Discover the best wall outlets for safe, reliable power delivery and convenient charging options throughout your home.

These days, pretty much all of my gadgets charge over USB. This means my nightstand and office outlets are covered with bulky, unsightly USB adapters. So I jumped at the chance to review the new ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With mobile devices like smartphones having grown ubiquitous over the past couple of decades, charging solutions have become more present to ...

Not everyone wants to leave their computer powered up, every time they need to charge a device via USB. That's why some people use wall outlet adapter plugs, or they wire in new outlets that contain ...

Scientists are constantly developing better technology to keep our batteries running longer — but in the meantime, the more charging ports, the better. Because they don't require an adapter or a brick ...

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to take a standard 1-gang outlet (with two available openings) and ...

Remember when I blogged about that DIY from Instructables to convert a wall outlet to USB? Well, flush it from your mind because the TruePower UCS power outlet makes it completely redundant. Available ...

The Power2U dual USB wall outlet enables convenient charging of up to four mobile devices at a single electrical outlet. It features two traditional 15 A power outlets, plus two USB ports delivering ...

John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home tech products, with a major focus on smart home security. He earned his BS in journalism from Utah Valley University. In ...

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Japanese electronics giant Panasonic recently unveiled an invention so awesome and totally logical we can’t help but wonder why it took so long for someone to introduce it. Behold, the USB wall outlet ...

With the number of mobile devices in my house and the use that they get, I always seem to be shuffling chargers and cables around. I've seen a lot of wall power outlets lately that have USB charging ...