09-05-2019, 02:53 PM
About 10 years ago, I came across one of these in a pound shop:
![[Image: s-l500.jpg]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/oHEAAOSwNRJckv5A/s-l500.jpg)
A solid fused 13A plug married to a decent Schuko socket. To this day it lives in my laptop bag because it solved a problem. The PSU and mains lead were too much to store neatly in the designated area because of the massive 13A plug but I had a suitable lead fitted with a 2-pin Europlug, which was ideal. So now, if we go abroad, I just plug into the nearest socket, whereas in the UK, the adaptor, which lives in the large accessory pouch, comes out.
Helen had a slicer which she wasn't too happy with, it was plastic and a bit flimsy, and she saw some good reviews for a German slicer, metal and ,more powerful, at a reasonable price, so she ordered one.
When it arrived, it had an integral mains lead with a moulded Europlug and the seller had thoughtfully included a nice shiny black adaptor like the one I already had.
The next thing that happened was that the filter coffee machine packed up but no problem, we had a new one that we'd bought at a bargain price in a French supermarket the last time we visited.
Now we'd not long moved and I hadn't a clue where my box of 13A plugs had done (!) but I came across another box which contained a 13A to Europlug converter - I think it originally came from RS.
![[Image: File:Euro_converter_plug2.jpg]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_British_and_related_types#/media/File:Euro_converter_plug2.jpg)
So that was the slicer sorted and the shiny black moulded Schuko plug on the coffee machine merges beautifully with the adaptor that came with the slicer, so that was both jobs sorted!
And that is how It has stayed - I see no point in chopping the Schuko off and fitting a 13A plug.
A solid fused 13A plug married to a decent Schuko socket. To this day it lives in my laptop bag because it solved a problem. The PSU and mains lead were too much to store neatly in the designated area because of the massive 13A plug but I had a suitable lead fitted with a 2-pin Europlug, which was ideal. So now, if we go abroad, I just plug into the nearest socket, whereas in the UK, the adaptor, which lives in the large accessory pouch, comes out.
Helen had a slicer which she wasn't too happy with, it was plastic and a bit flimsy, and she saw some good reviews for a German slicer, metal and ,more powerful, at a reasonable price, so she ordered one.
When it arrived, it had an integral mains lead with a moulded Europlug and the seller had thoughtfully included a nice shiny black adaptor like the one I already had.
The next thing that happened was that the filter coffee machine packed up but no problem, we had a new one that we'd bought at a bargain price in a French supermarket the last time we visited.
Now we'd not long moved and I hadn't a clue where my box of 13A plugs had done (!) but I came across another box which contained a 13A to Europlug converter - I think it originally came from RS.
So that was the slicer sorted and the shiny black moulded Schuko plug on the coffee machine merges beautifully with the adaptor that came with the slicer, so that was both jobs sorted!
And that is how It has stayed - I see no point in chopping the Schuko off and fitting a 13A plug.
