[Chris Gohlke]

plasticbiker, ddhsoftware, and santiagoni

Right now I have it set up as wall outlet, kill-a-watt, bye-bye standbye, powerstrip, and then all the devices listed in my review. By itself, bye bye standbye is showing a 0 watt draw, meaning it is somewhere between 0 and 1. All the devices by themselves draw 44 watts when plugged in but not turned on.

I used to do the same as plasticbiker and turn the power strip off when I was gone for a long perior (meaning multiple days). Often powerstrips are not positioned to be easily turned on and off. Using the remote, we started turning everything off from when we went to bed until we got home from work the next day, cutting about 20 hours of 44 watt draw.

So yes, there is still a minimal draw, but I think the convenience will allow you to turn it off more often than you otherwise would, thereby more than making up the difference.

santiagoni

None of my devices are losing any settings, but I am going to take my cable box off so it stays on all the time simply because it loses the guide information when it loses power and sometimes takes an hour or so to reload it all. YMMV on cost savings, but if you have a kill-a-watt, it should be pretty easy to figure out. I'm saving $4 per month, so in my situation, the device would pay for itself in about 6 months.