@dalekjoe according to the now outdated Amazon page for these, and one of the images therein, these seem to be ETL listed and have decent (but relatively few) reviews.
In regard to the writeup: No, I can’t see any real benefit to having 3 outlets on a fixed swivel.
The usual issue faced with power strips is not being able to plug all of your wall warts into them. This would do pretty much nothing to solve that issue. Power squids, or that Quirky pivot strip you’re peddling on Sidedeal address those challenges. This is just odd.
The linked comparison unit on the Walmart site (probably same thing but with a different manufacturer name) refers to it as “The 2.1A power outlet” which I can’t imagine is correct.
If you play the video on the amazon page https://www.amazon.com/iJoy-Protector-Swiveling-Outlets-Protector/dp/B09WCWB3TG?ref_=ast_sto_dp
you can see the back in one of the shots and it says 125V, 1875W which works out to 15A, which is what you want.
What I wonder is if these would stay put plugged into the wall or if they’d end up loose? I know at least one other larger plug into the wall to make multiple outlets meh has sold has that problem (per the reviews anyway of those older ones meh sold).
@Kidsandliz Much depends upon how many times things have already been plugged into that socket, and how big the blades were on those plugs. I have run into so many outlets in hotels and motels that were just plain worn out that it is no longer unusual at all.
@DKBingham No. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are junk, it just means that UL has not tested them. The manufacturer may have decided that the ETL certification was enough. On the other hand, the ETL could be fake and these could be substandard in fact. That’s the big gotcha in stuff from a country that has a culture which is often shaped by “if it works at all, it’s good enough.”
Too bad they don’t have a scew in the middle to secure them to the outlet plate. When you pull the vacuume cleaner plug and the whole things comes off the wall, everything else plugged into it loses power. Ugh.
@werehatrack Ha! What ever is plugged into that would need it’s own direct line from the circuit breaker if you wanted to have any hope of using everything plugged in to it at once.
@Kidsandliz And it’s still only rated for 15A, so the real capacity is less than three quarters of an an amp per socket if they were all in use with similar loads. Useless for powering the Ultimate Belt Sander Derby, but probably excellent for charging an entire average classroom’s worth of cell phones at the same time.
@werekong Minimally sufficient according to some sources, not sufficient at all according to others. 300 is certainly a low-end figure for surge suppression, and won’t be adequate for really large spikes.
So they asked for the users to tell them what’s useful about a half-swivel-half-sidesocket multiplier…
My answer: Aside from the merely-acceptable level of surge protection, not a heck of a lot. Really, the swivel’s mostly a gimmick here. The only place where it might really be useful is if the location where it would be used is sort of half behind something heavy that obscures the side-sockets but exposes the swivel half. And even then, it’s only “useful” if you’ve also got up to three things that need to remain plugged in 24/7/365. The items that need to stay plugged in can occupy the three side-sockets, and the three swivels can point in the usual direction for ease of plugging in things that only need power temporarily.
Otherwise, it’s as meh as a thing sold here can be.
This was actually pretty perfect timing for me. We’d just decided to rearrange things in our living room, and found that the new location of the computer desk made the sideways-facing capabilities of this outlet extender perfect.
So after a reasonable wait, they arrived today. (and shape-wise work wonderfully so far)
However, the box says it includes:
1 Wall Mount Surge Protector
1 User Manual
But I didn’t find a user manual in either of mine. But really, it’s dead simple to plug it into a standard outlet, so I’m wondering what the user manual says.
Did anybody get a manual with theirs, or is that how they ended up in the Mediocre warehouses? (the Meh writeup did not mention a user manual, so no foul play there)
@giffodb I was wondering the same thing… but ended up too tired to bother asking.
I don’t see any reason for two separate lights that appear to be identical. Unless each side was on a different circuit or something weird, but then … I dunno.
Specs
2-Pack: iJoy Rotator Swiveling Surge Protectors
Condition: New
Model#: IJOTRR01
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$33.92 for 2 Similar at Walmart (OOS)
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Standard: Tuesday, Sep 6 - Wednesday, Sep 7.
Enhanced: Thursday, Sep 1 - Tuesday, Sep 6.
is it just me or was there someone looking for these (or something like them) a while back??
@chienfou
Your memory is either a lot better or a lot worse than mine. 
For protecting the family joules
(O, joy!)
Rotator? I hardly know her!
@awk Didn’t they sell a rotator cuff a while back?
“My Outlets won’t Jiggle, Jiggle … they don’t! You see they just Swivel, Swivel … no joke!!”
@IndifferentDude winner winner chicken dinner
these make really shitty margaritas.
@RogerWilco What if you plugged 12 margarita machines into them?
@awk
damn your logic.
@RogerWilco
iJoy Rotator sounds more like those “personal massage toys” they were selling recently.
I could use the “plug stuff in behind the furniture” functionality, now that I think about it.
/giphy handy-dark-ostrich
@awk Yep, this is right on brand for /giphy:
Accuracy: 3
Cuteness: 7
Weirdness: 11
@awk @ircon96
Needs more yo-yo.
UL? ETL? NADA?
@dalekjoe Whoa look at Mr. “I don’t want my house to burn down” over here
@dalekjoe according to the now outdated Amazon page for these, and one of the images therein, these seem to be ETL listed and have decent (but relatively few) reviews.
https://a.co/g74SDRY
900 joules is pretty good, if that number is real. It would be nice to know the clamping voltage.
@werehatrack Would such an upstanding brand as iJoy inflate their numbers just to sucker potential customers? I think not!
