A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.
Curious about those energy-saving power strips that’ll help you vanquish vampire power from your home? Then enter this week’s freebie to win an iGo Power Smart Tower!
This Smart Tower’s basically a tech-savvy power strip that cuts off power to gadgets and chargers when they’re not in use. Read my review of the iGo Power Smart Tower to find out more about the gadget and whether it may be right for you.
The Smart Tower that’s going to be given away is the same one I tried out for the review, so keep in mind that it’s not brand new — though barely used and in its box with the instruction pamphlet.
Because the Smart Tower’s heavy, this drawing’s open only to L.A.-area residents willing to pick up the freebie from Santa Monica. Comment by Tuesday to get into the drawing, which’ll happen next Wednesday (more info on freebies here).
I’ve been wanting this ever since you blogged it!! I saw a $30 “smart” strip at target, but it’s not nearly as cool as this one.
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Comment by Chris — March 3, 2010 @ 7:16 am
Yay! That looks awesome! I always worry about the vampire power drain when I leave the house. Loved your review and I conveniently live in Santa Monica :)
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Comment by natalie — March 3, 2010 @ 9:48 am
Fantastic!
Comment by david — March 3, 2010 @ 10:26 am
yep – I have to unplug many , many thing at night to reduce waste power – which turns into unwanted heat for most of my stuff. Put me in the hat for this useful item.
EricW
Comment by Eric W — March 3, 2010 @ 1:08 pm
oh man, with the amount of xboxs, playstation, tv, DVR etc etc etc that we have plugged into a few power bars, this would come in handy immensly in cutting back our phantom power
Comment by Lisa I. — March 3, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
So, I scored kind of low on the “How millenial are You” quiz….If I won, would this help or hurt my score??? lol
Carey Okrand
Comment by Carey Okrand — March 3, 2010 @ 3:46 pm
This is awesome! I would love to try this. And I live in LA, and could pick it up BY BUS :)
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Comment by Jessi — March 3, 2010 @ 3:49 pm
I always try to unplug chargers when not is use, but this would save me trouble. I’ve a got a bike with big panniers to carry this one home on.
Comment by Kevin W. — March 3, 2010 @ 4:28 pm
I would love it!!! Thanks!
Comment by Kira — March 3, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
Sweet – I am actually quite close to SaMo and would be delighted to pick it up in my hybrid.
Thanks again for another awesome swag opportunity!
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Comment by Apryl — March 3, 2010 @ 5:45 pm
Cool – this would help reduce my electric bill from all the office equipment that I use
Comment by Shawna — March 4, 2010 @ 9:17 am
I live/love in LA. My husband and I are actually looking into buying our first home together, and are determined to find the perfect fixer-upper :) we want to live as green as possible (as most everyone does) and want to fix our possible home re-using as many things possible (not buying new, but instead scouring craigslist, the interwebs). we have been doing much research, and i love the idea of using these smart towers. it would be really handy here at home, and at work. what an awesome give-away!
Comment by jannie — March 4, 2010 @ 9:43 pm
I am verrry interested in using this…and always looking for an excuse to make the bus trip to SM from Ktown.
Comment by Marianne — March 5, 2010 @ 9:55 am
Chris is the lucky winner!
Comment by Siel — March 15, 2010 @ 5:08 pm