iClever USB Wall Dual Port Charger

This charger did it's job well, like most chargers do. The ability to charge two devices from one outlet? Very handy. Amazing reviews here to back that up. I was one of them, and things were great for me as well. But that's when it happened. It was 8pm on a Wednesday when I was sitting down enjoying some Television, charging my phone. That was right around the time I noticed it... Why are my living room lights flickering? Strange. Eventually, after twenty or so minutes of this happening, I get fed up. So, I turn off the television to try and investigate further. After searching around for a bit in a completely silent living room I hear a crackling noise. Strange indeed... Where is it coming from? What could be causing this? Is it my newly installed dimmer switch going bad? Has a mouse chewed threw my electrical wiring? Is the world coming to an end? Sizzle, sizzle... It continues... But from where? I keep searching, and searching, until finally. Bingo. There it is. Just like that, I find the culprit. No, it wasn't my dimmer malfunctioning. The mice had not eaten my wires and the world as of now was not coming to an end. Not at all. It was my phone charger... THIS charger. So, I try and figure out why this is happening and simply give the charger a nudge. I quickly realized that just by touching the charger I was easily able to make this thing crackle and emit the sound of a tiny lightning storm, internally sparking over and over. Examining further, the problem seems to be in the swivel design of the plug. The part that allows you to tuck the plug in to make this more "square" in design, similar to what a lot of other bulky chargers do. Well, whatever internal "hinge" system they are using on this specific device in my specific situation seemed to have created a gap, or failure point that allowed a constant arching to happen. Obviously this creates a huge potential for overheating and eventually the potential for catastrophic failure. Feeling, and then smelling the charger only helped solidify my theory. The thing was hot, and smelled exactly what you would think a charger slowly melting from the inside out would smell like. Look, I was lucky. My flickering lights visually warned me that something was wrong somewhere. I was lucky that I was able to find it before it melted. Sure, I can't sit here and say there was a guarantee it would have kept sizzling until it caught on fire, but I also can't say that it would not have. Good luck, and be warned.