The rather common plug has a face-lift

We live in an age where mobile phones, lap tops and tablets are now slimmer and sleeker than ever. And this makes transporting them from A to B simply joyous. Except that, more often than not, they need charging as you go. Enter the heavy, antiquated, chunky power plug. Remaining unchanged since the Second World War, it scratches everything else in your handbag or bulks out any laptop bag. In short, we are screaming out for an updated, slicker version of the common plug.

the Mu plug

So… imagine how much I squealed with delight as the Mu folding plug, designed by South Korean born Min-Kyu Choi, landed on my desk. A graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, this genius has shrunk the regular 4.5cm plug to a 1cm flat-pack contraption. To clarify, his Mu plug features a patented swivel mechanism allowing the three pins of the plug to fold away.

But I am, of course, not the first to praise Choi’s innovation. The Mu Folding Plug has won numerous design awards including the Design Museum, James Dyson and Wallpaper, when the iconic magazine immediately rejoiced in the new world of non-scratching, cumbersome plugs.

Now, who said a plug couldn’t be sexy?

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bit expensive for me for £25

nice idea but £25 i bit pricey for me

yeah I think the poundland specials that don't fold can all breath a sigh of relief...£25..I'd want it to make my tea for that

Probably costs all of 50p to make!! what a rip off. Get a USB lead and charge from your laptop Poundland £1.

If I remember correctly, he started this project after he had scratched the casing on his Macbook. I presume that other adapters adopting his plug design will follow.

Would be a great peace of kit if they did a 240v version for laptop user who are allways on the move.

Originally Posted by Napster

Would be a great peace of kit if they did a 240v version for laptop user who are allways on the move.

you would still need the brick. I think USB supplier something like 2.5w compared to average laptop with uses up to 100w. Annoyingly my transformer tablet uses something like 15v supply, 1.2A and a propriety connector.

I hate the EU with passion but does it carry a CE mark?


I can't find anything on conformance on the site so I assume this is an illegally sold item.