UK to European Plug Adapter, Chiefox Foldable Travel Adapter
UK to European Plug Adapter, Chiefox Foldable Travel Adapter UK To Europe With 3 USB Ports(1 USB A &2 USB C), Travel Plug Adapter UK EU For Shaver, Toothbrush, Spain Germany France Iceland (USBC/E/F)
Minimized Footprint
Embracing the needs of modern travelers, this adapter combines functionality with a compact and lightweight design!
FOLDABLE PLUG DESIGN
The foldable pins can aviod scratching electronic screen or bending pins while stored in your bag. And it allows for effortless storage and portability, fitting snugly into your travel bag or pocket.
This review is for the item described as “UK to European Plug Adapter, Chiefox Foldable Travel Adapter UK To Europe With 3 USB Ports(1 USB A &2 USB C), Travel Plug Adapter UK EU For Shaver, Toothbrush, Spain Germany France Iceland (USBC/E/F)”.
I’m currently using this in Italy and have found it very handy to charge all my devices from one socket. As usual in hotel rooms, spare sockets in convenient places can be difficult to find, but combined with a couple of cables, this is meeting all my needs.
The adapter is nice and compact so takes up very little space in my luggage. I minor thing which could be improved is that the fold out part with the Euro pins doesn’t lock into place at right angles to the plug so when putting it into the socket it keeps folding back into the body of the plug meaning you have to keep your finger pressed up against it to keep it still. For this, I’m taking one star off.
This is a single socket conversion from European power sockets to a uk socket, both 3 pin or 2 pin shaver/toothbrush sockets (don’t use both ant the same time!) and usb ports. My issue is that the fold down eu plugs doesn’t look very robust and the pins are a bit thin.
This unit is 40% slimmer than most of it competitors yet it packs a great deal in to its sturdy case.
The prongs fold back into the unit easily and it feels of a very good quality. Where it really comes into its own though is that not only does it Perform as an adapter it also has several other ports that allow you to charge USB-A and USB-c products as well.
This means less adapters to Take away and the performance is very good indeed. It even has a shaver port for you to recharge your razor which is a real bonus. It works in every European country we have been to as well.
PROS
-is quite small, for what it is (folding plug really helps)
-very handy: can use a UK plug in europe, as well as 3 USB devices (2 USB-C, one USB-A), and also plug in a European device with the pass-through plug
–at 9.99 at the time of this review, I think that this offers good value
-thick plastic, very robust
CONS
-pivoting European plug doesn’t stay all the way open (you open it all the way, 90 degrees from the main body, and it pops back to about 80 degrees all by itself). It won’t affect its use, but it is a strange little flaw
NOTES
-as is written prominently on the side: this device doesn’t convert voltage, so don’t expect it to.
MY STAR RATINGS:
1* substandard, mostly cons
2** barely acceptable, cons outweigh the pros
3*** meets the basic requirements, cons balance the pros
4**** good product, pros outweigh the cons
5***** exceptional, all (or almost all) pros
Having booked our first overseas holiday for several years, we know we will need an adaptor for some of our chargers, so when we saw this come up we thought we would give it a try.
Whilst we have yet to start our holiday, this looks to be a very compact unit that will take up little space, and is also light in weight, both essential when travelling with weight restrictions.
Time will tell, but it promises to do all we will ask of it.
With holidays and trips coming up in Europe over the next year, got this as an alternative to a standard adapter which you then plug your UK charger into.
For the next holiday, we are actually going to Italy, where there is a variation in which plug type they use, our other adapter is Type E / F only, so this covers all the options as it includes Type C.
For the purposes of testing, used a Euro to UK plug adapter, which it plugged into fairly firmly, though there is a little bit of movement because of the folding pins, however it worked fine.
The USB C sockets and USB A socket came up as standard charging, at about 5v / 1.7amp / 9w so no fast charging, but for a compact holiday adapter, this will work fine for my purposes. No need for the shaver adapter side of it, that is untested. The UK through plug worked fine.
Includes a clear warning that is does not convert voltage.
The advert does state two USB C & two USB A, however there is only one USB A, but as an adapter still gives plenty of options.
Well made little unit, fairly lightweight but feels solid, everything connects firmly, good to have folding pins, which makes it really compact.