Plugging in is getting me down ( just a little)

JaneJudge and Allira, I've got one of those machines, it's called Revitive and was about £200 a few years ago. I have fibromyalgia, spinal stenosis, restless legs, Morton's Neuroma and plantar fasciitis. It does absolutely nothing for me 😟.

I take a 4 plug extension lead when I go away . It means only one adapter plug .

You can get a charging hub, 4/6 or 8 charging ports run off one socket. I always set up a reminder to pack the chargers when going away, would be drastic, especially the one for my hearing aids, oh and the phone and the iPad and the kindle and the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

JaneJudge

what is a leg massager? I think I could do with one

I have a leg massager to calm my restless legs. It goes around the calf, fastening with Velcro, and then inflates and deflates at regular intervals.

Mostly it works but not always.

You should try moving back to England after twenty years in France! We still have about 30 plugs to change....

I have just bought some little tags to label all my plugs. I have used 14 of them in the living room for permanently plugged in items, let alone the things I plug in as and when I use them! I only have 6 sockets, so a spaghetti of extension leads and adaptors abounds!

Elegran

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.

I have a white and a black fine permanent marker pen to label my many chargers, not all of which have the maker's name.

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 😀

Please tell me which debobbler you’ve got! I really need one that works! I don’t mind if it needs charging.
Thank you!

I have a cordless:

Vacuum cleaner
Karcher window vac
Lawn mower
Leaf blower
Strimmer
Screwdriver
Drill
Revitive foot massager
Car vac
Mobile phone
Tablet

Not having a lead makes life so much easier, all the plugs have a sticky label on telling me what they're for, but it would help if manufacturers just made one charging lead for everything, just like a 3 pin plug is a 3 pin plug, why can't the other end be universal? 🙄🤷

Just be grateful we don't live in the days before electricity was invented.

Mamie

You should try moving back to England after twenty years in France! We still have about 30 plugs to change....

We moved back to the UK 8 years ago, after 17 years in France. We still have some gadgets with French plugs, but we have plenty of adaptors.

Witzend

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 😀

Please tell me which debobbler you’ve got! I really need one that works! I don’t mind if it needs charging.
Thank you!

Oh, I'll have to check, just a mo!

Garstor Fabric Shaver, Electric Lint Remover, USB Rechargeable Wool Defuzzer, Cordless Sweater Shaver, Debobbler for Clothes (2.0 Pro,White)

Ps as we cannot advertise, other makes are available but the other one I had needed batteries. It was very good too (can't remember the brand).

I agree, most annoying. I bought a useful gadget which has all the chargers you might need in one phone size box. Difficult to describe. But guess what, it needs charging too!

One word of warning a fire officer came to my workplace, before I retired, and warned never to charge overnight as it is a fire risk. I’m sure all you sensible grans netters know this already!

Even my bed plugs in but now I've lost the remote! (I seem to spend half my life looking for things I've set down in the wrong spot - trying to improve on that)

Back in 1964, we got married and purchased an old Victorian house. We had to have it totally re=wired immediately, as the previous owner had run what looked liked power points in each room, from the lighting circuit.

Electrician asked us how many points he should install in our tiny scullery type kitchen. We ticked off on our fingers what we would ever (as we thought then) would need. Maybe a washing machine, electric food mixed (( so wanted a Kenwood), electric kettle, (fridge and toaster were in the living/dining room which was off that kitchen.

So we agreed on four points (to give us a spare!!!

Four years ago I had a completely overhaul of the kitchen in my little flat. I asked electrician to put in there hidden points for fridge/freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, oven, microwave, hot water tap and additionally to have above worktop five double points. How times have changed!!!!!