Travel Converter for Italy

Depends. What sort of plugs do you have on the chargers for your phone, curling Iron and miscellaneous?
If these are NOT Italian plugs, then you need a plug adapter.

There are two more vital questions:

Q1) What voltages do these appliances work on. Does it include 230V 50Hz AC (European standard)?
Most phone chargers are "110V - 240V 50/60Hz" and work on both types of electricity. The curling iron possibly not, so if it is designed for 110V 60Hz (North American electricity) only and you plug it into European electricity, you will fry it and blow some fuses.

Q2) Are the plugs 2-pin or 3-pin?
This decides wahat sort of adapter you need, 2-pin or 3-pin. Phone charger is probably 2-pin "curling Iron and miscellaneous" I don't know, you will have to count them ☺

Look at each of your items for electrical input information. It will either say something to the effect of "110-240V, 50 to 60 Hz" or just "110-120V, 60 Hz"

Your phone and other small electronics probably say the first one, in that case you only need an adapter, the two prong US style to the two round pin European style found in Italy.

Your Curling Iron likely says the second one, in that case you would need a Converter (as opposed to an adapter) but it is not worth it. Go to a store and look for a dual voltage curling iron, that would only require an Adapter.

Same with any other item, if it is not dual voltage, leave it at home.

This is the simple version of this issue, others will add many details and dazzle you with discussions on different sub-types of adapters, grounding and polarization schemes, and take you far into the weeds on the issue, All good information, but the above will get you started. You can also do a search on this topic here, and find hours of reading content.

Better than a dual voltage Curling iron: an Italian curling iron. Entry-level models are inexpensive, and will perform better than an elusive dual voltage model. Plus going to buy it will be a little Italian adventure :-)

Yep, if it makes heat, leave it at home. Converters are bulky. Adapters are small and cheap. Even many CPAP machines are designed to work off dual (120-240) voltages.

Most electronics these days are dual voltage and all you need is an adapter - the US type A (two prong) or B (three prong) plug to European type E/F is all you need and are cheap on Amazon. You should confirm though. My Resmed CPAP used one of these adaptesr and have had no issues in Prague, Rome and Paris with it

Anything that needs to generate heat or a load, like the curling iron, would need a converter and that can be bulky - I agree that you should just leave that home

Ronnie,

I assume you're referring to a Voltage Convertor? It would help if you could provide a list of the items you plan to travel with, including the "miscellaneous other things".

As the others have mentioned, most current phones are designed for operation from 100-240 VAC, so you'll only need a Plug Adaptor to charge those. However you need to verify that by checking the Input Voltage ratings listed on the charging cube.

I wouldn't recommend packing along a Voltage Convertor. Although the solid-state units are small and fairly light, the don't produce a smooth voltage and can damage some appliances. The transformer type units do produce a cleaner voltage (although they can't change the frequency, at least not yet), but transformers are inherently heavy and somewhat bulky so not the easiest thing to travel with.