For longer than I can remember, it was very rare to find a European appliance that didn't work in the UK (and vice versa). The only recent developments have bee

For longer than I can remember, it was very rare to find a European appliance that didn't work in the UK (and vice versa). The only recent developments have been in tighter regulation so that all electrical products produced in the UK must be guaranteed to work in Europe (and vice versa). I don't think that Europlugs are more solid, durable or safer than British plugs either. Comparitively speaking, they're flimsy, unfused, unearthed and the wall sockets can't be made to close up without a plug inserted.