3 Cheers for Advanced Power Strips

Many electronic devices in your home continue to use power, even when you're not using them. By plugging these devices into advanced power strips, you can quickly and conveniently eliminate energy waste and reduce your electric bills.

1. Lower bills

Advanced power strips save you money by reducing phantom power, which is energy used while your electronic devices are switched off. You know those little glowing lights on many of the electronic devices in your home? That's phantom power, and it can add up to $120 a year, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

2. Added convenience

In the past, you had to unplug all of your electronic devices to stop phantom power, then plug them back in. That's a lot of work. With advanced power strips, you just turn off the control device with a remote, and everything connected to it turns off, too. And, the advanced power strip cuts all power to every device, so there's no phantom power. Finally, you can turn them all back on with the touch of a button.

3. Low-cost solution

Advanced power strips are relatively inexpensive and they last a long time. There are no fancy apps necessary with advanced power strips. Most models just plug into a normal outlet and you can plug your devices in like any other power strip — except it's more advanced.

So, let's hear it for advanced power strips.

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