Southwire Yellow Jacket Heavy Duty Power Strip - 6 Outlet Industrial Metal Workshop Strip - Sliding Safety Covers - Overload Protection - 6 Ft Yellow Power Cord - Durable 14/3 Design

Nice basic shop power strip with 6 outlets. I like the metal housing, though the back is plastic. The inside is simple with14 gauge wiring, a simple toggle switch, two bus bars feeding the outlets and a ground wire to the metal housing. The toggle switch is not lighted but doesn't change without deliberate effort. A small protruding line on one side of the toggle gives a clear tactile feel to indicate which side to press to turn on. Plugs fit very securely in the receptacles. I like that each receptacle has a sliding cover which was a big feature for me. Mounting is a little tricky. Either use small nails or #6x3/4" flat-head wood screws. There is no template. I made a template by taping a piece of paper to the back, using the flat side of a pencil to lightly swipe back and forth to outline each location (there are four). Then taped my template to where I wanted the power strip mounted. Used a nail to precisely tap each screw location before drilling a pilot hole. Then placed the screws and hung the power strip. A perfect fit. Adding a light to the toggle switch would be appreciated by many, but I can do without. This is a pleasantly simple, well-built power strip without the nearly ubiquitous surge protection and overvoltage protection electronics that often melt or kill the strip altogether.

Need an extra outlet in the garage? Have multiple items to plug in? This is it. Perfect for all electrical needs. Outlets are spaced for different sized plugs and have slide covers to prevent dust dirt and that foreign objects from finding their way in. Good cord length. & metal case. It can be mounted different ways. I bought this for my husband but I use it to charge my drill batteries too. The color makes it hard to miss. This is wife approved but husband used.

This wonderful little yellow power strip stays plugged into my uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The case seems sturdy and everything works as it should. The bright color is a good visual reminder to only plug items into it that should remain powered on in the case of a power outage, such as a cable modem, router, wifi basestation, etc (non-critical stuff gets plugged into my normal beige power strip that's plugged into the wall). Photo shows the Southwire Yellow Jacket power strip located behind my UPS. Definitely recommended.

I bought this to mount on the wall in my garage for several items that need to be charged (cordless drill batteries, car jump starter, etc.). I really like the bright color, the power switch, the very heavy duty cord, and the yellow metal top case. But the back is plastic, and the mounting holes on the back are too small. A standard sheetrock screw is too big to fit into the mounting holes on the back. I found a smaller wood screw laying around that fit, but even that was too large to slide fully into one of the slots on the mounting holes. So you will need some screws with a relatively small head if you want to mount this properly. Despite this issue, I was able to mount it in a few minutes. I plugged it in and it works great. My chargers are now all lit up and happy.

Very solid.

While the color yellow may be off putting to some, I like that it stands out a bit more. Add a bit of color to an already drab home necessity. It does what it is supposed to do. No issues. Long cord. I did have to thread the cord into wire loom as my cats decided it would be something good to chew on. The black loom over the yellow cord, nice Bumblebee aesthetic.

Wonder why "surge protector outlet extender" not allowed on cruise ships? Because a LOT of them (if not all) can overheat/flame/burn or otherwise thermally disintegrate. I had a dozen or so scattered about the house. A thunderstorm happened and took out power to house. So I started my generator (just big enough to run water pump and fridge and a few lights) and wife PANICS running outside hollering SMOKE! Generator circuit breaker tripped so shut off and go inside and one room full of smoke - ALL the "surge protector" power strips burned or melted and one really smoked and almost set computer desk aflame!!! Unplugged them all and tossed. Bought a bunch of Yellow Jacket power strips WITHOUT surge protection. Found every surge protector device in house had burned or over heated. then looking at info online - found out they are not allowed on cruise ships. NOW I know why. Anything "surge protected" is not allowed in the house now. The devices that "surge protect" are called MOVs or Metal Oxide Varistor. The have a limed life and if not stressed to much - will not overheat enough to flame. Worse, when they have "worn out" (limited amount of energy - joules - that they can absorb) they don't surge protect anymore - false security to think they work indefinitely. Properly engineered devices would not fail and overheat - appears to me most "out there" are susceptible or likely probable to melt as almost all I have seen are encased in plastic. Lucky to have been home when they started smoking - Attached pictures of two smoked outlet strips (apology for fuzzyness) and pic of "innards" of one strip that I amputated the MOVs as it had not been plugged in when 'surge' happened. The blue things are the MOVs. They should have thermal fuse between them to open circuit when they over heat. One pair does have a fuse - but not in contact with the MOVs. poor design - and the other pair of MOVx - no fuse at all Only other casualties in the house was a GE brand LED nightlight bulb,ma 2 1/2 amp fuse that opened on an audio amplifier I leave on. AND!! a UPS brand "APC" - that was a surprise as I thought they were the best. It was almost 20 years old (been through several batteries) so maybe it was almost used up when surge occurred.

But this product used could not tell looks better than brand-new no scratches no blemishes no defects this is this power strip will hold up to your garage needs for anything multiple power tools at the same time will not lose power on one tool will not pop the breaker or fuse excellent design great metal sturdy don't be afraid to put it out in your shop and really use it not like these cheap plastic ones now this is a quality product