Overall I think this is a good product. The outer casing isn't as solid as I might have hoped, but it gets the job done, and the electrical parts seem to be good quality.
All 16 outlets work and are properly grounded, so that's a win.
It arrived in a long, plain cardboard box, with no inner packaging or padding. The plastic bag of small hardware was loose in the box, and had split open, so there were actually screws rattling around in the box too.
The first thing I noticed after unboxing was that something was rattling around inside the power strip. Then I noticed that the plastic end cap on one corner was a bit cracked, and that the metal casing was actually slightly open on one side. I think this was probably from getting banged around in shipping.
I think the metal casing would have snapped back together if I had just squeezed on it the right way, but hearing the rattling gave me an excuse to open it up and see what was going on. This required a 6-pointed star screwdriver.
The rattling bit turned out to be a tiny piece of yellow plastic, clearly a nonessential part of the strip of outlets.
I was impressed with the internal construction. The only actual wires are the ones splitting out from the cable. Through the rest of the strip, power is carried by three big metal rails, which are embedded in solid yellow plastic and seem to be one piece with the conductors in the sockets (I couldn't really see in there; it could be separate parts). It looks like the sockets are made in modular groups of 4, so they could be used in power strips with any multiple of 4 sockets. There are gaps between each set of 4, but the rails look like they're continuous through the whole length.
The wires look thick, and the solder connections between them and the switch and rails look pretty solid. Those parts are covered by a clear plastic sheet to avoid any risk of touching the metal casing.
I'm not sure about the "breaker". It looks to me like a regular power switch, except that the "on" side is labeled "reset". Anyway I certainly wouldn't count on it to protect against overload. (And obviously this is not a surge protector.)
The case fit back together securely when I put it back together. It's basically 2 pieces of thin metal that can snap together, plus the 2 plastic end caps that screw onto them and keep them together. The metal is thin and light enough that I wasn't even sure it was metal until I took it apart. It flexes if you squeeze it, and it can bend slightly along its whole length if you put much weight on it.
I didn't end up using the mounting brackets, because the space I wanted to fit it in wasn't quite long enough. But the brackets seemed to fit into the ends nice and tightly.
I'm not sure why they included tiny machine screws with it. Wood or drywall screws would have made more sense.
So overall I'm happy. The main thing that I think could be improved is the packing for shipping. They could also make the casing out of heavier duty materials, which might make shipping damage less of an issue, but would probably increase the cost more.
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