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REI Multination Travel Adapter

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Item # 775148

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Next time you travel the world leave all those little electrical adapters at home and carry the 4-in-1 REI Multination travel adapter.

Adapter includes the 4 most common plug configurations
Can be used in more than 175 countries, including most parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, New Zealand, North America and Russia
Features a built-in surge protector with indicator light
6A fuse provides overload protection
Safety shutters protect users from coming into contact with live parts
Thermoplastic rubber coating creates a soft grip
Please note: Adapter plugs allow travel appliances to fit into foreign outlets; they do not convert electricity

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REI Multination Travel Adapter Customer Reviews

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REI Multination Travel Adapter

2.5

(based on 10 reviews)

40%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to use (4)
Durable (3)

Cons

Poor design (5)
Flimsy (3)

Best Uses

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid do-it-yourselfer (5), Casual do-it-yourselfer (3)

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May

2010

(6 of 17 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Has a 6 A fuse that may blow out

By Tempe Traveller

from Tempe AZ

About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer

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Pros

Easy to Use

Cons

Poor Design

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

I bought this for my wife while she is travelling in Europe. Needed something to plug her laptop into. She found it easy to use, and worked fine for 3 days.

Then her roommate borrowed it to plug in her hair dryer which she "thought" was dual-voltage. Wrong. Now the adapter is totally useless because the 6 A fuse inside blew out. You can't reset it and you can't replace it. So now, it's useless junk.
Why would REI build a product (or at least put its name on one) where:
(A)packaging does NOT include any product documentation, nor any details on the 6A fuse.
(B) you can't either reset the switch, or find a replacement for it? I've seen surge protectors on power strips that are smaller than a dime ... you can reset that in a second. But that feature is not included here.

Mar

2010

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

works great!

By Tundra Girl

from Wisconsin/traveling in Europe

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Pros

Consistent Performance
Durable
Easy To Configure
Easy To Use

Cons

Best Uses

Travel

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

I bought this for one primary reason: I am traveling in Europe for business and need to plug in my MacBookPro to charge it. Most computers nowadays can run on either 110 or 220 circuits so you do not need the power converter. It is easy to find power adaptors such as this one but this is the ONLY one that I have found that will accept the US three prong plug! For the Mac laptops, this is important because in order to use the 2 prong plug you lose the extension cord and you have to plug the power brick directly into the power adaptor. Sometimes the outlet is too close to the floor or furniture to allow the brick to plug into the spot. So, this adaptor solves the space problem, allows the use of the longer cord with the 3 prong plug AND is space saving and sturdy. A winner for my needs.

As the earlier review says, this is NOT a power converter so will not work with most US appliances but works great for using with a computer.

Nov

2008

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good all around adapter

By bplogs

from Phoenix, AZ

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Pros

Multi-Use
Surge Protection

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

I have used this adapter in Bahrain, Saudi, and the UAE in the Middle East and so far so good. Also works with converting a Middle East / Europe plug into an American style plug. Keep in mind this is an adapter, not a converter, nor does it have a ground. Although the surge protection is a nice thing to have while running a laptop off the adapter.

Oct

2010

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Worked 1 day

By Africa traveler

from Tennessee

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Pros

Cons

Poor Design

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

I used the adapter 1 day and it worked/fit fine. The next day the fuse blew and there is no way to reset or replace. Did not work at all after that.

Jun

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Broke on second use

By khammil

from Seattle, WA

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Pros

Cons

Flimsy
Poor Design

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

This all-in-one plug adapter is a nice concept which was not well executed. The Europe plug worked OK but the UK plug didn't fit into any of the outlets where I tried it - the pins were slightly misaligned. After a couple of tries the mechanism which switches between plugs failed, and now it can't extend any of the plug types.

I've been much happier carrying an array of smaller single-function plug adapters around. They fit their target plugs well and are much easier to use.

Nov

2011

1.0

Poor performance, never worked

By bluek25

from Tanzania

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Pros

Cons

Flimsy
Poor Design

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

I purchased this product for a trip to Africa - it does not work. The UK plug does not fit and the Europe plug is misaligned. When I tried to plug it in (with not that much force), the mechanism broke and now 2 of the plugs cannot be extended. I never got a single day of use out of this. The material is flimsy and the product is not well designed or made.

Sep

2011

3.0

like this product, but one major floor

By thamesuser

from as of recently, Australia

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Pros

Durable
Easy to Use

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

Just plug in you device from any country in to one end. Then slide out the required prongs from the other end, and your away. One of the UK prongs became a bit wobbly after minimal use but it still works fine. This product has surge protection and lights to show that the socket is working. But one day I decided I'd get a spare fuse if it blows, just in case. I realised i couldn't for the life of me find where to access the fuse compartment. YOU CANT CHANGE THE FUSE! very strange, cos if it blows the device is now dead? I have another one of these type devices where you can change the fuse.
Other than this, the device has worked fine when i was in Europe and Australia, and i still use it on some foreign appliances i have.

Sep

2011

1.0

poorly made, waste of money, didn't work

By pisceanblue

from Washington DC

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Pros

Cons

Doesn't Work
Flimsy
Poor Design

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

I bought this for a trip to Kenya, which uses the UK style outlet. The UK option on this product does not fit the outlets. Also, the part where you plug your appliance into the adapter is poorly made, as well. I can't even fit a standard North American plug into it.

Aug

2011

5.0

worked perfectly in 5 south american cou

By Hadlock

from dallas, tx

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Pros

Durable
Easy to Use
Well Designed

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

i used this thing to charge my netbook, cell phone and gameboy (not at the same time) for a month in south america. i successfully used this in colombia (bogota), peru (lima, cusco), argentina (BA, rosario, iguazu), brazil (sao paulo, rio, florinopolis) and all along the coast in uruguay including montevideo.

everyone seemed to have some variation of this plug from all over the world. it's a very popular design. the REI model had two major pluses compared to every single competing product (I saw at least 15 variations of this) -

1) the sliders for the various plugs don't break. other models the sliders would stick and break, or the clutch would break and they wouldn't stick at all. i fiddle with stuff all the time (especially sitting in airports) and my power adapter probably has 40 hours of fiddling with those sliders. it still works fine.

2) other model plugs have a tendency to fall out of well used plugs. hostel plugs get a lot of use. probably 20 plug/unplug cycles a day from power hungry travelers, every day, 365 days a year. especially the plugs closest to the hostel bar. i could use the old, unused plugs that nobody else could use because my plug would stay in the socket, where other people's converters would fall out whenever someone closed the door.

most recently i took this with me to mexico and Guatemala and had zero issues with it as well. i'll be buying another as a backup (the old one is almost two years old at this point) for future trips.

the only thing I would add is to offer this model with an optional second plug. i ended up buying a 1x3 plug so i could have three devices plugged in at the same time

Apr

2011

(0 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Not worth it

By jcjt

from Atlanta, GA

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Cons

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Comments about REI Multination Travel Adapter:

We have bought 2 adapters for my son living in Africa. The first one worked for 7 months before being stolen. The 2nd one worked for 2 weeks before it stopped working.

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