Hi Sieghard, I've travelled quite a bit in countries that use 220-240 volts because of my competitions and, even though my shaver told me it was safe on both, in two occasions, after coming back from these countries, the battery in my shaver was damaged to the point that it would only hold a charge for about 15 minutes. The first time, I thought it was just a coincidence so I didn't pay attention but the second time, the battery was not even a year old. Now that I have a shaver with a Lithium-Ion battery, I suspect everything would be OK but, I still have trouble trusting the devices that switch over automatically. I have a travelling iron that you switch over manually with a switch and I have had no damage on that. Of course, it doesn't have a battery. I will still continue to bring my converter. The last time, I used it for my Victor Stream and everything was perfect. With the StandScan, I would still check with the distributer to make sure the converter does both. Its just a question of sending an e-mail.
Ron & Danvers -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 11:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Prizmo with StandScan Pro Hi Fanus and Ron, I think you should either inquire from the Standscan people or simply wait until you get it, but if they are selling this thing worldwide I somehow can't see that they don't at least make sure the adapter can handle both 110/120 and 220/240 Volts. As for your experience, Ron, I am not sure how long ago this was and how old your devices are, but I have never had a shaver in the last 10 years where I couldn't use the charger anywhere in the world (with the appropriate adapter, of course), but no converter was necessary. The same goes for the USB wall charger of the iPhone and pretty much all laptop chargers, they nowadays all can handle both 110 at 60 Hertz and 220 at 50 Hertz. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Pelletier Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 1:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Prizmo with StandScan Pro Hi Fanus, I have been to South Africa but I can't remember which adaptor I used. Of course, you will need a converter as well as the adaptor because, in North America we use 110-120 volts at 60 cycles and South Africa is 220 volts at, I believe, 50 cycles. Before leaving here, I purchased a 220 to 110 volt converter and it came with 4 or 5 adaptors. One of them definitely fits. I believe its 3 prong. I think 2 round and a flat but I'm not absolutely sure. A set of adaptors is very inexpensive and available anywhere. My adaptors were, from European 2 round prongs to everything else. If you need a converter only for basic appliances, you don't need to purchase the converter for electronics such as a computer. A simple converter for something like a shaver will work and is not very expensive at all. HTH Ron & Danvers -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 1:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Prizmo with StandScan Pro Hi Fanus, You are correct, North America has 2 flat prongs and from how you describe it your 2-round prong configuration sounds just like what I am used to from growing up in Germany. However, I just did a Google search for "What power plugs are used in South Africa" and I found the following website: http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity.htm This website describes 14 different plug configurations (from type A through type N) which are used around the world. According to this, Type M is most widely used in South Africa and while it sounds similar to Type E and Type F which are the German standards, I believe it is different. But I am sure you can find an adapter or maybe the Standscan comes with some adapters. I once bought a Skype desktop telephone from a company called Ipevo and it came with about 6 different adapters. It is completely incomprehensible to me why there isn't more standardization. I guess it wouldn't be an easy thing to change something like that, but I'm sure it could be done over time. Of course we all know that the German Type F "SchuKo" plug is the best because, well... it's German *smile* Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 4:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Prizmo with StandScan Pro Hello Anne and list I want to order the StandScan pro but I am also considering to buy the AC adapter. My problem is that they give three pin configurations, for US, UK and europe. If I remember correctly the US has two flat pins but I am not sure of the UK and Europe. Here in South Africa we use adapters with two round pins. Which of the UK or Europe adapters will work? Regards Fanus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Robertson" <annefromo...@gmail.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:15 AM Subject: Re: Prizmo with StandScan Pro Hello Julian, Here's the link for the StandScan Pro: http://standscan.com/StandScan/index.php/product/standscan.html It took nearly three weeks to arrive, but it's great. Cheers, Anne On 9 Mar 2013, at 07:44, Julian <mrc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Can you provide a link or information on where I can purchase this > device? Thanks in advance. > > Julian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. 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