Step up or step down transformers to make UK hair straightners work...

[Pascalle]

Hey guys...

From replies to my previous thread and after looking back over past threads I have come across conflicting info and am v v befuddled!

Do I need a step up or a step down currency converter to make my 70w UK hair straightners work in the USA?

Am intending on buying this weekend, so if anyone could recommend a place (as maplins looks to be fairly expensive) I'd be grateful...oh what we do in the name of straight hair!

Pascalle:wink

[Debby]

i took my hair straighteners to the us this year (June) and had no problem using them. Really dont know what you mean about step up or down though !?!?!

[skyhigh]

you just need a travel plug tesco used to sell them uk voltage is 220v usa is 110v

[BCKloon]

No if you want your 240V stuff to work on 110V(USA) correctly then its a step-up transformer you need

Stepping up the US 110V to UK 240V

[Pascalle]

cheers guys...

[JJoanneuk]

where can I get a step up transformer from ???

[BevS97]

check your straightners, they may have a switch on them allowing you to use them at 110v - if they do then you just need a travel plug, if not you need the transformer

[Jockey]

Have you tried Maplin for the transformer?

[JJoanneuk]

thanks jockey will try them
Joanne

[DisneyBB]

We bought one last time in a electronics shop in Belz.

[June]

Last time we went i just used a converter i bought from Tescos and we did not have any problems

[BnDamo]

My UK ones would not work with a converter. So I brought a pair in Walmart for $15 they were not as good as my UK ones but they were ok for the price. With the humidity and all the wet rides at the parks mine doesnt stay straight for long anyway. DH~Baz says buy a baseball hat!!
Deb

[Villainlover]

Am I missing somthing here?
Like a UK hairdryer that is not 110 vaults would work in US with an adapter plug but really sluggish. but surely hair straighteners would just take longer to heat up as the thermostat would still be the same.

If you bought them in US and used them in UK then yes Bang!! they would go.. but in US they would heat up in like twice the time wouldnt they?

[BCKloon]

Straightners would work on 110V but not correctly....If the increased current doesnt blown any internal fuses then they should work but not to the standard it was designed for..