The one downside to this model over the six and ten port models is that is plugs directly into outlets, so if you frequently swap out cords less accessible outlets will be harder to change

Particularly bothersome when you don't have many available outlets

: It's a bit heavy, so if you want it to stay in the outlet, you'll need to put it in the top outlet, so it gets some leverage

The plug prongs are both the same size so you can plug this in to either the top or bottom outlet

When I travel which I do to sell books and teach at conventions from time to time, one of my biggest pet peeves about hotels are the poorly placed electrical outlets and the numbers of them

This not only reduces overall energy consumption, it frees up outlets and cleans up desktop/tabletop clutter

I also live in a pre-electrification brownstone where we have insufficient outlets.

Obviously, you need to have your own charging wires, but our family always seem to have enough wires, just not enough outlets.

The one downside to this model over the six and ten port models is that is plugs directly into outlets, so if you frequently swap out cords less accessible outlets will be harder to change

This USB cable can charge any outlet in the house .Its very useful and convince