Belkin 8-Outlet Surge Protector With Remote

Es un excelente producto ya que cumple muchas de las necesidades para sistemas de energía, por ejemplo ahorro de energía, protección Contra picos de voltaje, capacidad de instalación en reas inaccesibles, múltiples contactos, etc. Llevo más de 10 años comprando esta barra, tengo más de 5 en cada y me han ayudado a ahorrar mucha energía.
El único inconveniente que veo, es que eventualmente fallan, digamos que una de cada cinco puede llegar a presentar problemas .

I bought this energy-saving outlet for one specific purpose – my flatiron. As you may guess, I did not do this because I was concerned so much with saving energy (though that’s nice too), but rather was concerned with safety. Although I quite like my flatiron, it is not one of those that has a timed off setting, which means I can accidentally leave it on (and have done so twice). Even when I haven’t left it on, sometimes I can’t remember if I’ve turned it off, which means that I usually end up turning my car around and running up to my apartment to check, which is frustrating and is almost always a waste of time. This gadget has saved me that misery.

I now have it constantly set to the 30 minute setting. Since I have long hair, it usually take me around 20 to 25 minutes to flatiron my hair, which means that even if I do happen to leave my flatiron on, within five to ten minutes of finishing my hair, this Belkin device will cut the power. Fabulous! This gives me peace of mind. Why don’t I just get into the habit of unplugging my iron every time? No real answer, I just can’t seem to get into the habit.

This device is ridiculously easy. There is a switch on the side where you can set it to 30 minutes, 3 hours, or 6 hours, depending on how long you want whatever is plugged in to receive electricity. Then there is a button on the top that you press to activate the charging time and the button glows green to let you know it’s on. Until you do this, whatever you’ve plugged in will not charge or power on.

There are a couple minor downsides. This is pretty bulky, so expect it to take up the majority of your outlet. I have to unplug it to plug anything else in the other outlet. Annoying, but certainly not a deal-breaker; after all, you’d imagine that something like this would have to be somewhat bulky. Second, the green light on top is very faint and I usually have use my hand to shade the button to see whether it’s on or off. This could be a good or bad thing depending on where you plan on using this. If you’re using it someplace you plan on sleeping, you may like this feature. In the age of DVRs, computers, external hard drives, etc. that always seem to emit some sort of light, even when not being used, sometimes it’s nice not to have another glowing object in the room.

Overall, excellent product that works well and is priced fairly.

I love these and hope to pick up more if they ever go back on sale. I have about 5 of these and they are useful for products that don’t have their own power switch, or if you own a product that works but has its own power switch broken. All have held up over the 5 or so years I’ve had them and while some of them show signs of cracking of the plastic near the plug outlet from years of wear and tear, it all still works. The power switch has had zero issues and works without issues many years after, so does the dim green LED power on indicator light.

I see no faults. Works as described. I would definitely recommend.