Going to israel for a year. What do I need so i can use shaver, ipod, blackberry?

Question

ill give 10 points for a good answer

Answer 1

For your blackberry and Ipod, bring your chargers with you and go into any electronic store in Israel, show them your charger and they'll give you a little plastic thing that will sit on any American charger and will plug into the Israeli wall, it costs 5 shekels.

For your shaver I think you can do the same, if you see it doesn't work properly then you might need a converter but I doubt it.

Anyways dandy gave you some good info on that.

Answer 2

Don't bring any. It will be very expensive to use them here. The best thing is to buy  a phone here and use the local costs. Example: a friend from USA brought his Blackberry and it costs him 8 dollars a minute to USA, with a local one I'm paying  5 cents a minute to USA.Of course also local calls will cost you much less.

Answer 3

you need to buy a convertor, Electricity in Israel is 230 Volts, alternating at 50 cycles per second. If you travel to Israel with a device that does not accept 230 Volts at 50 Hertz, you will need a voltage converter.

There are three main types of voltage converter. Resistor-network converters will usually be advertised as supporting something like 50-1600 Watts. They are light-weight and support high-wattage electrical appliances like hair dryers and irons. However, they can only be used for short periods of time and are not ideal for digital devices.

Transformers will have a much lower maximum Watt rating, usually 50 or 100. Transformers can often be used continuously and provide better electricity for low wattage appliances like battery chargers, radios, laptop computers, cameras, mp3 players and camcorders. However, they are heavy because they contain large iron rods and lots of copper wire.

Some companies sell combination converters that include both a resistor network and a transformer in the same package. This kind of converter will usually come with a switch that switches between the two modes. If you absolutely need both types of converter, then this is the type to buy.

Answer 4

you will need electricity.

Answer 5

A voltage converter so you can use all that stuff and recharge it.

Answer 6

The problem you will meet in any foreign country is voltage and plug type.

It depends on where you come from. If you are moving from Europe, you will have no problem with the voltage and the plug type.

Still the UK has a different plug type from the one used in Israel.

Israel uses CEE7/7 plugs (Central and East Europe 7/7 see how they look here

http://www.stayonline.com/detail.aspx?ID...

They are called Shchuko too.

You need to convert to it.

It is easy to find such converters even in supermarkets here.

The real problem is if you are moving from the USA to Israel. The USA uses 120 Volts supply while Israel uses 220-240 Volts.

In this case you shall  need a step down transformer to drop from  the Israeli  230  Volts to 120 Volts to match your shaver,  Mobile Phone or IPOD. You need to find a good quality one. Try Radio Shack

The 50/60 Hz difference between the US and Israel should make no problem so do not worry about it.

Answer 7

for your cell phone, you need to get your phone "unlocked" so call your company and tell them youre moving away for a year....

go to the cell phone store called CELLCOM or ORANGE and they can give you a SIM card with your own Israeli phone number and you can call international for cheap, and incoming calls are free.

and you can keep the sim card for later, and refill it with minutes whenever you need

Answer 8

Go to radio shack..there are two types of converters that you can buy...one is a standard one that just "converts" to the eurpoean style plug, the other actually converts the voltage.  Check your electronics first to make sure which one you need to use with which.  I know ipods don't need the voltage converer, but I'm not sure about the shaver...My hair straightener requires the voltage converter, and I think it runs on the same electricity as an electric shaver (but like I said, double check on the box or the instructions).

I never use my blackberry in Israel.  A few years ago, I got a phone that's "pay as you go"  It's from Orange, and it's called big talk.  It's still expensive, but cheaper than using my home phone abroad.  Or, if you're there for a year and you're opening up an Israeli bank account, you can get cheaper rates on a phone with no contract (but it's attached to that account/credit card)

Have a fun time!