Would anyone happen to know where I could find a power strip cover or cable organizing box for a double wide power strip/surge stopper? Right now I’m using a shoe box that I cut holes in to. I can’t believe they don’t have something like this… wouldn’t it be an obvious need? If anyone could throw me a clue where to look (I’ve already scoped out Radio Shack, Harriet Carter, the Container Store, Solutions, and various baby safety sites) I will love you forever. This is my plea to all of the more experienced parents out there.
And if there aren’t any at all… well… FINE! Stupid consumer market. Be that way! Maybe I’ll just INVENT IT and make a ton of money saving babies (and cats) everywhere from chewing on electrical cords!! How is it that you can buy a cheesy christmas-tree-themed cover for your single wide power strip but they don’t have options for various power strip sizes to babyproof your house?! Argh!
Sorry… I’m frustrated… my childproofing/shopping venture is being thwarted, is all. We already can’t find a baby gate that fits our archway (seven feet) without mounting brackets. (But that’s a whole ‘nother bitchfest.) – wg
http://www.safety1st.com/thumbs.asp?searchType=category&searchValue=50
Hey, Tiger Direct sells a really neat powerstrip that’s childproof.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1519113
It’s pretty nifty, and it looks just like an ordinary power strip. Little child proof slides cover the prongs. Hope this helps.
Thanks Guys. I’ve seen both of these products, but they don’t fit anything but standard plug outlets and a single-wide strip. I need something that will fit over large AC adapters. We have no less than three AC adapters plugged into our power strip at any given time due to the two computers, the printer, the camera, etc., which is how we ended up going with a double-wide strip to begin with. sigh
I can’t help with the power strip, but as far as the baby gate not fitting your arch way, try screwng 2 baby gates together. It should work nicely.
I had this EXACT SAME PROBLEM (in fact, I blogged about it just last week–coincidence?). We have the additional problem of living in an ancient apartment, so almost everything has an additional two-prong-to-three-prong adapter AND an extension cord. Here’s what we finally ended up doing: We went to Lowe’s and got a Safety 1st outlet cover that expands to allow for adapters. We tacked down as many of the extension cords as we could with cable-staple thingys (also purchased at Lowe’s) and then just ended up wall-mounting the powerstrip out of harm’s way.
There’s also some duct tape involved, but the picture I’ve painted is already so unattractive, I’ll spare you that for now.
Good luck! Love your blog.
I had this EXACT SAME PROBLEM (in fact, I blogged about it just last week–coincidence?). We have the additional problem of living in an ancient apartment, so almost everything has an additional two-prong-to-three-prong adapter AND an extension cord. Here’s what we finally ended up doing: We went to Lowe’s and got a Safety 1st outlet cover that expands to allow for adapters. We tacked down as many of the extension cords as we could with cable-staple thingys (also purchased at Lowe’s) and then just ended up wall-mounting the powerstrip out of harm’s way.
There’s also some duct tape involved, but the picture I’ve painted is already so unattractive, I’ll spare you that for now.
Good luck! Love your blog.
Don’t know why that posted twice…so sorry.