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    News - Folding plug named design of the year

    A folding plug designed by a London student has won the Brit Insurance design of the year award.
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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Its smaller than others, but I've seen similar in various travel mags

    e.g. http://www.slimplug.com/
    http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...99603&T=Module @ £7.99
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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Did you see the concept video posted a while ago?
    It showed a pretty cool feature that allowed it to be plugged into special multi-gang extensions while still folded up, saving quite a bit of space.

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Well done. Seems obvious with hindsight.

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by stefan_c View Post
    Did you see the concept video posted a while ago?
    It showed a pretty cool feature that allowed it to be plugged into special multi-gang extensions while still folded up, saving quite a bit of space.
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    http://forums.hexus.net/lifestyle-ne...ectricity.html

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    I'm ready to lop the end off all my leads and replace the plugs with this concept.
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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Congrats to him. It's overdue and an excellent idea.

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    like the idea of the slim line gang of plugs

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    I like it

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Depending on the patent/licencing, I can see this being the de facto standard fairly quickly.

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Looking forward to seeing these on the end of my wires . They're such a clever idea, but something so utterly simple.

    Get thinking guys, what else could you change that's blindingly obvious?

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    Get thinking guys, what else could you change that's blindingly obvious?
    The government?

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    I wish they would actually push this through instead of just talking about it.

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    I wish they would actually push this through instead of just talking about it.
    Exactly.
    I'm sure i heard about this over a year ago (cold be wrong) but i haven't seen one in the shops yet

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    Re: News - Folding plug named design of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by handscombmp View Post
    Exactly.
    I'm sure i heard about this over a year ago (cold be wrong) but i haven't seen one in the shops yet
    I've been hearing about this, and watching videos, and reading articles about how good it is for the last 18 months I reckon.

    We all agree it is a much needed change, no one is disputing how awesome it is. Just get the damn thing into production already.

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