Belkin 1-Outlet Home Series SurgeCube - Grounded Outlet Portable Wall Tap Adapter with Ground & Protected Light Indicators for Home, Office, Travel, Computer Desktop & Charging Brick-White, 885 Joules Single Outlet

The lights are open, not tested in a lab environment.

Compact but stronge

Belkin has been the choice in our household for years because of it's quality, safety and reliability. It was a must-purchase for our new TV. It was a relief to plug it in and not worry about a power surge anymore.

Buen producto, servicial

I purchased this SurgeCube to go in an outlet where the other plug is another Belkin product available here on Amazon: the Belkin 12-Outlet Home/Office Surge Protector with Phone/Ethernet/Coaxial Protection and Extended Cord. Unfortunately, the SurgeCube simply cannot fit in the same wall outlet as the plug for the 12-outlet surge protector. The plug above the surgecube can only be something very light duty like a desk lamp. The plug on the 12-outlet protector is fairly normal-looking but extends just a couple of millimeters too far to fit into the outlet alongside this. There was nothing about its appearance that made me think it would be unable to fit in the same outlet as a single-device surge protector. While I will still use the surge cube for something else, that outlet was the "home" of the valuable and sensitive piece of equipment that I really wanted Belkin protection for. I ended up using a different brand's surge protector purchased with a different outlet in mind--a three outlet surge protector that plugs into a single space--where I had intended to use the Belkin single-item surge protector. (See my other reviews.) Its design was smarter for ensuring two plugs could fit in one wall outlet. The depth of the Belkin surge cube is also pretty extreme if you're putting this, as I was intending to, behind a solid piece of furniture that will now need to stand farther from the wall. I appreciate that this means there is a lot of protective material inside, though I'd recommend that belkin make it wider and flatter instead (and make the position of its length such that the other outlet can accommodate a sturdy plug). Checking against their own products for compatibility would be a good start! Having green lights rather than blue is better for a bedroom, although I wish they were red. Having two lights--one to confirm grounding and one to confirm protection--is a great idea... even if the user may not be able to check them often due to intervening furniture. I really appreciate that Belkin offers a warranty on the equipment that it is protecting. As someone who recently lost a several hundred dollar piece of equipment to a dud surge protector on the first day that I was testing it (see my other reviews; it actually produced its own surge!!), this is reassuring. Too bad it doesn't fit. Even though it's a huge disappointment for me, since the overall quality and guarantee is good, I'll only mark it down one star.