A friend of mine recently asked me for advice on electrical plug adapters for use abroad — the plugs that you plug your electrical devices into when the sockets don’t match your plug. At the time, I didn’t have a good tip, since I’ve always traveled with a small bagful of adapters. But those days may be over.

The APC Universal Plug Adapter may be the solution. It’s a thin, light, all-in-one plug unit that replaces that bag of plug adapters. And it costs about the same as (or even less than!) that bag of plugs from Radio Shack.

You can buy the universal adapter from Amazon.com or buy.com. It comes to just over $25, shipped. Hat tip to BB