Features:

  • 8-outlet surge protector power strip with 6-foot/1.8M cord
  • Flat AC plug fits easily in tight spaces
  • Safeguards computers, appliances, home theater and office equipment from potentially damaging power surges
  • Backed by Lifetime Warranty and protected by $200,000 Connected Equipment Warranty
  • Specs: 3550 Joule-energy rating / 6,000v maximum spike voltage / AC 15A, 125V, 1875W
  • Safe Usage: Correct operation is important – see Product Description section below for useful safety information
Very useful surge protector!

This was useful to me, I like it a lot. I have a very busy workspace at home, with two monitors and a tablet and big keyboard, speakers, NAS drive, ect, and it was very cluttered. But with this and also a few other products, I managed to clean it up A TON. Now it looks much nicer, is much cleaner, and safer. Definitely would recommend getting this if you have a bunch of equipment you need protection for, especially if you have a lot of adapters, because the sideways plugs on this replaced two normal power strips for me. Now everything is protected, and much much neater! -Also, just as a note, this comes with a fairly long cable, which can obviously be a good or a bad thing, but I love it, makes it much easier to position it where you need it to be. 1.5" Adhesive Backed Mounting Bases with 8" Cable Ties - Black Cable Management Sleeve, JOTO Cord Management System for TV / Computer / Home Entertainment, 19 - 20 inch Flexible Cable Sleeve Wrap Cover Organizer, 4 Piece - Black Belkin BE112230-08 12-Outlet Surge Protector

Mounting Tips

I have three areas each of which have numerous electronic devices that require AC power---and it makes sense to supply each those areas with its own power strip. This 8-outlet strip fits inside a nice tall walnut cabinet off to the side of my desk that houses a printer, scanner, document shredder, AA battery charger, FM radio, and wireless router. I mounted this power strip horizontally on an inside wall of the cabinet by using two 1/2" long #4 sheet metal screws---screwed "not quite" flush with the surface. The shredder is obviously the biggest power draw, but the power strip handles everything adequately. It would NOT be wise to use any power strip of this sort to run a shop full of heavy duty table saws, drill presses, and lathes.

Have Belkin basic surge protectors all over my house

I really do not plug anything directly into a wall socket anymore. I have a full house surge suppressor and a house that was built in this century but I really like the additional security of using surge protectors. One critical item for me is that the surge protectors are UL certified to meet their 1449 standards. I am too concerned about fire hazards to use any surge strips that are not UL certified. I trust the Belkin brand which has the UL seal on the bottom. Belkin is the brand that I have throughout most of my house. I like the flat grey style with varied outlet spacing which permits easy insertion of adapters. They all have a sturdy, thick cord which is available in various lengths. The older models that I have mostly include the coaxial and telephone protector feature. I find that I don’t use either at all and was happy to see that I can now purchase this streamlined version that just gives me outlet protection. I have never had a Belkin surge protector stop working for me. Fortunately, I have never had a major surge that destroyed any of them either. I do appreciate the convenient on/off switch and light since it makes it easy for me to turn them off when there is a major electrical storm or when I am away. This Belkin eight outlet protector with an eight foot cord meets my needs in a number of areas.

Doesn't block bottom outlet

Mine came with an angled plug which is visible in one but not all of the product photos. This means that you can plug it into the top of a traditional two outlet receptacle and not block the bottom outlet.

great purchase but beware the price increase...

I live in Maryland and bought this as a preparatory measure for this years hurricane season. I wished to protect my recently bought electronic equipment from electrical damage during one of the upcoming thunderstorms. After making an extensive search online, I was surprised that most surge protectors are far from being able to protect anything. Therefore despite I have not experienced how this behaves in an actual surge I wanted to write this review to give you an idea about how surge protectors differ in various aspects and what you should look for before deciding on a real good one: 1- Joule rating: This is the maximum amount of energy it can absorb or redistribure before letting through your device. So higher the rating, better the product. Technically over 400-500 joules are considered to be OK and in this aspect 4156J rating for this device is excellent 2- Response time: This is the delay between a surge hits to this device and the protective mechanism kicks off. Most modern devices are pretty good in this aspect. Ideally the delay should be in picosecond range and this product specifies the delay as less than 1 nanosecond so again in the picosecond level, which is fine 3- Wattage: This is the maximum wattage that can pass through this device. Assume that you daisy chain a plug extender and connected various appliances to the same protector. The sum of the wattage of those devices should be less or equal to the wattage of this device. This device allows a maximum of 1800 watts which means you can not attach a 800W kettle and a 1500 watt heater onto the same plug adapter. However since these surge protectors are mainly designed for small electronic appliances, not for kettles or heaters, then, pratctically there is no possibility to exceed this limit. So which is fine too.. 3- The last but not least is the clamping voltage or let through voltage: This is very important when buying a surge protector however in many websites this information is overlooked and not included. Clamping voltage is the voltage, above which the surge protector starts protecting. So basically our appliances are designed for 110V and when there is an electrical surge the voltage coming through the power line can go up to thousands in a split second, which means that all your unprotected devices get instantly toasted and that is why we need a surge protector, however a surge protector does not mean that it will protect you from small voltage deviations. Most standard surge protectors do nothing until the voltage goes above 500V this is their clamping voltage, some cheap ones have clamping voltage of 800V or even more. Considering that most delicate electronic appliances start showing damage above 380V these cheap ones basically do nothing but watch your device burn. The lower the clamping voltage the better protection. Ideally clamping voltage should be between 330- 500 V for a decent unit. This one has a 400V value which is pretty decent too. Some sources even value 400V over 330V due to the fact that lower clamping voltage also means the shorter lifespan for the protector. So 400V triline clamping voltage is great for this unit. A few words about the ethernet protection: most people think it is really unlikely that your internet or telephone line gets hit instead of your powerline but the internet protection protects you for this possibility. Basically you plug your main the ethernet cable to this device and attach your modem with a separate cable originating from this device. You may think this would have a detrimental effect on connection speed but for my 50/25 mb (down/up) verizon fios connection there was no speed lost (compared before and after with ookla speed test). Yet you may find it troublesome at faster speeds and find this an overkill and that is completely up to you. Although this protector is advertised as a 12 outlet one, there is no way you can use all at the same time especially if you have bulky adapters like I do. Finally, I am also surprised about the recent price increase. I bought this a couple of months ago for $21 and now it is almost $29. To me, that is an unfair price jump and you may wish to look for external vendors for better price, but apart from that with all features, I believe this device is the best you can do to protect your valuables from an electrical surge...

