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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

not good for all countries

Written by KF from Tijeras

Mar 12, 2009

I've been traveling in Eastern Europe and have only been able to use one of the adapters once. Granted most of my time hasn't been spent in typical tourist countries but the folks at the Apple store mislead me into thinking that the European adapter would work all over Europe, however, this is not true as most counties I've been to have larger outlets than the Apple European adapter.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

Convenient but totally lacking labels

Written by CG from San Francisco

Feb 22, 2009

I'm happy with these adapters, they were expensive but I charge my phone, ipod, etc off of my laptop, and being able to just say, "oh, I'm going to Australia" and go to the file cabinet to get the right plug has been useful to me. They don't have a type D or F plug, which you should note if you need those. However, they have one horribly irritating flaw: the plugs themselves don't have any labels at all on them. You have to write the plug type in sharpie on them. Maybe I'm just not cosmopolitan enough, but I can't tell a type E (fat 2 pins) from a type C (thin 2 pins) without staring at both of them and at a website picture, and that's the last thing I want to do the night before I travel.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

No ground connection

Written by EB from Busto Arsizio

Jan 31, 2009

In several of these adapters (italian one, for example) there's no ground connector while is a common standard. Due to this missing connection, the machines with aluminum case can be very discomfortable to be used.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

All apple power adapters are built switch mode

Written by CW from Victoria

Jan 24, 2009

All of Apple's power supplies are 100-240Vac rated and use switch mode technology.
This means that the adapter is able to keep the output constant to your computer regardless of the input voltage from the wall.

MOST devices now days have this technology built into them.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

Adapter yes. Converter?

Written by KW from Lebanon

Jan 3, 2009

I think this product is great. Just to let you know, the power cord has a built in voltage converter, so all you have to do is change the adapter. May have seemed obvious, but, not to me.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

Excellent product for frequent travelers and expats

Written by BB from Heidelberg

Aug 19, 2008

This set is particularly useful if you're living overseas or are frequently traveling there for longer durations. For shorter term travel, it's cheaper and easier to use the basic electronics converter (my husband does this for his PC). That being said, this set has been very useful to me. I spend a fair amount of time in Europe and it has been fantastic (and very convenient) to just switch out the plug rather than having to use a stand alone converter. It's a great product, but it's probably overkill for most overseas travelers.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

It is very useful

Written by NP from Washington

Aug 8, 2008

I bought the kit when I was going to England to visit my sister over holidays and had a G4 at the time. I got a MacBook Air now and had to spend a long time in Germany and then China (although there was one hotel that seem to accommodate any plugs--quite cool actually).
I though it was too expensive when I was buying it but it has proved to be very very useful during the past 3 or 4 years I've owned it. It works for all mac laptops and it becomes just a part of your charger so you don't have to remember to bring extra bits and pieces all around. I think this is one of the most useful things I've ever bought.

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Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

Very Useful

Written by PM from Bethesda

Jul 22, 2008

This is a great product and did what I needed. The fact that it sticks to the normal charger is useful because when going on a trip to only one country I replace it before I leave and do not have to worry. Also, before I got this I was using a normal radio shack adapter. The problem was, that my macbook pro used to start vibrating and shocking me. The same thing happened with my powerbook g4, this product solved it. It can also be used with the iphone wall charger.

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