International Travel Question

[HazardMagnet]

My Girlfriend is to be going to Sinapore and Malaysia on a mercy mission. We just realized that the electricity is different than in the US. We looked at a power converter at Radio shack that will do the job up to 50 watts. That's fine for all her electical needs for what she's to bring except for her computer which is rated at 65 watts. The "kid" at the store say's that her power cord will convert the current. Her computer unit says: 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz input, and with a cheap outlet adapter She'll be fine. That seems to me that it will work. But I want some reassurance from any body who Travels internationally. Her organization is no help with this question. She's to leave Tuesday, and e-mail and wedcam will be our only means of communication for the next Two weeks. Please does any body know if this is correct thinking or am I doomed to two long weeks with out hearing from my lady friend?
Thanks... ~Tom

[alf174]

Singapore and Malaysia are both 50hz at 230-240VAC respectively so if indeed the laptop supply indicates that it will accept that input range she should be good to go with a plug adapter.

edit: a hair dryer (or other heat generator) may overload those converters so if she has to have one I would recommend purchasing one there that can be plugged in directly.

[Surefire]

I've never had any problems with laptop adaptors moving between countries (especially UK at 250V 50Hz & US at 115V 60Hz) , and other devices with built in adaptors designed for this type of input (Blackberry etc).

Don't think you guys will have any problems.

[zeg]

edit: a hair dryer (or other heat generator) may overload those converters so if she has to have one I would recommend purchasing one there that can be plugged in directly.

Second that. Blow driers, electric razors, and other similar motorized/heating devices are designed to suck a large amount of current. Unless she's bringing a large array of these things that she just can't live without, it'll be cheaper and safer to buy them when she gets there than to find an adapter capable of safely powering kW class devices. I'd guess they'll sell these products in the shops in the airport.

As others have said, virtually any electronic product with an external AC to DC adapter will work just fine with a simple plug converter. The 50-60 Hz, 100-240V rating basically covers the entire world.

[microcrayfish]

If communication is your only concern then why can't she just go to an internet cafe?