Smart plugs can add controls to any outlet, but they aren’t perfect for everything. Here’s our guide to using one and which ...

In the past, it was rarely used for anything other than powering the onboard cigarette lighter; today, it’s an indispensable source of power for countless electronics, including our smartphones.

A power inverter turns your car into a rolling outlet. That’s useful when you travel, camp, work out of a truck, or ride out ...

Depending on the age of your car, it might contain a round 12 V power outlet in the dash, or possibly in the elbow compartment. And depending on your own age, you might know that as the cigarette ...

Sarah Mitroff has worn many hats at CNET, including Senior Mobile Editor and Managing Editor of Health and Wellness. Currently, she is a freelance editor. Throughout her career, she's written about ...

There are too few manufacturers of power sockets available at hardware stores, according to Klavs Larsen from Funen, who now ...