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The ezSpace UFO Surge Protector Gets Price Drop to $29
That ezSpace UFO Surge Protector we reviewed and loved last month got a $10 price drop down to $29, making it even more of a good buy. [Review]
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Surge Power Strip: Your Power Wastage In Plain Sight
The Climatized Objects Project think there's a simpler way to make you save energy than clever sockets: "Surge" plops your power sockets and thus energy consumption in open view. Shaming you, and dominating your home. Yup: I'd certainly be tempted to unplug my "on standby" devices if this red surge-protecting beast was draped over my desk, behind my TV and down the stairs. Oh, no: wait— of course I wouldn't, because I'd never use this crazy crapness in the first place. I kind of see what they're getting at, but I'm distinctly glad this will remain just an eco-concept. Spilling coffee with it around would be fatal. [Dvice]
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Belkin's Mashup Surge Protector and USB Charger is Perfect, Tiny
I was desperate for a product just like Belkin's mini surge protector and USB charger combo yesterday, as I struggled behind my desk with the nest of wires, power bricks and surge protection to find my phone charger. Taking the small-is-neat approach, Belkin looks to have tackled their Dual USB Power Adapter and Monster Power Outlets to Go and made them one handy package. Sure, it won't change the world, but it's a nifty product that might tidy your home up a bit. If only it came with Euro-shaped sockets, I find myself thinking. Out soon for $25. [Belkin and CNET crave]
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Tributaries has had a rotating power strip on the market before, but this T12 seems like they're going all out—and by all out, we mean adding two extra ports to the strip. The whole thing comes in at an amazing 12 ports, eight of which rotate at up to 90 degrees so AC adapters don't bump into each other. Plus there's even coax and Ethernet protection. Sounds good, right? Too bad it costs $120, and doesn't even include a UPS battery backup in that price. [Tributaries Cable]
Tributaries T12 Power Strip Is Overkill With 12 Ports, Eight of Which Rotate
Tributaries has had a rotating power strip on the market before, but this T12 seems like they're going all out—and by all out, we mean adding two extra ports to the strip. The whole thing comes in at an amazing 12 ports, eight of which rotate at up to 90 degrees so AC adapters don't bump into each other. Plus there's even coax and Ethernet protection. Sounds good, right? Too bad it costs $120, and doesn't even include a UPS battery backup in that price. [Tributaries Cable]
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The Gadget: The ezGear UFO, a relatively compact surge protector/power strip that holds six distinct AC adapters so they don't bump into each other.
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Lightning Review: ezSpace UFO Surge Protector
The Gadget: The ezGear UFO, a relatively compact surge protector/power strip that holds six distinct AC adapters so they don't bump into each other.
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The age old conundrum of AC adapter bricks not fitting correctly on power strips has had many solutions lately, but this Socket Sense seems to be quite a clever one to add to the pile. It looks like a standard strip with the plugs offset at a 45 degree angle, but each socket can actually slide up and down the strip to accommodate larger or smaller plugs.
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Socket Sense Power Strip Has the Sense to Slide
The age old conundrum of AC adapter bricks not fitting correctly on power strips has had many solutions lately, but this Socket Sense seems to be quite a clever one to add to the pile. It looks like a standard strip with the plugs offset at a 45 degree angle, but each socket can actually slide up and down the strip to accommodate larger or smaller plugs.
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Eubiq Wall-Mounted Power Strip Goes Consumer
We've known about the Eubiq wall-mounted power strip for a while, but they've just told us that they're making a consumer version that doesn't need to be professionally installed by someone who won't burn your house down.
