An All-in-one Surge Protector and Watt Monitor

P3 International P4320 Kill-A-Watt Power Strip List Price: $99.95 Sale Price: Too low to display Average Rating:

Description

Now you can protect your valuable electronics and find out what they are actually costing you. Simply connect these appliances into the P3 International P4320 Kill-A-Watt power strip, 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. Check the quality of your power by monitoring voltage, line frequency, amperage, kilowatt hours, current leakage and more. Now you'll know how much power your entire computer or home theater system is using. With the innovative Kill A Watt power strip you'll have peace of mind in more ways than one.

Features

• Advanced Surge Protection Circuitry
• Soft Power-Up
• Displays Max/Min Volts, Amps, Watts, PF, & Leakage Current
• 6 Foot Cord with Low Profile Plug
• Light-Up Power Switch with Backlit LCD Display

Reviews

I like this product overall, with one big caveat. I have discovered that it's not a good idea to leave my NAS plugged into this long-term since a power blip will cause the strip to power off and not come back on until the power button is depressed! Of course, a typical power strip with toggle/rocker switch would maintain power state, on or off, after an interruption of power input. This item, however, does not maintain state and that's why I am withholding one star from my review.

Power strip was defective when it arrived. It was returned to the factory for repair. The repaired/replaced unit works fine, but we lost 2 weeks waiting for it.

DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT! I had purchased my first unit and it dies less than 7 days later. It appears that when the power is disrupted to the unit it shut downs. Pressing the rest button does nothing. I ordered a second unit and sent the first one back. We had a major snow storm on the east coast and the lights went out. The unit never came back on again. This time the unit was 4 days old. I have the Kill A WATT EZ Plugged with a power strip and have never had a problem. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!

This works as advertised. I have had problems with it shutting off after a while when not in use. This can be annoying when I want to turn something on that uses this and I have to go power the power strip back up before doing so. This doesn't go well with something that is on a timer and turns on and off automatically. It seems relatively accurate at monitoring power. It would be nice if it could do the calculations for you for cost, but I guess you have to buy something more expensive to get that capability. Overall, it's a good investment for tracking power usage and understanding better what is using power even when not in use. I found out that my electric woodburning stove draws power even when I don't use it. As a season item, I found out that I can save power, and money, during the summer by unplugging it. That alone will pay for the power strip over time.

I bought the P4320 Kill W Watt Power strip on 27 January 2009. On 27 October 2009 it will not stay "on", and drops off. It pops a relay and gives the message "abnormal voltage." The voltage at all recepticals in my house measure 117v. This is not abnormal. Unfortunately, the warranty for the device is only six months. The P4320 was doing the "drop out" thing during the summer intermittently. I wonder if I had acted upon it if I could have caught it under warranty. In addition, I did not find a single device that would be better to put off of standby. At $70, it would take about forty years to recover the cost of the P4320. The experiment was fun. But the parasitic current issue is way, way overplayed.