Can you use travel plug adaptors long term instead of new bricks?
People try using travel plug adaptors long term for devices like phones and laptops abroad, but often find that devices either fail to charge entirely or charge much slower than they did at home. This leaves them stuck without a functioning charger and unsure of what to do next.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1buying country-specific replacement power bricks
- 2Switching to a Type A to Type C cable
- 3Charging the device using a laptop
- 4Purchasing a local charger or power brick with USB-A support
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/askanelectrician1 person · September 2026
“Is it safe to use plug adaptors/travel adaptors long term to use them in the UK, or do I need to buy UK bricks?”source ↗
fshn-brnr · r/askanelectrician · 2 upvotes
Where this came up
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