@haydesigner No my brother in law says a real man can’t have too many screwdrivers… there is a difference. One you plug things into and one you use to get sparks by plugging it into what you plug things into…
@cengland0 we have these too, they are indeed really handy. also great for when something just almost reaches but not quite, much neater than dealing with a full on extension cord. that said, when you need a bunch of these in one strip it gets a bit unruly which is why i like these quirky strips as well.
@RedOak Yes, but that’s a different model number than the models being offered here. @bsci87 asks a good question. If the model is the model number identified by Meh, and the link is accurate, does this have surge protection? Makes a difference.
Point was, these Quirly strips are available both with and without surge and Meh is underselling price comparison by posting non-surge model Amazon link.
But that first model number in the specs at least is suspicious since it appears it might be a non-surge model.
I can think of very few reasons why someone would buy a strip without surge protection, no matter how cheap. Things that don’t need surge protection tend to be higher amp draw things like power tools that shouldn’t share a light duty cord like this.
@AttyVette My order was just cancelled so I received nothing and didn’t pay anything. I actually would have wanted at least one set but was told they couldn’t change the order, just get one credit or cancel the order. That wasn’t what I was looking for either.
Hey, I was coming here to post the same question. The items at Amazon don’t have surge protection. I think either your description of what these offer is wrong, or the items you’ve linked to at Amazon are different critters without surge protection. Are you guyz sure about the protection? (What an indiscreet question.)
Another reason you’re getting a deal: They’ll ship in a plastic bag instead of retail packaging even though they’re new.
… and that’s a good thing. Do you remember the Quirky snake extension cords sold here a couple times recently?
Given the massively over-engineered retail packaging for those it isn’t a surprise Quirky had to go thru bankruptcy. Even the clear plastic display hook hangers were custom-injected with “Quirky” embossed on them. A crazy-drunk with selfness company in the original iteration.
BSCI87 and GertieSTN are both correct, and if you look carefully [or even not so much] the model numbers are very different between Meh and Amazonia. BUT- when I searched the Meh model numbers on Amazonia, the write ups do still say that they DO NOT have surge protection.
The Surge-protected model numbers are: PPVP1-X[color code]BLK and PPVJ1-SL[color code]WH, and are 29.99 and 19.99 on Prime respectively.
The nonsurge-protected ones on Amazonia are noted NOT to have on/off or reset switches, but on the Meh product pictures, they either have a top surface button [1,2,3, and 8], or a side button [5 and 7]
@PhysAssist That’s why they sold out in, what, six hours? People fear Serge, and these work. I just hope the meh staff is willing to back up their customers.
Bought a bunch of stuff from Quirky during a fire sale they had a while back. They picked the correct name for themselves. Everything was kinda useful, kinda crappy and completely meh.
Wow, cheaper on Amazon… Quirky PPVPP-TL01 Pivot Power POP - Teal
4.5 out of 5 stars 605 customer reviews | 69 answered questions
Price: $27.95 | FREE Same-Day
Delivered today for FREE with qualifying orders over $35. Details
@cinoclav Why not? As long as all the stuff plugged in doesn’t out class the rating of the first strip… They’re a bifunctional extension cord in that use mode.
@RedOak Because if you’re using actual surge protectors and have them daisy chained, they can interrupt each other in the case of a surge, therefore defeating the purpose or protecting your equipment. As for not going over the recommended amperage for each, how many people do you know that have the wherewithal to monitor the amount of amps they’re using? Of those that know how, how many actually bother to do so?
@cinoclav Have never heard a surge protector plugged into another surge protector can cause them to “interrupt each other”. That would imply someone who has a whole-house surge protector at the breaker panel should not use local surge protectors - definitely false. Those local surge protectors still protect from other same circuit dirty device surges. Perhaps, but care to share a link?
Lots of folks understand power strip loading and have the wherewithal to “monitor the amount of amps” they’re using. Same process as using a single strip. And in many uses they’re simply plugging in CFL/LED lamps, LCD TVs, phone chargers, and similar low current draw devices so they’ll run out of receptacles before capacity.
Some example use cases for stringing a couple strips - needing a strip at either end of a sofa or long dresser… or at either side of a bed
@cinoclav interesting. Except that a fair amount of searching and I couldn’t easily find that thinking in anything but a couple forums. The general caution to doing so seems to be the same as for idiots who daisey chain strips to overload the current rating of a circuit.
