Review on SEVENSTAR US EU 50-1600W AC World Travel Voltage Converter Adapter: SS1650 by Barry Hill

I bought this product for a 40 day trip to Argentina specifically to charge the iPhone and of course used my girlfriend's favorite hair dryer. In any case, after reading the details of this product, I was sure that this converter would suit me. Firstly it's quite heavy, I planned to live the whole trip without a frame pack. When we used the converter it soon felt very hot (an hour) and when my girlfriend tried to use her hair dryer once it completely fried the converter and I ended up throwing it away; and also the adapter plugs didn't hold up very well when plugged into the outlet, which isn't necessarily a manufacturer fault, but adding the weight of the converter to an already loose plug in the connection made it a bit of a tightrope walk. keep it securely connected. On a positive note, the converter was still doing its job throughout the trip. Having ditched the converter after only 4 days of use, I kept the adapter plugs and still used the required adapter plug on my Iphone. since I found that the iphone plug in the white "cubic" cable adapter was rated for 110 or 220 volts at 50 or 60 Hz, I was able to get "MacGuyver" up and running for a while. Because most of the civilized world uses 220 volts AC at 50 Hz. I will leave the plugs in the adapters as they are small, light weight (no converter) and very easy to pack for the next trip.