This little power strip is one of the best travel gadgets you can buy by Jeff Dunn on May 2, 2016, 5:10 PM The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.  You probably don’t think too much about your power strip. It’s a thing, you plug stuff into it, and that's enough for most people.
Your everyday strip isn’t without its inconveniences, though, particularly if you’d like to move it around. It’s that issue that the PowerCube can, at least in part, help rectify. It packs four — or five, depending on which model you buy — outlets into a tiny, 2.5-inch cube, making the whole thing noticeably more compact than a usual brick. There’s a pair of USB ports on this particular model, too, letting you directly recharge any smart device.
Again, this is a power strip, so there’s not too much to say here. It’s cute, it’s cleverly designed, and it mostly works fine. It makes it so no plug is blocked off. There are a few variants available, including a ReWireable model that supports common international outlets, and a handful of Extended models that have a five or ten foot extension cord attached.
It’s worth noting, however, that there’s no surge protection here. There is a resettable fuse, but you’ll want to be careful not to push too much power (about 15 amps) at once. Those two USB ports are also a little too close together for our liking, so there’s at least some chance you won’t be able to fit two plugs in there simultaneously.
Nevertheless, if you need a way of plugging multiple things in on the go, there is obvious utility here.
PowerCube Original USB Power Strip (Green), $13.95, available at Amazon.
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