The claim is that daisey chaining the MOVs (metal-oxide varistor) inside surge protector strips causes the MOVs to get confused. The first one starts to clamp (draw the surge) and then the second one also tries to clamp… and they get confused. Hmmm.
Gonna have to test that thinking with an Electrical Engineer who really knows surge protection…
@RedOak Or look it up in a manufacturer’s app note. Connecting MOVs for Added Protection
Q. Can MOVs be connected in parallel?
A. Yes. The paralleling of MOVs
provides increased peak current and energy-handling capabilities for a
given application. The determination of which MOVs to use is a
critical one in order to ensure that uniform current sharing occurs at
high transient levels. It is recommended that Littelfuse performs this
screening and selection process.
You waste money if you connect mismatched MOVs. The more sensitive MOV is going to clamp first and dissipate most of the heat. The less sensitive one won’t pull its weight. Matched MOVs will share the load better.
MOVs are highly nonlinear devices. Running them in parallel will slow each of them down slightly, but each MOV will have proportionally less work to do, so the net effect will be a smaller pulse reaching the device. That is for pulses large enough to do some damage. A low energy pulse with just enough energy to turn on one MOV, may be able to get slightly more of its feeble energy past 2 of them.
we have a few of these, they are excellent. we even have one that we took from our old place after a massive fire (and/or tons of water to finally put out aforementioned fire) destroyed just about everything we owned. we still have a regular power strip in the bedroom which i have to fight with every summer when the a/c makes its appearance because a six outlet strip ends up only able to accommodate about three things due to all the bricks.
this would be a no brainer for me but for the fact that we just had to drop $800 in car repairs and we’re both out sick this week and therefore not getting paid. so $30 on a nonessential may end up being a pass. which is a shame because these are so useful. i hope they come around again, and i also hope to see the pod power cords as well.
@jerk_nugget Sorry to hear aboot the troubles- God bless youse and yours’!
Moochas Grassy-Ass for the helpful testimonial- but you never exactly said that your post-conflagrational Quirky is still functioning [I am assuming it is by what you did say], and hopefully your fire wasn’t caused an overloaded [nor poorly functioning] Quirky [see daisy-chaining above]…
I have been called a P-I-T-A, but I don’t mean to be one for you
Am I the only one who noticed that @skemmehs said he is upset to have only one plug and is trying to charge multiple items including a sex toy? Don’t waste power on that just - go old school and use your hand until you get back to the states. Yes, I’m a bit pissy because I went to check the model and came back to the deal being paused. As for the lost sock issue on the previous sale I’m finally awake enough and will put in the various uses I was originally going to put in on that thread. Since I can’t stand to throw them out most are my favorite things to do and a few I picked up a while back when I ran out of ideas. Of course if skemmehs has lost a sock during his trip he can use the lone pair to clean up so no crusty sheets in his 6x3x3 foot sleeping quarters.
I can’t find the email where you guys said one was a surge protector and the other was a plain old multiple outlet. Which is which please, now that I’ve received my order.
@peggyt their email said the 6 outlet was the surge protector and the 4 outlet was the power strip but I received a 4 outlet surge protector and a 6 outlet power strip.
@Thumperchick Unless I’m wrong and the big button is just a - nope, both buttons work. Neither part number has surge protection. I was wrong. I hate being wrong, but it doesn’t happen often.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x 6 Outlet power strip
1x 4 Outlet power strip
Price Comparison
4 outlet: $18.97 at Amazon
6 outlet: $26.80 at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Quirky
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Friday, July 17th
I’ve got power strips/surge protectors coming out of my ears… meh!
@mdszy
You may wanna get a doctor to take a look at that.
@PlacidPenguin They’ll just refer you to a surge-eon.
there’s a socks pic again
A real man can never have too many power strips
/buy
@haydesigner It worked! Your order number is: headstrong-pensive-doll
/image headstrong pensive doll
@haydesigner No my brother in law says a real man can’t have too many screwdrivers… there is a difference. One you plug things into and one you use to get sparks by plugging it into what you plug things into…
@Kidsandliz
And yes, I know I posted this video last year.
@PlacidPenguin OMG! That’s hysterical
Baby arm compatible.
