american living in barcelona since 2019 - gave up on converters after multiple failures. Even good ones shut off from thermal protection when using hair dryers. Either embrace air-drying or budget for a local purchase. Bonus: european dryers actually dry faster with 220v anyway!

2.5 hour battery sounds like a lot until you realize most movies are 2 hours and you spent 15 minutes fiddling with the screen angle. Always bring a powerbank that does USB-C PD - most of these charge while playing and you can just run it off the bank the whole night