN

IT WILL NOT WORK WITH THEM ON A PLANE

IT WILL NOT WORK WITH 3-PRONGED PLUGS

IT WILL NOT VACUUM ANY RUGS.

Back it goes, to the place where junky products (that more information would have saved me the trouble of purchasing) go.

With PC Mover and that other adapter I bought from Dell (the one that was also, obviously, manufactured in a world where all the plugs have 2 prongs).

Did I mention AUUUUUGH!!!!!

So.

On the off chance that this review will not get buried under the pile of reviews written by people with, apparently, no 3-pronged devices, I submit it to Amazon with a prayer for all of those people who are lucky enough to own portable computers or other electronics that come with 3-pronged plugs AND who are fortunate enough to be embarking on some sort of international travel:

BUY THE BELKIN UNIVERSAL JOBBIE…THE WHITE ONE.

(it’s probably above this review in the place where other recommended products live. The Belkin comes from a world where 3-pronged devices exist and are plentiful, roaming the land with their electronic devices in tow, happily converting electricity from 120 to 240 and back again as they enrich their owner’s lives with electronic goodness.)

Thanks for reading.

I don’t know about you, but I feel better now.
Rating: 1 / 5

used 2 of these while we were on vacation in egypt for 3 weeks. Never had a problem and they were flawless. To the gent that noted they fell out of the socket on him and they were to big…I can only say if you don’t push them all the way in they and any other device you use will fall out…and there big because they can be used in th EU, Japan, Africa, US, ect… if you wish to spend the money on an all inclusive solution and travel to various parts of the world…then this is a good choice rather than having a hodge podge of adaptors lying about.
Rating: 5 / 5

I have read a review that says this product also works in INDIA but came to know that neither of the given 4 different power plugs doesn’t fit indian power outlets.
Rating: 1 / 5