Belkin 6Outlet HomeOffice Surge Protector With Rotating Plug And 8 Cord

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Chantell Trombly says...

Love the rotating plug.Fits nicely behind by TV cabinet.Neatens up my living room!

Posted on May 21, 2011

Trinh Litle says...

I work in the IT industry, so every time people move offices they come to me for a power strip.I buy these power strips regularly because:



1.They have seemed to protect adequately for surges

2.They are very compact

3.They are cheap!!!!

4.The big one-- the power switch is on the side where the power cable exits the strip.This has a big advantage.



You'd be amazed how many times people, cleaning crews or others accidentally flip the power switch on a power strip that may be under the edge of a desk or in an area that can get bumped but isn't easily seen. That also causes problems because people don't understand why their stuff isn't working. Having the switch on the side dramatically reduces the frequency with which I get calls because "stuff stopped working"... No one ever expects the simple answer and always assume a device has gone bad, etc.



The color fits in with your average office creme color, and unless you are going to get a power squid or UPS I wouldn't spend more on a power strip than the cost of this.

Posted on May 22, 2011

Jonnie Lichtman says...

We were using it in one of our kitchen outlets.We were only using 4 out of the 6 outlets and not even on very high-powered appliances, and after only 3 months of use we noticed that one of the metal prongs had melted into our wall outlet.We almost couldn't pull it out!Luckily all our appliances were ok, but it took us a while and a lot of hassle to have to re-trip our circuit breakers to get the power working again.DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

Posted on May 22, 2011

Delta Boxer says...

So far so good.....wanted a smaller one for my macbook.....didn't need a huge outlet protector for the spot, and this filled the bill.Arrived quickly, good price, it works!

Posted on May 22, 2011

Lana Jockers says...

Rotating flat plug is excellent, you can pretty much accomodate any need without blocking plugs, and it really is quite flat. This is just an inexpensive power strip and that's great. I probably have 10 power strips around my house, and who wants to pay a lot for them?



I notice a reviewer complaining about fried equipment. If I had anything expensive to plug in, I'd put it on a Cyberpower or APC UPS with AVR. I don't expect any power strip to do much to protect against big power spikes. Even a high-priced power strip is still just feeding you raw power out of the wall with some sort of switch-to-ground in case something spikey comes along. With the Automatic Voltage Regulating UPS you can get clean power and even Pure Sine Wave output but you won't get that in a cheap little power strip.

Posted on May 23, 2011

Jackie Whitegoat says...

I needed a surge protector with a rotating plug because the socket was in an awkward location.

Posted on May 24, 2011

Burt Vitatoe says...

Works great. The Amazon picture is not correct, the cord is 8 *FEET* long not the 8 inches as is shown. The longer cord is perfect for my needs.

Posted on May 26, 2011

Nenita Leskovac says...

The most interesting feature of this product is the flat plug. It is very thin and allows us to use contacts that would otherwise be obscured by furniture. Other than that, it is a power strip and it serves its purpose.

We purchased the 8ft cord version to use behind a couch and we were very satisfied, so we decided to order another one to use behind a bookcase. The cord didn't need to be that long, so we ordered the 2.5ft cord version... oh surprise!.. this one does not have the flat plug (which was the whole point of the purchase). It has a regular plug just like the powerstrip we wanted to replace. Of course, we are returning it but I wanted to warn other people ...The website description is somewhat misleading and the fact that the picture for the 2.5ft does not show the plug, does not help.

Beware.. the 8ft version has a flat plug, the 2.5ft version does not.

Posted on May 28, 2011

Rutha Huprich says...

Well, it looked great, nice and compact, BUT within one week, a fishy smell developed in the corner where the outlet was. When I researched fishy smells in houses, surprisingly, electrical problems came up. So, when I pulled out the plug (where the surge protector plugs into the wall,) the plug was melting and burning, and, in fact, left its metal prongs in our outlet! So, by unplugging it, our house didn't burn down (a good thing), but now we have an unusable outlet until we get an electrician in (a bad thing.) Buyer beware! Btw, we've used Belkin surge protectors for YEARS in the same outlet with NO PROBLEM; I think it's just this model/design that's faulty.

Posted on May 29, 2011

Nella Dummett says...

this is a simple product that has no bells or whistles, but it does what I wanted it to do and that makes me 5-start happy.

Posted on May 30, 2011