Blower dryer voltage converter

doesn't your hotel / airbnb / villa provide hair blow dryers? Virtually all do....

Don't take anything that needs a voltage converter - at the amount of power you need a converter will be very heavy and not worth it.

Hi Jane,

When I went to Sicily, the hotel and B&B we stayed at had good hair dryers. Bathrooms were up to date. Can you contact your place of stay and ask?

Or yes, you can buy a dual voltage hair dryer.

most recent hair appliances are dual voltage-its the plug adapters that you need

A high wattage item such as hair blower, straighten, etc. does not work well even with an appropriate voltage converter. A voltage converter that will handle high wattage is both expensive and heavy. Blow dryers are common in most hotel rooms or available at the front desk. You could purchase a dual voltage but it is not worth it.

Like Frank said. Its not just the voltage that's different, its the frequency (50 vs 60 Hz). This can cause problems with something that draws a lot of power like a hair dryer. Buy one over there and it will for sure work, and be usable on your next trip.

Go to Amazon and purchase a dual voltage travel dryer. Plenty available for 110-220v 50/60hz and pretty inexpensive. Then you can use it to travel to Europe and around the US if you should want.

Walmart and Target both carry duel voltage appliances.

I have owned a dual-voltage hairdryer for decades. I haven't taken it to Europe since I resumed traveling there in 2015. I've long since lost track of how many different lodgings I've stayed in--definitely over 100, maybe 150--but precisely one of them has not had a hairdryer available. That was an apartment in Burgas, Bulgaria. When I left, I told the manager that needed to be fixed, because a hairdryer is expected everywhere.

Some folks on this forum have mentioned that hotel-supplied hairdryers are sometimes a bit under-powered for their thick/long hair. (Lucky people.) That is not a problem I've had, but I agree that some of the hotel dryers are more powerful than others. But as I recall, my dual voltage hairdryer isn't very powerful, either. I'd strongly suggest leaving your hairdryer at home and buying one in Italy if you find you can't work with what the hotel offers. Hairdryers take up quite a bit of space in a suitcase.

Dual voltage hair dryers can be cheap, but they usually will only run on Low in Europe. Yes you must have a plug adapter. They're all over the Internet. The tricky ones that boast of fitting all plug alignments, when adjusted like a Swiss knife, often do not provide genuine grounding.

We just returned from 23 days in Italia, Slovenija and Österreich.
Five different AirBnB flats.
My wife said: "I am never bringing my hair dryer to Europe again. Every place had one that was equal or better than mine."

Years ago before I knew about dual voltage dryers and curling irons, we went to Rome. I bought and carried a voltage converter.
First morning, it blew the power off. Front Desk sent an electrician. He had me try it again, same thing. It was flipping the breakers.
They asked me to please quit using it. I did. It was a very nice hotel and the Hotel owner, Mrs. Kahn, at Hotel Lancelot, found one for me and sold it to me. (The one I was using and wanted was a curling brush that blew hot air, not a traditional blow dryer. ) It is not dual voltage but from Italy, so it's the right voltage and right plug! That thing has been with us on every trip and all over Europe. Best 12 Euros I have ever spent in Europe! I threw the voltage converter away at that hotel, because I didn't want to go to the trouble of carrying that useless, heavy thing home! Now, if you check into a hotel that doesn't have a hair dryer, go to the front desk and ask to borrow one. Most likely they have some, but I bet your hotels will all have them in the bathroom.

Have a Great Trip!

Buy a blow dryer in Europe. They are not expensive and won't blow out the electricity of the hotel. Converting is not what you want, even if it doesn't blow out everything. You can find what you want in almost any large super market and then you have your hair dryer for your next trip.

Finding a lodging that does not have a hair dryer, would be a challenge.

I suggest leave yours home.

I have gone on Amazon and purchased a blow dryer from the UK Amazon site. It's built for European voltage and all I need is the plug adaptor for the continent. Easy. Dual-voltage blow dryers don't work all that well compared to those that are made for that part of the world.