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  • Aaron Davis · 3 years ago
    Wouldn't this fill up with dust when not in use?
  • dotty · 3 years ago
    this thing is in danger of short circuiting the entire house when water flows in...
  • Nagga · 3 years ago
    Why no one thought of that before? Because dust and general debris will fall into it. If you're 'lucky' you'll spill some fluids in it, but years of dust behind a desk may be enough to get some nice sparks when you're not there...
  • farker · 3 years ago
    this is a nightmare. - forget trying to plug in a transformer upside down so you can have two plugged in at once. omg, who funds this crap?
  • kevan · 3 years ago
    It's like microsoft always says, "Complies with all codes unless wired into home's electrical system."
  • donny · 3 years ago
    The people at the Ideas Awards probably also wonder why no one has invented a toaster oven for the shower. You know, so you can make breakfast while getting ready in the morning.
  • Koijima · 3 years ago
    I like it, it can't be worse than the surge protectors I use to be able to plug in my large brick shaped plugs, which btw have all my outlets facing up. Plus if it goes into production it'd probably include the plug stoppers to cover up the outlets. But in earnest the complaint that things will fall in have as much weight as saying that if I droped enough coins my piggy bank will overflow. I mean come on unless all of you either do not own surge protectors or have then neatly mounted or upturned.

    Oh and sparks will only come if the dust makes a circuit.
  • AndroidReplica · 3 years ago
    I think it looks pretty useful myself, and you could always guy a "reversed" version so that the plugs are facing downwards (if you're afraid of dust).
  • photophile · 3 years ago
    Dust? Liquids? These can get in a regular outlet too. Plus, if you're stupid enough to let liquid get in an outlet, you deserve a big shock.
  • Kevin · 3 years ago
    useless. My cell phone charger wouldn't fit in that at all. I doubt anything with a large plug would. The top of the plug would wedge against the plate before it was all the way plugged in.
  • dave · 3 years ago
    Take it easy, guys. If you used the outlet cover only on outlets you actually used and left the stuff plugged in, dust and water wouldn't be problems any more than usual.