Lol yea but thankfully it’s only outer bands of hurricane here
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We just argued why this specific product should not have been for testing.
To test it’s uniqueness involves breaking it / putting oneself at risk.
There’s plenty of other Anker products which can be fully tested without the significant consequences.
Without testing it to failure, the test becomes a simple functions test and impressions.
Glad community members were well represented in selection.
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If this is UL listed for surge protection, then it should have been tested to destruction in an appropriate lab. I’m waiting to see the device to look for labeling on that, I can’t find information on the Amazon listing, and I don’t see the product listed on Anker’s site either.
The connected equipment warranty is shown as a “lifetime $300,000” warranty against damage to connected devices, but no clarity on what lifetime means, or who backs up that claim - typically there will be some reinsurance involved for larger claims, and that company requires testing to their satisfaction. More information on that would be more helpful than an additional test to destruction.
If I was really trying to protect and warranty some expensive equipment (more than a few computers) against surge destruction, that information is what I would be looking for. No point in getting protection that isn’t backed by something you can make a claim against. For a few thousand $ in computer hardware at most, those details matter less.
But I agree that this is less about actual testing than it is about trying to get some real users with positive feedback and highlights of how convenient the design is. I think they might also be looking at it for positive community engagement with users here.
I will certainly provide feedback if it turns out not to be as useful as advertised in terms of design and function for powering a heavily connected pair of home office desks. But I hope it works exactly as advertised and I can say as much, it looks great for my needs.
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Congratulations to the chosen testers :tada
Lot of known names this time… looking forward to your reviews guys…
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They didn’t mention anything about warranty claim in manual and didn’t see it on Amazon listing so will have to find some stuff about this when I get the testing unit
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@AnkerOfficial is there a timeline for shipping the review units? Didn’t see the information when claiming it and was wondering when I can get started and set some time aside for it
Will arrange the shipment today 
You may get the tracking information early next week when the order is updated in the system
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Thanks for the update!
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This was going be my new testing plan. Then I read the rules, and I’m not allowed to copy another person’s test plan or else I’ll be DQ’d from future testing programs. Oh darn.
Yeah, I’m doing a technically useless but functionally useful review. “Hey look, I plugged in 12 devices, and voila! This thing is still going strong! OMG, it’s a miracle!!!”
Also: “Before this Anker surge protector was released, Wirecutter did a huge surge protector test and declared brand XXXXX-XXXX a winner. This Anker has more than 2x the Joule protection and 2x insurance $$ as that surge protector, so this Anker is clearly superior!!!”
Ok, I’ll try to keep sarcasm to a minimum in the actual review.
Devices which are USB are largely protected by the individual chargers. The expensive items are slowly becoming USB charged instead of their proprietaty bricks. So a surge would increasingly struggle to get to your devices. All the mini breakers in the USB chargers are fried, some of them temporarily if fast enough and reset after no power for a minute.
It’s going to be devices which have the PSU internal, like a desktop PC, or a large TV which plugs direct into mains, which need the most help from further down in the electrical circuit. That could easily be $2K-$4K in cost avoidance, in some homes.
As for copying others’ test plans, well there’s so little anyone can do to test this (non-destructively) the tests will be very similar. A bit like the last one which had a single 18W USB socket, testing that is was actually 18W was the only functional test, then it’s impressions, and only takes 3-4 testers to then be saying similar.
Woohoo! So excited to test this one! Glad I checked the forum before I forgot about it.
Oh man, I guess I will be showing the mess that I call a closet for this review. I am going to see if I can get all of the devices I have in there hooked up to this thing. The list includes wine fridge, 3 home bases, 2 routers, and a switch with room to spare. Guess I’ll do a before and after photo but that won’t be anywhere as good as their press photos. Congrats to all the testers.
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Lol same here. I could plug my TV in with other stuff but won’t be able to plug the router. But I could plug the router and other things but not the TV without moving it 
. Plus neither of those places are great for photographs so people will really see a messy real life photo of it being used 
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Hey that’s real COVID living right now. People will understand.
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Lol yes but not great places in our home anyway . I can definitely clean things up but furniture will stay as is
This would be a perfect chance to clear/clean the rooms. 
Take it. So photos can be taken without any problems.
We cleared a lot here in the last months.
All fine now and ready for storing new useless things!
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not much of storing problem here but you’ll surely see what I mean when I get photos of it. Thankfully I can make my family not buy useless things for the most part. Especially electronics like this and audio related stuff
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I was thinking about putting a load onto them as well. Instead of doing a simple test.
I have to replace my battery backup on my media server. When I pull the battery back up I will to put it on a surge protector. We have regular brown outs, power surges, and power lose several times away due to our local power company not maintaining the power lines as they should. They almost never trim trees off the line.
So I thought about putting my media server, its 2 25 in monitors and 2 gaming laptops and a smaller desk top as test and use it until I get my battery backup replaced and my office reorganized. But I doubt this will overpower the power strip.
Would it be safe to test by plugging in a small space heater (I need to pull the manual and check specs) but I’m not really comfortable doing this (its not recommend according the manual and I never plug one into an extension cord or power strip) or maybe plugin a microwave and a fridge to see if I can get the power strip to do its job?
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