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I’ve plugged my laptop, monitor, printer, and other things into the remote control side and the wireless router, modem, and other more “permanent” things in the non-remote side. This product works great although I have two very minor gripes:

First, the cable holder is a nice touch to have at the base of the unit. However, it is not wide or deep enough to hold all the cables you may require. It’ll work for a couple but certainly not all that the unit can hold.

Second, when the breaker flips on the unit itself, the remote control no longer functions for some reason. In my case, if the breaker were to flip, I have to crawl under my desk to reset it. If the remote control had it’s own reset feature then that’d be perfect.

The cover for it is difficult to remove if you need to replace the battery. You may end up accidentally flipping the switch off in the process.

Having the conserve switch is great. I can leave my laptop docked and or charging, but turn off my monitors, speakers and keyboard with the press of a button. This allows me to put my laptop into sleep mode without worrying about the battery slowly draining away, but also not supporting peripheral power to components I’m not using.

Now when I leave the office I hit the switch I stuck to the door jam, whenever I know I’m done for the night, weekend etc. When I come in I hit the switch and all the stuff is back up and running in no time. One less penny to give away to those Utility companies: I’ll take it! It’ll take a while to get it’s cost back probably, but I only got it for the satisfaction of not giving it (my moola) away for zip.

This power stip and remote control switch really make things a lot easier. The switch is modern looking and comes with adhesive on the back so that you can place it on the wall, inside a cabinet, etc. We’ve used this product in three rooms so far and it has worked flawlessly for us. One of the best things is the number of receptacles on the strip itself, including some that are not switched.

Of course, one is buying a multi-outlet surge protector, so the cost is higher than for just an outlet switch, but you can count on it to do the job, even from significant distance and with sight-line obstacles. I now have three units, set to different frequencies with the little switches on the units and the remotes. If I had another need for remote power control, I’d buy a fourth.

It make easy to turn off electronics that you don’t use in the moment without having the power switch at the sigth of everyone. You can connect the things one time, hidde the switch and basically forget that is there. The remote works great (don’t forget to configure the remote and the switch in the same frecuency). Just one detail, it is a big switch, it doesn’t looks like in the photos but is big, like other power switches with more plugs, but nothing that cannot be addapted. Great Quality, if by chance you get the extra discount (some times they drop the price by 15-20%) don’t doubt to buy it.

It is nice to have outlets you can shut off while leaving others live. I use this at my bedside. My side lamp and land-line phone are plugged into the two live outlets and the rest on my devices into the others. This way I can control the current to my electronic equipment and save some money. My only negative is that I find the remote to be very temperamental and therefore I don’t use it that much.

I am definitely going to splurge! I set this one up by my bed. I have my alarm clock on the always on outlet, my Bose SoundDock, lamp, and laptop charger on the switched outlets. I then stuck the remote on the wall by the door, but later moved it next to my bed so that when I’m in bed I don’t need to reach over to cut the power to my lamp, speaker dock, and laptop at night or to turn the power on in the morning. A word of caution however, the remote comes with a cradle, once you put it in the cradle, good luck getting it back out. If you want the remote to be mobile, don’t use the cradle. Also, the sticky backing on the cradle is INCREDIBLY sticky and will remove surface finishes such as paint and varnish. Stick something less strong to the wall then stick the cradle to that to protect your surfaces.

It is a good brand, and the concept of not crawling in those tight places to switch on and off the power strip to save and/or to use your electronics. My problem was that I got this huge tv stand and no way I was going to move it couple inches of space to turn on and off the power strip and this is great contraption. The remote helps me from squeezing through that tight space to turn on and off the power strip, and it have two sockets on the power strip that does not ever turn off even with the remote. So I can turn off for example my stereo, xbox, and what ever else and still have my tv on.

And after exactly one month, my energy bill arrived and it was a whole $10 less!!! So, now I’ve installed the Conserve Smart AV F7C007q Energy-Saving Power Strip (for the TV console–keeping the Tivo & router on but turning off the 2nd Tivo and Netflix box when the TV gets turned off); and also 2 of the the cute little Belkin Conserve Socket F7C009q Energy-Saving Outlet (one for my office shredder and my electric toothbrush). And now I’ve added the Stanley 31164 Indoor Wireless Remote Control with Single Transmitter, White, 3-Pack for the hot water pot that’s on 6 hours every day, my appliance strip which covers toaster, rice cooker, blender and Breville juice extractor–to my kitchen to stop vampire energy loss.