Yes and thank you (I presume?) @skemmehs. Finally you are getting with the program. grin.
So is it one random of each. Or you could get 2x 4 or 2x 6? I may need a few more
@sohmageek one of each, random colors
@sohmageek
What’s in the Box?
1x 6 Outlet power strip
1x 4 Outlet power strip
Pretty and practical. Pass.
I thought I might have too many power strips, myself. Meh, I do! I seem to have one of these, just sitting here waiting to be used, too.
/buy
@smittypap It worked! Your order number is: venomous-grandiose-scout
/image venomous grandiose scout
Eh, I’d consider a pink one or two if not for that pesky randomness. Wouldn’t want to get caught with… non-pink.
@brhfl
Buy 3 of them, it would increase the odds of you getting a pink one.
At the same time, open about 5 alt accounts, and buy 3 sets on each of those as well.
I use regular power strips and put the ac adapters on the first and last outlets. If I need more in the middle, I use one of these cables:
@cengland0 Those are handy, I also have a bunch where the plug is low-profile so you can plug stuff in behind furniture.
@awk I also have a couple of those cables in a “Y” for two ac adapters using only one outlet.
@cengland0 Oh yeah? Well I’ve got the ones where the plug has a pass-through socket! Boom!
@awk that’s even better.
@awk Went exclusively to the pass-thrus. Carry one in the laptop bag.
People in Starbucks and the airport are much nicer when they realize you’re not going to steal their outlet.
@mike808 ikr!
@awk Oh yeah? Well, this!
@cengland0 we have these too, they are indeed really handy. also great for when something just almost reaches but not quite, much neater than dealing with a full on extension cord. that said, when you need a bunch of these in one strip it gets a bit unruly which is why i like these quirky strips as well.
@jerk_nugget In those cases where you have a bunch of ac adapters, then use a power squid.
@cengland0 those are good too, but in some instances i just prefer to minimize the pile of cords as much as possible
The outlet baby arm freaked the trypophobia part of me for a sec.
My surges run around 1090 Joules, so guess I’ll have to pass.
I’ve actually been looking for something like this
/buy
@devyanks90 It worked! Your order number is: shocked-upset-land
/image shocked upset land
Over on Amazon it says both of these don’t have surge or power protection. Meh, are you sure that these have power protection??
@bsci87 it would appear Meh might be underselling in the above linked Amazon versions that make no claim of surge protection.
Apparently these were made both with and without surge protection.
An Amazon example specifically claiming surge protection: (color appears to very much impact price)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009RH6I1W
@RedOak Yes, but that’s a different model number than the models being offered here. @bsci87 asks a good question. If the model is the model number identified by Meh, and the link is accurate, does this have surge protection? Makes a difference.
@RedOak and only 672 joules too.
@Odysseus1001 @cengland0
Point was, these Quirly strips are available both with and without surge and Meh is underselling price comparison by posting non-surge model Amazon link.
But that first model number in the specs at least is suspicious since it appears it might be a non-surge model.
I can think of very few reasons why someone would buy a strip without surge protection, no matter how cheap. Things that don’t need surge protection tend to be higher amp draw things like power tools that shouldn’t share a light duty cord like this.
Edit: the second model number in the specs looks suspicious as well.
So fair point, @bsci87!
@bsci87 if you ordered, meh is taking care of this. 4 outlet is a strip, 6 outlet is a protector.
@devyanks90 I ordered 3 sets of these so does that mean I’ll get a credit of $36? The email reads like that but i’m not sure.
@bsci87 curious as I ordered these too-- two sets and didn’t get a credit
@AttyVette My order was just cancelled so I received nothing and didn’t pay anything. I actually would have wanted at least one set but was told they couldn’t change the order, just get one credit or cancel the order. That wasn’t what I was looking for either.
Hey, I was coming here to post the same question. The items at Amazon don’t have surge protection. I think either your description of what these offer is wrong, or the items you’ve linked to at Amazon are different critters without surge protection. Are you guyz sure about the protection? (What an indiscreet question.)
… and that’s a good thing. Do you remember the Quirky snake extension cords sold here a couple times recently?
Given the massively over-engineered retail packaging for those it isn’t a surprise Quirky had to go thru bankruptcy. Even the clear plastic display hook hangers were custom-injected with “Quirky” embossed on them. A crazy-drunk with selfness company in the original iteration.
