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Owl (Electrisave Mk2) - Wireless Electricity Useage Meter | 
| Brand: Owl Electrisave
Category: CE
Buy New: £27.22
New (4) Used (1) from £27.22
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 699
Color: White
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Warranty: 1 Year Direct With Manufacturer
MPN: Owl Electrisave
Model: Owl Electrisave Mk2
EAN: 8717399100144
ASIN: B000LQ79Q6
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Save up to 25% off your electricity bill | | • | See instantly just how much electricity you are using and how much it is costing you | | • | See how much electricity you may be wasting | | • | New Mk2 Version |
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Product Description
What is an Electrisave? The Electrisave is a portable, easy to read electricity monitor designed for both use in the home and small office. By knowing which appliances are using a lot of electricity you can adopt new energy saving practices, which means you aren't wasting electricity and you are saving money on your electricity bills. By using the Electrisave you can make any household more energy efficient and SAVE MONEY! Did you know that... The electrisave can save you up to 25% on your current electricity bills. What's more by saving electricity, you'll also be doing your bit for the environment... The average household could save up to 200 a year by taking energy efficiency measures. This is equivalent to a saving of around 2 tonnes of Co2... Nearly 5 billion is wasted on energy in the UK every year. This is enough to give every man, women, and child 84 a year. Research on electricity usage shows that by using a device such as an electrisave provides instant feedback on energy consumption, raises awareness and plays a significant role in educating and reducing energy consumption... Imagine... how much energy could be saved in the UK alone, if every household was to use an electrisave!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Interesting Gadget October 25, 2008
Mrs. T. Dawson (England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have stated how easy this thing is to set up and in the main it is, apart from the sender unit which has tiny screws in the back of it and in order to insert the batteries you have to fiddle for ages with them to get them out. You also need a very small screwdriver in order to remove them, which not everyone will own. Other than that it was simple to attach to the incoming power cable and set up the unit. It instantly showed how much electricity my PC is using and I calculated that by turning off my PC when not using it we will save approximately 27 on our electricity bill. As we have 2 computers in the house this will be a significant saving, as our last bill was 200. br / br /I agree with other reviewers that it would be helpful to have historical data but for 30+ it a useful gadget for showing just how much certain items consume and with electricity prices rising all the time it is certainly worth knowing what items to turn off when they are not in use in order to save money :) br / br /
 Not what it claims to be, but use it as ... July 24, 2008
Kaio
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Like any other gadget in the "energy usage monitoring" category, you should not really rely on the measurements displayed. There are numerous factors that make the reading inaccurate. That said, you can use it to spot if there are appliances left switched on; say, if you switched off all major appliances and get a substantial wattage reading than normal, may be you forgot your PC on, or you left on that WC light downstairs. My advice is, use it for simple diagnostic/monitoring and not for precision, and don't get carried away to save the planet with this gadget as the readings can not be relied upon! br / br /Should it be as expensive as that? May be not. The good news is that over the recent weeks prices are coming down by at least 30% (for instance, discounted by Argos to comparable prices here on Amazon). br / br /With regard to one feature, I am a bit disappointed by the fact that the Owl model doesn't have a time display which would have made it more functional, say in the bed room where you can check that last reading (as well as time check which would be handy). Which leads to "congratulate" the Efergy model which has a clock, but cannot comment further as I haven't seen it in operation. From what I have read, the Efergy model also memorises usage data to work out averages which is a more meaningful data (again as a trend indicator rather than accurate data). The Owl model doesn't have the memory feature. The Owl model worked without any problem such as picking up the sensor signal from quite a distance, but as for the reading there is more to do with the whole physics and nothing to do with this simple sensor gadget. I hope the manufacturers are honest to be upfront with this and say that the readings cannot be accurate as simple sensors cannot provide accurate power readings (due to inductive load or power factor issues, inaccurate current sensing, voltage variation, et cetera).
Useful, but not superior to plug-in meter January 22, 2008
Alan Clarke (UK)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
One reviewer assumes that this item is more accurate than a plug-in power meter. It isn't - the plug in meter measures both voltage and current, giving an accurate power reading, whereas the Owl just measures current, and not very accurately it seems, either. br / br /Only gives consumption figure at the time, and multiplies up to an annual figure, which of course shoots up when you put the kettle on. Better models store historic data which is more useful.
Beware - not very sensitive January 20, 2008
D Easley (UK)
55 out of 55 found this review helpful
This meter is great for giving you an overview of your current household usage. It's nice that you can keep the display somewhere central (like the kitchen) and take a look now and then. br / br /However, I kind of got the wrong impression from John Nance's review (21 Jun 2007). This meter isn't really suitable for measuring individual appliances. It's not sensitive enough to accurately measure many things. 60W devices register, but not accurately (e.g. switch one 60W light bulb on - the reading goes up by 30W; switch a second identical 60W light bulb on - the reading goes up by another 80W). Low power devices such as TVs, Hi-Fi's and radios don't register at all. If it's small appliances like these you're interested in measuring, consider one of the plug-in meters. br /
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