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Review on Bits Limited Energy Saving Surge Protector with Autoswitching Technology, 10-Outlet LCG-3MVR by Ameen Bethea

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good product! for accessories and consumables

I have one and will buy a second one right away. Great for TV entertainment - I connect the TV to the "master" and then plug the Wii, Wii-U, Gamecube, VCR/DVD, BluRay and HDTV Booster antennas into switched outlets. I also have a sound system, computer and fan plugged into unswitched outlets. I've set the sound system to non-switchable so it can be used for the radio without the TV being on and the computer can't be plugged into a switchable outlet as it should turn off properly, but the computer has its own Energy Saving Settings . turn off after idle. Without them, gaming systems, VCR/DVD and BluRay players combined used about 200 watts when they were all "off" according to my Kill-A-Watt. Now they turn on/off with my TV, the only downside is that I have to wait about 30 seconds for players and gaming systems to "boot" before I can use them, but that's not too bad because the TV is 15 Seconds takes to warm up high. So when I selected my inputs and enabled everything, everything was up and running anyway. My only wish is that they have a version with even more switched outputs without other splitters. I could see if we had another game system, ever needed to plug a power distributor into one of the switched outlets, and I also didn't have room to plug the Wii U charging pad into a switched outlet (although luckily it seems to be <1W anyway consume when it's charged, so I'm not worried)

Pros
  • great design
Cons
  • all right