You're ADAPTING your plug to fit into Italian walls.Ī CONVERTER is a heavy device that makes it possible for your American appliance, which can only run on 110 volt AC current, to CONVERT the 220 to 240 volt AC current to 110 volts so your appliance isn't fried when you plug it in. Adaptors are very cheap, and very small, so bring a couple. To simplify, I find it helpful to separate out the functions of the two items:Īn ADAPTOR allows your square plugged devices to go into the round holes in Italian hotel rooms. You could also add a couple of the small two-pin Euro plugs as it's always a good idea to have "spares". The Plug Adaptor kit mentioned in a previous reply should work fine. Your hotel staff should be able to provide the names of local stores. buy a European model when you arrive in Italy.IF it has a switch to select the operating voltage, be sure to set if for Europe prior to leaving home. buy a travel straightener from Amazon such as one of these models.If you absolutely must have a hair straightener, you could either.
The manufacturers of some straighteners (Chi?) specifically prohibit the use of their products with voltage converters. I won't bother going into a lengthy discussion on the reasons for that. Unless the hair straightener is a dual / multi-voltage model, I wouldn't recommend using it with a voltage convertor. As mentioned in the previous replies, most hotels these days provide hair dryers, either hard wired in the room, in a drawer in the bathroom or less commonly available on request from the hotel staff.
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