The Dogmother Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 At Tesco (Boo hissss) 2 for £7.50! I've been looking for some for ages - I like to turn everything off at the socket and a couple of mine are very hard to reach Get thee down there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I've be looking for some of these for Ollie and Charlie's room................I like the idea of being able to remotely shut off their comps and hifis Thanks for the tip Clare - will have to see if our tescos has them...........don't shop there so I'll have to brave it and go in wearing my bhwt fleece and take my bhwt bag to put my purchases in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 OOOh - I do hate Tescos, but I suppose we could swear not to buy anything else when we're in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 oooh I wnat some of those thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 We bought some of those for MIL as a stocking filler this Christmas, she's getting a bit arthriticky in her knees and finds bending down to plug sockets a bit difficult. If I remember right we got 4 for around £12.50, from Aldi, one of their weekly special deals. She's found them very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I've never heard of them! What a great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 wow what an invention! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Sorry to sound thick but are these power sockets to replace existing ones? or is it a remote control to turn off existing power sockets? Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I can only describe the ones we bought for MIL, I'm kind of assuming that the ones Clare's mentioned are similar. But essentially they're like an adaptor that you plug into the existing socket which has a conventional plug socket and a little infra-red light thingy at the top of it. When MIL waves her remote control at the plug socket it switches itself on or off accordingly, so that she doesn't need to bend down to flick the switch on the original socket. If that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 That sounds like them Kate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 We've got some of these. One had the Christmas tree lights plugged into it, YS stuill believes he has magic in his fingers as whenever he waggled them at the tree and said 'Abracadabra!' they would turn on/off. It was hilarious (but only worked if he'd eaten his breakfast/lunch/dinner to recharge his magic powers ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 It was hilarious (but only worked if he'd eaten his breakfast/lunch/dinner to recharge his magic powers ) Awww, bless him! My dad used to do that with Rosie and his car remote key - when she said 'hello car' the lights used to flash Nowt wrong with a bit of magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I've been buying these on Ebay and putting them around the house - I was paying 16 inc postage for 3. The ones I bought have different channels though and you can put up to 5 sockets to work on one remote - I couldn't be interfering with the washing machine in Mums house when I turned the telly off in mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 I had a quick peek in the box last night and there appears to be 4 channels on the remote. TBH, I don't need it for much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 oooh will look for some in Tesco then - CLUBCARD POINTS too!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Pengy, can you answer a question? Do the actual units use any power? Ok, so they turn the PC or whatever off at the socket, but surely the actual remote controlled socket must use some power I'll have to get my power meter out and measure it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
