Customer Reviews

7 Outlet Surge Protector

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Allows a simple way to save electricity without the pain and wear&tear of inserting and removing devices all the time.

I bought this as a result of user responses to a post on my blog for a power strip with individual switches. This appears to be the only such device in the USA (for domestic use). It works as advertised, but I wish the outlets were further apart as I use it for various battery chargers in my garage and I had to also buy those little extender cables to fit the chargers into adjacent sockets.

Given how many surge supressors the likes of Belkin seem to produce, you'd think that they would be looking for Unique Selling Points, and individual switches AND big gaps between the outlets would be one in my view. Until someone listens to me, this is the best available.

I looked high and low for a surge protector that had individual switches. I first discovered this Ultra item from the shack, but now their site says 'no longer available". Then I saw another company proadvanage had listed them but my order was never sent out and I had to cancel it. Then a relief that Amazon had them in stock. Thank you Amazon! Wow this puppy is hard to find. If you want individual switches this is pretty much the only choice on the market, there are no other manufactures that I know of that offer this type of product. And with that said, its kinda pricey. I would never think to pay that much for an outlet strip. But they got me sold. I ordered a few of them from Amazon and got in like a week - now I have them through out the house and garage. Now I can turn the stuff off I do not use instead of unplugging it all the time. PROS: unique product that works well to save electricity and prolong life of electronics- CONS: hard to find the item or similar ones, and quite pricey. Get one or more while you can!

This is a great product for saving electricity making it possible for our species to inhabit this planet for a good long time. Basically, almost anything electronic that is plugged into your wall is drawing power 24/7 even if it is turned off. Ever wonder why your cell phone charger feels hot all the time? Same reason Ben Franklin had frizzy hair for a while - electricity. The average computer uses about 15 watts of power constantly while turned off. Your TV, Stereo, DVD player... the list is endless. You know those big fat "adapters" running your PC speakers, modem, printer, scanner and router? They're all burning energy even if the appliance is off. $20 is a small price to pay for the ability to turn off - REALLY TURN OFF - each of your PC peripherals or home theatre components.

Great Product - cheapest around. Buy 4.

This surge protector is excellent because you can shut down selective switches not in use. The unit is well constructed, as well as the on/off buttons. I liked this surge protector so much that I bought a second one after receiving the first one.

I put this on my home theater setup. I don't often use the surround sound, the wii or the slingbox, and I wanted a way to completely turn them off. I hooked it all up and then put a Kill a Watt on the plug to measure it.

Everything turned on costs me 41 cents a day. Turning everything off through the power strip except the cable box and the TV cuts the cost to 26 cents a day.

Works great.

Simple, well constructed, and with enough outlets for most applications. I got mine from Tiger Direct, who shipped it faster than I expected (on both orders). I'm pleased all around.

I am using this switched strip to control external PC devices that I don't want on all the time (external hard drives; cooling fans; etc.) and it is doing a great job. There is one plug (which I didn't realize it when I ordered this strip) that is not switched and is always on - so, keep that in mind when ordering - you will actually have 6 switched plugs and one always on.

This power strip is pretty cool. 6 of the plugs have individual switches. 1 is unswitched (or just on the main switch). I like it a lot so far.

Note: with 7 total switches it is a little bright in a movie room. I moved a little table to cover the red glow.

Apart from just generally being much smarter to have a switch for each appliance so you don't have to unplug and all your stuff is always "ready to go", the genius bonus here is that one socket is not controlled by either an individual switch or the master switch (which turns off all the others). This mean I can leave my freezer plugged in, secure in the knowledge that it cannot be accidentally turned off.

This is one of the best products in its class. I purchased this because I wanted to get rid the phantom load from all of my plugged in devices. Most of my commonly used devices are plugged into this neat unit. Before heading to bed, I can switch the power off with just one switch. It also has individual switches so that you can turn each individual devices on or off. There is one outlet that is permanently on. I use this one to plug my external hard drive in because I don't want to accidentally cut off power to the hard drive. This is a must buy for anyone wanting to save some electricity!