LiteFuze 500 Watt Step Up/Step Down Travel Voltage Converter, 220/110v to 110/220v converter with Type E/F Plug – Compatible with Hair Straightener, Camera, Laptop & More

Works really well. Made in a good fashion with heavy duty material. I am happy, I do recommend and would buy again.

Works fine

Seems good so far. Switch on the bottom isn't super clear (accidentally threw out instructions) which setting it should be - should be labeled on the unit if its for input or output when changing from 110 to 220 - that could be a disaster if accidentally getting wrong. The unit is a lot heavier and larger than I expected. Definitely not for travel, but perfect for living room / putting extension cord into

Excellent product. I bought several of these and I actually use one as an everyday step-down converter for a TV and home theater I bought from USA where the voltage and my products are rated at 110-120V (in my country the national grid is 240V). There is a small switch which you set to your mains voltage - [An aside here: the values on this switch are 115V and 230V, but almost all appliances will work fine within a certain range, ie 110-120V and 220 to 240V]. The converter upconverts the incoming 110-120V to 220-240V output, or downconverts 220-240V to 110-120V by doing a simple 2-to-1 or 1-to-2. There is no conversion for the current (amps), only for the voltage. I sometimes hear a low buzzing noise from the converter when it has been running for several hours. I initially thought it was that particular unit, so i switched it, but the new one also had the same issue. But anyway even after a few months of this there doesn't seem to be any bad effects from the buzzing noise, and there's no overheating at all, so it's still 5 stars. And that acts as an alert that I've been watching TV too long! Some have complained that they received busted units, but all the 3 500W units I ordered in Oct.2014 were perfectly fine and intact. Others have said, and Litefuze themselves also advise this, but it bears repeating. If you plan on using it for more than an hour or so at a time, buy a converter that's at least double the wattage of the combined gadgets you'll be connecting to the converter. So in my case the stuff I'm connecting to the converter are: a TV rated at 142W, a Vizio soundbar rated about 10W, and my home theater at 12W. The math comes to 142+10+12=164W, so I needed one that's at least 164 x 2 = 328W. The closest to this is the 500W converter- it doesn't hurt to have the extra capacity. A few niggles: - I dont like the buzzing sound after several hours of use, but it's not loud and doesnt seem to have any more ill effects. - More serious, I wish the small switch to change the voltage was better hidden or more difficult to access. I have it set to '230V', so it converts my 240V to 120V. But if a bumbling someone were to accidentally change it to the '115V' setting (which is easy to do with the easily accessible switch), then I think what would happen is the 1-to-2 upconversion. So my actual 240V would be output as 480V, frying my electronics almost instantly! [Again, this is just my opinion based on my understanding of how the thing works and I'm no electrician. If this is wrong someone please comment on this post and correct me - I'll alter it immediately]. - The unit itself is quite heavy, about 300-500grams (half a kg). So take that into consideration if you are planning to use it for travel. I dont, so the weight isn't an issue for me. Overall though, these negatives are still minor enough for it to earn a full 5 stars. Excellent product!

I bought this to use with a printer on my trip to Asia. It works fine for about 1 month. Today, slightly after plugging in, I heard a loud pop sound, and I saw some smoke from it. After unplugging, I checked to make sure the setting was proper as usual. I saw a black burnt patch on my floor and very strong smell. I'm glad this didn't cause a fire. It was very dangerous.

Great for converting small appliances in Ireland

I never used any transformers in the USA. This is my first time and its working. I need it for Ritter bread slicer which just came from Amazon Germany. The machine is using only 65W but I need something stronger if in the future I will order some other small appliances made in the Europe. I order with US plug because I will use this one only in the USA and the other outlet is universal what is perfect. For me it is great product. It is not light but also not to heavy.

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If the Step Up/Step Down converter is limited to 250 Watts might as well call it LC-EU250 250 Watts rather than LC-EU500 500 Watts.

لكن يجب الحذر من التبديل بين 110 و 220 اذا كانت الكهرباء عندك 220 وتريد تحويلها ل 110 يجب تغيير المفتاح الى 220 في المحول و صله بالكهرباء لديك 220. يعطيك المحول 110 بعد ذلك صل جهازك بالمحول.

does the work, would recommend

Very happy with the quality, sturdy built. It's the smallest 500W Voltage Converter on Amazon which doesn't take up much space in storage & suitable for traveling.

استخدمته من حوالي شهر وشوي الى الان جميل وعملي وحجمه مناسب للأماكن الضيقة او الصغيرة