Top products from r/askswitzerland
We found 14 product mentions on r/askswitzerland. We ranked the 13 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Switzerland (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
2. Swiss Watching: Inside the Land of Milk and Money
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
3. Der Waschküchenschlüssel, oder, Was-wenn Gott Schweizer wäre (Diogenes Taschenbuch) (German Edition)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
4. Hoi: Your New Swiss German Survival Guide (English and German Edition)
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
5. Simran SMF-200 Deluxe 200 Watts Step Down Voltage Converter for International Travel to AC 220V/240V Countries, Ideal for Laptops, Cameras, iPhones, BlackBerry, iPods etc
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
200 Watts Max Step Down voltage Converter for international travel to Europe and AsiaConverts 220/240 V to 110/120V so you could use american products in Europe, Asia & other 220/240V countries.Comes with 2-round pin Euro Plug. Please note for use in UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, it requir...
6. OREI Grounded Universal 2 in 1 Plug Adapter Type J for Switzerland & more - CE Certified - RoHS Compliant WP-J-GN
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Designed with double ports (receptacles) allow you to plug-in two electrical devices (connectors) at once (Does not Convert Voltage)US Patented Universal Input: Accepts plugs from all countries (except the Type M - big S. Africa 8.7mm Plug)Output: "Type J" Suitable for Switzerland, etc.New conductiv...
7. Ceptics Switzerland Travel Plug Adapter (Type J) - 3 Pack [Grounded & Universal] (GP-11A-3PK)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Small Travel Size - 3 PackStandard: Type J plug Switzerland CEE 7/16. Grounded 3-Prong plug.Accepts plugs from all countries including USA, DOES Not Accept Plugs from South AfricaNew conductivity design - internal metal interfaces provides better conductivity.Grounded 3 Round Prong plug. Max Capacit...
8. BESTEK Universal Travel Adapter 220V to 110V Voltage Converter with 6A 4-Port USB Charging and UK/AU/US/EU Worldwide Plug Adapter (Black)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
BESTEK Converter for 110V Devices: Patented technology converts voltage in different countries including Australia (100-240V, 50/60Hz) to US/Japan voltage (110V, 60Hz), ideal for charging various small devices less than 250WCharges 7 Devices Simultaneously: 4 USB charging ports with a combined 6A ou...
9. ELEGIANT WiFi Internet Development Board NodeMcu Lua ESP8266 ESP-12E
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
NodeMcu Lua ESP-12E WIFI Development Board. From 2015/10/1, NodeMCU has been upgraded to a new chip CH340WINDOWS driver USB to serial CH341 / CH340 installation packageSupport WINDOWS 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / VISTA / Server 2008 / Win7 / Win8 / Win8.1 32 Bit / 64 and MAC Through Microsoft...
10. BESTEK Universal Travel Adapter 220V to 110V Voltage Converter with 6A 4-Port USB Charging and UK/AU/US/EU Worldwide Plug Adapter (White)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
BESTEK Converter for 110V Devices: Patented technology converts voltage in different countries including Australia (100-240V, 50/60Hz) to US/Japan voltage (110V, 60Hz), ideal for charging all kinds of devices24-month Warranty & Safety Guaranteed: NRTL safety tested and upgraded hardware provides com...
11. WS2812B CHINLY 16.4ft/5M Individually Addressable LED Strip Light 5050 RGB Flexible Dream Color 60 Pixels/m Non-Waterproof IP30 PCB Black DC5V
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Length: 16.4ft/5M, LED Quantity: 60 LEDs of RGB SMD5050 per meter, IP30 non-waterproof, Black PCB, DC5VDream full color programmable LED Strip, WS2811 IC Built in 5050 SMD, 256 brightness display and 24-bit color display. Each pixel has own color and brightness. Control them individually and set any...
12. ECHOGEAR Power Strip Surge Protector with 8 Rotating-Outlets, Cable Management, Flat Plug & Fireproof MOV - 2160 Joules of Surge Protection - Expand Outlet Capacity & Keep Your Gear Safe
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
No more wasting covered up outlets. This power strip includes 6 flexible rotating outlets that keep power adapters out of the way and two fixed side outlets for good measure.Cable management hooks keep cords aligned and easily manageable. No more untangling and fussing with any chaotic cord situatio...
13. European Travel Plug Adapter, TESSAN International US to The Most Europe Outlet Adapter, Lightweight, Cruise Ship Approve, Wall adaptor for EU Type C Country Such as Spain,Italy,Iceland(2 Pack)
Sentiment score: 2
Number of reviews: 1
Type C European Adapter-2 Prong Europe Wall plug ,Compatible in most European countries and others such as Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, the Azores, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium,( NOTE: NOT WORK in UK/Ireland/Scotland, if need please choose our Type G adapter)American Outlet travel adapter...
