Ask Lemmy

As someone who travels a lot and has used all these sockets regularly, my vote is for Type G. The European ones seem like they would be the winner, but I've had trouble unplugging some devices. The recessed hole means some shitty cable designs don't have enough to grab on to to yank out. I can imagine some people with dexterity issues having a lot of problems.

The weird fucky version of type B they use in Thailand is missing. It's like the fucky version of the type L that's displayed except the fuckyness was added to a different base type.

It's type N, the one that was invented by the EU to standardize Europe into one outlet. It was literally designed to be the best. Unfortunately killed off by lazy bureaucrats but not before Brazil and South Africa adopted it anticipating Europe would join in.

All outlets should just be replaced with IEC C13. Robust and compact.

Type F

Does alphabetical order mean nothing? This list had to be made by a Brit.

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?

Yeah, well, the North American plug is obviously the best. After all, we invent everything electric.

• ^facts^ ^unverified^

Italy WTF man? Also fuck Type H!

Absolute best - G
Most practical as a common standard - F

Schuko (Type F) of course. The British plug (Type G) is a truly worthy adversary.

How is type F different from type C?

EU one as it is the most compatible. Its also smaller for travelling and is compatible with Brazil.

Huh, I never knew Australia shared the same power point as china, thought we were on our own. Good to know not EVERY country is suffering through inferior plugs

K is the happiest. I like that one. B is shocked (pun!) at what's going on. H is encouraging me to see things in a racist light.

Ranked by happiness: Type K 🥇

I don’t know much about the others and this infographic doesn’t go into detail but Type G has a fused live, part-insulated live and neutral pins and the earth pin opens a shutter over the live and neutral in the socket itself.

Nice extra features and would be interesting to see if others have similar?

B or N. They’re simple and effective, grounded but optionally, but most importantly you can fit two in a small space.

I can’t tell if N is polarized though, so B is the boss