Author: Craig Lloyd / Source: howtogeek.com
Smart plugs are great little devices that can turn ordinary appliances into smart products, letting you control them from your phone or with your voice over Alexa or Google Assistant. But unfortunately, many smart plugs take up the space of two outlets.
Granted, a lot of newer smart plugs are better about this, since the design has improved to only take up one receptacle rather than hog the majority of the outlet space.
However, if you just can’t move on from your older trusty smart plug, it’s completely understandable.Luckily, there are ways around this, and we’ll go over some options that you can take advantage of. But be warned that there isn’t really a perfect solution if you want to keep things clean looking.
Use a Power Strip or Outlet Tap
Perhaps the easiest and quickest way to make room for both receptacles on an outlet when you want to use a bulky smart plug is to bust out that trusty power strip. Not only do you get access to the other receptacle, but you also create several more receptacles to plug things into.
I’d be surprised if you didn’t already have a power strip lying around somewhere, but if not, you can get them for pretty cheap on Amazon.
If you want to keep things off the floor, consider an outlet tap. These come in all different shapes and sizes, but the main goal is that they won’t take up as much room as a power strip would. I have a few of these GE taps around the house and they do a great job of turning two receptacles into six without needing a whole lot of room to do it.
With these taps, I can plug a smart plug into one of the front receptacles, and even if…
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