You have to wonder if the people who are burning these out have them overloaded.

You have to wonder if the people who are burning these out have them overloaded. For example a single small room space heater... well I will let Consumer Reports tell you > The electric space heaters tested at Consumer Reports use 1,500 watts to fully power. So with an 1800 watt max outlet strip typical for a 15 amp unit means that you can only plug a limited number of additional things, hopefully drawing very little wattage if you do. I have been using the slightly cheaper model of this version from Belkin that doesn't have quite as much in the joules rating, and it has worked flawlessly since Dec 2017. I am mentioning this because I was put back by the photos of the holes burnt in them. I plug a lot of things into mine and there is never a problem, but of course that is a standard 46" TV, or my 56", stereo equipment etc. etc. etc. and it works without a whisper. I have a few space heaters in the house for emergencies and usually just plug them directly into the wall on a dedicated circuit. Space heaters are cheap and the threat of a lightning spike is remote but due to the price it is not a big risk. I'm not an electrician, but that is my two cents. I just bought two of these for only a couple of dollars more than my other one just like it. It has a few hundred more joules in the rating like 4 thousand some instead of 3900. Works great. If something goes wrong I will be back to update my review.

These Belkin power strips saved me at least $10,000 in damages

I bought a bunch of these in 2015 to use with various electronics throughout my house including expensive computers and tvs. Fast forward to last night, my house's underground power had a 'neutral drop' causing extreme amounts of electricity to come into my house. We had a number of appliances broken due to the surge that were plugged directly into wall sockets, but I am happy to say every device we had plugged into a Belkin power strip survived and is still functional. Now, the Belkin power strips took the worst of it, 4 of them burnt up and 2 were actively sparking and essentially melting/on fire due to the electricity, which we quickly unplugged, but considering the circumstances that the house could have very well burned down for everything else going on, I am fully satisfied with these products because they did their job and saved me $10-20,000 in damages. Thanks Belkin, I'm buying a bunch more to replace everything with. Would strongly recommend this product because I can tell from experience, these WORK

Heavy Duty 12 Plug Strip for All Your Electronics

In the world of multiple electronics and everything needing a plug it is important to have a surge protector that can protect your appliances as well be big enough to plug everything into. I purchased this surge protector because we had a power outage that fried my router. I needed something better than a standard store bought strip that was supposed to be a surge protector. This is a heavy duty strip that has 12 outlets so you should have enough space for all your plugs. I have been able to fit all my desk equipment and then some extras all in this strip. The middle plugs are good for the smaller plugs while the big/bulky plugs fit along the outside. The strip is a nice gray color that is so much more pleasing to the eye than the beige ones. So far there have been no problems with the minor power outages we have experienced. Well worth the price.

More than I expected. (and supports Powerline)

Great, I needed something to keep all the devices powered on my living room. this allows me to keep connected several devices and even has room for the future generation consoles :) A great thing is the flat cable, absolute amazing device. [Update, June 15 of 2016] I have near two years using this device daily, not a single complain and now that I enter to the Powerline solutions with the TP-LINK TL-PA4010KIT AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, up to 500Mbps, I have to say that only two of the 12 Outlets allow to work the Powerline adapter, I know you shouldn't use a Powerline over a Surge Protector, but I like to do in this way so no Power gets wasted when not in use, You can see on the image the outlets that can work with this Powerline adapter, only the two extremes on the left side works for the Adapter I have.

Surge protection and organization.

Look behind your TV. See that jumble of wires? This one power strip can get it all organized, and provide surge protection as well. Do you really need a dozen sockets? Let's see: TV, Roku, Kodi box, sound bar, bass woofer, cable box,lamp, clock, VCR, DVR, OTA antennae rotor, cooling fan for android box or external hard drive. This strip can accommodate all that, plus allow you to connect the coaxial cable from your outdoor antenna. Your entire entertainment system can be turned on/off by toggling one switch. All this plugs into a single receptacle on the wall, making it easy to measure your energy consumption if you have a wattage monitor. The power strip has slots on the back which allows you mount the unit to the wall or to the entertainment center; keeping the floor free of wires for easy vacuuming. And, it looks a lot neater. Oh yeah, it still leaves the other port on the wall outlet free for the odd job; such as plugging in your Christmas tree or a gaudy neon beer sign.

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