Sorry if this one has been done previously - “plug” is a terrible search term 
Is there such a thing a decent rewireable French plug with right angle cable entry?
I needed to fix the 10m “rallonge” that we use for the hoover as the cable sheath had split close to the existing plug - it seemed a pity to throw it away just for that so I bought some no-brand ones from Amazon (all I could find).
The quality is “not great” - better than using the extension as was, but only just.
Our Weldom sells them.
The ones I got are reasonable, though not the same quality as the most basic UK ones.
I prefer the type with a loop that you can grip when withdrawing the plug.
Would this work
Thanks both - funny looking things. I’d forgotten that Screwfix are in France.
These were the ones I bought:
Pretty much everything that pops up on Amazon seems to be the same item.
Annoyingly I have spotted them in white, which would have been preferable (to match the cable).
Yes, that’s what I use. The top half of the circle forming the back of the plug folds down 90 degrees to make a handy handle to pull the plug from the socket. It may seem a small point but if you have arthritic hands it helps. Also it fits nice and flat against the socket looking much neater.
Only really useful for unearthed 2 wire low current devices, eg lights
Do Screwfix France deliver as fast as the UK arm?
I’ve never tried them.
The cheaper ones can be a right pain. Worth buying legrand ones at leroy merlin or other diy shop. Cost more but a lot less faff.
Not always a guarantee of quality, only a guarantee of more money.
Bricomarche and Leclerc sell the nicer type with the fold-out loop.
My experience of European electrics is that the standard they settled on for plugs and sockets is simply shoddy. Switzerland seems even worse.
A lot of the stuff on the LM website is not theirs - they just provide a shop front, no different to Amazon really.
I always stick with Legrand plugs.
This is the plug I’ve settled on, having tried others. It’s by Legrand and I bought it from MonBrico.
It seems sturdier than the cheaper ones and is easy to insert/remove. It ‘feels’ safer too, if that makes sense.
I buy our white (also available in black), right angled, arthritic hand loop plugs from our local Super U supermarket. I’ve fitted quite a few on kitchen appliances and other items that Madam uses fairly frequently and we have never had one break or crack yet. The larger Brico stores have them at a reasonable price and the smaller Bricos have them at a stupid price.
Just remember to gently tug on them when removing them from the wall socket as gently as if you were removing a dummy from the mouth of an infant.
Ripping on them like you’re trying to start a particularly recalcitrant chainsaw is not advised. Ask me how I know.
USA 2 pin wall sockets of a certain age that wont even hold the lightest of phone chargers are pretty terrible, but the EU design appears to allow tolerance stacking to the point that some plugs will not fit into some sockets without a enthusiastic application of brute force.
The US is an unusual case, running at half European voltage, though obviously double current. TBH yes, even shoddier designs, but I’ve much less experience of them and only in hotels.
When we moved to Belgium, my father-in-law gave us a box of very high quality plugs to change over all our stuff.
Unfortunately, we returned them to him when we went back to the UK, thinking we wouldn’t need them again. Despite repeated searching, I’ve never found similar and can’t really ask him now.
If I ever do find them then I’ll post a link