First the books:
Lonely Planet is great but the lack of pictures usually don't make them fun to read. I love the Eyewitness Travel Guides and the one from Switzerland is quite good.
A great book (and must read imho) is Swiss Watching by Diccon Bewes. He also has a blog with great insights of Swiss life/culture.
As for websites, myswitzerland.com does a decent job.
Well, and if you're around Bern, just send me a message, we can have a beer!
Before moving here I bought a "northern european" adaptor and found that the pins were slightly too wide for the sockets. I could shove them in, but it wasn't a good fit. However, I purchased some specifically for Switzerland and they fit perfectly.
These are the ones I bought and like the best: (all Amazon links) 3 prong adaptors and a multi-plug adaptor. They've both worked well.
And for those who need a step down transformer, I found that this one also works great.
Gladly! I based my builds on one developed by Ulrich Radig, who makes his source code pretty freely available on his forums and on github. He's got an (older version) assembly and demonstration on that first link, towards the bottom.
Basically, you lay out strips of WS2812 LEDs to form a grid of lights, say 13x13, depending on how many letters wide your clock face needs to be. These LEDs can be controlled individually by a signal from a microprocessor, so you can turn on just the necessary lights instead of the whole strip. For a controller, we use a NodeMCU 12-E or similar ESP-8266 board, which is a low cost (8 euro) microcontroller that also has wifi built into it and which can be programmed in the same manner as an Arduino. You then put a grid between the LEDs to mask the lights and to prevent the light from lighting up the letters around it, since you just want one letter per LED to be lit up. Ulrich used water jet cut foam for his, my first one was cardboard, but I now have a 3d printer and will print something for it. Over the grid, you put a face plate with the letters etched, cut, or painted on it. Ulrich used a silkscreen method on glass. I used painter's tape on a opaque plexiglas, traced and cut out the lettering, then a couple of coats of black spray paint over that. I carefully peeled out the tape and it left a negative of the letter for the light to shine through. This time I'm going to maybe do something nicer, laser cut metal or wood (haven't quite decided). The whole device is run on 5v power, so a simple 2A USB style cell phone charger is all you need for power.
Ulrich did most of the heavy lifting with his code, where he created a sort of library that stores the "addresses" of the LEDs in a big matrix, then created reference functions to the matrix. Calling the function "Es" lights up LEDs numbered 1,2. Calling "ist" lights 4,5, and 6. This is set up for all the other words as well. He also built in a time lookup service to sync the time over the internet, and he included a web server function so you can connect to the clock over wifi and control the colors, brightness, and so on. I have mostly just adapted his code on my previous projects, but I hope to go a little further on this one, to add in a battery powered back up clock module, and if I have time, to refine the web server that Ulrich made.
I used adapters from tessan: https://www.amazon.com/European-TESSAN-International-Lightweight-Traveler/dp/B07MZN9457/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=tessan+swiss+us&qid=1562257867&s=hi&sr=1-1-fkmr0
This is not a voltage converter, but will work for most devices like your phone, laptop. For your hair dryers etc you should check the specs on the device itself at least some of those are made to work under both voltages (if it either states a voltage range like "110-240V" or sometimes also as "110/240V") .
Ive been to Switzerland 16 times since 2006. (Touring musician) I bought this euro power converter about 4 years ago and it’s been perfect. My band mates have all bought one also because of how jealous they were of mine. Here is the link https://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-Universal-Converter-Charging-Worldwide/dp/B012ERZ7B8/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?keywords=european+power+converter&qid=1562254827&s=gateway&sprefix=european+power&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1
I’ve used mine to power my chargers, laptop, various guitar pedals and lots of other stuff. Hope that helps.
From the insider:
Hugo Lötscher, Der Waschküchenschlüssel (short story in German, here it is). Part of this book.
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From the outsider:
Richard D. Lewis, When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures; Switzerland, pages 238-243. The whole book as PDF is available here, and is fantastic if you are interested in a spot-on and tangible overview of different "cultures and societal quirks".
My solution in the States is to get a surge suppressor with an angled plug, like this one.
The plug is pretty flat against the wall, then I can plug stuff in somewhere else, and have some basic surge suppression.
I assume, you're speaking no German at all? Then I would recommend Hoi - Your New Swiss German Survival Guide. Unfortunately, the preview doesn't do justice to the real book, as it only shows the introduction and no Swiss German words/phrases.
If you prefer listening to writing, then try Pimsleur Swiss German. It's 10 lessons (5 hours) and at the end you should be familiar enough with the language to do at least a little bit of small talk.