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Electric Man and USB Man power you up without costing an arm and a leg
If you're fond of the plug-separating PowerSquid power strip, or its pricier big brother, PowerSquid Calamari, you'll really like these anthropomorphic alternatives from Urban Outfitters. Electric Man separates the sockets for easy plug-in of even the bulkiest wall wart, and does it with whimsical style.
Besides its clean, manly design, the best aspect of this plug extender is its price — at $14.99 (it was $26 before), you could buy four of these for the price of one $60 PowerSquid Calamari surge protector (but the PowerSquid is only $5 more).
If you like Electric Man, you might also consider his brother, the $19.99 USB Man, offering four appendages for your favorite gadgets. Plug us into one of each.
Via Urban Outfitters: Electric Man or USB Man
By xanapus at 4:20 AM ON 02/14/09
I do like the USB man because I have many USB devices that I use a USB hub for but it doesn't always let me use more than 1 usb device which defeats the whole purpose lol. I would be happy to buy this little man. The electric man would be awesome for those bulky plugs that you just cannot use in a power strip because you can only use 1 on the very end.
Both cool ideas. I didn't know they existed, now I do, thanks Dvice.
By Shakefire at 11:41 AM ON 02/14/09
Cool idea but does the "head" house a retractable cord or is it just wasted space just to make it a head? If it's not a retractable cord, they really missed the mark on that one...
By xanapus at 7:16 PM ON 02/15/09
No, I went to the website that sells them and it isn't retractable. That is a good point though. It would be a lot easier to store it in my laptop case when traveling if I didn't have to wind up the cord cause it takes up more room.
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