Tripp Lite Metered PDU, 15A, 13 Outlets (5-15R), 120V, 5-15P, 100-127V Input, 15 ft. Cord, 1U Rack-Mount Power, 2 Year Warranty (PDUMH15), Unit Instruction Guide, Black

This is an updated review. I had originally stated that the meter always displayed "0", regardless of what was plugged in. But apparently, I was just not drawing enough to push it. I plugged in more devices today and started seeing the meter display change. Overall, I think this is a great PDU. Tripp Lite has always been good to me and this is no exception. It fits perfectly in my half-rack and has plenty of plugs to power everything within it.

Love triplite and love these metered PDUs even more. Works great after years in the datacenter.

If you need something like this, it's a great choice. Tripp-Lite makes great equipment at quite reasonable prices for the quality. You can get cheaper, but it's cheaper. Electrical equipment has to have tight connections and be assembled correctly or it's a fire hazard, so spend the money. These are great, I have multiples of them and I'm very happy with them. Keep in mind with today's proliferation of transformer-equipped power connectors (wall warts) that they're really unsuitable for use on a PDU of this type. You'll end up being able to use the one outlet in front and every second or third one on the back, depending on the transformer size and configuration. It will eat up your outlet access with the quickness. Tripp-Lite has a solution, it's not metered, but it's a PDU with wide spacing and vertical orientation of the outlets. I have a couple coming in and will daisy chain them into these metered PDUs to free up the outlets on the back. Take that into consideration if you're just starting an order, you might want to get both. I saw some packaged together like that (too late) on Amazon with a modest discount associated with buying the two pieces together. Plan on putting the metered PDU in your rack above the wide spaced one you daisy chain into, or the transformers and power cords will interfere with the configuration of the outlets on the back of the metered PDU, and you'll be right back where you started. Need to plug in a pile of conventional plugs and know how many amps your drawing? These rock.

This is about what you'd expect--the enclosure is strong and sturdy; the power cable is reinforced. I mostly bought this to replace a cheap APC power strip that claimed to be rated @ 1800 watts but was uncomfortably warm with a 900 watt load on it. This unit, the plug, and the cord stay cool to the touch with a 900 watt load. The ammeter works as expected. The only disappointment I had is that the meter does not have a decimal place. Only whole amps are represented. 6 amps can jump to 7 amps; I'd like to see a finer granularity of measure (0.1 amps). I've used such meters in data centers before and just expected it here. But, this is pretty cheap and works. And it does not have a power switch, which I consider to be a huge bonus. So many PDUs on the market do have power switches and I've never understood it. I plan to buy more of these.

I've used Tripp lites for my rackmount computers in the past and thought this unit would work great in conjunction with their Tripp Lite HT1210ISOCTR Home Theater IsPRar Power Center w/ remote 12 outlets 5700 Joules power conditioner for my home theater rack (Omnimount RSF). With a receiver, some external amps, and all the sources / consoles I can plug in, I needed more plugs. This rackmount unit is well built, helps me monitor my draw and I can shut it down to avoid any phantom power draws (the game consoles love to suck power it seems). A solid option. And, in this application, I needed the plugs on the back versus a mix of front and back or all in the front, but that's because I wanted to hide the wall warts behind it in my rack. I prefer Tripp Lite to the more expensive Monster....plus, by rackmounting these, I get them off the floor, as I worry these get hot near the carpet.

These PDUs are great. I have six of them, and love them. Highly recommended to help you clean up your power cables and power bricks (use a small six inch or one foot extension cord for power bricks), and to also know what your power load is at all times.

This item simply works well out of the box with no hassels.

This PDU is rigid. It Doesn't flex and it doesn't leave me worried if it will break. The meter's accurate +/-2% from my test. What I like most about it is that it doesn't have a switch to kill all the ports. PDU Does not come with mounting hardware, most people have spare hardware anyways so this wasn't a problem.

I have several of these and they work great. Obviously you need to draw at least 1 amp for the lcd to go from 0 to 1. No decimal places. The paint on this is a dark gray colour. Rack mount ears can be moved to the back if you need that. Update, after almost a year still 5 stars. Verified the meter with another device and it is definitely accurate

works great as my homelab PDU, gives a rough idea of power usage of my rack (its not terribly accurate, but its close enough to say "ok I doubled my power usage" has enough plugs for everything in the rack, cord is of a good length, I'm happy with it and will probably keep it for awhile