This accessory is compact and has USB ports

Electricity has been the predominant form of energy in homes for almost a century, but this has become even more pronounced in recent years. It is not that appliances that did not previously use this type of energy have been electrified, such as kitchens, water heaters or vehicles themselves, but that more and more appliances have been integrated into our daily lives.

And each requires an outlet to charge, so it’s likely that homes weren’t designed for that. There are usually two or three electrical outlets per room.

even if in many cases they are less and, even if they were, they are often insufficient.

In addition to the already more or less common appliances, such as the ceramic hob, the electric thermos or the various kitchen utensils, there are now more devices that can be plugged in, such as the coffee maker, the electric fryer, etc. And that’s just in the kitchen. Home automation has filled our home with devices, surveillance cameras, usually plugged in indoors, smart speakers, screens with voice assistants, various routers and signal amplifiers, chargers for mobile phones and tablets…

It is possible to rotate each of these devices, but this is also uncomfortable. That is why Extension cords are becoming more and more common

. But the most classic ones have given way to new ones. On the one hand there are smart power strips, with voice control, programming, etc. But on the other hand, we have others with a different design, more compact, which can be useful in certain places.

A good example is the one sold by Leroy Merlin, at a price of 21.99 dollars, with three sockets for Schuko plugsthe conventional ones, but also with two USB-A ports for legacy cables and two USB-C sockets

for the most modern cables. In addition, the sphere-shaped design takes up less space than other power strips, which will be useful in small rooms or when we want to place it on a piece of furniture or shelf.

This power strip also has a button to be able to turn off all the devices connected to it at once without having to unplug it. The only weak point is that said button does not light up, so you don’t know if it is connected or not from a distance, and you have to look if the button is in one position or another, for which it has a screen printing with the typical I and O icons.