Product Description

Global Power Travel Kit

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Product Details

Publisher	PowerLine
Features	Converts 220-Volt Electricity to 120-Volt power for use in locations world-wide Includes 5 adapters for different plug-in types around the world All plug-in types are enclosed in the global power adapter kit for ease of-Packing in the suit case For use with electrical appliances requiring up to 1600-Watt and electronic devices up to 50-Watt Converts foreign-Voltages for safe operation of your personal appliances and electronics while abroad
EAN	0027005900272
MPN	090027c
Brand	Power Line
UPC	027005900272
Label	PowerLine
Studio	PowerLine
Title	Power Line 0900-27 Global Power Travel Kit
Model	0900-27
Manufacturer	PowerLine

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Customer Reviews

Looked promising but ultimately disappointing

Review by Lee Reed, 2010-07-14

My wife and I were excited to get this power supply for her recent trip to Cambodia. The reviews had been very good, the size was quite compact and the weight was not excessive.Additionally, it had enough adapters to suit us wherever we may travel. However, in practice it turned out to be disappointingly ineffective. The prongs on most of our equipment that is made in the US is three pronged. The receptacles in most foreign countries is two pronged and all of the adapters in this set are two pronged,making them useless in the field.
I think I understand why this is the case. Certainly it would be easy for the manufacturer to provide a whole where the third prong could fit, but then most people would assume that once in place the appliance being used would be grounded, when it clearly is not. I am not an expert in electricity or electronics, but this is clearly an issue that needs to be addressed by this and other similar items for them to do the job for which they are intended.

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Worthless transformer

Review by CSW, 2010-05-11

The adaptors work fine. The transformer melted the 1st time we tried to use it. Also the hinge on the case broke very quickly. Sooo, we are on our trip in Europe and cannot use curling irons, etc. for fear that we will fry them.

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Travel converter

Review by Whizzin', 2010-04-18

Have not had the opportunity to use this yet as I have not travelled to an international location, but it appears to be exactly what I am anticipating needing in the future.

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Great, but not perfect

Review by Tim Little First Church, 2010-03-12

The product worked as advertised. I am indeed glad that it has a fuse in case of short or overload. Given that its intended use is in a foreign country, in my case India, it would have been awfully nice to have had a replacement fuse included in the carrying case. For half the trip, I had a wonderful power converter which had not been blown up in an unfortunate short because of a fuse; but no way to purchase or find a replacement fuse in a foreign and somewhat remote area. For those planning to purchase this unit, it travels well and the plugs work great for the growing number of items which are already set up for 220 volts (most newer Apple products can automatically switch if plugged into different current.) The 50 watt setting is fairly useless. The unit got hot to the point of melting even charging a phone on the 50 watt setting. The 1500 watt setting worked very well. And pick up a couple of small 5 amp automotive fuses to stick in the carrying case. For less than a dollar you can keep running in the event of an unfortunate short or voltage spike.

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Design Issues

Review by T. Shah, 2010-01-07

We purchased this product prior to a trip to Europe and parts of North Africa. We thought that it would be very useful for our electronics. We actually had to buy this product a second time because the voltage converter blew out (and the plastic around it melted slightly) as a result of my wife's hair flattener, though I'm not sure she read the wattage on it before using the voltage converter. Here's what we've found:

Pros
- Cheap
- Easy to use because the instructions seem somewhat dumby proof - using color coding and symbols. This isn't our first time traveling overseas, so we didn't need it.
- The adapters work without issue. They're great. You don't really need to color coding since it's really just about plugging into the outlet whatever fits best.

Cons
- As I mentioned earlier, the voltage converter burned out on us. In general it gets quite hot
- Design issue for wall outlets. The convertor adds to a adapter, which means it all gets heavy, so the whole thing curves downward or can easily fall out if the outlet is old or loose. We worked around this by finding a way to plug it into the floor or table in our hotel

We bought this product a second time just to get the the convertor, so it wasn't bad. It was relatively cheaper to do that than buy something else.

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