Plug in Power Monitor

Plug in Power Monitor

Best Price £16.99

This sturdy, well-built plug-in power monitor is a popular choice and has been receiving favourable reviews from 'techie' buyers for a few years now. Although it has no battery backup, this monitor wins frequent praise for its ability to accurately measure, display and record the power consumption of devices which operate on very low power, a task which some other monitors can struggle with. The monitor itself draws only 1 watt in use.

It's a no-nonsense design with the plug socket sensibly situated below the display, making it easy to read whilst still plugged in. Unlike other similar monitors, this one doesn't offer a built-in facility to display or record 'Cost', although because it measures and totals power consumed over time you can still calculate the total cost manually if required. We get the impression that the confirmed accuracy of this monitor attracts the more technically minded buyer, who is less likely to be worried about the omission of a 'Cost' display function anyway.

In conclusion, if accuracy is your primary concern and you just want to check exactly how many watts any given device is consuming either instantaneously or over time, this is the one to go for.

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Energenie Plug-in Power Meter

Energenie Plug-in Power Meter

Best Price £6.24

This is a smart plug-in meter from Energenie with an LCD display and built-in battery back up.  The meter is nicely designed and well put together, but it can be a bit difficult to read the display from above as you'd likely need to when in use due to the angle of the LCD.  Thankfully, the battery backup means you can unplug it to read the collected information.

The Energenie plug-in power meter is able to display the following values:

Current Time
Live Voltage
Live Current
Cumulative total electricity usage.
Total on time and total electricity usage.
Frequency.
Power factor.
Adjustable price / kWh.

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Efergy Plug-in Power Meter

Efergy Plug-in Power Meter

Best Price £13.99

This plug-in power meter from Efergy may not have as many features as some of the more expensive models, but it is usually found at a very reasonable price and covers all the basics. It can easily show you amongst other things: how much electricity the plugged-in appliance is consuming in Watts / KiloWatts, how much this costs per hour, the supply voltage at your home and how much electricity the connected appliance has used over time in kWh or pence.

• Working voltage: 90-250VAC @ 50-60Hz
• Power range: 0.2 - 3120 Watts
• Current range: 0 - 13.00 Amps
• Voltage range: 90 - 250 Volts
• Cost per unit: 0.00 - 99.99 £/kWh

It's worth pointing out that in common with most budget plug-in monitors, this one has no battery backup, so you have to remember to take your readings before unplugging it.

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Belkin F7C005QAF Conserve Insight Plug in Monitor

This attractive plug-in monitor from well-known brand Belkin is not the cheapest on the market, but does have one or two unique features to make it worth serious consideration.

The most obvious difference is that the Belkin Conserve Insight Monitor display screen is fitted to a trailing lead.  We think this is a really practical design feature, especially useful if you need to study the consumption of appliances where the power socket it out of sight, where a regular plug in monitor would be impractical.  You can set your rate per kWh so that the monitor is able to calculate the cost of running the connected appliance on the fly.  Additionally, the Belkin monitor is able to track the energy use of appliances which don't necessarily run at full power all the time, like a fridge or freezer, for example.  Using this 'averaged' information, the Belkin is able to calculate approximately how much it will cost to run your appliance on a monthly/annual basis and how many kilowatts are consumed.

We think the Belkin Conserve Insight monitor is particularly useful for monitoring the power use and on-going running costs of appliances like washing machines, dishwasers, microwaves, fridge/freezers etc.  With this information, you should be able to determine if it is worth replacing older appliances with newer, more energy efficient models.

Plug-in Power Meter

This German-designed plug-in power meter will accurately measure the power consumption of individual electrical appliances within the home.  We've chosen to feature it at Electricity-Monitor.com because it's one of the few meters of its kind with its own internal power supply and a user-definable rate per kWh.

Use this power meter to determine which appliances are wasting electricity in standby mode and which ones are okay to leave plugged in.  With this power meter, we worked out that our mobile phone chargers only actually draw power when the phone is charging.