Plugging in is getting me down ( just a little)

Ditto and all the different cables!

TanaMa

I wish all chargers had the Maker's name on them!! I have various products, some of my late husband's that I would like to use, but although I have a bag full of chargers and plugs, I cannot partner the two together!! My Sharp stick vacuum charger etc is marked, meaning I can always match the correct one when needing to recharge the equipment.
I am sure it wouldn't take too much to mark them.

It is the same with kitchen devices. I have more plugs than sockets and was always having to swap the cables around, so I invested in a labeller. Each power plug and charger cable has the name of what it is for. It makes life a lot easier.

KKOB

Well, you've got a choice. Go back to the dark ages, don't use gadgets, buy batteries, or embrace technology.

On that subject, I have a wallet full of plastic cards. Standing in my local Tesco behind a modern man with just a few items who had to keep wandering to the Window to get his clubcard on his phone to appear, and then had to go outside to get his banking app opened while the queue built up behind him. I waited patiently because I was not in a hurry, but lots of tutting and changing lanes went on. Me, card one, card 2 and gone!

eazybee

It is finding sufficient sockets for all these extra chargers that is my problem.

As many chargers are just a USB on one end without a plug these days, we changed two of our double sockets for ones with 2 USB points as well as 2 plugs

We have two towers and good quality wires but wires that work in one tower don't always work in the other - and vice versa. Also two gadgets have a maximum limit of 1 amp and its a devil to find an appropriate charger.

We're going on a cruise after Christmas and there is just one electric socket in the cabin - and no usb outlets.

Anyone got any advice on a tower or similar that's versatile AND reliable?

the few i have are attachedto power strip
turn off when done
no fires

TanaMa

I wish all chargers had the Maker's name on them!! I have various products, some of my late husband's that I would like to use, but although I have a bag full of chargers and plugs, I cannot partner the two together!! My Sharp stick vacuum charger etc is marked, meaning I can always match the correct one when needing to recharge the equipment.
I am sure it wouldn't take too much to mark them.

Weren’t the EU going to bring in legislation to make chargers universal? Or was that just for phones?

Plugs with charging cables attached should always be switched off at the wall socket when not in use, the risk of a tragic fire is very real and never, ever worth the risk. This applies whichever type of connector it uses, merely disconnecting the phone or whatever device has charged doesn’t cut off the mains electrical connection. Wall sockets have switches for a reason!

I wish all chargers had the Maker's name on them!! I have various products, some of my late husband's that I would like to use, but although I have a bag full of chargers and plugs, I cannot partner the two together!! My Sharp stick vacuum charger etc is marked, meaning I can always match the correct one when needing to recharge the equipment.
I am sure it wouldn't take too much to mark them.

A few years ago, I booked an Airbnb in Paris for DH and I, DS, two DDs and husbands and five DGC. It was quite an old house, and had less sockets than we’d have liked. Between us, we had quite a number of chargers ( to put it mildly ). It became like musical chargers. I’d go back to check that my device was charged, to discover that someone had replaced my charger with their own! Very frustrating. I wonder how much it affected the owner’s electricity bill!

KKOB

Well, you've got a choice. Go back to the dark ages, don't use gadgets, buy batteries, or embrace technology.

Also, please remember that there is a real person reading your comment.

KKOB

Well, you've got a choice. Go back to the dark ages, don't use gadgets, buy batteries, or embrace technology.

I don't think I actually have a choice! Today's society needs all these gadgets. I don't dislike the gadgets themselves, but I wish that someone would invent gadgets whose batteries last much longer. (Off to plug in my phone.....)

Well, you've got a choice. Go back to the dark ages, don't use gadgets, buy batteries, or embrace technology.

fancyflowers, in the current tech world, I do not think you will ever get away from plugging things in. Even cordless items need to be plugged in at sometime, even if it is only once and continues to charge once you connect it to the charger. You can get extension leads which are operated by way of a remote control, but you still need to put a plug in them, in the first instance. In an ideal world and in order to cover your needs, I assume you are looking towards products which charge themselves without ever having to plug them in and they are powered in the same way as a mobile phone gets it's reception signal. Alternatively, try to purchase products which have a solar panel included, which charge in artificial or day/sunlight. You will never every have to plug these in. The basic kettle and toaster used to be a new gadgets and for many they are still lifesavers, because users never get tired of the endless plugging in, or turning switches on/off.

eazybee

It is finding sufficient sockets for all these extra chargers that is my problem.

Oh so agree… I use extension cords for almost everything as I live in an old house with oddly placed plugs and not many of those! Trouble is you should not use extension cords for higher power gadgets. I burnt one extension plug out by using a large fan heater in the bedroom. There are only two mains plugs in the room …one behind a wardrobe for permanent energy plugged in for TV ( and the heater extension) and the other on the opposite side of the room which takes the bedside lights, sleep apnoea machine, phone and tablet plugs, hair dryers etc. not really suitable for hair dryers as they keep cutting out . Luckily, as with the heater, good extension plugs have cut outs if fire threatened, but it’s not a good situation!

I was thrilled to find some USB ports in our new build.
Not so thrilled when we bought new iPhones to replace our 2020 ones. They’ve got different ports so had to buy tiny adapters ….

The EU introduced standard plugs for phones, laptops, etc. A good idea. Of course, Brexit....

One brilliant thing about my robot vacuum cleaner is that it plugs itself in after cleaning and tells me it's 'charging'.

I always pull all my plugs out before I go to bed, always have.

I don’t seem to have that much to charge just my iPhone and my iPad. My AirPods seem to last for ages so that’s only a very now and then thing and I don’t have anything else.

I’m going to have a read up on this later, and might start flicking all my cables off at the wall.
Bending down is a good exercise anyway 🙂

yogitree

Allira

Forgetting to plug is is worse!!

Don't forget the rechargeable vacuum cleaner.

I bought a new debobbler, it's very good.
But it needs plugging in 😀

I bought one and it was great for my pure wool socks. After debobbling my socks were completely bobble free but left with holes where they had been. Beware!

😲

Thank you!

I have been debobbling jumpers, at least they look fit to wear now, although thinner!

I think it's OK Bluebelle as long as the power from the plug it's plugged into is off.

Esoecially at Christmas when there's so much to plug and unplug before going to bed.

Maybe next year I'll go electric free... I don't even have that many lights I don't know how people manage who have these huge displays!

Allira

Forgetting to plug is is worse!!

Don't forget the rechargeable vacuum cleaner.

I bought a new debobbler, it's very good.
But it needs plugging in 😀

I bought one and it was great for my pure wool socks. After debobbling my socks were completely bobble free but left with holes where they had been. Beware!

Oh and my chair🤣

How could I have forgotten that!