The cheap shitty pink USB charger from China song.04:33

This is a song about cheap shitty pink USB chargers and how they can blow your prized technical possessions up and potentially blow YOU up in the process.
Of course, they don’t HAVE to be pink, but it’s all the more humiliating if they are.
The simple fact is that many of the cheap USB chargers sold on ebay and directly from China are designed with no regard to proper electrical isolation between the mains side and the low voltage USB output. This can result in equipment damage and electrocution.
I strongly recommend that you only use good quality chargers from known good sources for your equipment. And despite not being an Apple fan-boi I regard their iPad charger as one of the most trustworthy travel chargers you could carry with you.
Please note that I didn’t actually blow my iPad up with a cheap shitty pink USB charger from China. I’m not dumb enough to plug anything precious into one of these things.