Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection

Comments about Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection:

It's a nice unit, especially for the price (when compared to similar Monster units). The switched "energy saving" outlets are a nice feature, but for certain devices, it doesn't work very well. You can work around this by plugging in something that is always on.

As I previously stated, it's a good surge protecting unit. I bought it to work as a power strip because it had so many outlets, but I appreciate the extra features.

Comments about Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection:

It's very important to remember that your computer MUST be plugged into the master plug, or you could run into all sorts of problems.

I bought this surge protector, read about the Master Plug concept, thought "ooh that's a great idea" and I put the surge protector into service. A few months later I had to unplug the computer and take it to another site, and when I returned I wasn't paying attention, and I plugged my monitor into the Master Plug and the computer into a regular outlet. Really a pretty easy mistake as I had to crawl up under my desk into the dark area, and MASTER PLUG just didn't jump out at me under that poor lighting. And, it had been quite some time since I bought the strip and I'd forgotten the whole master concept.

So, I've been having all sorts of problems with external hard drives unmounting during unattended automated tasks, and "hardware failure" message, and I have been going nuts trying to figure out why these drives are "failing." I've been replacing firewire cables, replacing entire drives, and still no solution. Finally today I thought maybe it's the surge protector? When I started unplugging the drives I was reminded of the whole master plug concept. Then I noticed that my monitor was plugged into the Master plug, not the actual computer. So, I switched things.

Hopefully, this will solve the issues I've been having.

It's a reminder if you get a piece of equipment with unusual features you MUST remember how to dot your i's and cross your t's or it will come back to bite you big time. Me, I wish I'd just bought a plain vanilla surge protector as it would have been better in the long run. I don't even want to think about how much productive time I've lost futzing with this thing.

Comments about Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection:

Condensed that Medusa head of wires into one nice, neat pakage

Comments about Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection:

I like how it plugs into the wall and has enough room for my various pieces of equipment.

Comments about Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection:

Only one outlet has enough power to turn the equipment on. I am using this for my computer and I cannot plug the other components into it because there is not enough power.

Comments about Staples 12-Outlet 4350 Joule EcoEasy Surge Protector with Coax and Dataline Protection:

It works well. No problems. no computer shut downs during power surges