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mgb:

Yeah that's a good point. It does make sense to purchase a good one.
I haven't had issues (yet, anyway) with my Belkin strip but I also have a main shutoff switch that I use to hopefully keep problems like that from happening

TheShaner:

I have the belkin as well and it is rock solid.  I wouldnt skimp out on this relatively cheap, but vital, piece of your cabinet.

idsane:

Thanks for the feedback. I didn't realize some had adjusters and some didn't. Maybe half the price isn't twice as nice after all.

Gray_Area:

I remember hearing when people were having problems with their Smartstrips; couldn't get the sensitivity right. I think the problem is people's power in combination with the PC hooked up. A slight drop and it wants to draw. Also, if your PC bios is set to power on after power resume, that'll do it every time. But I'm betting the power is the first part of it, because this would happen to my vert rig, where the PC bios is set for on/resume (got to change that, no reason for it there). Might happen with some laptops, too, that like to go into stand-by on resume.

mgb:

If you really have to save money on the smart strip, you can always get a 5volt or 12 volt relay with 10 amp rated contacts and power it off the pc power supply so that when the pc is powered on, the relay kicks on and the contacts would make for powering a plug strip.
It's easy enough to do and it is cheap but personally I just found that it wasn't worth more than just dropping $25 on the Belkin strip

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