I would be interested to hear if people have a good system to handle all the random plugs. There’s like no single standard on how manufacturers design the plugs to fit together. In worst case scenario, you can fit like three devices in the socket strips on the left.
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Yeah and then you get some random cheap schuko-device that the seller did not tell you about.. and 3 plugs will be one
It’s a dirty secret. It’s not about numbered accounts, piles of gold and hiding wealth – it’s the big plastic electro accessory companies that have made Switzerland so rich.
i sometimes just use these, 10-20cm if nothing else works:
https://www.brack.ch/furber-power-verlaengerungskabel-t13-t12-0-2-m-orange-1477807?
The best thing I found at Jumbo: extension cords that are probably 15cm long. Sold as a 2-pack.
Probably I got about 20 of them in my house.
There are power strips with a combination of horizontal and vertical orientations. [https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/steffen-power-easy-11x-type-13-150-m-socket-strips-5708449](https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/steffen-power-easy-11x-type-13-150-m-socket-strips-5708449)
However, you are complaining at a high level. The Swiss mains plug system is among the ones in Europe with the most density. Have a look at how huge the German Schuko or the English mains connectors are.
Best Skill is to learn to convert all devices that come with the german/eu plug to the correct swiss one with plugs like this:
https://www.jumbo.ch/de/maschinen-werkstatt/elektro-material/kabel/stecker-kupplungen/schweizer-stecker-1x10a-schwarz/p/7326740
Living in a Schuko country, I made sure to take as many left ones as usable when I moved.
The latest invention is literally to try to partially reproduce the left one as a subset of europlug-specific plugs (2-pin), to minimise space waste…
Left side is the old design back before the charging blocks were added to the plug end.
There’s a third option:
professional socket strips where you can individually rotate the plug part on each connector.
This eliminates options 1 and 2, but costs three times as much.
I had the same issue until I bought this one:
https://www.galaxus.ch/en/s4/product/steffen-power-easy-11x-type-13-150-m-socket-strips-5708449
Yeah, it builds character.
Why is there still no wireless electricity?
The horizontal ones are a fucking revolution.