So much for the "free" world power adapter...

Lol! That's hilarious - especially since I ordered two myself! They haven't arrived yet

Go to Staples and pick up the Targus adapter. I don't recall what I paid, but its a solid unit and very compact.

I have purchased from them before. Had an issue and told them. They offered a refund or to send a new item.

Is there an engineer in the house?! 🙂

Would make a nice DIY project.... 😀

To me it seems like you got what they promised, I quote:

"Flexible can be broken apart for ease of portability","Compact design"
What You Get: Portable World Travel Power Adapter

I guess they have not lied about the above, have they? Seems like your adapter got crushed though judging on the black pieces of "high impact, durable, VO rated polycarbonate plastic"

Mine arrived today and looks just like yours!
Oh well... I guess I will stick with one I got at Walmart last year and has served me well. I think it was about $12 and is in their luggage aisle.

Some assembly required 😉

Mine literally crushed into pieces when I tried to pull it apart!

You charged it right? Call them and if they don't make it right, refuse the charge.

Makes a nice story though...

They SAME thing happened to me when I just opened mine!

Got mine today as well. Arrive just like yours, excepts mine had several pieces of broken plastic mixed in. It was a daily steal alright!

I got mine today, and 2 of them arrived in proper condition, but one of them is broken like your picture. I will contact them and request a replacement or a refund. I think the damage happened because they were not packaged in bubble wrap and could be easily damaged when coming into contact with other heavy items which would break the plastic.

At the end of the day it's $10, so it's not worth my time. At the same time I feel like I should request a refund (or replacement) on principle, since they shouldn't be able to get away with this. There was nothing "free" about the adapter. It cost maybe $2 to ship the two adapters, so they still "made" ~$4 per adapter.

Mine arrived and it's fine, just like in the picture, but to tell you the truth, it's kind of bulky and quite cheap. If you want it, I suppose I can send it to you.

I think you are better off buying the 3 or 4 individual plug adapters you need from dealextreme (one 2-pin for Europe, etc, one for UK/Australia/etc, one for HK/etc.) those are solid, and I also travel with a US short extension cord Y adaptor I got from Frys in Palo Alto. It has one US male plug on the tail, and two female sockets on the ends. So if you happen to need two outlets, you plug the adaptor into the tail, and you have at least 2 US outlets wherever you are. Even if you forget the adaptor, so many hotels now have universal wall sockets anyway.

-David

this is the y adaptor I mentioned (or another version of it.)

http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=9921

that y adaptor is short (20 inches for that one) and doesn't take up any room at all in the carry-on.

-David

http://www.tumi.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4209721&prodFindSrc=paramNav

I own this one. It's expensive and I'm sure there's cheaper ones, but it works and it's sturdy. I've taken it around the world and haven't had a problem. Tumi is great!

Yup - add me to the list. If a deal seems too good to be true...

Same here, they said I should send them a picture.

My two adapters arrived looking just like yours - in many pieces. These are pure junk. I called Daily Steals and they agreed to refund my shipping cost. The customer service lady said they'd had a "number of calls" about the product.

I was going to jump on two of these but ran out of time and then they were gone. Now happy I did not.

I love my std one I got:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Travel-Smart-All-in-One-Adapter/10983769

$10 and works great!

Got mine last night. First thought at seeing the damage ... "What a piece of junk". Arrived just like yours with several pieces of broken plastic.

as an update I see walmart is out of stock. they have them here too:

http://www.jr.com/travel-smart/pe/FRN_TS237AP/

same price.

Lol, I am sorry I was laughing this Morning when I saw your picture, I almost bought one for my friend who is always borrow mine whenever he travel.

Mine arrived yesterday demolished as well. I contacted the site but have yet to hear back so far.

This one on Amazon cost me a little over $3.00, including shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Insten-Universal-Travel-Charger-Adapter/dp/B001MGUB9Q/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_b

That looks like a copy of the quite sturdy Targus power adapter which I have:

http://www.amazon.com/Targus-World-Travel-Adapters-APK01US/dp/B000ES6KPM/ref=pd_cp_e_1

They really ought to refund the money. They shipped out a bunch of bunk products which is NOT cool.

Same here. Mine arrived with 6 broken bits of plastic and 2 springs that had popped out. Shoddy product. I am going to try and return it, I guess. Definitely will never buy from them again.

Yup,cheap. You get what you pay for. Find a UL Rating anywhere on your bits and pieces?

I wonder if we should all "comment" on their Facebook page about their terrible product... https://www.facebook.com/dailysteals

I use the Kensington since a couple of years and works quite well.

http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-33117-International-Travel-Adapter/dp/B0002H4YUI/ref=pd_sim_e_1

Additional I use the outlets to go power strip since hotels tend to not have enough outlets for my needs.

http://www.amazon.com/Outlets-Go-Power-Strip-USB/dp/B0018MEBNG/ref=pd_bxgy_e_text_b

The picture reminds me of the cheap adapters I used to buy in China. Those were cents though to buy so I did not mind loosing parts or trashing them.

I got mine and it was not damaged.

Update- I emailed Daily Steals and was happy to receive this response:

"I'm really sorry about the condition in which you received this item. A
lot of people did receive this item broken so we are not sending out
replacements as they will probably be delivered broken again. I have
refund you in full. Please allow 24-48 hours for your refund to post to
your account. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for
you! Again, I really apologize for this and hope you will continue to
shop with DailySteals.com.

Thank You,
Megan
The DailySteals Team"

The one from Amazon is almost identical to the one I carry--actually I carry two of them, which I got for free from Heathrow Airport for participating in the T5 preview trials. So I guess each cost me some time, but I got to see T5 before the public, so definitely worthwhile!

Me too, although not quite so many pieces. I managed to tape together the broken part and plan to use it in China next month.

For what it's worth, I emailed them today and got a refund.

One of the adapters came broken. It was the one I already had a good one of, so I replaced the broken one with my other one. I guess I'll still e-mail them since a main part of the product was damaged when it arrived.

have you asked for a refund? I use mine all the time and it came put together. I have had no issues with mine.