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USB Wall Charger, Surge Protector, QINLIANF 5 Outlet Extender with 4 USB Charging Ports ( 4.8A Total) $12.99

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Lots of threads about outlet surge protectors. One of the best rated on Amazon with its best price since last August. And it has a center screw....

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StrongMoney163
05-09-2022 at 11:21 AM.
05-09-2022 at 11:21 AM.
Quote from jonatheber :
Lots of threads about outlet surge protectors. One of the best rated on Amazon
yeah, 16548 'people' wanted to rate it, only 1171 managed to go on and review it - an abominably dodgy ratio.
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hallaj33
05-09-2022 at 11:24 AM.
05-09-2022 at 11:24 AM.
I feel like if I Google something, within 24 hours someone posts a deal on the exact item I was searching for... Spooky.
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jonatheber
05-09-2022 at 11:30 AM.
05-09-2022 at 11:30 AM.
Quote from StrongMoney163 :
yeah, 16548 'people' wanted to rate it, only 1171 managed to go on and review it - an abominably dodgy ratio.
Not sure what that means.... A $13 outlet thing with lots of reviews seems fairly good. Fakespot gives it a B, and Reviewmeta gives it a 4.7 after removing a few dozen to leave nearly 12000 reviews in place.
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StrongMoney163
05-09-2022 at 11:37 AM.
05-09-2022 at 11:37 AM.
Quote from jonatheber :
Not sure what that means.... A $13 outlet thing with lots of reviews seems fairly good.
my point is it *doesn't* have lots of reviews.
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sarcasmogratis
05-09-2022 at 11:42 AM.
05-09-2022 at 11:42 AM.
Sold by: RONGPUDA TECH
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05-09-2022 at 01:21 PM.
05-09-2022 at 01:21 PM.
I've seen this posted a few times over the last week or so. One thing to note is that these don't sit flush with the wall and look a little sloppy. It's fine for behind a tv or furniture. You can find the Phillips version without USBs from time to time on Amazon for around $7.
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ShrewdAlpaca574
05-09-2022 at 08:45 PM.
05-09-2022 at 08:45 PM.
Will this burn my house down?
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omar10wahab
05-10-2022 at 05:25 AM.
05-10-2022 at 05:25 AM.
Slickdeals is really going to bank their legitimacy on this one product lol
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seawolf
05-10-2022 at 06:04 AM.
05-10-2022 at 06:04 AM.
Another day another piece of trash posing as a surge protector. This one doesn't even have a pic of the electrical label. If no VPR is listed, don't consider it a surge protector.
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IguanaBob
05-10-2022 at 06:22 AM.

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05-10-2022 at 06:22 AM.
This is sold as a surge protector, and due to the proliferation of bad surge protectors that give a false sense of security I like to investigate their protective specs.

Manufacturer: QINLIANF
Model: HR-519D

Surge rating: 1680 Joules. Mid-tier could be worse
Clamping voltage: Not listed 👎👎
Response time: Not listed 👎👎

A couple people asked in the Q&A section about the clamping voltage and the responses were pretty clueless. Searching some of the other trade names doesn't give any better info. The one blurry photo of the back does not list seem to show any of this. 👎👎

UL/ETL listed: They say ETL. This is what I found in the ETL database.
Two listings [intertekconnect.com], both under the company "SHENZHEN ANHAORUIHE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD - Shenzhen, Guangdong CHINA"
These appear to be rebrands, also sold under these trade names:
AHR, Merkury, Geeni, POWRUI, AHRISE, USRISE, BYTECH, Caselogic, ADURO, ONDOG, POWSAF, POWSAV, ANHAORUI, NUOZHI, ANDAXIN, SHUGUANG, CGUOYOU, QINLIANF, POWRUI, Yintar, YISHU.

First listing is UL-498A [intertekconnect.com], which is a electrical safety standard covering "CURRENT TAPS & ADAPTERS", a.k.a. power splitters.
Second listing is CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 42 [intertekconnect.com] which is a Canadian safety standard covering the outlets.
There is no listing for the surge protector or USB charger components.

Equipment protection warranty: LOL, year right. 😂


My opinion: Lack of info is worrying. I would not trust this as a surge protector. It's probably fine as a splitter only tho.
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greenmky
05-10-2022 at 01:08 PM.
05-10-2022 at 01:08 PM.
I don't know about anyone else, but I found a 3 pack of these style of surge protector / usb power taps like this at Costco on clearance for like $12 or something like that. Just bought last week. Includes one with a little shelf on it for phones, kinda cool. Didn't even need one but for $12 I figured they would be handy. This pack:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Af...s-l400.jpg

Just saying, Costco stuff less likely to burn your house down.
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05-10-2022 at 01:50 PM.

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05-10-2022 at 01:50 PM.
Quote from greenmky :
I don't know about anyone else, but I found a 3 pack of these style of surge protector / usb power taps like this at Costco on clearance for like $12 or something like that. Just bought last week. Includes one with a little shelf on it for phones, kinda cool. Didn't even need one but for $12 I figured they would be handy. This pack:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Af...s-l400.jpg [ebayimg.com]

Just saying, Costco stuff less likely to burn your house down.
Looks to be this one on Amazon [amazon.com]. Lets take a look at that one too.

Surge rating: 300J, bottom of the barrel. 👎👎
Clamping voltage: No where to be found.👎👎
Response time: No where to be found.👎👎
ETL/UL: They say ETL. No model number listed which makes it hard to search the ETL database. There is quite a few listings that come up when Isearch "Charging Essentials" [intertekconnect.com] so it may very well be in one of those but I can't say for sure. All those listings are under the company name "NINGBO LITESUN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. - Yuyao, Zhejiang CHINA". They make lots of stuff with ETL listings and rebrand under numerous brand names, makes it hard to say for sure on anything, but maybe. That company at least has listings for surge protectors along side the taps and other devices, which is at least a better sign than with the device in the OP.
Equipment protection warranty: Nope Nope Nope!
Center mounting screw: Nope

My verdict: Probably won't burn your house down, but don't trust the surge protector to actually protect anything.

"Just saying, Costco stuff less likely to burn your house down."
...less likely.
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05-11-2022 at 03:37 PM.
05-11-2022 at 03:37 PM.
Quote from StrongMoney163 :
my point is it *doesn't* have lots of reviews.
I've been approached by sellers to rate products on Amazon. They offer to reimburse me plus $5 to buy the product and give it a positive rating. More incentives such as $15-$20 gift cards for writing a review. I figure most people are just willing to take the easy route and rate the item for the free item and $5, but writing a review takes more effort than people are willing to put in, especially as more offers for free plus $5 ratings come from that seller or others.

That's just my theory on highly rated items with low review counts.

Fakespot does not account for this in some items, especially depending on how long those items have been on Amazon. Newer items need time to develop a pattern of high positive ratings without reviews, or review bots where key words begin to repeat in any posted reviews.
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