@RedOak
And then there was this post by you.
@PlacidPenguin I was referring to the over-engineered, wasteful, retail packaging… (On the inside of the box, custom molded “Quirky” hanger!?)
I was thinking meh-by, but it just went on pause. Nevermind.
@skemmehs, you had me at “electron-sluicing”. In for the deal.
BSCI87 and GertieSTN are both correct, and if you look carefully [or even not so much] the model numbers are very different between Meh and Amazonia.
BUT- when I searched the Meh model numbers on Amazonia, the write ups do still say that they DO NOT have surge protection.
The Surge-protected model numbers are: PPVP1-X[color code]BLK and PPVJ1-SL[color code]WH, and are 29.99 and 19.99 on Prime respectively.
The nonsurge-protected ones on Amazonia are noted NOT to have on/off or reset switches, but on the Meh product pictures, they either have a top surface button [1,2,3, and 8], or a side button [5 and 7]
Sigh… bring back the pearls. My Dad’s a lumberjack and it’s okay…
@Cooky He works all night and he sleeps all day.
@mike808 ?Dresses in lady’s clothes and hangs around in bars?
@Cooky they just did (bring back the pearls) 7/24
It definitely has Serge protection. You say to Serge Ibaka, “I’ll give you this really neat Quirky if you don’t punch me.”
@rusbowden I dint see a singe actual punch thrown in those clips- Serge musta done got a lotta Quirks…
@PhysAssist That’s why they sold out in, what, six hours? People fear Serge, and these work. I just hope the meh staff is willing to back up their customers.
Um, who thought ben-wa balls with electric outlets was a good idea?
@mike808 Me, me, me- but it’s a purely academic interest because I don’t actually have the relevant anatomy to use them as intended…
Surge on meh…more power to the people!
Bought a bunch of stuff from Quirky during a fire sale they had a while back. They picked the correct name for themselves. Everything was kinda useful, kinda crappy and completely meh.
These are too expensive here.
Might buy some if I could pick the color.
Wow, cheaper on Amazon… Quirky PPVPP-TL01 Pivot Power POP - Teal
4.5 out of 5 stars 605 customer reviews | 69 answered questions
Price: $27.95 | FREE Same-Day
Delivered today for FREE with qualifying orders over $35. Details
@azdarkknight That’s for 1, right? This deal is for 2: a 4 outlet and a 6 outlet.
@azdarkknight That’s for the 6-outlet only. This is for both a 4- and 6-outlet
Really?
I’ve been wanting something like this for travel for a while so I’m in for one.
Photogenic-Everlasting-Boot
/buy
@TimW It worked! Your order number is: frequent-fast-vessel
/image frequent fast vessel
@mediocrebot But is it a “Nuclear wessel”??
With a random chance to get a pink one, I’ll pass. No meh-trosexuals here. Only manly men.
Be ready for PINK
/buy
@janelane1980 It worked! Your order number is: thankful-carbonated-boundary
/image thankful carbonated boundary
C’mon, you guys know better than to daisy chain power strips.
@cinoclav Why not? As long as all the stuff plugged in doesn’t out class the rating of the first strip… They’re a bifunctional extension cord in that use mode.
@RedOak Because if you’re using actual surge protectors and have them daisy chained, they can interrupt each other in the case of a surge, therefore defeating the purpose or protecting your equipment. As for not going over the recommended amperage for each, how many people do you know that have the wherewithal to monitor the amount of amps they’re using? Of those that know how, how many actually bother to do so?
@cinoclav Have never heard a surge protector plugged into another surge protector can cause them to “interrupt each other”. That would imply someone who has a whole-house surge protector at the breaker panel should not use local surge protectors - definitely false. Those local surge protectors still protect from other same circuit dirty device surges. Perhaps, but care to share a link?
Lots of folks understand power strip loading and have the wherewithal to “monitor the amount of amps” they’re using. Same process as using a single strip. And in many uses they’re simply plugging in CFL/LED lamps, LCD TVs, phone chargers, and similar low current draw devices so they’ll run out of receptacles before capacity.
