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(120 customer reviews) 80 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, easy to use remote power strip switch,
October 24, 2008 Edwin (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy-Saving Surge Strip (Electronics)
Excellent product, push the remote transmitter button and the surge protector switches off. Push it again and the surge protecter turns on. Will definitely save electricity by cutting power to devices that are always on standby.
Only problem with the unit I received was that initially the remote switch would not turn the surge protector on. I thought that I might have to return it, until I checked the frequency settings for the remote switch and the surge protector. Switched them to match and the unit worked like a charm. It seems that the factory set settings did not match.
This highlighted a key feature of this unit. You can use one remote switch to control your entertainment system's surge protector, and a seperate remote switch to control your PC system's surge protector, OR you can use one remote to control two surge protectors.
73 of 74 people found the following review helpful
A Money Saving, Convenient, No-Brainer of a Purchase,
July 5, 2009 Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy-Saving Surge Strip (Electronics)
Customer Video Review Length:: 1:25 Mins
Studies suggest that 5% of America's power usage is consumed up by "phantom load", when devices that you turned off continue to consume at least some electricity. Turning power strips off cuts off "vampire" devices and prevents them from using electricity, but I tend to leave my power strips on because they're hidden under a desk or behind furniture or sometimes even in a different room.
That's where the Belkin Conserve power strip comes in, offering a convenient way to turn your power strips off with a remote switch that you can mount on top of your desk, near your TV couch, or by a light switch. You can even configure a single switch to power off multiple power strips, or just have each strip operate on its own frequency with its own switch.
I've been using my Conserve for about two months, and it's worked flawlessly the entire time. I even tested how well it shut the power to my devices off and, sure enough, my Kill A Watt instrument showed...Read more
35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Been waiting so long .. it couldn't come soon enough!,
December 24, 2008 Jerone Young - See all my reviews
This review is from: Belkin BG108000-04 Conserve Energy-Saving Surge Strip (Electronics)
So I got one of these and within the first month I saw a $50 reduction in my power bill. Seriously!
It all started after I got a power meter and started going crazy to find what was sucking power around my house. My power bills where at 100+ and it wasn't making any since. So I started measuring and found out that my entertainment center was eating 80 - 85 Watts of power when it was OFF! Now everything I have didn't exactly cut off and turns out my Sharp Aquos was eating the most power off.
Devices OFF/suspend Watts (estimating from memory)
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Sharp Aquos 40
Wii 5
Apple TV 12
Popcorn Hour 15
Wireless Bridge 10
Oppo DVD player 1
Reciever 5
Now the Apple TV & Popcorn Hour actually never really turn off. Also no way to really power off the wireless bridge. I started pulling the power for the surge protector, but this was a pain to unplug and replug in...Read more
