Re: FGW Refurb

Chris wrote:

A problem I've heard with the table sockets is that they are situated
too close to the top of the table, not leaving enough space for the
(often strengthened, and not fully flexible) cable issuing from the
base of your plug, making it near impossibleto plug it in properly.

Yes. The table sockets are of an extremely poor design. You cannot use the table sockets with a Apple Laptop (Macbook, Macbook Pro, etc.) as there is not enough space for the power brick when it's directly attached to the plug - it needs about another 2cm clearance (this probably affects iPod chargers too, which are of a similar, slightly smaller design). If you try to use the extension cable then you run into precisely the problem you describe.

As a Macbook owner I find this quite annoying. And I feel it's a stupid oversight on FGW's part given the popularity of these laptops (I tend to spot *at least* one in addition to my own on trips to the cafe-bar when traveling on the East Coast).

GNER put laptop sockets in a similar position to FGW on their non-refubished HSTs, but they have enough space. On their refurbished HSTs the sockets are on the walls - similar to Voyagers/Meridians/Mallards.
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