When HN users recommended it
1 HN user recommended this in 2016, in one comment.
20072026
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MX UC1 Protector Universal Charger Adapter
Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.
Sorry I don't understand your point about travel adapters.
1. I go to your link
2. "Oh cool, there's a lot of travel adapters"
3. Filter by free shipping
4 (optional). See the top 2 are Sponsored, which makes me less likely to trust them, so ignore them. [NOTE: This is similar behaviour to using ANY search engine]
5. Open the top 3 links (https://www.amazon.com/MX-UC1-Protector-Universal-Charger-Ad..., https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Worldwide-Universal-Converter..., https://www.amazon.com/Grounded-Universal-Schuko-Adapter-Ger...)
6. Dismiss #2 because it's twice the cost of the other ones and has lower reviews
7A. Pick #3 because it's a "best seller" - which means it has been vetted by other customers
7B. Pick #1 because it looks the nicest
Both have mostly good reviews with some bad ones, but hey it's a 7 dollar piece of plastic that tries to work in 150 different countries, it's not going to be perfect.
What is so customer unfriendly about this process?
Oh and by the way, this is a POWER user process who really wants to get the best one. A layperson could have just as easily just went straight for the "Best seller" and been satisfied.