Customer Reviews:
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 Fun, fun, fun! June 11, 2008
W. K. (California, USA)
If you are like me and fret over every wasted watt of energy, then this gadget is for you. It is very simple to use and seems fairly accurate. Mostly it is confirming what I suspected about most appliances like, how much power is that TV really using when it is on or off....
The only drawback to the design is that the unit will take take up both plug spaces in a normal duplex plug outlet. The body of the unit hangs down too low and interferes with the lower plug. I use the unit with an extension cord to get around the issue.
For about $20 you can't go wrong and it will repay for itself in savings that you will make by realizing what to cut back on. I highly recommend it.
great for understanding and managing you electricity use June 14, 2008
adnan (Woodbury, NJ)
Works just like they said, plug it in between a power plug (on the wall or a power strip) and something that run on AC electricity... the display turn on and shows you how much power in being consumed, Volts, Watts, Amps, KWH plus more. I was surprised to find how much electricity items around the house were using (some items like cheap phone chargers chew up energy just being plugged into the wall even if they're not charging something)
Great tool June 30, 2008
G. Sato (Los Angeles, CA)
Quick delivery. Great tool. Used daily to track energy usage by my Zenn Electric Vehicle. Displays Kilowatts used, current levels, and more. Also used to track usage by portable AC unit. Good to know how much electricity is being used.
 works good if u understand it July 2, 2008
D. Vavra (TX)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
our electric company has raised our rate a penny per kilo watt hour. This dose not sound like much but if my TV uses 200 kw an hour then it cost me $2 to watch 2 hours!
This Kill-A-Watt reader is great for showing me where my power hogs are in the house.
The only problem I have with it is that it was a little hard to understand. I wish that the instructions were easier to read and understand what the numbers mean.
This reader showed me that my energy saving light bulbs still rack up a lot of power! and so dose my laptop which I was always told used a LOT less power then a desk top.
monitoring electrical usage July 8, 2008
Nicholas Mele (Bellingham, WA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Kill-o-watt is a handy little tool for figuring out what appliances are soaking up power and driving up our power bill. Well worth the cost and interesting just to see, for example, how much things like cable boxes and DVD players consume when passive.
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