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Helen Marsh
Helen MarshTraveler·
Bangkok

What plug adapter do I need for Thailand?

Two kids, US plugs. I need adapter vs converter, not a packing blog that sells a brick.

220 is the appliance; the pin is the cheap part

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Phone / laptop USBA Type A / B / C adapter. Thailand is 220 V, 50 HzA 2019 “all hotels are USB-C” screenshot
US 110 V hair toolA converter, or buy a 220 toolForcing a US dryer through a pin adapter
UK three-pinA cheap block. Same 220A transformer for a phone charger
You only have USB-C PDFine for phones. Confirm the hotel lampAssuming every socket is a charger

I will not quote a watt. Dual-voltage on the brick is the line to read. The month is weather. This is the wall.

Kids’ iPads or a hair tool, and if the label says 110 only.

First trip

11 comments

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Nate Grant
Nate Grant

10 nights. Phone charger is dual-voltage. I would not buy a converter for a laptop. Hair tool is the only maybe.

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Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

US, 6 Sep. I needed adapter vs converter as two sentences. I will read the 110 line. I will not screenshot a transformer as the whole bag.

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Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn

First door is still Bangkok. I would not buy a converter in arrivals as the origin story. Dual-voltage on the label.

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James Collingwood
James Collingwood

UK three-pin. A cheap block. 220 is already what we use. I would not pack a travel kettle as a personality.

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Yuki Mori
Yuki Mori

JP pins already fit many Thai sockets. 220 is still the hair-tool question. I would not buy a second brick for a phone.

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Jordan Blake
Jordan Blake

AU plugs are a different pin. Same 220. I would not paste a US dryer story onto a Phuket socket.

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Tess de Vries
Tess de Vries

Kid. USB in the bag. I would not add a hair dryer as night one. Sleep, then the wall.

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Ploy
Ploy

Hotels here are 220. USB in the lamp is luck, not a law. I would not treat a Facebook “all USB-C” as the building.

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Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

7-Eleven sells a cheap adapter. A converter for a US dryer is a different aisle. Read the brick.

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Ian Crowe
Ian Crowe

Islands: same 220. Humidity kills cheap strips. I would not run a 110 dryer on a pin adapter and call it a saving.

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Dan Okafor
Dan Okafor

Budget: the adapter is a one-off. A fried dryer is not. Dual-voltage or skip the tool.

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