13A socket with USB

[Iggifer]

so they'd be better quality if I bought them from the we saw you coming shop at £20 each.

or let my electrician source them at a trade price for 30.

What brand are they?

 

[JohnW2]

so they'd be better quality if I bought them from the we saw you coming shop at £20 each.

If you're saying that you bought a brand that would cost £20+ in a "we saw you coming shop" (or which would cost your electrician £30 - how did you work that one out?!) for under a tenner, then you did very well. However, if you paid an appropriate 'full' price for what you bought, one would certainly wonder about the quality.

Kind Regards, John

 

[OwainDIYer]

Nope.

Not at the minute, but who knows what the future regulations will be.

 

[flameport]

and who knows what new twist of technology we will be using in a decade or two's time.

Devices with USB C charging are already here, so the 2 amp 5 volt outlets are already on the road to obsolescence.

 

[JohnW2]

Devices with USB C charging are already here, so the 2 amp 5 volt outlets are already on the road to obsolescence.

Indeed.

Kind Regards, John

 

[SimonH2]

And there's the aesthetics that these will most likely not look the same as your other sockets. At work we have a customer who had a row os sockets put in, some with and some without USB sockets. The USB ones stick out like a sore thumb as they are different to the rest.