As we all know this little island we all call home is, if you read certain newspapers, also the last bastion of sky high prices and rock bottom customer services. Although I don’t fully subscribe to this philosophy it got me thinking. Many of our members will be international travellers but in the same vein will be reluctant to buy audio video products abroad for fear of incompatibility, differing voltage and strangely configured plugs. My question to you all is this. Are there any sure fire purchases an international traveller can buy and bring home to the UK, on a plane, without fear of getting it home and realising it’s a £200 door stop? There are obviously size constraints and I have a budget of £1000. I’m off to New York in a couple of months and I’m thinking about cables, universal remotes, ipods, docking stations etc. Nothing too bulky.