Monsters Green Power Centres are energy efficient power strips with surge protectors. They feature a control system, which will automatically turn off devices connected to one of its sockets whenever they’re not in use, saving you money on your electricity bills and helping to look after the planet in the process.
Dual Mode Plus technology will disconnect your Power Centre from dangerous sources and sound an alarm, preventing your equipment from getting damaged and keeping you informed of why you may have lost power.
They are also certified fireproof, through the use of ceramic blocks which are used to protect sensitive parts of the surge protector, ensuring that they cannot catch fire.
Product Highlights
6x Colour coded sockets – Full surge protection
Full surge protection for Ethernet, phone line, TV Aerial and F-Pin for satellite recorders
Green Power control system
Fireproof MOV system
PLC (Powerline Communications) compatible socket
Lifetime guarantee
Up to £100,000 Connected equipment warranty
250 Volts, 50Hz, 13A Max
Top comments
meglaman2000
20 Feb 166#12
This might be what they are actually worth, I remember when I used to sell these at Comet for £100 a pop. Criminal.
All comments (34)
dixin123
20 Feb 161#1
heat added and of course ordered
Gozer
20 Feb 16#2
Can the TV Aerial socket be used with the Sky box?
ssjinzo
20 Feb 16#3
Anyone know the length of the wire?
tanked to ssjinzo
20 Feb 16#4
the third picture shows the front of the box. It looks like it says 1.5 M ?
I don't own this device so cannot confirm, maybe one of the people who have bought it can elaborate.
jamesTbone
20 Feb 16#5
These aren't great - I have had 3 of these and the each socket stops working one by one - the last of the three I have has 3 sockets not working.
otv
20 Feb 16#7
You try and contact monster when one fails.... Impossible, not voting either way
steague86 to otv
20 Feb 16#8
Never had an issue with a monster product personally but worked for a retailer selling them and have never had an issue or getting in contact with them and neither had my customers
fleetingmind
20 Feb 16#9
I've got one of these Monster Surges and mines been great.
MUHAMID
20 Feb 16#10
out of stock everywhere near me.
Monzer
20 Feb 16#11
It's not a bad price but you'd be better off with a Tacima or Belkin imo..
meglaman2000
20 Feb 166#12
This might be what they are actually worth, I remember when I used to sell these at Comet for £100 a pop. Criminal.
Gollywood to meglaman2000
20 Feb 161#14
And where are Comet now.... :neutral_face:
sofiasar to meglaman2000
20 Feb 161#19
was it you who forced me to buy one ,??
Monzer
20 Feb 16#13
Silly fact.. it was Monster that organised the making of Beats headphones.
lovevelvet
20 Feb 16#15
most areas in Norfolk out of stock
Gozer
20 Feb 16#16
They didn't realise in time that the general public are not mugs and didn't believe them when they told them they NEED a £100 extension lead because they bought a £400 TV.
Currys PC World are still practising the same techniques on buyers with their selling of insurance, AV etc. Let's see if they go the same way.
meglaman2000
20 Feb 16#17
Comet dumped the commission based sales approach about 12 months before they closed, entirely too late.
Monster products would fetch 10% commission, which is why they were pushed so hard by the sales people.
sofiasar
20 Feb 16#18
omg. so cheap. I payed £80 to comet
David23
20 Feb 16#20
The picture shows a Sat/Cable box connection (screw type) but the description says aerial, I don't have sky and want my aerial protected but they aren't screw type.
sureshot to David23
20 Feb 16#21
You can get an adapter.
minted83
20 Feb 16#22
I have the Monster HDP 750G on Amazon for £18 about a month ago. slightly better version of this. it's up to £24 now, but was about £100 everywhere a couple years ago.
actually here's the version in this deal for £12.99 prime delivery https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00HZK0OAO/
wrong item pictured, but title and description says it's the AV550G
gimmeadealplease
20 Feb 16#24
OK, so silly question, but how many people in the UK have ever suffered from equipment damaged in a power surge? We all know we are supposed to use these protection plugs but really. From my experience our electricity is stable enough.
minted83 to gimmeadealplease
20 Feb 16#25
where I live now I'm fine, but in the last place I rented I had surges every week. not every property is new and wired perfectly.
I'm happy to pay an extra couple quid to protect a couple thousand £ of equipment. a decent 6 or 8 plug extension with half decent internal components (not cheap Chinese tat) cost about this anyway.
