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Secret Sockets The OUTlet review – Double your wall outlets in the same space

REVIEW – Who amongst us has never needed additional power outlets? I know that I have. In this episode, we’re going to examine an innovative solution to this problem: The OUTLet from Secret Sockets, LLC. I have been following The OUTlet since it was funded through Kickstarter, through the long process of obtaining rigorous safety […]

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BriteOWL light-up wall outlet cover review

By Brooke Hall / July 19, 2019 / Reviews / Emergency lighting, Wall Outlet / Leave a Comment

REVIEW – In May, BriteOWL released outlet covers that double as nightlights and emergency backup lighting, without taking up outlet space. What is it? A replacement power outlet cover with LEDs across the bottom that turn on automatically when it’s dark or if the power goes out. What’s in the box? The outlet cover Screws

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Swidget is a wall outlet with multiple personalities

By Julie Strietelmeier / May 7, 2019 / News / Wall Outlet / Leave a Comment

NEWS – Turning your home into a smart home just got a little easier and future proof with Swidget. Swidget is a DIY replaceable electrical receptacle for a standard wall outlet that accepts snap-in inserts that use your home’s existing wiring to offer a variety of smart home features that work with WiFi, Z-Wave, Amazon

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Add a shelf to your wall’s power outlets

By Janet Cloninger / September 23, 2018 / News / Organization, Wall Outlet / Leave a Comment

NEWS – The power outlets in both of our bathrooms are by the door, and they are too far away from the sink counter for me to use the outlets with my electric toothbrush. I’ve been looking for a wall shelf, but I really don’t want to start screwing shelves into my ceramic tile walls.

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Add USB charging to your wall outlets without needing an electrician

By Janet Cloninger / February 19, 2018 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Wall Outlet / 1 Comment

The thingCHARGER Universal Charging Station adds two USB charging ports and a phone/tablet charging station to a wall outlet by simply plugging it into a dual 3-prong outlet. Both of the 3-prong outlets are still available for other devices, and you can now charge two devices using the two USB ports on the bottom of

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SnapPower Charger easily adds a USB port to a wall outlet without rewiring

By Julie Strietelmeier / March 31, 2015 / News / Batteries and Chargers, Crowdfunded, Home and Kitchen, USB, Wall Outlet / 1 Comment

Last spring I helped back SnapRays, a Kickstarter project for a wall outlet cover plate with built in auto-illuminating LEDs. The project was a big success and they actually delivered the products to their backers on time, which has not been the norm for most of the projects I have backed in the past. Now

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Monitor your energy usage without having to use a special plug-in module

By Janet Cloninger / March 31, 2015 / News / Home and Kitchen, Power, Wall Outlet / 1 Comment

Several companies sell modules that you can plug in between the wall outlet and your device to monitor how much power it uses. That’s great, but you can monitor energy usage by plugging your device directly into the Outlink wall outlet. Outlink replaces your current wall outlet. The bottom socket is standard, and the top

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Snap Power SnapRays Guidelight review

By Julie Strietelmeier / June 27, 2014 / Reviews / Home and Kitchen, LED lighting, Wall Outlet / 14 Comments

How many of these do you have scattered around your house? Would you like to free up your outlets but still have the functionality of a night light that only turns on when it’s dark? Me too, that’s why I helped fund the wildly successful SnapRays Kickstarter project earlier this year. I was very excited when my

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This outlet cover can light your way in the dark

By Janet Cloninger / March 5, 2014 / News / Home and Kitchen, LED lighting, Wall Outlet / 7 Comments

We have a long, dark hallway that has overhead lights, but those are too bright to leave on all night. There are a couple of outlets along the hall, and I’ve thought about buying some LED night lights to light up the hall at night. I’ve hesitated to do that, because the hall is narrow,

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xWallDock Charger – The Next Step in Outlet Evolution

By Janet Cloninger / September 21, 2012 / News / Home and Kitchen, iOS, Wall Outlet / 3 Comments

This is a Kickstarter project. We’ve shown you several wall outlet gadgets that hold your device up off the counter or floor while it charges. Usually, these are separate from the outlet itself, so you have another piece to keep up with. The xWallDock Charger replaces the standard outlet cover with one with a built-in

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Charge Your iPhone or iPod, Easy as Pi

By Janet Cloninger / September 12, 2012 / News / Batteries and Chargers, iOS, Organizer, Wall Outlet / 1 Comment

With the pi Mount, you can charge your iPhone or iPod while safely keeping it off the floor or countertop. The pi Mount slips over Apple’s charger to add a shelf to hold your device as it charges. It’s held where you can see it or use it as it charges, and you don’t have

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TruePower U Socket Wall Outlet with Two USB Charge Ports

By Janet Cloninger / May 8, 2010 / News / Do-It-Yourself, Home and Kitchen, USB charger, Wall Outlet / 6 Comments

FastMac has announced a 110V wall power outlet that can be used to replace any existing wall outlet. The TruePower U Socket contains two USB charging ports in addition to the standard 3-prong power outlet ports. The USB ports aren’t vampires – they don’t pull any power unless something is plugged in for charging. FastMac

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Driinn Cell Phone Charging Ledge Review

By meredyth / January 25, 2010 / Reviews / Organizer, Wall Outlet / 5 Comments

Have you ever heard of the phrase “Purse on the floor, always be poor”? Probably not… I propose a new version of this old adage: “Phone on the floor, always be poor” I can say from personal experience that nearly every time I have left my phone on the floor I have become slightly less

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Another Wall Outlet Organizer Thingy

By Julie Strietelmeier / January 22, 2010 / News / Home and Kitchen, Organize, Spotlight Gadgets, Wall Outlet / 8 Comments

It is now my lifelong quest (which started last year) to find and report about every wall outlet organizer product in the world. I found another one today – yay me! It’s the Driinn Cell Phone Charging Ledge. This one isn’t nearly as elegant as some of the others I’ve told you about, but since

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Cord Charmer Wall Outlet Replacement Cover

By Julie Strietelmeier / December 27, 2009 / News / Home and Kitchen, Organize, Spotlight Gadgets, Wall Outlet / Leave a Comment

The Cord Charmer turns any 2 outlet power receptacle into a neat little device charging station. It replaces a 2 outlet cover plate for one that has a special covered section for excess cable. There’s even a small shelf that can be used to hold the currently charging gadget. You can buy one for $9.95

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