HiSaver Power Strip Kills Vampire Power Devices

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We don’t think about power strips very often, but considering these are the things that make our devices run (or at the very least recharge them) we probably should spare them a thought a little more often. So today, we’ve got the HiSaver Power Strip to have a look at.

What’s great about this is that it not only operates like a normal power strip, but it also comes with motion detectors such that, when no one’s in the room with a device, it cuts the power flowing to devices that would seem to be not in use.

And in case you’re leaving something on a charger overnight, as so many of us do, you can alternately select one of the slots to ignore its motion detector protocols to function as a standard “dumb” device. A second slot, intended for computers and the like, is permanently “on”.

Having this level of customization in a power strip means that it won’t be cheap–the HiSaver is available now and sells for $110. This would be preposterous, of course, but the HiSaver promises annual electric bill savings of between $30 and $50, so it may well be worth it after all.