Will my GHD hair straightners work in New York?

[fairy!]

My friend says the voltage in the USA is different so they just won't work...??

[buildersmate]

Yes, its 115V so you will get only one quarter of the heat out of it. Won't do any harm, not probably won't starighten your hair either.

[fairy!]

Gutted!! I'm going to glamerous New York & I'm gonna have frizzy hair!! :-(

[chazza]

I took mine last year, and although they don't heat up as much, it wasn't far off, and I was able to straighten my hair no problem for going out!

[Dassie]

If you saw "Watchdog" tonight you wouldn't risk taking them!

[JK2]

I have some Nicky Clarke straighteners with worldwide voltage and they are not expensive - around �25. Might be worth buying some just to use for trips like this..

[JonnoGenie]

Crikey the US runs on 110 volts. If you take over UK gear and plug it in it will basicaly blow up. <You'll have more than frissy hair!>

[Memore]

i used ghd in new york no problem just use an adapter - they take bit longer to heat up but were fine

[chazza]

They will not blow up Johnno! As memore and I said (from experience), they will work fine but will not heat up the same as over here

[fairy!]

Oh cool... phew!!

Adapter... like a plug converter thingy? Or is it somehting different?

Might look in the the Nicky Clark ones... as need a spare to keep at work... (20 min walk + wind & rain = messy hair!)

What was Watchdog saying? Saw it a few weeks ago when they were saying people's GHDs were catching on fire... scary stuff... I still couldn't live without mine tho!

[chazza]

yes just an ordinary plug adapter, you can buy them at the airport.

There were reports on watchdog about a batch that blew up, but it was only a tiny percentage of the numbers sold. I'm on my third pair now and never had a problem!

[britannia74]

Just buy an adaptor and they will work fine, just takes a bit longer to heat up thats all. and if my frizzy mop can be straightened using them in the US i'm sure you'll be fine!!