When travelling to a foreign country one of the essentials you’ll probably pack in your suitcase is a travel adapter. With all those electronic devices- iPads, phones, hairdryers, and laptops- it’s important to make sure you have the right one or they’ll be rendered useless when you arrive at your destination. If you have the wrong one you won’t be able to plug in your gadgets, which will result in having to take a trip to the nearest store.
The last thing you want to be doing on your arrival in an unfamiliar destination is wasting time looking for an adapter. Some luxury hotels provide adapters but many don’t provide alternatives for all the different outlet types, so it’s always better to come prepared. Furthermore, plugging your gadgets in a high voltage outlet can result in shorting your device, which can be a hassle to get fixed.
If you’re travelling to multiple destinations it might be wise to purchase a worldwide travel adapter with multiple plug options, or you could simply bring the ones you know you’ll be using. To make everything easier for you, you can simply take a quick look at the infographic below to use as a reference. Using the colour-coded map you can see what plug type is required for your destination.
Infographic: Worldwide Travel Plug Guide
In the UK our sockets take a 3-pin plug- Type G- which is 13 amps with a voltage of 220-240 volts. If you’re travelling to Ireland, Malta, Malaysia or Singapore, you won’t have to take any power adapter at all because all these countries take the same 3-pin plug.
A common adapter you might need is one for the Type C socket, which takes a plug with two round pins. This adapter is needed in many parts of Europe, Asia and South America.
Type A, featuring two flat pins, is found in the USA, Canada and Central America. The voltage in these parts is 100-127 volts and the plugs are 15 Amps.
Lastly another popular plug is Type I, which is mainly used in Australia, New Zealand, China, Argentina and Papua New Guinea. It has three flat pins- one vertical and two at a slight angle. The plug is 10 Amps and the voltage is 220-240 volts.
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