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Your electronics could be quietly draining energy - this gadget prevents that


Tapo's smart power strip has six outlets and provides real-time power monitoring, even for devices that are turned off.

I use them to make everything from replacement car parts to signs, and I even print material for local businesses. Then, one day, I was ideally thinking about power consumption of random household and workshop devices, and my eye shifted to my 3D printers. The US version of this smart strip has six outlets (the UK version only has four) that can be controlled using an app or physically, and as well as being able to let you control each outlet separately, the app does cool stuff like monitor power consumption and live usage.

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