“Power Vampires” take the shape of all kinds of things; your mobile phone charger, digital camera charger, iPod charger, my mother….these items steal energy from you even when not being used for their intended purpose, like making me a sandwich. To combat this massive amount of wasted energy, designer Paulo Oh has come up with a simple plan; unplug them. Not satisfied with simply unplugging them, he also designed this handy outlet called “Hang On Outlet”. It is a basic power outlet with a little extra lip to hold on to your lose plugs, keeping your power management neat and tidy.
Designer: Paulo Oh
nice
Erm… turn the switch off if you live in england?…
why dont all countries have switches on their plugs….
I don’t know why all countries don’t require switches on the power points. The beauty of such a feature has become clear to me after moving from the US to Australia. Here’s what our power points look like:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/274624/2/istockphoto_274624_power_point_australian.jpg
Agreed, switches are waaay better!
very cool
switches would be nice too
C’mon people, just how lazy you can be? But this is definetly unique. I mean, in my whole life i have not saw power outlet with no on/off switches and i stay in develpoing country.
Having the action of manually to turn off the switch, comparing to the need to modifiy the power plug and hole and universal its design, which is better? This design does not solve anything, instead, it add more things….
Why would you design this as something that will fit existing plugs? I never seen any plugs anywhere in North America that are oriented or layed out this way.
Plus as others have mentioned switches would be much easier, making this holder thing not needed.
*wouldn’t
the idea is very simple and well shown.
although almost all North American plug outlets have chamfered edges, as a small detail you might want to think about…
as far as the plugs go, its great that you’ve added the flat, small piece of material to make the plug hang onto the holder without falling out, but what products do you buy today that have that? are you implying that this system has to have universally the same plugs with flat pieces on them to hang them?
most plugs in most home are just above floor level, rendering this useless…far beter is a inline switch close to the device as possible.
Wow, a switch would be ten times less hassle.
(and even then people are often too lazy to switch off plugs; let alon hang them up all neat and tidy)
Great idea….probably would want to inspire to unplug used items. Get this idea rated here: http://www.ratemyideas.com/story.php?title=The_Hang_On_Outlet_keeps_cords_in_place
dude…u need to think more…this ain’t the actual problem….
Dude. Switches. KTHXBye.
And generally, switches are added to the outlets in most homes in the US. It is usually only the bottom outlet that is always live.
This is better one
http://www.ifdesign.de/beitragsdetails_e.html?offset=96&sprache=1&award_id=144&beitrag_id=39765
A switch would be a better idea i think.. it’s safer and easier.. I am surprised how these outlets don’t have swtiches.. but a neat idea i must say…!!!
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I have a great conceit regarding his idea and design.”
G r e a t !!
A timer would be even more intelligent…
A timer would be even more intelligent…
How can I buy this?
How can I buy this?
me interesaria ver la posibilidad de contactarme con el distribuidor o fabrica de los enchufes.
Gracias espero una respuesta
me interesaria ver la posibilidad de contactarme con el distribuidor o fabrica de los enchufes.
Gracias espero una respuesta
In america we don’t have switches on our plugs because the majority of us don’t feel the need to save energy. In a country that doesn’t have the switches this would be very helpful.And even here where it is nearly impossible to find a plug with a switch it’s extremely lazy, but hey, I’m American.
Huh. How come noone has thought of this before? It’s ingenious!
How do I get these 4 plug outlets?