Some example use cases for stringing a couple strips - needing a strip at either end of a sofa or long dresser… or at either side of a bed
@RedOak Explained by someone with a better understanding than me…
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/34048/why-daisy-chaining-surge-protectors-not-recommended
@cinoclav interesting. Except that a fair amount of searching and I couldn’t easily find that thinking in anything but a couple forums. The general caution to doing so seems to be the same as for idiots who daisey chain strips to overload the current rating of a circuit.
The claim is that daisey chaining the MOVs (metal-oxide varistor) inside surge protector strips causes the MOVs to get confused. The first one starts to clamp (draw the surge) and then the second one also tries to clamp… and they get confused. Hmmm.
Gonna have to test that thinking with an Electrical Engineer who really knows surge protection…
@RedOak Or look it up in a manufacturer’s app note. Connecting MOVs for Added Protection
http://www.littelfuse.com/~/media/electronics_technical/application_notes/varistors/littelfuse_the_abcs_of_movs_application_note.pdf
Littelfuse app note 9311 page 2 of 3.
You waste money if you connect mismatched MOVs. The more sensitive MOV is going to clamp first and dissipate most of the heat. The less sensitive one won’t pull its weight. Matched MOVs will share the load better.
MOVs are highly nonlinear devices. Running them in parallel will slow each of them down slightly, but each MOV will have proportionally less work to do, so the net effect will be a smaller pulse reaching the device. That is for pulses large enough to do some damage. A low energy pulse with just enough energy to turn on one MOV, may be able to get slightly more of its feeble energy past 2 of them.
Follow Amazon price comparison link to get a teal 6-plug refurb for $17 Prime shipping.
@Khaztr why would you want one refurb for 17 when you get two brand new for 24?
we have a few of these, they are excellent. we even have one that we took from our old place after a massive fire (and/or tons of water to finally put out aforementioned fire) destroyed just about everything we owned. we still have a regular power strip in the bedroom which i have to fight with every summer when the a/c makes its appearance because a six outlet strip ends up only able to accommodate about three things due to all the bricks.
this would be a no brainer for me but for the fact that we just had to drop $800 in car repairs and we’re both out sick this week and therefore not getting paid. so $30 on a nonessential may end up being a pass. which is a shame because these are so useful. i hope they come around again, and i also hope to see the pod power cords as well.
@jerk_nugget Sorry to hear aboot the troubles- God bless youse and yours’!
Moochas Grassy-Ass for the helpful testimonial- but you never exactly said that your post-conflagrational Quirky is still functioning [I am assuming it is by what you did say], and hopefully your fire wasn’t caused an overloaded [nor poorly functioning] Quirky [see daisy-chaining above]…
I have been called a P-I-T-A, but I don’t mean to be one for you
@PhysAssist no ass pains whatsoever
yes, the strip is still functioning and no, it was not the cause of the fire.
and thank you for the kind words!
@jerk_nugget Hi,
Thanks for the clarifications, and de Nada!
T
You can’t “Sold Out” on me! I “Meh’d” you, so there. Ha!
/giphy smug bastard
Am I the only one who noticed that @skemmehs said he is upset to have only one plug and is trying to charge multiple items including a sex toy? Don’t waste power on that just - go old school and use your hand until you get back to the states. Yes, I’m a bit pissy because I went to check the model and came back to the deal being paused. As for the lost sock issue on the previous sale I’m finally awake enough and will put in the various uses I was originally going to put in on that thread. Since I can’t stand to throw them out most are my favorite things to do and a few I picked up a while back when I ran out of ideas. Of course if skemmehs has lost a sock during his trip he can use the lone pair to clean up so no crusty sheets in his 6x3x3 foot sleeping quarters.
I can’t find the email where you guys said one was a surge protector and the other was a plain old multiple outlet. Which is which please, now that I’ve received my order.
@peggyt their email said the 6 outlet was the surge protector and the 4 outlet was the power strip but I received a 4 outlet surge protector and a 6 outlet power strip.
The surge protector will have a big button on it.
@peggyt Neither of mine has a button so I’m assuming no surge protector on either one for me. Still worth $12 but a bit disappointed.
I got a white 6 outlet surge protector, and a black 4 outlet surge protector, both with buttons. And the credit.
@OldCatLady you seem to have won the meh
/giphy lottery
@Thumperchick Unless I’m wrong and the big button is just a - nope, both buttons work. Neither part number has surge protection. I was wrong. I hate being wrong, but it doesn’t happen often.
@OldCatLady
/giphy sad bunny