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Quirky debuts readjustable Pivot Power surge protector

By | June 30, 2010, 2:26am PDT

Summary: Quirky certainly lives up to its name with its latest creation, the Pivot Power strip, which is designed to be flexed and twisted in between each of the six electrical sockets.

Quirky certainly lives up to its name with its latest creation. Normally surge protectors are a long solid strip that can some times pose a problem if their nonconforming shapes don’t fit with your office layout nor cannot host multiple bulky adapters.

Not so with the Pivot Power strip, which is designed to be flexed and twisted in between each of the six electrical sockets. And based on the photo above, it looks like powering up several gadgets with large adapters at one time shouldn’t be a problem anymore. Available in either 110v or European 240v versions, there’s also an off/reset button for extra control.

Plus with the blue gradient design, it’s aesthetically pleasing without being too boring or too much.

According to the press release, the Pivot Power strip is available for pre-order now for $23 each (normally $25). A bit steep for a surge protector, but this one isn’t ordinary.

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Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

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RE: Quirky debuts readjustable Pivot Power surge protector
Q-Mike 1st Jul 2010
Quirky's Pivot Power is just one of their many products that were all designed by its thousands of members. If you want to get involved in the designing, Join them and your name is added to the package!
Appears to be simply a power strip - not a surge protector
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Q-Mike 1st Jul 2010
Quirky's Pivot Power is just one of their many products that were all designed by its thousands of members. If you want to get involved in the designing, Join them and your name is added to the package!
Quirky's Pivot Power is just one of their many products that were all designed by its thousands of members. If you want to get involved in the designing, Join them and your name is added to the package!

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