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1.0 out of 5 starsWARNING! This is NOT a surge protector!
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2019
Be careful! If you are wanting a surge protector, and not just a power strip, this is not the product you want to purchase.
I had purchased one of these already and was about to purchase another one before I decided to take a glance at the negative reviews. I am so glad I did. I saw a couple that said this item was not a surge protector. That peaked my curiosity because I thought I ordered a surge protector and didn't want to believe that I had been deceived by a product with so many verified purchase reviews. So I reread the description and sure enough, it says it is a surge protector in numerous places, not just in the header for the product. I decided to do my own research and the other reviewers were absolutely correct. This is NOT a surge protector.
I learned that a surge protector should have a UL listing of 1449. If the surge protector has met UL 1449 standards, it will say “transient voltage surge suppressor" somewhere on the strip itself. There are other specs to look at (i.e., clamping voltage, light indicating it is still working properly, spacing between outlets, etc.), but the biggest thing is the UL 1449. Also, the better quality surge protectors have a lifetime warranty (or at least a very long one) with some type of protection guarantee for items plugged into the surge protector. For example, another surge protector we purchased, for a similar price, has a lifetime warranty and $150,000 insurance to cover any connected equipment damaged by a power surge.
This is a power strip. It does not meet UL 1449 standards. It does not have a lengthy or lifetime warranty. It also does not have insurance for devices damaged while plugged into the outlets. The description says it is "ETL Listed and FCC Certificated, UL authentication power cord" with an 18 month warranty. Additionally, on the paperwork received with the item, it is called a power strip. It does not say anywhere that it is a surge protector.
Amazon should pull this product for deceitful advertising. I definitely fell for it, and we would have put at risk all of the expensive electronics that we were going to plug into it.
