When the folks at Wet Circuits contacted me about reviewing their water resistant power strips, I couldn’t refuse after seeing their demo videos – they were cute but powerful demonstrations. Their 4-outlet power strips can be practically submerged in water and still operate without electrocuting you in the process. Read on for the full review.
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Review: Wet Circuits’ Water Resistant Power StripRead More »
Kill-A-Watt has expanded their product line to include a power strip so you can easily monitor the quantity and quality of your electrical power. Simply connect your electronics to the Kill-A-Watt PS, and it will assess how efficient they are while the built-in surge protection keeps them safe. Advanced features such as over current, over voltage, and no load detection provide clean, safe power to your expensive equipment.
You can verify the quality of your electrical power by monitoring Voltage, Line Frequency, Amperage, KWH, Current Leakage and more. The built-in “max amps” switch allows you to optionally select the maximum current (Amps) that the power strip will deliver to attached devices.
Oh yeah… the power strip provides advanced surge protection circuitry.
Suggested Price: $99.99
Here’s another environmentally friendly gadget, that is power conscious. It’s a power strip and surge protector that very simply detects whether or not the devices you have plugged in to it are actually on or not and stops drawing power from the wall. I immediately thought of a great application for this: my spare laptop power adapter that I like to leave plugged in to the wall outlet, so I can quickly plug into my laptop to juice it back up. Immediate power and money savings. Just in case you’ve got devices that you need/want to leave on permanently (and we all do!), just plug it in to the red outlets.
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What a great concept. This power strip bends and pivots (hence the name) so that you can get all those weird-shaped power adapters plugged in without having to skip an outlet or 2.
PivotPower is another community-developed product over at Quirky. It has 6 outlets, surge protection, and comes in versions for both American (110v) and European (240v) markets.
This is a much nicer version of the power strip liberator or the Power Squid.
Buy now!
Price: $25
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Hey there GfG’ers – we’ve got yet another giveaway for you. This one is super useful especially for you road-warrior and/or heavy gadget users.
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TrickleStar is a tech company that makes a line of products geared to save you money with your energy usage. We reviewed 2 of their products that go hand in hand. The main product is the PC TrickleSaver. It basically works by monitoring your computer (via USB cable) to see if it’s on. If it’s not, then it kills the power to any devices you have plugged into the TrickleSaver. You can look at the TrickleSaver as a different take on similar power conservation products like the Smart Strip.
If you have numerous devices about your office and/or main computer that you never think about shutting down when not in use, then the TrickleSaver can save you some money, by automatically cutting the power to them. However, before you rush out and buy one, you should consider whether or not this makes sense for you.
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Review: TrickleStar’s PC TrickleSaver and PC TrickleSwitch power conservation gadgetsRead More »
Here’s another very useful gadget from Kensington, particularly if you’re a road warrior that spends any amount of time in hotels. How many times have you gone hunting around the hotel room for those precious few open power outlets to plug in your laptop, cell phone charger, iPod charger and your 4th must-have gadget?
I know I’ve done it enough times to get to the point where I’m seriously wondering if I should unplug the TV or a lamp. Sometimes, I’ve brought a power strip along just in case.
This portable power outlet from Kensington saves you (and takes up way less space than a power strip). It has 3 AC outlets on it as well as 2 USB outlets. So now you can power up your iPod and/or Bluetooth headset without having to plug them into your laptop. This little gem even has some surge protection built in.
Gimme!
More info from the manufacturer
Price: $24.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Eubiq, a Singapore company, has created what could be a revolutionary next generation power outlet that allows consumer to plug in and draw power freely from anywhere along the power outlet strip. This looks cool but you need to purchase the strip and then the various adapters separately. Check out the video:
Bet you didn’t know these existed, eh? Yup, well, they do, and now you don’t need to get extenders or power strips to get more than 1 of those odd-shaped or oversized power adapters plugged straight into your wall power outlet. At only $9.99, this is an elegant solution to an age-old problem. Each outlet rotates independently of the other and go around 360 degrees, and clicks into 18 unique positions.
You can rotate the outlets even with stuff plugged into them and maintain the power to the device. The panel is available in both white and ivory and comes with a screwless wall plate.
Price: $9.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
The solar-powered Auto Vent II helps reduce excessive temperatures inside your car by moving overheated air out the window and drawing outside air in through your vehicle’s open air vents. The Auto Vent II can shorten the time it takes for your air conditioning to cool down the interior, which, without ventilation, can get much hotter than the outside ambient temperature. Includes 12V DC adapter (for cloudy days) and rubber window strip.
Suggested Price: $29.97
