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This is IKEA's smallest USB charger, which has a different shape depending on the type of plug it has.

As you can probably guess, the design is good and even managed to throw in a few surprises.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJbxhA0E3E

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IKEA mini Smahagel teardown

I opened this unit expecting it to be well built, and it didn't disappoint. It even threw in a few surprises. This is IKEA's smallest USB power supply intended for continuous use to power accessories like lights or ornaments. It only delivers 5V at 1A, so is less suited to high demand items like smartphones and tablets. But it will happily charge and power smaller items. I've always recommended the use of good quality branded USB power supplies for safety reasons. I regard IKEA power supplies as some of the most robust and safest units available. And they're NOT expensive compared to the fashion brands. If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:- https://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's algorithm quirks, allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty. #ElectronicsCreators

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Anonymous

It's reassuring to see products where safety and efficiency were important to the designers. Not only do I feel safer but it reassures me that I'm not a fool to pay more for name brand.

Anonymous

Thanks Clive. Aside from cardboard coffee tables, I've always found Ikea goods of great quality. Chucking out my cheap offshore-made chargers right now.

Curtis Hoffmann

I hate watching videos about good products that do what they're supposed to do. Doesn't give me anything to make snide comments about. [Grumble]

Mike Hughes

A nicely made bit of kit. I have never been to Ikea, as there isn't one close enough to us, but If I do ever pass one some day, I will deffo be popping in to buy a few of those, as it's reassuring to see such great care in the design and manufacture.

Gadgetman

1:50 IKEA stuff doesn't come apart easily, not unless it's their furniture! 😂

Phil Collins

Usual IKEA quality. Wouldn’t it be nice if they set up a subsidiary selling flat pack electronics, for those us that might light to assemble our own devices.

Anonymous

This power supply is under 4$ usd, at the west coast IKEA, a remarkable value considering the quality Clive discovered, ( I ordered 3, ) just to retire my Chinese questionable quality units, Big Clive may have saved me from a possible future house fire.

Anonymous

IKEA has mail order, you don’t have to wait. I mail ordered 3 of these, shipping and handling were reasonable.

Mike Page

Very nice. Almost too well engineered. It'll be obsolete before it breaks.

Charles

As soon as you cracked the case, I was gobsmacked by how chunky the supply wires were. I'm using to seeing tiny stuff, like 20AWG or even smaller, in cheap Chinese stuff - but that stuff looks like it's at least 16AWG, maybe bigger? Hard to gauge scale.

Michael Gilchrest

Seems like a lot of effort for such a low powered output. I’m sure they charged enough for it that making it capable of 2-3 amps wouldn’t have changed much on the margins…

bigclive

I think they've just aimed at making this version compact and cheap for powering things like lights.