PsychoSonny to gimmeadealplease
21 Feb 16#28
actually these plugs won't protect you from anything. an expert once posted how a tv could still be damaged using one of these.
i cant remember how exactly but he seemed to know his stuff and it was a very detailed and informative post.
i would still buy these things because they tend to be the same price as normal extensions.
i stick with belkin though monster are a horrible company
MrFlux001
20 Feb 161#26
Could have really done with a few USB ports.
id0ru
21 Feb 16#27
Just once but it blew my Tagan power supply and capacitors on my motherboard. Couldn't afford to build a new PC for a while. That said there are perfectly decent power surge protected extensions with cover for decent prices.
Dav1dF
21 Feb 161#29
There are many people pretending to be experts so I would not believe everything you read.
No equipment can fully protect against lightening striking a pylon. The substations have equipment to dissipate lots of energy but some will always get past.
Every bit of protection will take some additional energy away and all electronic equipment have their own surge protection as it is necessary to pass the mandatory CE/EMC testing where surges, spikes and dips are part of the tests.
The PSU I have just designed and had pass these tests has components in to dissipate spikes as required by a consumer device but would fail if the spikes were upped to industrial levels where things like arc welders and such may be present.
Dav1dF
21 Feb 161#30
These devices if cheap enough are definitely worth it. All electronics have surge protection already but adding something like this increased the protection by a significant amount and although not guaranteed to survive a lightening strike surge, would give significantly more chance of doing so.
Yes spikes are common which is why all electronics have to have mandatory protection.
I remember years ago the piles of electronics equipment we had returned for fixing after a bad thunderstorm. The piles are smaller nowadays due to mandatory CE/EMC compliance but the pile is still present and using additional surge protectors significantly 'reduces' the chance of your tech being on the damaged pile.
Oh and smaller towns and villages are more susceptible to this type of damage than central city locations which is why some suffer and others don't.
madhatchetman1
22 Feb 16#32
mine stopped working after a year... just one or 2 of the sockets.
meglaman2000
23 Feb 161#33
Sorry about that, you were weak and I was in serious need of that 10% commission.
Year later, I became a waiter, at least those customers got to choose if they gave me 10%... Complete absolution there for me of course.
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Opening post
Dual Mode Plus technology will disconnect your Power Centre from dangerous sources and sound an alarm, preventing your equipment from getting damaged and keeping you informed of why you may have lost power.
They are also certified fireproof, through the use of ceramic blocks which are used to protect sensitive parts of the surge protector, ensuring that they cannot catch fire.
Product Highlights
6x Colour coded sockets – Full surge protection
Full surge protection for Ethernet, phone line, TV Aerial and F-Pin for satellite recorders
Green Power control system
Fireproof MOV system
PLC (Powerline Communications) compatible socket
Lifetime guarantee
Up to £100,000 Connected equipment warranty
250 Volts, 50Hz, 13A Max
Top comments
All comments (34)
I don't own this device so cannot confirm, maybe one of the people who have bought it can elaborate.
Currys PC World are still practising the same techniques on buyers with their selling of insurance, AV etc. Let's see if they go the same way.
Monster products would fetch 10% commission, which is why they were pushed so hard by the sales people.
decent power surges, a bargain at this price.
a little more £ for a better version if none in stock near you
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003N1KL3E/
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/gg-groupon-goods-global-gmb-h-5-3735
Quidco and TCB also available.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00HZK0OAO/
wrong item pictured, but title and description says it's the AV550G
I'm happy to pay an extra couple quid to protect a couple thousand £ of equipment. a decent 6 or 8 plug extension with half decent internal components (not cheap Chinese tat) cost about this anyway.
i cant remember how exactly but he seemed to know his stuff and it was a very detailed and informative post.
i would still buy these things because they tend to be the same price as normal extensions.
i stick with belkin though monster are a horrible company
No equipment can fully protect against lightening striking a pylon. The substations have equipment to dissipate lots of energy but some will always get past.
Every bit of protection will take some additional energy away and all electronic equipment have their own surge protection as it is necessary to pass the mandatory CE/EMC testing where surges, spikes and dips are part of the tests.
The PSU I have just designed and had pass these tests has components in to dissipate spikes as required by a consumer device but would fail if the spikes were upped to industrial levels where things like arc welders and such may be present.
Yes spikes are common which is why all electronics have to have mandatory protection.
I remember years ago the piles of electronics equipment we had returned for fixing after a bad thunderstorm. The piles are smaller nowadays due to mandatory CE/EMC compliance but the pile is still present and using additional surge protectors significantly 'reduces' the chance of your tech being on the damaged pile.
Oh and smaller towns and villages are more susceptible to this type of damage than central city locations which is why some suffer and others don't.
Year later, I became a waiter, at least those customers got to choose if they gave me 10%... Complete absolution there for me of course.