marco: IKEA takes their power strips seriously. I own a bunch of these. They cost almost nothing (usually around $2 each). Since most surge strips don’t provide much protection, you might as well not spend much money on them. It’s the same reason I continue to recommend DreamHost for people who need shared hosting. It’s no worse than most shared hosts, and in many ways it’s actually much better. Since shared hosting is never particularly great, and nobody’s significantly better, you might as well not spend much money on it and just go with the inexpensive DreamHost plans. UK plugs are large, so power strips are bulky and need more material. Maybe that’s why I don’t see power strips at IKEA here. I buy the cheapest (occasionally ‘for export only’) vanilla 6-way power strips I can find. I’m undecided about getting a UPS now that I only have one PC in the house – though I suppose it might be worth it for my hard drives.

marco:

IKEA takes their power strips seriously.

I own a bunch of these. They cost almost nothing (usually around $2 each). Since most surge strips don’t provide much protection, you might as well not spend much money on them.

It’s the same reason I continue to recommend DreamHost for people who need shared hosting. It’s no worse than most shared hosts, and in many ways it’s actually much better. Since shared hosting is never particularly great, and nobody’s significantly better, you might as well not spend much money on it and just go with the inexpensive DreamHost plans.

UK plugs are large, so power strips are bulky and need more material. Maybe that’s why I don’t see power strips at IKEA here.

I buy the cheapest (occasionally ‘for export only’) vanilla 6-way power strips I can find. I’m undecided about getting a UPS now that I only have one PC in the house – though I suppose it might be worth it for my hard drives.

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