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11 thoughts on “Beneath the mask of a cheap ikea clock”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars wim0104 says:

    👍

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Graham Moore says:

    Oh no, mixing German Kraftwerk with Swedish IKEA styling.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars der.Schtefan says:

    They sell these multi power USB outlets. I find it great that they don't include one, since I would just throw it into the bin with the other 200 extra adapters i don't use

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Morten Hattesen says:

    Adapter with every phone/device causes e-waste. That is why EU has legislated that USB-C plug to be used for powering small devices, and that devices should be supplied without an adapter.

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ethzero says:

    IKEA hace always porported to be an environmental pead company. Some years ago EU law makers noted that countless functional mobile phone adapters where being sent to landfill simply because the phone no longer worked and had a proprietary charging adaptor.

    The EU passed a law to standardise on USB so the theory os that if you have eventually gain a spare USB micro adapter, you can reuse it for new consumer products such as this clock.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joan Collee says:

    go customizing this 😇 now

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Andre Pohle says:

    Endlich ein Wecker den ich mit einer Powerbank nebst Solarladegerät betreiben kann 😊

    Aber was für ein Schrott 😅

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Robert Gaines says:

    All that empty space they could have placed a power supply, and they make you buy your own. Everything's going USB power. I recently tried looking for a desk fan, and all they had were these USB powered pieces of crap. Not everyone has those USB wall receptacles, and many of us don't want them. Besides, USB is supposed to be a serial communications port for computers. It was never meant to be a universal power supply.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars wayne sharp says:

    I honestly thought that screen had cracked and was thinking some heat and a suction pad.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars luedriver says:

    everyone copies apple, even when it's a change just to cut down a few cents like not adding a cable and charger, but this is IKEA, so I guess everyone is used to buying things in individual pieces

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Иван Иванов says:

    When i was an automotive EE we called the white part a lightbox.

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