Comments on: Review: Standby Saver

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:03:48 +0000

Ah, as I thought. Many thanks Chris.

By: Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:00:10 +0000

Hi Andy, thanks for your comment.

The Standby Saver simply cuts the power to all sockets (apart from two switchable sockets if they are in “always on” mode) – it has no way of asking any device to power down gracefully. So if you can’t guarantee that everyone will remember to shut down the PS3 properly before putting the Standby Saver in standby mode, I’d recommend that you plug the PS3 into one of the “always on” sockets.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:25:03 +0000

Hi, thanks for the review. I’m interested to know how this operates with the PS3. Surely you have to power-down the PS3 (or put it into standby) before you power-down the Standby Saver? I can forsee incidents where members of my family will put the Standby Saver into standby mode before powering down the PS3 gracefully – which it doesn’t like. Any thoughts?

By: SavaSocket

SavaSocket — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:00:04 +0000

The SavaSocket is now available to buy online at http://www.savasocket.com – The most energy efficient standby saver in the world at 0.19watt.

By: Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:03:34 +0000

Thanks Jun – I checked out the Savasocket website (www.savasocket.com) and it looks like it’s based on the same technology but has a more modern-looking design as you say. I still think I prefer the more compact Standby Saver but it’s good to have alternatives, although I noticed that the Savasocket isn’t available yet and there’s no pricing information currently available.

By: Jun Kerr

Jun Kerr — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:20:48 +0000

I’ve seen another product which does the same as this called a Savasocket. It looks a lot slicker too.

By: Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:29:17 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Thugee – that’s interesting to know. I haven’t had any problems with my unit as yet, so fingers crossed!

By: Thugee

Thugee — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:26:20 +0000

My experience is that a high proportion of these units are supplied faulty. In addition the use of a rather small mechanical relay will result in a short life, particularly for heavy loads.