I have all my power strips mounted on the walls. It makes it so much easier to plug and unplug my machines. I have a stand alone OttLite by my ironing board. I have a power strip on the wall that has the iron and OttLite plugged into it. I use the switch on the power strip to turn both the iron and the light on and off. That way, if the light is on I know the iron is on. I can easily tell if I've remembered to turn them both off by glancing at them.