Travel Adapters & Power Banks in 2026: What to Pack (and the Airline Rules You'll Break by Accident)

The short version, so you can pack correctly before reading the rest: every power bank and spare lithium battery must travel in your cabin bag, never in checked luggage. Anything up to 100 watt-hours (Wh) needs no permission; between 100 and 160 Wh needs…

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The plug: Nepal, and everywhere you connect on the way

Nepal's mains supply is 230 volts, 50 hertz, delivered through Type C (the two round pins you see across Europe), Type D (the old three-round-pin British-India standard) and Type M (a chunkier three-pin plug shared with South Africa). In practice a lodge in…

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Adapters: buy the boring universal one

A universal travel adapter with built-in USB-A and USB-C ports is the single most useful thing in a trekker's electronics kit. It covers Nepal's Type C/D/M, UK Type G, continental Europe's C/E/F, US Type A/B and Australia's Type I from one body. Look for a…

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Power banks: the rules you break by accident

This is where good travellers get caught out, because the airline rule is written in watt-hours but the sticker on your power bank shouts milliamp-hours. To convert, take the mAh, divide by 1,000, and multiply by the cell voltage — 3.6 or 3.7V for…

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Charging on the trek: the Nepal reality

On the classic routes — Everest Base Camp, the Annapurna Circuit and Base Camp, Manaslu — teahouses run on a mix of solar, micro-hydro and generators, and they charge you to charge. Expect to pay per device, per hour, and expect the price to climb with the…

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