2-Pin USB Adaptor

Sounds like an extremely niche requirement. Maybe fit a second socket of EU two-prong type to the cabinet? I did that for a second internal shaver socket on mine (for toothbrush and clippers).

Are you sure your bathroom shaver socket is not also compatible with Euro 2-pin? Many specialised isolated shaver sockets are (eg mine is!).

nib

I thought it should be, but when I bought my previous shaver it had a "Euro" style plug and it wasn't keen to stay in the socket....

Dave

There's a difference between 'it fits' and 'the pins are properly gripped'. I've seen this as well, where the weight of the cable is too much for the socket to hold securely. It probably comes of making strange sockets to take both US and EU plugs.

Might be easier to get a new shaver socket,take a Euro cable along to check the fit. I haven't used my bathroom socket for years, it seems fairly difficult to find mains shavers these days. I plug mine in to charge from a 13A socket using an adaptor.

Why not charge it elsewhere? I have the same with my new shaver. I think I have only charged it a couple of times (I don't use it every day) so charging it elsewhere is no inconvenience at all. When I had a wiring check, the shaver socket failed (because it was connected to a

Or get a shaver socket with a built in USB outlet. The OP wouldn't need an adapter as the usb would plug directly into the shaver socket.

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I wonder why it's on such a big discount. I'm a bit suspicious.

I should have said, the existing socket is inside a bathroom cabinet so changing it could be "interesting" but not impossible....

... at present charging it elsewhere but putting it in the cabinet was convenient...

Dave

Its inside a cabinet so that wouldn't fit..... .. but perhaps I can find something that will...

Dave

Probably because the £119 price is complete BS and £36 is more realistic. Other retailers are charging between £35 and £60 (with Screwfix being at the upper price)

When I had this problem, the shaver socket had slots for a US style plug as well as the UK one, so I got a USB wallwart with a US mains plug on it. It gripped better than a Europlug in the UK shaver socket.

Another option is a powerbank, charged outside the bathroom.

Theo

My cabinet also started life with one internal shaver socket, and I added another, it's bolted together aluminium panels so I just had to get a suitably sized bimetal hole-saw.

Upon inspection it's a 13A socket I added, not another shaver socket.

And another option would be to charge the shaver outside the room, as I do.

I used to do that with an electric toothbrush, and it was annoying because it operated best with a fully charged battery and performance declined once the battery was less than about 80% charged. I replaced the NiMH brush with one with a lithium ion cell and it was night and day better - the power doesn't drop off until it's below maybe 10% of charge.

So if it doesn't need regular charging and has a lithium ion that's another way to go.

Theo

Me too. Mine (lithium ion) probably needs charging about once every 10 days. The exertions of carrying it all the way to another room and all the way back again have not so far proved too onerous.

Well I eventually bought a 2-pin USA adaptor. Its 110-240v, same as the others on Amazon but the flat pins hold well in the socket which has slots for USA style adaptors...

Dave

I assume you are charging at 110 volts. Does this mean it takes longer?

Nope, 240v. While the socket will take both UK and USA plugs its always