ITALY Readers's Tips - The electrical plug shape is round.I would suggest that you leave the hair dryer at home and buy one over there. The change in voltage will usually cause your hair dryer to short circuit and be rendered useless.They are relatively inexpensive overseas and less of a hassle. As far as I can remember, you just need the converter for the battery charger.You shouldn't need a voltage converter.

Look at the choices on www.gellans.m and read up on the details.f your hairdryer is designed as dual voltage (if it says on it 110240 V, then you can take it with you but you need a plug adapter to fit the holes on Italian outlets the shape is different. But do as Sara says and buy one there, take it home and pass it on to a friend or acquaintance who goes to Europe soon or sell it on www.aigslist.g. Besides most hotels will supply you with a loaner if it is not already in the room, just ask. Magellans will straighten you out about the charger again, it is probably designed for dual voltage already, but make sure to check. Monkeyboy, To answer your question, Italy uses 240 volt 50 cycle (USA uses 120 volt 60 cycle.ven if your hair dryer is dual voltage it may not work because a big 1800 watt load will overload some circuits. plug adapter will be required, they use round plugs.

You could also consider taking a voltage converter with you it steps down the European voltage from 240V to the 120V our appliances are used to.I just got a converter and plug adaptors off eBay, brand new in the package, for 10.I'd rather do other things in Europe than go find a hair dryer

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