Comments on: Travel Essentials – Belkin Mini Surge Protector With USB Charger

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:16:15 +0000

I know a company who does make a similar USB charger with extra outlets, called the Powercube. From a Dutch company Allocacoc

By: Bernard Siao

Bernard Siao — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:25:34 +0000

Response from Belkin:

Thank you from contacting Belkin Customer Support,

We are following up with you in hopes that your previous inquiry has been acknowledged and answered. To ensure that your issue or concern has been resolved, the answer to your inquiry will be below.

Unfortunately we do not sell a USB charge that is 240v compatible. If purchased from the US, it would be 110v only.

By: Bernard Siao

Bernard Siao — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:39:50 +0000

I wrote Belkin support re: the 240v version the day your article came out and still haven’t heard back.

By: flyingfish

flyingfish — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:38:13 +0000

Glenn,

Belkin informed me they had 240v version when I called customer support. I’ll see if they can e-mail me a link.

Happy Flying!

-Fish

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:22:38 +0000

Umm, Fish, where can one find a 240v version? I’m probably missing something obvious, but I can’t even see it on the Belkin UK site and I didn’t see it listed on the USA Belkin site (I live in the UK)

Thanks

By: German Expat

German Expat — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:31:26 +0000

From what I read in the Amazon reviews it will not work with 220/240. Bummer since I travel a lot international.

By: Bob S

Bob S — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:46 +0000

Looking at the specs I didn’t see one that listed the input voltage 120VAC only or both 120-240VAC. For those traveling internationally that it is an important consideration. If this power strip can handle both 120 and 240 volts it looks like it will meet my requirements.

About a year ago I traveled to Italy and made sure that all of my items met the 240VAC requirement to avoid carrying a step down transformer. Everything except my small Targus plug strip with a surge protector built in that is. I didn’t give it a thought, after all a plug strip just takes one outlet and gives me four to use, what could be better.

At the first hotel stop of the trip I set up to charge my assorted batteries overnight using my power strip. Unfortunately the built in surge protector didn’t like the 220 volts that the Italian power grid supplies and it instantly went POW! and plunged my room into total darkness. I had to get the hotel maintenance guy to reset the breaker somewhere in the bowels of the hotel. I am sure that cussing was involved on his part.

Charging my various batteries for the remaining 16 days of the trip was a logistical nightmare since the power strip was rendered useless. I did bring it home with me and performed a surge protector-ectomy on it and now I have a power strip that works anywhere, sans protection of course.