Overheating??? As this model had overheating issues? I saw where one of their products were recalled due to overheating and one fire.
241471
I feel more secure with Mozy backup over my external drive backups. Plus with the Mozy App, you can access all files you backed up via their Android App, which are generally the files I may try to access when away. But, you are limited to what you back up per GB. With the PogoPlug, you are unlimited access to whatever you stream.
241472
I have the newer model...doesn't overheat it seems but since I use Mozy backup and with their handy Android app, I have access to my files away from home anyway, so may dump this product. It works well, just reduntant for me.
241473
I have read the same thing, but both J&R; Music and Amazon continue to sell this item -- is it an upgrade ... a NEW model ... or a close-out of the old potentially "defective" unit?
241474
Why is it necessary to have a Mozy back-up? My understanding of this product is that it is a "bridge" to the Internet that is connected to external hard drives. Are you backing up your hard drives?
81487
Yes. Absolutely, and if anyone wants to argue differently, I'll be happy to forward the pictures of my burnt out Bestek and the charred internal control board. Nothing but a laptop drawing current when this happened. If the manufacturer is reading this, experienced a control board fire in the vicinity of capacitors 2 & 14, and Diodes 6,7,8,9. Yes, my breaker tripped at the box, but not before the damage, and it was anything but overloaded. The fire literally shot out of the *grounding receptacle* (bursting capacitor maybe?), which burned a hole in my sleeve and another on my thumb. There's a good chance your fire insurance is invalidated by using non UL listed products -and as I discovered today, for good reason. I've permanently retired all three of mine and won't be looking back.
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Suggest you visit: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Schneider-Electric-Recalls-APC-Surge-Protectors/There you will see that the recall was for quite a list of products but it appears NOT this particular one:Name of product: APC SurgeArrest surge protectorsHazard: The surge protectors can overheat, smoke and melt, posing a fire hazard.Remedy: Replace Consumer Contact: Schneider Electric IT Corp., toll-free at (888) 437-4007 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at http://recall.apc.com, or www.apc.com and click on the Recall link to submit a claim and obtain more information. Suggest you visit: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Schneider-Electric-Recalls-APC-Surge-Protectors/There you will see that the recall was for quite a list of products but it appears NOT this particular one:Name of product: APC SurgeArrest surge protectorsHazard: The surge protectors can overheat, smoke and melt, posing a fire hazard.Remedy: Replace Consumer Contact: Schneider Electric IT Corp., toll-free at (888) 437-4007 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at http://recall.apc.com, or www.apc.com and click on the Recall link... » Read More Suggest you visit: http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Schneider-Electric-Recalls-APC-Surge-Protectors/There you will see that the recall was for quite a list of products but it appears NOT this particular one:Name of product: APC SurgeArrest surge protectorsHazard: The surge protectors can overheat, smoke and melt, posing a fire hazard.Remedy: Replace Consumer Contact: Schneider Electric IT Corp., toll-free at (888) 437-4007 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at http://recall.apc.com, or www.apc.com and click on the Recall link to submit a claim and obtain more information. « Show Less
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I have owned this for close to a year now, and I personalty have never witnessed this. That person probably had a defective model.
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I personally use this item and can vouch for it. The only way this is a fire hazard is if people do not use it correctly. Yes there will be defective units, yes there may be accidents, but overall most fires started by these are caused by people who shouldn't even own pets. Putting a towel over this device or putting stuff around it is not smart at all and is in fact dangerous. The device itself as far as I have seen does not catch fire, and in fact does not produce enough heat TO catch on fire. I put blame on the users, not the item or manufacturer except in the case of defective units sold. Hope this was a reasonable answer. I love this product. UPDATE: Adding to my previous comment, it seems as though there was a curse on this company as a whole bunch of people got faulty devices, poor things. Mine is still working great, no shorts. Seems to me like there were assembly issues within the manufacturer building or they got some terribly made pieces to construct these with. I am only glad that mine was not one of the ill-fated defects!
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engadgethd.com and dailytech.com both have articles that this item was recalled by ATI. I was at Best Buy here in Vegas yesterday (9/27/06) and they had some on the shelf. There and Amazon are the only places I have seen them so I'm going to assume it was just an oversight by them and will wait for the new ones to come out.
549811
Yes ours melted a couple months back, bought a replacement and it wouldn't cool down inside. We found out another friend had the same issue about a month after us. It must be a defect.
1602619
I have had one & my daughter had one as well. We loved them while they worked, but after less than a year we both had to throw them out because one by one all of the elements went bad & were not replaceable. And B&D; said it was discontinued .
162508
I just purchased mine (Jan 2014) and have had no recall notices after registration. I did a quick internet search and did not see any recalls.
1945570
As far as I know it hasn't been recalled. I had mine installed by the Fire Station and they double check recalls.
965301
Same happened to me, I called customer service and they said it was out of warranty. I lost my money buying this brand. I'll never buy anything from them. I see is a common problem.
1547609
Overheats? I think P.Doell has the best answer. It is hard to get the battery in correctly, but I've had no problems with heating.
1508456
That was what we wanted to us it for. I wouldnt suggest this model. After 30 minutes it overheated and shut down.
2070998
The unit I received overheated and smoked. I wouldn't suggest using it for anything.
25472
I have the same issue. It just stopped working. I had an electronic tech looked at it and he think it's something on the circuit board. We didn't see any burnt marks. This device runs hot constantly.Now, I bought a zojirushi as a replacement unit. It might cost more but it runs cool.
904586
happened to me too...i contacted the seller and they told me that it usually shuts down if it over-heats and should work after some time...but that never happened to mine so i returned it and got a refund...
1302647
Hi, I have only had that happen when I use the unit for an hour of more. I reckon that the quality of the product varies, and your unit may be overheating more than normal.