Micky Ha Ha is the only power point cover that lets your appliances stay
plugged in while it blocks little hands from the plugs, the cords and the switches.
Two child-resistant catches Fits single & double outlets Ships worldwide
Plugs stay in Hands stay out
Why this exists
A power point is at eye level for a toddler.
Plug covers stop objects going in. They do nothing about the plug that is
already there, the cord hanging off it, or the switch beside it.
70%
of electrocutions in 0–9 year olds happen before age 5*
2–3
pulls is all it takes for a small child to free a plug
1999
the year a Melbourne mum designed the fix herself
* Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset.
How it works
A clear dome over the whole outlet
A base that screws and sticks to the wall, and a cover that clips onto it
with two catches small hands cannot work.
Plugs stay in, hands stay out
Cords feed out through two narrow slots. Your lamp, monitor or heater keeps
running while the plug itself is out of reach, and so is the switch.
See the switch without opening it
The cover is clear, so you can check at a glance whether a point is on or
off. No guessing, no taking it off to look.
Two catches, not one
Both tabs have to be squeezed at once to lever the cover off. It is an adult
movement, and a deliberate one.
The shape is the safety feature
Rounded on purpose
The dome is deep enough for a standard plug and its cord, and no deeper. That
is deliberate: a bulky plug pack cannot fit inside, so nobody can force the
cover shut over one and hope for the best.
Fits standard single and double outlets up to 12 cm wide by 8 cm high
Rotate it so cords exit from the top or the bottom, whichever suits the wall
Not for double adapters, plug packs or mounting blocks — by design
Childcare rooms, shop floors, commercial kitchens, care facilities and comms
cupboards. Anywhere a switch being knocked off, or a plug pulled out, costs you
more than the power point is worth.
In 1999 Catherine Hovenbitzer could not find anything that would stop her
eight month old son Micky pulling on dangling power cords. In two or three
pulls he had the cord out and an active power point exposed.
Nothing on the market restricted access to the outlet itself, so she designed
one. The product still carries his name.
