SnapPower Charger

[Demon_Skeith]

The days of having to wire up a complete replacement outlet to add a USB charging port will soon be long gone.

The same folks behind the SnapRays Guidelight, a replacement cover that added night lights to almost any outlet in your home without wiring, is back with an even better product. Their new SnapPower Charger cover can be installed on any outlet, but instead of lights it adds a USB port for charging your electronics.

The SnapPower Charger is simply a replacement cover plate featuring a pair of metal prongs that reach around an existing outlet and make contact with the screws holding its electrical wiring in place. Once the cover plate is snapped on and screwed into place so it's secure, the USB port instantly has power.

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Neat, unless you need to charge a lot of USB.

 

[froggyboy604]

This looks good for people who just have a few USB powered devices, and don't use a lot of power outlets. 

This does not look very useful for me since most of my power outlets are behind a desk, or furniture, so I need a surge protected power bar with a longer power cable to make it easy for me to quickly plug in a lot of stuff into one power bar like a TV, game console, DVD player, etc on a power bar with many power outlets.

I seen similar surge protectors which has USB chargers built-into the surge protector and power outlet covers.

I probably just get a  power surge protected power bar with built-in USB charging ports since two power outlets are not enough these days for most people with many electronics, and computers, and the USB ports are surge protected on a Surge protected power bar.

A powered USB hub with a power brick adapter could also be more useful for users with many USB devices.

 

[Cierra]

I like this, but if they added surge protection that would be even better.