Most people think a travel adapter is a travel adapter. They grab the cheapest one at the airport kiosk, stuff it in their bag, and figure it’ll work everywhere. That’s how you end up at 2 AM in a Hong Kong hotel room with a dead phone and a plug that doesn’t fit the wall. …
You’re packing for Vietnam. You grab your phone charger, your laptop brick, maybe a camera battery charger. Then you look at the plug. That three-pronged New Zealand Type I plug. And you realise: it’s not going anywhere near a Vietnamese wall socket. I’ve seen travellers show up in Hanoi with a bag full of adapters …