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Anderson connectors are an alternative to cigarette lighter plugs/sockets.
You would hook up an Anderson connector to the battery via lugs, and then all your Anderson equipped accessories to that, using splitters or break-out boxes where required.
Anderson connectors are good for 50 amperes (there are also larger, higher-amp versions), do not come apart accidentally, have a fairly high insertion/separation force and clean the contacts on each insertion/separation, cannot be connected the wrong way (polarity), plug and socket are the same, etc.
Cigarette lighter sockets were never meant as power supply terminals, they were designed for... cigarette lighters in cars.
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