bob@bmbk.net

I got it on Amazon for $79.95. It sounded expensive to me until I figured out it has 5 z-wave controlled outlets. Now it seems much cheaper compared to buying individual outlets.

I bought one of these last week and it works perfectly. I named mine Office Power Strip (OPS). It has 5 controllable outlets, seen in my pic as OPS ON_OFF CH-1 (-5), a setting to turn on/off the whole strip, and settings to turn on/off the 2 USB ports. The energy monitoring (not shown in my pic) only monitors the actual outlets - not the USB ports. It is great for plugging in a couple of PCs and a few other devices that I may need to reboot if they freeze up. I have one pc that I use to transcode audio and video, and occasionally it will just die. Turning the socket off, and then back on lets me get back to work. I also have a special box that does something similar for 4 devices, and will ping them and automatically reset the connection if they are down too long. This power strip was about $100 cheaper than that box. I plan on using the Ping node on my polisy to set up a similar deal with the power strip (if missed pings >= 100 then turn the socket off and on). That should also work with really any smart outlet/plug.