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Although this Powramid looks quite similar to the flying saucer surge protector we saw last month, this looks a bit more refined in terms of not looking like some guy made it in his garage. The Powramid has the same six outlets that the flying saucer had, but has their outlets facing right side up, meaning your adapters will hang naturally instead of dangling backwards. And best of all the thing will be only $17-$25, meaning that it's not that much more than a standard power strip. [Blast Magazine]
Powramid Power Strip Lifts, Separates Your AC Adapters
Although this Powramid looks quite similar to the flying saucer surge protector we saw last month, this looks a bit more refined in terms of not looking like some guy made it in his garage. The Powramid has the same six outlets that the flying saucer had, but has their outlets facing right side up, meaning your adapters will hang naturally instead of dangling backwards. And best of all the thing will be only $17-$25, meaning that it's not that much more than a standard power strip. [Blast Magazine]
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Whenever we need to unplug something when one of our hands is busy holding a croissant, we have two solutions: use our feet to hold the power strip or put down the croissant. Yoo-Kyung Shin has another idea, however, and designed a Raise Me Up powerstrip that you can de-plug with just one hand. All you have to do is click the lever down and the plug pops out, allowing you to unplug stuff all day while still enjoying your croissants. Damn, we really want a croissant right now. [Yanko Design]
Raise Me Up Powerstrip Provides Ease of Use For the One Handed
Whenever we need to unplug something when one of our hands is busy holding a croissant, we have two solutions: use our feet to hold the power strip or put down the croissant. Yoo-Kyung Shin has another idea, however, and designed a Raise Me Up powerstrip that you can de-plug with just one hand. All you have to do is click the lever down and the plug pops out, allowing you to unplug stuff all day while still enjoying your croissants. Damn, we really want a croissant right now. [Yanko Design]
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There have been many solutions to the problem of fat AC adapters clogging up your surge protectors (like this), but this ezSpace UFO flying saucer protector from ezGear looks like it can actually be filled with all AC adapters without colliding. The secret is that it's pretty huge and shaped like an flipped-over bowl, but it does the job in four- and six-plug versions. There's even a wall-mounted version as well. The first products will ship in January. [EZGear]
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Flying Saucer Surge Protector Keeps All Plugs Separate
There have been many solutions to the problem of fat AC adapters clogging up your surge protectors (like this), but this ezSpace UFO flying saucer protector from ezGear looks like it can actually be filled with all AC adapters without colliding. The secret is that it's pretty huge and shaped like an flipped-over bowl, but it does the job in four- and six-plug versions. There's even a wall-mounted version as well. The first products will ship in January. [EZGear]
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Tributaries Flexible Power Strip Bends 90 Degrees
We've seen our share of interesting power strips, but Tributaries' PWRS-T10 has five standard outlets and five twistable outlets that give you a good way to plug in multiple large AC adapters at once. Because each one of the five slots can be twisted at up to 90 degrees, you can position them at say, 0, 45, 90, 45, and 0 degrees so your plugs don't fight. In addition, there's also coax, RJ-11 (phone) and RJ-45 (Ethernet) cables to surge protect as well. No pricing on this yet, but we're guessing it's much more expensive than the $5 power strips you can pick up at Fry's. [Tributaries]
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Plugging Your PS3 Into a Surge Protector Doesn't Void Your Warranty
A PlayStation forum poster claims that a Sony customer service rep told him his broken PS3's warranty was voided because he plugged the console into a surge protector and not a wall socket, and that he'd have to pay $150 to fix it. When reached for comment, Sony said this wasn't the case and that your warranty won't be voided if you use a power strip. More »
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Seiko EM-49 Car Socket Power Strip
This device from Seiko easily falls into the "Why didn't I think of that?" category. The Seiko EM-49 is simply a power strip for the 12V power adapter in most vehicles. It also includes a USB port for charging your MP3 player, cellphone, etc. It goes for a cool $19, if you can find a way to get one over here from Korea. More »
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Design Concept: E-Rope Modular Power Strip
The E-Rope Modular Power Strip is a 2006 Idea Award winner designed by Chul Min Kang and Sung Hun Lim. Still in the design concept phase, this is an idea that's bound to take off because not only does it look great but it's functional, too. Its blue lights glow to indicate power is flowing, and if you rotate the socket section 90 degrees, it turns off the current, saving you from that power-sucking standby mode that's so prevalent in many of today's electronic devices. Plus, its modular design lets you add just the right number of outlets needed. While we're really digging our PowerSquid, the multi-tendriled power strip device thingamajig that gets the job done while offering plenty of separation for all those wall warts, we could use about a dozen of these E-Ropes, too. E-Rope [BusinessWeek]
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Design Concept: Electrici-tree
This design concept for an unusual power strip was cast from tree branches, separating each receptacle to make way for those oversized wall warts. The back of each socket is magnetized so you can tack it onto anything metal. Along with the design comes a bit of tree-hugging eco-porn:"Electrici-tree is a physical representation and reminder of how much electricity we are using. Its organic aesthetics are a gentle reminder of the nature around us, and what we are polluting with our over-use of power."Yeah, perhaps that is something we should think about every day. Maybe they'll actually manufacture these things before all the electricity is gone. More »
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Just Two More: AC Adapter Splitter
If you have a tangle of cables that looks like a spaghetti bowl under your desk and you've used up all of the outlets on your power strip—we know the feeling—this $16 AC adapter splitter will give you two more receptacles. That might be just enough to keep you from needing another power strip. And we heard you were already using two. We'll keep that our little secret. More »
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