The UK plug is over engineered and looks like something from a steampunk universe, but I think it’s the best plug overall.
My favourite is this one, it makes things go brrrrrr.
Couldn’t find a good photo of the socket online, only the plug. Cba to go take a photo of the socket right now, but I do have it at home and it’s fully functional.
Edit: Searching in Estonian yielded results for the socket too. Someone was auctioning a set 7 years ago.
I’ll fetch the popcorn.
Well the answer is obviously the UK plug some of those others are just plain bad. The question is are they all made largely obsolete by USB C ? and is that the closest we are likely to get to a universal plug and socket?
what’s type D, ??
Name a more painful thing to tread on than the British plug. Bonus points if it’s incorrectly wired to be live.
Still trying to figure out why Germany is listed separately from the EU.
All outlets should just be replaced with IEC C13. Robust and compact.
Type-M, as I live there. Very convenient, all pins round shaped
The UK plug is nice. Very robust, it connects to ground before it reaches three power line and has a switch but it’s clunky.
Type E is inverted in the picture.
I have a strong preference for the German and Swiss types, but I think we can all agree that Japan massively fucked up. They took the already shitty American plug and just forgot about the ground.
As a Brazilian, that makes me so sad. We used to have a type that could fit European and American plugs, but they just changed it. Never gonna let it go hahaha
I think I would like Australia’s over the rest.
The recessed circles I feel like they would gather dust and grime in there if you don’t use it often and be tough to clean out.
I like the angles prongs as well as the switch to turn it off and on.
Type I.
ElectroBoom (Youtube) made some points about Australia’s Type I. Seems it was very hard for him to electrocute himself. Lots of breakers on the outlets. I mean he did electrocute himself, but he was always going to.
