Belkin 6-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector with Rotating Plug and 8' Cord

Full Overview

Amazon.com Product Description

This Belkin Home/Office 6-Outlets Surge Suppressor provides premium power protection for small home appliances, and other 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. This Home/Office Series model protects everyday household electronics. Its slim, sleek design blends seamlessly with today's modern electronics and appliances. It filters EMI/RFI noise up to 43 dB reduction.

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 BE106000-08R 6-Outlet Home Surge Protector with 8-Foot Cord is designed to give you the peace of mind you need in case a power disturbance hits your home.

This Belkin 6-Outlet Surge Protector offers: Home power protection for home computers Protection for computers, peripherals, telephones, and more Rotating outlets for ease of use A $15,000 Connected Equipment Warranty

Keeping the Computers Running
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.

This Belkin Home Series Surge Protector provides premium power protection for small home appliances, general household electronics, entry-level computers, printers, and ADSL modems. Belkin has 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 a lifetime product warranty and a $15,000 Connected Equipment Warranty.

This surge protector is also stylishly designed; its slim, sleek case blends seamlessly with today's modern electronics and appliances, while saving valuable space. The outlets on this model rotate 360 degrees for maximum flexibility when you're running power to multiple devices.

Belkin delivers surge protection for general electronics, home appliances, and more.

Technical Details

- 6-outlet surge protector with 8-foot cord
- Ideal solution for small home appliances, general household electronics, entry-level computers, printers, and ADSL modems
- Rotating outlets for ease of use; detachable cord-management clip for cable organization
- Slim design reduces office clutter
- Belkin Lifetime Warranty and $15,000 Connected Equipment Warranty

The most interesting feature of this product is the flat plug. It is very thin and allows us to use contacts that would otherwise be obscured by furniture. Other than that, it is a power strip and it serves its purpose.
We purchased the 8ft cord version to use behind a couch and we were very satisfied, so we decided to order another one to use behind a bookcase. The cord didn't need to be that long, so we ordered the ft cord version... oh surprise!.. this one does not have the flat plug (which was the whole point of the purchase). It has a regular plug just like the powerstrip we wanted to replace. Of course, we are returning it but I wanted to warn other people ...The website description is somewhat misleading and the fact that the picture for the ft does not show the plug, does not help.
Beware.. the 8ft version has a flat plug, the ft version does not.

Rotating flat plug is excellent, you can pretty much accomodate any need without blocking plugs, and it really is quite flat. This is just an inexpensive power strip and that's great. I probably have 10 power strips around my house, and who wants to pay a lot for them?

I notice a reviewer complaining about fried equipment. If I had anything expensive to plug in, I'd put it on a Cyberpower or APC UPS with AVR. I don't expect any power strip to do much to protect against big power spikes. Even a high-priced power strip is still just feeding you raw power out of the wall with some sort of switch-to-ground in case something spikey comes along. With the Automatic Voltage Regulating UPS you can get clean power and even Pure Sine Wave output but you won't get that in a cheap little power strip.

I will let my pictures do the talking. The Belkin surge protector was plugged directly to the wall outlet. I bought it for the flat plug and was left in the same position since day 1. I do not think over-rotation is the issue. I will also contact Belkin as this is a safety concern.

Well, it looked great, nice and compact, BUT within one week, a fishy smell developed in the corner where the outlet was. When I researched fishy smells in houses, surprisingly, electrical problems came up. So, when I pulled out the plug (where the surge protector plugs into the wall,) the plug was melting and burning, and, in fact, left its metal prongs in our outlet! So, by unplugging it, our house didn't burn down (a good thing), but now we have an unusable outlet until we get an electrician in (a bad thing.) Buyer beware! Btw, we've used Belkin surge protectors for YEARS in the same outlet with NO PROBLEM; I think it's just this model/design that's faulty.

We were using it in one of our kitchen outlets. We were only using 4 out of the 6 outlets and not even on very high-powered appliances, and after only 3 months of use we noticed that one of the metal prongs had melted into our wall outlet. We almost couldn't pull it out! Luckily all our appliances were ok, but it took us a while and a lot of hassle to have to re-trip our circuit breakers to get the power working again. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!!!

I needed a surge protector with a rotating plug because the socket was in an awkward location.

Love the rotating plug. Fits nicely behind by TV cabinet. Neatens up my living room!

Works great. The Amazon picture is not correct, the cord is 8 *FEET* long not the 8 inches as is shown. The longer cord is perfect for my needs.

I love this design except that there isn't an easily accessible on/off switch. So if you use power strips to turn on/off groups of things frequently, I'd probably use a different model. The flat plug is great though.

Very handy. Works great for spots with limited space like behind a bed or nightstand. Especially if you need to swivel the flat plug in a particular direction.