Assessing the safety of items

[Medusa]

I have been looking at these lights https://www.amazon.co.uk/NiteSafe-Maxi- ... ZWV8C&th=1 and really like the idea of them to replace the battery PIR lights I have in various places in the house, however I am concerned about the safety aspect of leaving something plugged in constantly. There is nothing to say that it is CE regulated or a kitemark, somewhat concerning to me. Do people trust things like this these days or would you give them a miss?

[Yorkshire Andy]

I have been looking at these lights https://www.amazon.co.uk/NiteSafe-Maxi- ... ZWV8C&th=1 and really like the idea of them to replace the battery PIR lights I have in various places in the house, however I am concerned about the safety aspect of leaving something plugged in constantly. There is nothing to say that it is CE regulated or a kitemark, somewhat concerning to me. Do people trust things like this these days or would you give them a miss?

They had some in middle of lidl a few weeks ago all marked up

[Yorkshire Andy]

These are cosmetic the same as the lidl ones
https://www.amazon.co.uk/xtralite-XL207 ... d_source=1



Ce Mark on the pics but lidl were £8 each

[tarmactatt]

I'm a pessamist, personally, I avoid the Chinesium on Amazon. I've seen enough Big Clive teardowns of cheap electronics to know that not everything is built the same on the inside, despite outward appearances.

For Amazon particularly, the reviews of cheap battery chargers etc terrify me, along the lines of "plugged in and it started smoking but was sent a replacement so it's okay"

I'm reminded of this XKCD comic:
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tornadoguard.png

I do a bit of shopping direct from china, however, if I cook with it or eat off it, or plug it into the mains, it has to come from a place with some sort of UK presence so at least I (or my insurance company, if I'm dead) can sue somebody.

Ikea is normally a good bet for reasonably priced electronics and I trust their quality assurance system and safety ratings.