A standard duplex outlet in the U.S. features two AC outlets, but any one who’s ever set up a TV in their living room or put together a computer desk knows that is not nearly enough. You can get yourself some ordinary power strip to help out. That might add on five or six more slots for you. However, if you’re plugging in a TV, soundbar, subwoofer, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and more, this is going to fill up pretty quickly.
Maybe this is also where you have your modem and router, perhaps a smart speaker, now you’re completely out of room. You need a beast like this one from Anker. It’s currently on sale for 17% off at Amazon which takes the price from $28 to just $24, so why not save several bucks as you also save yourself form the stress of impossible cable management?
Space for Larger Plugs
This one power strip has a whopping 12 AC outlets spattered across it. Not only that, but the outlets are placed in a way that actually makes sense. How many times have you had a single device take up two or in some cases even three slots on the power strip, all because it has a big, stupid, chunky adapter that over reaches to the nearby outlets? Too many. Well, here Anker has made all the of the outlets along the sides facing out so that these fatter plugs can hang off the side and not obstruct the use of other outlets on the strip. They’re all 1.5 inches apart, giving them each plenty of space to work with.
If you’re installing this in a place that requires frequent access, you can even consider wall mounting it. The Anker power strip has two keyhole slots on the back that allow you to easily hang it on the wall up off the floor.
The Anker power strip also contains three USB ports which can either power USB-based devices or charge your portable devices like your phone or headphones. It includes two USB-A ports and one USB-C. The USB-A ports can charge at a rate of 12W while the USB-C can do it at 20W Max. That’s when they are used individually. If all three are in use, you can expect 15W between them. When using the USB-C slot on its own, you can take an iPhone 15 from dead to over 50% in just a half hour.
