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expired Posted by TattyBear | Staff • Aug 7, 2023
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"The Anker 351 Power Strip [nytimes.com] performed dreadfully in our testing, offering no surge protection whatsoever."
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Every time there is an "occurence" that causes a surge, it degrades the internals, and its protection lessens over time.
So this year, where every night is another crazy intense thunderstorm, that lifespan could shorten significantly from the 3-5 year guidance.
So most surge protectors just end up as large extension cords.
So just keep in mind, that if you have a serious occurrence that has affected your home, chances are, even if your surge protector looks OK, its probably just turned into a fancy extension cord at that point.
Someone else mentioned UL listing. TUV if I recall is far better. There is also CSA certification, which is Canada's version. Good as well.
Had 2 lightning events, one with an AmazonBasics surge protector (yeah, I know…) - but literally had the 2 connected cameras blow the plug adapters clear out of the sockets, melted the cords, left burn marks all the way up my wall, almost causing a major fire… and blowing the cameras about 50 feet clear off the building— found them halfway across my yard, black and melted.
Ironic part? The surge strip still worked and the "protected" led still shone bright and proud. Lol.
I lost $100 worth or equipment and far more concerning, almost lost my home to an electrical fire… but the $11 surge strip was golden for reuse.
In my mind the goal was to sacrifice the surge strip, save my equipment and not about start a fire.
Maybe I'm naive but I thought there was supposed to be like some kind of fuse or something that fries and kills the circuit?
Got a different brand surge strip, couple months later, exact same shit happened. Melted the wires, fried my equipment, cord melted to the floor… but surge protector still worked fine. Wtf?
Yes these were actual surge protectors and not just power strips.
Third incident was inside my house, thank God no melted gear or burn marks but I lost $300+ worth of stuff (router, cable modem, several other devices). This actually happened twice. So it's actually 4 incidents.
Now we can blame the lightning and poor grounding etc etc but these were in two totally different buildings on two totally different electrical panels, even on separate meters.
So yeah, obvious I have bad luck with lightning but my point is— wtf is the point of a surge protector if I've had 4 different brands completely fail to protect my stuff?
Losing hundreds of dollars worth of stuff is one thing but losing my life in a house fire because I thought I was protected is a pretty damn bigger deal.
That all said- I don't know about this thing but in my experience, these have done nothing.
If you need a strip to plug in a ton of stuff ok cool. But come the big event… I would make sure you get something really good, presuming.
Any thoughts or explanations on the above from people that know more than I do to help me from dying in a house fire in the future? Seems like a really uncool way to go.
I obviously have either really good luck or really horrible luck. Not sure which… but leaning towards "bad".
But if you are ever in a place where there are a lot of computers or sensitive electronics fired up, ask or look for their surge protectors, odds are good they will be one of those two brands.
"The Anker 351 Power Strip [nytimes.com] performed dreadfully in our testing, offering no surge protection whatsoever."
Edit: same one but I bought the fancier version with phone and/or coax. be prepared to send it back. the one I bought was going to be visible / seen and it was unacceptable. I ended up with an Anker.
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"The Anker 351 Power Strip [nytimes.com] performed dreadfully in our testing, offering no surge protection whatsoever."
If you need an extra-long cord: Get the Tripp Lite TLP825. Like our TLP1208SAT pick, this model performed well in our surge tests, it's UL listed, and it has auto-shutoff capabilities, ground/fault and surge-protection indicator lights, and a lifetime warranty. Plus, it has a 25-foot cord. However, it has four fewer outlets, it lacks telephone ports and coaxial connectors, and its joule rating is half as good as that of our top pick (1440 compared to 2880).
That said, I cannot speak to this particular unit as I have only use the previously recommended Belkin 12 outlet and earlier APC 12 outlet surge protectors.
If you need an extra-long cord: Get the Tripp Lite TLP825. Like our TLP1208SAT pick, this model performed well in our surge tests, it's UL listed, and it has auto-shutoff capabilities, ground/fault and surge-protection indicator lights, and a lifetime warranty. Plus, it has a 25-foot cord. However, it has four fewer outlets, it lacks telephone ports and coaxial connectors, and its joule rating is half as good as that of our top pick (1440 compared to 2880).
That said, I cannot speak to this particular unit as I have only use the previously recommended Belkin 12 outlet and earlier APC 12 outlet surge protectors.
"The Anker 351 Power Strip [nytimes.com] performed dreadfully in our testing, offering no surge protection whatsoever."
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You can actually utilize the entire surge protector since it has side plugs.
This design is superior and own a few of these. One plug could easily take up two slots
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