yes, the wiggling can work, and did at the hotel, where I told the kiddoes not to touch the contraption as shown in my pic in my previous post if they wanted their devices to charge. But on the plane it was not so easy, as any movement of one's legs invariably knocked against the poorly positioned plug unit when a plug was in it.

I did browse though that thread and there's some good stuff in there thanks. Some of them I have owned, others like it. In the end I have a box of stuff that doesn't work and a bin of ones that do but arent always practical. For example I hate large charge heads that make it so you cannot plug in another item next to it on a strip or extension chord. And devices and their plugs change often for people so it's hard to get the one thing needed.

Again, the main issue here, however, is not so much the charging unit or what can be hooked into it, rather, it is how to fasten it securely to the actual outlet when said outlet is worn out or old.