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It is actually supposed to convey something meaningful.

Instant Darwin Award material.....

It also appears to be a passive adapter with European style (240V) prongs and a US style (120V) socket. Unless the device you use it with has a universal 120/240 switching supply there will be some interesting fireworks.

I'm sorry but that's pretty funny

I sometimes wonder if Chinese graphic artists do this stuff on purpose as a form of clickbait.

This other adapter looks the same, the $0.25 price difference buys you this explanation: "With children's electric shock protection doors design, effectively improve the safety of electricity use." So, it has a latch that prevents you from sticking a wire into the hole. You can still do it with two wires and both hands, though.

And it's "made of lame retardant material" - exactly what I'm looking for. Or am I? Not sure.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33014962374.html

Edit: "Payload: 6KW" - is that enough for my fast electric shaver?

6000 Watts is more than 27 Amperes for 240 Volt single-phase. That ought to run your shaver and a couple of air dryers.

Wirko wins.

I did say it's supposed to be meaningful, but the meaning was indeed in a different listing. Not the best visual also there:


Speaking of Chinese listings, I don't get why they have this annoying tendency to include an endless amount of meaningless PR photos, instead of 2-3 useful ones + text with real specs.

just brew it! wrote:

Unless the device you use it with has a universal 120/240 switching supply there will be some interesting fireworks.

But that's a given. AC/DC bricks are pretty much all switched-mode by now, so little reason to avoid making them universal voltage.

meerkt wrote:

just brew it! wrote:

Unless the device you use it with has a universal 120/240 switching supply there will be some interesting fireworks.

But that's a given. AC/DC bricks are pretty much all switched-mode by now, so little reason to avoid making them universal voltage.

There are a lot of appliances that don't use an AC/DC brick at all.

meerkt wrote:

Speaking of Chinese listings, I don't get why they have this annoying tendency to include an endless amount of meaningless PR photos, instead of 2-3 useful ones + text with real specs.

They must have heard of that saying that Western people sometimes use, "A picture is worth a thousand words".

Wirko wrote:

meerkt wrote:

Speaking of Chinese listings, I don't get why they have this annoying tendency to include an endless amount of meaningless PR photos, instead of 2-3 useful ones + text with real specs.

They must have heard of that saying that Western people sometimes use, "A picture is worth a thousand words".

So what you're saying is that it's the photographic equivalent of:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Quantity over quality.

just brew it! wrote:

There are a lot of appliances that don't use an AC/DC brick at all.

Yeah. But I'm pretty sure buyers of passive adapters (mostly) know what to use them on.

meerkt wrote:

Quantity over quality.

just brew it! wrote:

There are a lot of appliances that don't use an AC/DC brick at all.

Yeah. But I'm pretty sure buyers of passive adapters (mostly) know what to use them on.

I wouldn't be so sure. And what about all the co-workers and family members of those buyers? "Oh, this looks like exactly the adapter I need to plug this in..." BOOM!

I tried to find out if it's compatible with 240V American plugs ... here's what I got:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-know-if-my-electrical-outlet-is-240V

"Here is a diagram showing some of the common ones" (25 different plugs in the diagram, three phase not included, IEC types not included)
If I ever visit North America, I'm not taking any adapters with me ... just a cable with a socket at one end and two bare wires at the other, and a voltmeter.

Now that's what I want in sunglasses:
"Wear black lenses during the day to eliminate roads and road signs while driving."

meerkt wrote:

Now that's what I want in sunglasses:
"Wear black lenses during the day to eliminate roads and road signs while driving."

You chumps can waste your money on sunglasses if you want... I'll just drive with my eyes closed.

Do not click here if you're under eighteen! https://www.ebay.com/itm/3D-Color-Stone-Contact-Paper-Self-Adhesive-Film-Peel-and-Stick-Wallpaper-Decor/254717307636

Gender:Unisex Adult
...
*just peel and paste
*Install without having to paste

A shoes listing. Amidst the normal description and blurb there's a title-like thing:

FOXCONN'S WAY TO LOOK

And more details (earlier than the title-like phrase):

Veteran Foxconn's way to look at the housing market development of poor students received a moment along with the development of the market

Looks machine-generated more than a mistranslation, and I don't think it can reasonably be a Chinese Lorem ipsum.

For those who own a telescope: eBay has an upgrade that allows you to see new planets. Finally.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6pcs-Colorful-Telescope-Filter-1-25-Filter-For-Astronomical-Telescope-Eyepieces/233651371774

Orange: Useful for Jupiter, Saturn and spark
Blue: Useful on the moon, Spark, Jupiter and Saturn

"Does not ship to the United States".

"Spark" mistranslated from?

Ships worldwide except Africa, Central America and Caribbean, Oceania, Southeast Asia, South America and ~130 listed countries.

And Spark? Careful reading reveals that they have dust storms there.