Every household has its backstage, jerry-rigged extension cord situations, especially in the kitchen where there never seems to be enough electrical outlets in the right location. Well, here's one extension cord, brought to you from the wonderful Best Made Company, you're going to want everyone to see!
If you live in an older building, or one that has a poorly designed kitchen, then you know the value of extension cords. And if you're like me, then you spend a great deal of time concealing them behind various appliances or along baseboards and beneath moulding.
But this lovely extension cord is something you're not going to want to tuck away. It's got a fun retro vibe, with its cloth wrapped cord coming in your choice of red & white herringbone, solid gold or solid black. The plug has brass blades set in black rubber. No flimsy plastic here! The cord is made for small appliances to be used indoors in your home or shop.
At $34 it's a good deal more expensive than the usual white plastic model, but with the right amount of creativity (see this post from Unplggd) you could create quite a stylish scenario. Embrace the cord!
• Buy Cloth Extension Cord from Best Made Company, in red & white, gold or black, $34
Related: Dream Kitchen: How Many Electrical Outlets Does It Have?
(Images: Best Made Company)
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This is pretty and I might use it elsewhere in the house, but given that it's wrapped in cloth the kitchen seems like the worst place for it. Or am I the only one who always manages to spill some smoothie on the cord?
Wow, I just checked out Best Made's site... everything is so overpriced. I can't really account for their quality, but it does give off a boutique-y, form-over-function sort of vibe, despite what the blurb says.
Yes, to be just a tad egg-headed, the electrical specs and the relative virtues of cloth vs plastic would be instructional. For a case study see my own use of an air conditioner extension cord to power the microwave. It is the specs that really count.
I remember drop cords made with double strand cloth wire. They don't make them that way anymore. I wonder why?
I'm another person who'd be a bit wary of a cloth cord in the kitchen.
The pulley wire i've used has conductors individually wrapped/insulated inside in plastic, the cloth just binds the three together, so spilling or getting the cloth wet isn't much of a concern. Can't speak for best mades pulley wire, but I'm sure it's the same. $34 isn't too ridiculous, most suppliers like sundial wire charge up to $2/ft for pulley wire.