I’m on a roll and look forward each month to how much I’ll save with these 3 and 1 products together! If I can saving $20-25 per month…well that adds up to a LOT in one year!!! I can think of other, better things to spend my money on like here on Amazon–more Kindle books…and…I have a huge wishlist.

First, because the wiring in my basement is really screwed up. Because of this if I wanted to use a switch that was on the wall to turn my standing lights on and off, the overhead light HAD to be on. I got this product because I wanted to be able to turn those lamps on and off with a switch – but I didn’t want to have to redo all the wiring at this stage (lazy, I know).

The great thing is that this switch can be put on any wall or service and works great.

The second reason I got it was because I was very interested in saving some $$$ on my electric bill. Since my TV/HTPC/Xbox don’t get used while my wife and I are at work there is no need for them to be pulling phantom power. (Again since I am lazy) I don’t want to go to all my computer wiring every night/morning and flip the manual switch on a surge protector.

I cannot comment on how much electricity I am saving because we have had some amazing weather recently that has allowed me to keep the AC off over the last month. However, I do plan on getting another one of these for my desktop setup.

However this one works flawlessly and is perfect in every way and even works great in very cold temperatures! This is the only one I could find that actually worked!! I recommend it! The range of the remote is good also.

Good spacing on the outlets, so wider plugs fit in next to each other. The remote is a nice ‘feature’, making it easier to turn on and off without reaching back behind the desk.

Currently its to early to tell if I will be saving any money on electicity but, I needed a power strip. I oredered another one because I needed another power strip. On a side note, if you have two many things drawing power on the power strip it has a breaker that will trip if it overloaded.

I can shut off the power to the TV, Blu-ray and amp with one switch, while leaving the DVR powered up. It’s a great idea to kill all of these power sucking devices when they aren’t in use. I like this so much that this is actually the second one I bought. Now I can do the same with all of my computer components.

You can also configure the remote to work on multiple surge protectors, if you get more than one like I did. I decided to control mine separately, but I did test the remotes ability to control both. It worked great, even though the two devices were in separate but adjoining rooms. I’m not sure what the range of the remote is, but it works well.

All components plug into to energy saving outlets which are turned off with an easy to use remote control unit. Space for two outlets that supply continuous power such as telephone and router. Easy way to save on standby power wastage.

Contrary to another reviewer’s experience, my units do support channel selection. Each receiver and transmitter has a 4-position slide switch on the back, allowing you to configure the set (transmitter and 3 receivers) to one of four different channels. That works as expected – you can control the same receivers from several transmitters, or you can put the transmitters on different channels so the sets are disjoint.

The transmitter battery is a standard CR2032 lithium coin cell – inexpensive and widely available. It is easy to replace – the battery holder unsnaps and slides out.

One of the transmitter units didn’t work out-of-the-box. I fixed it by unscrewing the back, wiping the pushbutton contact pads with a cloth, and putting it back together. The contact pads are the same kind that are routinely used in television remote controls, so in general the reliability should be similar to TV remotes.

The transmitter has a retractable antenna – extending it gives better range.

I love how easy it is! Just bought today, but so far it works like a charm. No more crawling behind shelves or the TV to turn on and off things. It’s all the fun of a clapper without the annoyance of it randomly turning on and off. Great little gadget for twenty bucks.

I used them for ceiling mounted fluorescent fixtures that lack a switch and they came through with flying colors. The remote is well designed and built (not flimsy like 90% of the little remotes out there) and these have ground, which the competitors seem to think is too much to ask. I would buy again.

Great range and reliability. I bought my first unit to control the lights in my attic on the third floor. I found out just how good the range is when I bought a second unit for my basement office on the opposite end of the house, about 100 feet away… Initially, they were both on the same channel, and I was turning the attic lights on from my basement, three floors away! Changing the channel was quick, and solved the problem. In my experience, I’ve never once encountered any kind of interference or failure to operate, and I live in a crowded urban environment and a house full of gadgets.

Really good design. The product looks good. More importantly, it’s very well thought-out. Some features I love: hinged battery doors, plenty of room between outlets for holding “wall warts”, two convenient always-on outlets, the low-profile plug and the status lights on the remote and strip. This feels like it didn’t cut any corners.

The build quality is definitely the best of any product I’ve used. I’ve owned belkin products in the past (network switches and other gear) and never been too impressed — they were just simple budget devices and I figure I got what I paid for. This product feels like it was built a step above that.