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Belkin 8 Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector with Telephone Protection
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| List Price: | $29.99 |
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Product Description
This Belkin Home/Office Series Surge Protector provides premium power protection for both home and professional workstations, and all connected devices. Our decades of research and development have led us to the release of this breakthrough series. We've used advanced design elements, top-quality construction, and superior circuitry and components to provide the most complete protection from power surges, spikes, and AC contamination available. Belkin backs this model with industry-best Lifetime Product and Connected Equipment Warranties. This Home/Office Series model protects professional workstations, laser printers, telephones, home-theater systems, and everyday household electronics. Its slim, sleek design blends seamlessly with today's modern electronics and appliances. This Home/Office Series model features a detachable cord-management clip that helps organize your cables.
Product Details
- Color: GRAY
- Brand: Belkin
- Model: BE108200-06
- Platform: Windows
- Format: CD
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.00" h x 2.00" w x 16.00" l, 1.75 pounds
Features
- 8-outlet surge protector with 6-foot cord ideal for home computers and electronic equipment
- Ideal solution for computers, laser printers, telephones, and home-theater systems
- Outlets include sliding safety covers; detachable cord-management clip for cable organization
- Right-angle plug keeps cord close to the wall
- Belkin Lifetime Warranty and $200,000 Connected Equipment Warranty
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description You've got a lot of money invested in your home computer and peripherals, so you need to protect them. The Belkin BE108200-06 8-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector with Telephone Protection is designed to give you the peace of mind you need in case a power disturbance hits your home.
 Office Series surge Protectors provide power protection for your workstations. |
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As the demand for electricity to feed our hi-tech appetite increases, the likelihood of power interruptions and problems are also increasing. In addition to problems caused by the increasing severity of storms across the country, power experts are predicting that increasing power demand will soon put most major population centers at risk for severe power problems. As you know, power lulls and surges can severely damage your electronic equipment and even destroy your invaluable data.
The 8-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector provides premium power protection for both home and professional workstations. In addition to protection your computer, this protector is the ideal solution for all of your sensitive electronic equipment. It's built to protect professional workstations, laser printers, telephones, home-theater systems, and everyday household electronics.
The surge protection features advanced design elements, high-quality construction, and superior circuitry and components that combine to provide the most complete protection from power surges, spikes, and AC contamination. Each of the eight outlets includes sliding safety covers, and a detachable cord-management clip will help you organize your cables and keep your desk clutter free. A right-angle plug help you better manage your furniture by keeping the 6-foot cord close to the wall, and the protector's slim, sleek design will blend seamlessly with today's modern electronics and appliances.
This Belkin 12-Outlet Surge Protector is backed by a Belkin Lifetime Warranty and a $200,000 Connected Equipment Warranty.
 Belkin delivers surge protection for general electronics, home appliances, and more. |
Customer Reviews
It met most of my expectations
Brief evaluation
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This surge protector allows for up to 8 devices, including 4 'wide' DC adapters to be plugged in. It will protect them against power surges and, in addition, it can protect one phone line if connected to pass through the Belkin surge protector.
My personal experience does validate the claims the manufacturer makes for the features that I am using and I can verify at this time. So far, I am happy and, in my opinion and based on its meeting real needs, good design, features and low price I recommend it as (in my view) one of the better it its class.
Soon after purchasing this unit I learned that for very little extra I could get and, in fact, I purchased the Belkin 12-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector with Phone/Ethernet/Coaxial Protection and Extended Cord which has 4 extra outlets and comes with a true RJ-45 Ethernet support.
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The following are noteworthy, in my view.
Positives:
+ TRUE 8-outlet capacity. Unlike the traditional surge-protected power strips where one beefy AC adapter would cover 2 slots, Belkin's device truly accommodates 4 AC adapters and allows for 4 more plugs to fit in.
+ 'Protected' green light (must be on) provides assurance that the surge protector is operational. When the green light stays off it usually means that the surge protector 'expired' while protecting your device from a power surge and it must be replaced ASAP. [The Belkin warranty promises a free replacement under its warranty terms if you meet the requirements and, it seems, you pay for shipping the damaged unit to Belkin and, possibly, the new unit to you. That's likely to add up to the price of buying a new unit from Amazon and, if you factor in the hassle, probably not worth it.]
+ 'Not grounded' red light (must be off) will warn you when there's something wrong. Belkin's warranty won't apply if the light was on when your devices got fried. I don't know if for a fact but I assume they have a way of telling if that was the case.
+ 90 degree plug allows you to easily plug it into a busy 4-plugs wall outlet.
+ Clip for cable management. I find it useful.
+ Thin (one inch) and flat shape. Stands well on a table or on the floor.
+ Telephone wire pass through for surge protection. I don't use this but I'm surprised that something this inexpensive has them.
Negatives:
- Other than encouraging the unrealistic expectation that Belkin would pay you big $$$ on connected equipment warranty, I can't think of anything bad.
Warranty
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On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is a worthless warranty and 10 is one that's unbelievably generous, Belkin's should be somewhere around 2 or 3 - 95% of all warranties on devices this cheap are likely to be a 1.
They do promise to replace the item if it sacrifices itself while protecting your devices for as long as you can prove that you didn't do anything stupid, you have a purchase receipt and you ship the damaged item to Belkin at your own expense. It's not clear if they will charge you for shipping you back a new item. This may or may not be something worth pursuing. My impression is that you are not going to save a lot of money to get a 'free' replacement from Belkin and you are likely to waste a lot of time in the process. I'd probably buy myself a new one if the one I have now stopped working but it's good to know that they do have a 'lifetime' warranty. By 'lifetime' they mean the natural life of the product but 'natural life' is not precisely defined.
As far as being reimbursed for damage to devices that this surge protector was expected to protect, my impression is that you are not likely to get much if anything unless you can afford a lawyer and you are willing to sue. You have to meet a long series of requirements that are expressed in several paragraphs of techno-legalese.
Rating
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I will have to repeat myself stating that, in my view, this is one of the better surge protectors in its class. I am awarding 4 stars on an item that inexpensively addressed real issues I had with protecting several devices clustered in a corner of my basement.
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Disclaimer:
I would call myself the opposite of a Belkin shill. After reading the news stories concerning some Belkin employees' attempts at promoting their wares at this site via employee-written reviews and other unethical practices I tended to stay away from the Belkin brand. In this instance, the price and the promised features were hard to resist and, to my surprise, I am very happy with my purchase.
Designed with more thought than average
I've had this for a few weeks. It replaces an older Belkin Isolator only because the Isolator produced a humming noise that I didn't want to deal with any longer, other wise I like the Isolator better.
I could've paid more attention to the dimension before buying, but it surprised me with how large it is. (But is does have eight outlets, four of which can fit the big AC/DC adapters.) It is nicely thin, but I would like to see the stuff in the raised and non-outletted third hidden under the outlets instead, which would make it not so thin, but it would reduce it's footprint. There are screw holes on the bottom to wall-mount it if you want.
The sliding outlet covers are a little giggly, but that's not a big deal. They are a nice feature to have so you don't need to keep track of traditional outlet covers.
I do not use the removable cord organizer/trafficer, which seems only useful if your cables are heading in the same direction.
As Advertised
As always, Belkin builds a quality product. Unit does exactly what it claims. Good spacing for transformer plug heads.
