Bringing Appliance To The Philippines

@Enzyte Bob

Thanks for this. If anyone could share their experience with the brands available there, I think that could really help those of us still planning our moves.

Well I’m currently in the Philippines for a 3 month stay. My wife and I have been married for over 40 years. For almost 40 of those years we have used Lbc and balikbayan boxes to send countless small appliances from the US to be used in our small home in PI and we also sent transformers to solve the differences in power. Today we have a coffee maker and an oster double door oven/air fryer working through transformers. My recommendation is to buy appliances that are available in the Philippines. I will not ship another appliance to the Philippines from the US. The air fryer/oven is considerably larger than anything offered in PI and that’s why I sent that. Most brands here come from China. Our current refrigerator is a condors, washing machine is TCL, 40 in flatscreen tv is sharp, window aircon is GE… Every type of appliance in the US can be found here different brands but here. One of the biggest challenges is finding things without hearing those famous words “Sorry Sir, no stock!” Good luck.

Condura not condor! Flipping autocorrect!

Sorry, just to add, if you are thinking about buying transformers make sure you purchase good step down transformers that are designed for continuous use and can support the type of appliance they are  to be used for and bring replacement fuses.

Excellent topic Bob.

Many countries run 220/240 volts but you have to watch the frequency also, Australia is 50 Hertz but PH. is 60 so you need to make sure that any appliance/tool you ship is rated 50/60 Hertz, If only 50 then here they will run faster/hotter and have a very short life.

We only shipped 50/60 tools and appliances and they are still going fine after 4 plus years, sold and gave away so much and have replaced what we need available locally.

We did ship a container to here but only shipped what was suitable with electrical goods.

The 110/220 volt scenario is something we never had to deal with only the frequencies.

Cheers, Steve.