Awesome Upside-Down Power Strip

[uop_apisdn]

I been meaning to ask. Is a power squid a power strip or surge?

Both are available. I own examples of each, and really like 'em. The ones labeled "outlet multipliers" do not have surge suppression. The ones that offer surge protection are labeled as such.

You can get either type from Amazon.com. (They have the "real" Power Squids, and some cheapie knockoffs.)

 

[ShagnWagn]

I guess if all the plugs and wires looks the same it will look descent. It gets a huge fail for power bricks though. Impractical. Although this is one of those things that people will go "oh cool, I'll buy a couple", then get home and realize they didn't think about power bricks. A good impulse buy I guess, so would probably sell well. They will mostly end up in landfills and attic boxes.

Although, how can you stamp the term "reinvent" on this when they didn't even put a clock in it? I thought that was mandatory.

 

[GreenMonkey]

Eh, I much prefer a Power Squid. I have more problems dealing with giant power bricks than I do with wanting my wiring to look neat. I'm fine so far just shoving stuff behind a table or something when it needs to look nice. Although most of the time I just leave it out for accessibility. Aesthetics be damned.

Ditto

I'm sure this would be nice but it always seems like about half of my power plugs are bricks. Power squids are cooler.