@ircon96 @werehatrack the specs for this product at amazon and newegg both say 800 joules, fwiw.
@ircon96 @stolicat @werehatrack I just looked that up too and you beat me to it (eg newegg)
@ircon96 @Kidsandliz @stolicat
800 is pretty good, there was no need to inflate it at all.
In regard to the writeup: No, I can’t see any real benefit to having 3 outlets on a fixed swivel.
The usual issue faced with power strips is not being able to plug all of your wall warts into them. This would do pretty much nothing to solve that issue. Power squids, or that Quirky pivot strip you’re peddling on Sidedeal address those challenges. This is just odd.
@ciabelle A power strip that has a side-wired plug does more to get around the furniture clearance issue, anyway.
Today’s Meh head icon seems to have swiveled or rotatored out several of her teef.
Small mind - foul mouth (probably what he drinks and eats) trying to be clever. What are you truing to say?
@ACustomer For fucks sake dude, please proofread your comments.
Well, drat. Those are lights, not usb-c ports, up between the outlet columns.
The linked comparison unit on the Walmart site (probably same thing but with a different manufacturer name) refers to it as “The 2.1A power outlet” which I can’t imagine is correct.
If you play the video on the amazon page
https://www.amazon.com/iJoy-Protector-Swiveling-Outlets-Protector/dp/B09WCWB3TG?ref_=ast_sto_dp
you can see the back in one of the shots and it says 125V, 1875W which works out to 15A, which is what you want.
@stolicat
https://www.newegg.com/p/17B-06U7-00001
No Bluetooth or usb c? I’m out.
What I wonder is if these would stay put plugged into the wall or if they’d end up loose? I know at least one other larger plug into the wall to make multiple outlets meh has sold has that problem (per the reviews anyway of those older ones meh sold).
@Kidsandliz Much depends upon how many times things have already been plugged into that socket, and how big the blades were on those plugs. I have run into so many outlets in hotels and motels that were just plain worn out that it is no longer unusual at all.
@Kidsandliz look for similar outlets that have a screw in the middle that lets you secure it to the outlet plate.
“Plug this in and rotate” doesn’t exactly sound like an invitation to fun times.
@werehatrack That’s because you are doing it wrong. You want some educational videos? I know a good website.
For serious, Grandma’s house, one outlet per room, large furniture in front of it. Could be helpful.
Are they certified by Underwriter Labratories (UL)?
@DKBingham No. That doesn’t necessarily mean they are junk, it just means that UL has not tested them. The manufacturer may have decided that the ETL certification was enough. On the other hand, the ETL could be fake and these could be substandard in fact. That’s the big gotcha in stuff from a country that has a culture which is often shaped by “if it works at all, it’s good enough.”
Best thing that swivels? My career.
Too bad they don’t have a scew in the middle to secure them to the outlet plate. When you pull the vacuume cleaner plug and the whole things comes off the wall, everything else plugged into it loses power. Ugh.
Real Power Users want this one…
https://www.newegg.com/p/17B-0461-00011?Item=9SIAUSRHHU3805
@werehatrack Go SuperDanny!
@werehatrack Ha! What ever is plugged into that would need it’s own direct line from the circuit breaker if you wanted to have any hope of using everything plugged in to it at once.
@Kidsandliz And it’s still only rated for 15A, so the real capacity is less than three quarters of an an amp per socket if they were all in use with similar loads. Useless for powering the Ultimate Belt Sander Derby, but probably excellent for charging an entire average classroom’s worth of cell phones at the same time.
Are 300 joules generally considered sufficient?
@werekong Minimally sufficient according to some sources, not sufficient at all according to others. 300 is certainly a low-end figure for surge suppression, and won’t be adequate for really large spikes.
best thing that swivels? my hips!
they swivel. woo!
So they asked for the users to tell them what’s useful about a half-swivel-half-sidesocket multiplier…
My answer: Aside from the merely-acceptable level of surge protection, not a heck of a lot. Really, the swivel’s mostly a gimmick here. The only place where it might really be useful is if the location where it would be used is sort of half behind something heavy that obscures the side-sockets but exposes the swivel half. And even then, it’s only “useful” if you’ve also got up to three things that need to remain plugged in 24/7/365. The items that need to stay plugged in can occupy the three side-sockets, and the three swivels can point in the usual direction for ease of plugging in things that only need power temporarily.
Otherwise, it’s as meh as a thing sold here can be.
OBTW, from today’s write-up…
Except when they fail, and suddenly go into express-descent mode, as has happened several times in recent years. With injuries.
@werehatrack Or when they catch fire.
@werehatrack Or this, which happens all the time in the DC Metro:
This was actually pretty perfect timing for me. We’d just decided to rearrange things in our living room, and found that the new location of the computer desk made the sideways-facing capabilities of this outlet extender perfect.
So after a reasonable wait, they arrived today. (and shape-wise work wonderfully so far)
However, the box says it includes:
But I didn’t find a user manual in either of mine. But really, it’s dead simple to plug it into a standard outlet, so I’m wondering what the user manual says.
Did anybody get a manual with theirs, or is that how they ended up in the Mediocre warehouses? (the Meh writeup did not mention a user manual, so no foul play there)
@xobzoo Maybe the reason these ended up at Meh was that this batch didn’t have the manual in the package…
Why does this thing have 2 LEDs? I guess non-existent manual would tell us.
@giffodb If shampoo can come with instructions, so could this.
@giffodb I was wondering the same thing… but ended up too tired to bother asking.
I don’t see any reason for two separate lights that appear to be identical. Unless each side was on a different circuit or something weird, but then … I dunno.