Waging war on standby

We were in Tesco the other day, doing our weekly food shop, and a power extension block caught my eye.  Not because it had a million sockets on it or because it had flashy packaging, but because it seemed to be in the wrong place.  The shelf monkeys at Tesco had displayed them opposite the yoghurts.  So, I thought to myself, what’s so special about these extension blocks that warrants them being put so blatantly on show?

To my surprise, I found it was a clever invention that was recently on BBC’s Dragons’ Den, and which looked to be an amazing piece of brilliance.  The Standby-Saver looks much like an ordinary multi-way extension block, with six sockets and a white plastic case.  What wasn’t quite so familiar was the infra-red receiver and its claim to be ‘green’.  So I bought it, and installed it, and set it up, and found myself unable to contain my delight, hence this post.

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