Toy PartnerFNT-Fig. Midas 30 cm FNT0831, Black

The media could not be loaded.  Be careful with the overload protection this item will not shut off if over loaded it will display overload on the screen and make a noise but thats it..It will not shut off and it is not a surge protector so bare this in mind.Ok firstly the screen on this is complete rubbish...(See my attached vid)You have to be looking at the screen at a ridicules angle.now considering most people will have this plugged into wall sockets that are generally down low viewing this from above you cant see anything hardly at all (see vid)The unit does have a back light that will come on when a button is pressed which is good but doesn't change the fact you cant see whats on the display unless you are exactly Level with it or looking from more of a below up angle (good luck if you have it plugged into a wall socket)So the unit seems to calculate quite acutely.I got this item for 3 main functions..To see the watts my device was usingTo see the kw/h my Device was using andTo see the cost of my device for the time used..Now by far the worst part of this item is how it displays the cost part..So here is my Example..I tested a fan on this itemThe fan i was using pulls 32 watts per hr on its lowest settingSo to keep this simple the calculations to calculate your energy are my fan is 32 watts multiply by 1 hr = 32 divided by 1000watts (1kw) = 0.032 of 1kw multiply by cost of electricity per kw for me is 15.18 this equals a cost to run my 32 watt fan for one hr of 0.48576p so £0.04p 4.8p to be more exact..This device does calculate this cost correctly as you can see in my pic but how it displays the price is quite confusing because of the decimal point.So I'm not sure does this unit only show in pence..or pounds and pence because going by the picture it is 0.48 and the instructions say it will go as high as 99.99?? 99.99 but whatIs it £99.99p or is it 99.99p ie 00.01p under £1 so i have no idea and also the instructions show that its in euro but I've no idea if that even matters as a unit rate is a unit rate.So you will probs need to set this to view kwph usage and then start calculating your cost from that if because the units way of doing it is confusing.Also good luck with the instructions they are more useful to blow your nose with than to actually explain how to use the unitThere is also no way to 0 a menu unless you completely reset the whole unit and then re enter your cost..Also rapid tables do a good energy cost calculator if you google the name.

It does what I need it to - tells me the power, voltage, current and accumulated kWh. However, it's pretty iffy, function-wise.First off, there's no obvious way to reset the accumulated data and min/max power. You'd *think* the 'reset' button would do that (and it almost certainly will, I haven't dared test it yet), but 1. it's one of those stick-a-paperclip-in style buttons, so certainly doesn't appear to be intended for regular use and 2. the manual only makes mention of using the reset button if the unit goes a bit crazy (which bodes well that they have to document this(!)), and does not say anything about resetting the data directly. So at worst you can't do it at all, medium-case you have to use a feature that's not really meant for this, at a possible risk of damaging the device over time, and at best it's completely intended but at the same time completely undocumented. (Also the documentation's English is pretty poor, but that only really makes for added humour, rather than bad instructions.)Good:• Basic functionality works (or at least seems to - I can't speak for its accuracy).• Backlight is a nice feature to have.• Tells me accumulated kWh and, if I enter the cost per kWh, the approximate cost of that electricity.Bad:• Screen is hard to read unless you are pretty much directly level. I feel like in 2018 these 1990s LCD issues are a solved problem, maybe I'm wrong.• No obvious way to reset accumulated data (and max/min power).• For a device with four buttons, it does very little with them - three are used *solely* for setting the cost of electricity, the remaining one cycles the display modes.I'd change:• The backlight could stay on a little longer - ideally one of those mainly-unused buttons could act as a light-on-light-off button when not being used to set cost of electricity.• Instructions are pretty sparse (a double-sided piece of approx-A5 paper, most of one side of which contains repeated diagrams showing the 7 screens). Other than the bad English (which is forgivable), it just feels like there should be more there. That said, other than not going into any detail on how to reset accumulated data (other than by vague implication), there's literally nothing more the device does that's not documented, so right now it's just a feeling rather than anything actually lacking in the instructions.• It'd be good if they could fit more onto the screen - there are 7 display modes, each showing two stats (plus a timer, somewhat randomly), but I'd really prefer at least one screen to be a bit more of a dashboard/summary. I'd like to see, at the very least, current power, accumulated kWh and cost all in one place ideally, rather than over two separate screens.

The problem highlighted in numerous reviews of this item is present in this one. It is nearly useless if you want to read the display either with the backlight or without except with the meter directly in directly in your eye line. The images which show the lettering and one side of the device with the backlight on are simply unachievable on my example. So this lost the device a point. Equally the instructions are abysmal - the importer should have the text proofread for example the battery instruction does not say that they are installed or supplied or how to install them - to be honest I cannot see a place for the battery to be installed without disassembling the meter. So that's another point gone.I bought the device to measure the kWh used in charging my recently acquired plugin in hybrid using the domestic mains. For that purpose it is fine as the display remains and accumulates all the power used. That means that it does what I wanted it for so I have to give it 3 stars. I have not been able to get the cost meaurement to work but that is unimportant to me and a spreadsheet or calculator works equally well. If you want any of the other items in the range of measurments it can make you will need to read other reviews as mine has a narrow focus.RevisionThe manufacturer or agent contacted me offering a partial refund. I was later asked to consider my review. I have considrered what I have said and think that removing a star for poor instructions was harsh and have moved the rating from 3 to 4 stars. I stand by all other comments. The customer service contact has been attentive and the personal service has influenced my judgement. The partial refund also change my view of the value for money.