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Protect your A/V components from power surges with this Rocketfish™ RF-HTS125 4-outlet surge protector that features an 1800-joule rating and noise filtering for safe, clean power.
Posted by: WmHBlair
from Houston, TX
You need this if you want receptacles with the orientation and spacing (two opposite two) offered by this unit. It's great to put up against the wall where you need to push a cabinet with a back up against it as close as possible to the wall. This way the plugs and their power cables stick out to the sides instead of to the front, impeding pushing furniture back, closer to the wall. The surge protection capacity is larger than usual for items like this, but for the money (remember, Rocketfish, despite what they might like to believe, is "Brand X") it's a great value. Unless you need more protection, this is the unit to buy if it's the geometry (shape) you need. Instead of buying very expensive surge protectors for outlets all over the house, I buy relatively inexpensive ones like this one and simply replace them every so often, just like I replace batteries in smoke alarms anually. Over time, with lots of little surges (many that you would never even notice), these devices naturally lose their ability to protect attached equipment. So, get as many as you need, that you can afford, and replace them on a schedule that you can determine by watching them to see when they claim to have lost protection. Here at my home, given the behavior of the substation to which we are connected and the exposure to industrial equipment and frequent summer storms, most of these cheap surge protectors typically cease claiming to have any protective ability after about 20 to 24 months. So, I simply replace them all every 8-9 months. I can buy 3 or 4 of these for each similarly-protective brand-name surge protector, so I think I'm getting value for my money.
And, in point of fact, this Summer we had a direct lightening strike on the house. Thousands of dollars of damage was done (only about $1500 to the roof, however) to equipment inside the house, such as an A/C system and various electronic and electrical equipment (TVs, computers, cable DVRs, fancy oven electronics, lamps, etc.). Some of this equipment had brand-name surge protectors, which obviously either failed or was overwhelmed. But none of the equipment protected by my pedestrian Rocketfish surge protectors was damaged. Good luck, perhaps, but who knows?
What's great about it: Spacing of receptacles on opposite sides
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Connect your digital audio devices with this cable that sends digital surround sound audio signals through Toslink digital audio (S/PDIF) jacks. Precision-made connectors ensure an ideal fit.
Customer Rating
5
Brand X but every bit as good as high-priced ones
on December 1, 2012
Posted by: WmHBlair
from Houston, TX
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Rocketfish may not like to hear it, but they are definitely "Brand X." Compared to the high-priced name-brand alternatives, you get (at least with this type of interconnect) the same thing, with connectors that (unlike other Brand X connectors) are not evidently cheap and flimsy, and do not easily become detached from the cable itself. Optical connects usually either work or they don't, since the only thing they need to do is get the light from point A to point B. The problems occur when the construction is so flimsy that the cable pulls away from the lens port connector at each end of the interconnect, usually because they are not attached well, and pull away. I have pulled cheap links out of their connector merely trying to disconnect them from the equipment. But I've never had a problem like this with Rocketfish optical interconnect cables. Realistically, these are now a commodity item, and if you're going to buy Brand X, this is the brand to buy. They are not only good enough, but as good, IMHO, as the brand-name cables.
What's great about it: Gets the job done, great value, connectors not cheap
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
Durability
5
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