Smart Strip ECG-7MVR Energy Saving Surge Protector with Autoswitching Technology, 7 Outlet

I live in an old house where the two-prong plugs were replaced, but they're still not grounded. Someone said the green plugs don't work without a ground. But I've found they do work; the surge doesn't, or it isn't guaranteed. And while mine works right away, there is a little screw that can be adjusted to be more sensitive to smaller power draws or adjusted to a higher voltage. Apparently, it goes both ways; you have to turn it on enough so that it senses your computer/TV coming on (it was out of the box). But if you go too far, apparently, the green plugs don't cut off. So find the sweet spot. And always, read the instructions, folks!! On the photos, see the entire strip, all was on, and see the hard drive on top, speaker in the back, and monitor, all LED's and powered off when I shut down the computer. Let the savings begin.

I am using this smart strip in a home theater system to switch devices on and off when the a/v receiver is turned on and off. It works great straight out of the box. No adjustments were necessary.

I don't write a lot of reviews, but this does exactly what I want it to do. I will say that the shutdown is not gentle; its abrupt so if you have speakers attached through amplifiers, be sure to keep the levels low when you walk away; you can blow a speaker. However, with the levels set it drops the power, and cuts back on reliably. There is a slight delay in power on that can be annoying; however it does everything it says on the box. I'll give it 4/5 stars, if they could add a soft shutdown feature or some way to buffer power and let it bleed out slowly rather than instnaly; maybe add a few capacitors or something. Anyways, great product; will save a good bit of power, adds a reassurance I'm not just running speakers all of the time. connected the display to the contorlport, the streamer and the dac to the always on and the amps to the "smart" ports.

Works exactly as described. I use it to control my TV and govee tv lights that light up the wall behind the TV based on the colors on the screen. It powers them on and off with the TV. Highly recommend it for similar uses. Can't speak on energy savings as that's not what I'm using it for.

Not effective. Constantly having to adjust the sensitivity is annoying. Unfortunately this strip makes wasting power the more practical solution. Disappointing.

Works as advertised, switches on and off my external HDD enclosures and monitors with my computer, for a fraction of the price of smart switches.

This item is so good. I’ve bought it twice. Not to replace but for the other end of the house. Super handy and never had an issue.

The tv plug and the on plug work but the one that you are the plug VCR’s into or DVD players are not working. I tried to play with the little thing beside it and that only makes it come on and right back off so can’t see how it’s saving you when you can’t turn a device on in them settings. And I could not find manuel to help me tried looking it up and still got nowhere.