| ▲ | johnwalkr an hour ago | |||||||
British and Schuko are both relatively huge. Even the 2-prong europlug that small electronics use, that also can be installed in a Schuko outlet, often make the European version of things like usb-c chargers significantly larger than the US version. I live in Europe but travel a lot. For all small electronics I try to get a Japanese or US version, and then use a small adapter. For travel, a US usb-c charger plus EU adapter is smaller than an EU usb-c charger plus US adapter. British-style outlets can also be coaxed to take a europlug, not that I would advise anyone to do that. | ||||||||
| ▲ | theodric 37 minutes ago | parent [-] | |||||||
You can get some nifty fold-flat BS1363 doodads, though. I have a USB-C charger that collapses into something about the size of a stack of 6 credit cards. Something similar is currently available as the "Galvanox Flat USB-C Charger" on Irish Amazon. See also: https://plugsocketmuseum.nl/GB-foldingPlug1.html My international travel "brick" for laptop + phone is an Anker PowerPort Atom III Slim, which is flat multi-port charger with an IEC-320-C8 input. For the Continent, I plug in a "0cm cable" that's a Europlug nub. For US and UK/I, a NEMA cord with a compact BS1363 "shaver adapter" with a 1A fuse in it. Really wish I could get something flatter to be the adapter! Maybe I'll have to make one. | ||||||||
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