International Phone Charger

Most chargers/wall warts will work on 100V-250V, so all you probably need i s a plug adapter. This does not apply to most high-power devices like hair dryers, curlers, irons, etc., but most tourist hotels provide hair dryers.

I think Kenya uses the same plug as the UK. If you cannot find t at your l ocal luggage/travel store, you can surely find them for sale at the airport . Your hotel will probably have them to loan out at the front desk or the concierge. (Some hotels have wall sockets that accept foreign plugs withou t changing the voltage.)

Bon voyage!

is a plug adapter. This does not apply to most high-power devices like ha ir dryers, curlers, irons, etc., but most tourist hotels provide hair dryer s.

local luggage/travel store, you can surely find them for sale at the airpo rt. Your hotel will probably have them to loan out at the front desk or th e concierge. (Some hotels have wall sockets that accept foreign plugs with out changing the voltage.)

Thank you.

Yes, Kenya uses the G plug. And, yes, all our chargers are 'smart' that way . What we were hoping for was a suggestion towards a rechargeable external battery pack, for those times we are away from the big hotels and are stayi ng in the luxury tents. My wife is a heavy user of tablet-based apps, so we will not be able to count on hers holding a charge for several days.

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

It sounds like you want something that will supply 5V to a USB port. Even f there are technological differences, I would guess that the biggest diffe rence in cost (kw-h/$) would depend on whether you but at retail or with a discount, and not on the brand or packaging cosmetics. My only concern wou ld be that ones with a high energy density (kw-h/kg) might spontaneously ca tch fire, and I do not know of any reviews that address this issue (I think these would all be Li-iion, and you are not allowed put these in your chec ked baggage). I would get one in the $10-$20 range and test it out at home , and maybe buy another one if it does not have enough capacity (do you kno w the discharge rate for the tablet?).

My only concern would be that ones with a high energy density (kw-h/kg) mi ght spontaneously catch fire, and I do not know of any reviews that address this issue (I think these would all be Li-iion, and you are not allowed pu t these in your checked baggage).

Nailed it!

That is also our concern. And why we are looking for actual travelers who h ave used such a device in practice.

Thanks again!

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

I have a solar power-bank. If it can be left in the sunshine most of the time it might keep up with a heavy user. But I don't have one of those so do not know...

Mike.

Check with your airline - some may have house rules about what they will allow in checked and/or carry-on luggage.

If you stop or change planes anywhere en route to Kenya, its not a bad idea to check that country's rules too.

Example: three years ago I changed planes in Dubai en route from London to India (on Emirates flights). Everybody had to go through security there. In security a couple of spare 1000mAh batteries for my Panasonic TZ-70 bridge camera removed from my hand luggage and not returned. These were well under the allowed total capacity - I'd checked that previously. When I complained after the trip the response was "local rules - tough".