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Connecteur:
Brits love to think their electrical plugs are the best in the world.
No, they are not. Most plugs are not unsafe whatsoever. They are simply less stupidly overdesigned.
tom66:
Those are fighting words!   ;D

BS1363 is a good plug and while bulky this does carry the advantage of ruggedness.  You will break your food before you break the plug.

A decent plug is Schuko, but it has other issues like lack of polarisation in most cases.

The Australian plugs have the nice advantage of plugs being backwards compatible up to high current ratings, which is something BS1363 never made any accommodation for. 
Connecteur:
A rubber car would sound good to some of these guys.
Kjelt:
All mains plugs in the continents I visited have something imperfect.
For all (most) designs are 100+ years old  :palm:
If you look at modern connectors for 230V most have a form of wire strain relief are way smaller and can handle higher currents.

But the same as why modern homes still do not have a low dc supply for charging all the small stuff and for led lighting it is because changes have a huge impact.
themadhippy:
Biggest issue with the uk plug is standing on one,barefooted ,apart from that there most excellent,and i do likes how  you can stack the aussie plugs up like a leaning tower of pizza ,who needs a double socket? As for the rest ?no thanks, i mean the shuko what a great idea lets use a non polarised plug on our table lamps with an ES base what could possible go wrong? And then theres the 101 different plugs the americans decided they need,all made of metal that bends if  you look at it wrong and cables exiting 90 degrees to the socket ,nah. I could live with the south african  system ,after all its based on the third best system in the world,the uk's old 15A plug and socket.
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