Sunday, June 17, 2012

What's So Hard About Identifying Your Product?

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The above mess of AC adapters is not mine, but it reminds me of something that gets me extremely frustrated.  Recently, while cleaning out some boxes containing assorted electronic paraphernalia, I came across three or four AC adapters.  I have no clue to which piece of equipment they may belong, nor do I even know the manufacturer.  (For example, is an adapter for one of three HP printers I have, or is it left over from the HP laptop?  Which brings me to my pressing question:

Why can't manufacturers put their name or the name of the piece of equipment to which they belong, on the AC adapter?  

Most AC adapters are manufactured by third parties and bundled with the product.  But it would sure be nice if they were required to identify which piece of equipment they belong with.  Of course, I could also label the AC adapter when I take it out of the box.   Which I think I will start doing.