Tripp Lite Basic PDU, 15A, 13 Outlets (5-15R), 120V, 5-15P Input, 15 ft. Cord, 1U Rack-Mount Power (PDU1215)

One of the things about surge protectors that a lot of folks do not know, is that you shouldn't daisy-chain them (e.g. by plugging a power strip with a surge protector into another power strip with a surge protector).In my rack the main power comes through a UPS, which has built-in surge-protection and power-conditioning. That means to get more outlets for my rack gear I needed a PDU that does NOT have built-in surge protection and that's where this unit came to the rescue. (Try to search for PDUs WITHOUT surge protection and you'll have to wade through a lot of bad search results.)I mounted this unit on the back of my open rack with the row of connectors facing inward and one plug facing outward, plugged the input into an outlet of my UPS and plugged my rack gear into the outlets of the PDU.So far it has acted perfectly fine in its role. While the unit has 12 5-15R outlets on one side, they are quite close together (like on any standard power strip). Thus gear with "wall warts" will block adjacent outlets. As a consequence you will may need to use small power extension cables to get the wall wart(s) out of the way. But that is no different from most PDUs, unless they have extra-wide spacing of outlets, and thus fewer outlets on a given length. But having more outlets in a fixed space (19 inch or so) is what I wanted and this unit does not disappoint.This unit doesn't have any advanced features such as switches for each outlet or power-monitoring, but I didn't need that. (My UPS will monitor the wattage consumed by the connected devices on an ongoing basis. And a switched outlets are useful to avoid arcing on connect or disconnect of running devices, but I generally shut down my devices before disconnecting them, so no problem there.)All in all it's an inexpensive, yet functional unit that does what it's supposed to do (distribute power) and nothing more, which suits me just fine.

Good, basic PDU. Not much to say. The price is right.

Awesome PDU. Distributes power well. No cons.

This thing just plain works. Saves me from trying to run a bunch of wires to the nearest wall outlet. I used it on a rack that contained a bunch of networking and DSL equipment. Since these things don't draw a whole lot of power, I don't have to worry. I was able to clear up the wiring clutter at the rack.

Used for my office computer room. Works great

Very space efficient for a 24 socket PDU. Of course half of those are on the back so you have to plan ahead to take advantage of the space.My company is running 20 physical servers (all running at very high load), 4 load balancers, and a few switches, all powered by 2 of these bad boys, for about 16 months now with only one issue (our fault though, detailed below). Each one is running close to 20A total electricity.I really like how tightly the power cables fit into this thing. There is no way they would ever fall out accidentally if you bump one for example, which I have experienced before at another data center.Make sure to evenly distribute the load across the two circuits in the PDU. It's rated for 30A total but it's only 15A per circuit. One time we plugged one too many servers into one circuit and it flipped the circuit breaker, causing about 6 servers to power off uncleanly. That was kind of a nightmare, not the PDU's fault though. An amperage meter would be nice but there's no room!

The PDU works as expected, sturdy construction, plenty of sockets, all as expected.Good thing is that it can be also mounted vertically and take 0 units (although not sure if it becomes 12 socket after that).

Purchased for OSHA compliance in cubes with long runs from wall outlet to PC.Has a 15 foot cord, is robust, has all metal construction.