Smart Strip LCG3 Energy Saving Surge Protector with Autoswitching Technology, 10-Outlet
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Smart Strip LCG3 Energy Saving Surge Protector with Autoswitching Technology, 10-Outlet
Customer Review: required for college campus green policy... too smart for us.
Summary: 1 Stars
We supplied our new college freshman with this particular power strip because it was a new requirement included in the dorm policies. It was not available in any local stores, so we purchased it through Amazon(better price-quick delivery.)On move-in day we found that the color coded plugs did not serve the needs of a refrigerator, computer, phone charger, printer, a digital piano and two lamps. The instructions' strategic color matching of plugs for certain appliances did not deliver the indicated result from the instructions. We asked the dorm officers for assistance and they were unsuccessful at keeping the power from shutting off to the whole Smart strip. We set it aside and purchased a traditional power strip that we are sure would not turn off the refrigerator. We are hoping they allow some grace in their new green policy. We purchased the exact smart strip they recommended and still have it available in the room if they can demonstrate the proper use of it.Customer Review: Wow
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, I saw this item on a "green" website. It had a video clip with it. A clip of an Oprah show, I know, I am not a big Oprah fan but I watched the clip. I was sold on the item. I ordered two of the Smart Strips. I hooked one to my computer system and I can't believe how may electrical items I had hooked up until I installed this strip. Now when I power down my computer, the Smart Strip will turn off my monitor, my sub woofer/speaker system, my external heard drive, my printer and wireless print server, my shredder and electric pencil sharpener. That's 7 items that were drawing power 24/7. Now no power is being used during the overnight or periods when I am out of town. According to the manufacture and the lady on Oprah, electrical items that are plugged in will draw power even with off. This apparently blocks "phantom power" from being used. I look forward to seeing how much money I will save on my power bill each month with these two Smart Strips.Customer Review: I was just trying to do my part...
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought two of these "Smart Strips" in order to cut down on wasted electrical energy. I've used them for a year now, and they do not work, and they never have. At first I thought it was because they were not properly adjusted, but I can safely say now that it does not matter how you adjust them - they still don't work. Sometimes they'll work for a few days, but then you come into the office to find that everything plugged into the slave receptacles is being turned on and off intermittently. The only way to prevent the fault is to use only the master receptacles, but even that doesn't guarantee proper function - again, the power is often intermittent. If I had only one, I would suspect a bad unit. Since I have two and neither does what it is supposed to, I have to suppose that they are all either poorly designed and/or poorly made. I am learning to expect both when it comes to products coming from China. An utter waste of money.Customer Review: Smart Strip
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want a plug-in strip to save money on electricity use, this is the plug-in strip to buy. Most of us have electrical/electronic gadgets that still draw a little power after they are turned off. Many units are powered by transformers that draw power as long as they are connected to a source of electricity even though the unit they power is turned off. With the smart strip, once the main unit is switched off, all other gadhets plugged into the strip are disconnected from the power source and thus draw no more electricity. I use two oof them; one for my computer and it's peripherals which use three transformers and my audio system. When my computer is turned off, all of the peripherals go off, too. There is a sensitivity adjustment with which you can tune the plug-in strip to turn on or off with the unit plugged into the control spot. It really works.Customer Review: Was great for a week
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this to use in my office. I have a PC with two monitors, two printers and assorted other peripherals. I have the PC plugged into the main outlet, so when I power down the PC everything else goes off. It worked great for a week. But now when I shut down the computer everything seems to shut down but, then all of the peripherals start cycling on and off, on and off. So now I shut the strip down manually using the toggle switch after the PC shuts down.
Disappointing.
I have an electric heater plugged into a different outlet, thought there might be some power surge issue but I have been turning off the heater prior to turning off the PC and it makes no difference.
I don't think there is anything with my PC that would be causing this, so I can only conclude that the power strip isn't so smart after all.