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Power Strip: The Most Important Gadget of This Century

Your computer needs a power outlet. But so does your tablet, your mobile phone, your power banks, your wireless headphones, and your smart speaker. This is the situation of just a single workstation.

But since the appliances and gadgets that make our lives easier are only increasing in number every day, we need more than two power outlets in each room of our house. The most convenient and flexible option, in this case, is you get a power strip. It is almost as if someone predicted this gadget boom and made this fantastic solution.

You can easily build a charging station to handle this situation. You can just plug in a power strip next to the computer for all of these devices to charge. This way, they always have power when you want to leave the house with them.

Let's walk through each room of an average house to see how having a power strip can make your setup functional and clean:
  • Living Room
Most people have a television in their living room. With the addition in streaming boxes that you can attach to one, having a power strip right on the table that has the television can add more outlets right there. This makes it easier to tie up long cables and make a cleaner, organized setup.

Apart from a streaming box, you can also connect a smart speaker, a soundbar, a smart lights hub, and even a hub to have your smart lights responsive with the sound of the content playing on your TV.
  • Kitchen
The things that you have in your kitchen are food processor, blender, toaster, coffee machine, chopper, and perhaps even a smart home hub to monitor your house from.

With limited power outlets available, you have to unplug things to plug something else in the middle of cooking. Now if your hands are dirty or if you are handling something hot or cold, this can be an issue. Instead, you can place a power strip in a dry area where you can easily place these appliances. This way, all your appliances are ready to use when you need them. Happy cooking!
  • Bedroom
If there is only a single power outlet next to your bed, you can only plug in a lamp. Add a power strip next to your bedside cabinet, and you can plug in a lamp, your phone charger, your humidifier, and your essential oil diffuser. Now you no longer have to keep your phone away from you while it charges at night and risk missing the alarm or emergency phone calls. This additional outlet also helps when you carry your work to bed and want to plug in your laptop for an all-nighter.
  • Study
A study doesn't require much but if there are a couple of desks, you can put lamps on them. The additional outlets on the power strip can be useful for plugging in a laptop and even a printer. Now that printing is wireless, if it is plugged in, you can print from anywhere in the house and have it ready by the time you reach the study!

If you are ready to outfit your house with such setups, make sure to get power strips that have surge protection. It is easily available in plenty of electrical and departmental stores.

Choose the right one so as not to damage your gadget.



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