Spent $75 on a 'smart' surge protector that bricked my modem

I picked up one of those Wi-Fi controlled power strips last month, thinking it would be great for turning off my office gear at night. It worked fine for a few days, then during a small power flicker, it completely failed to protect anything. My cable modem was fried and wouldn't turn back on. The replacement cost me $75, so I'm out $150 total for a product that did the opposite of its job. I should have just stuck with my old, basic surge protector. Has anyone else had a smart home gadget fail in a way that caused more damage?

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casey_barnes10d ago

Yeah, that really sucks, and while Olivia_webb has a point about lemons, it's still your gear that got fried.

olivia_webb10d ago

Couldn't it just be a bad unit? My smart plug has handled a few outages fine, so maybe you got a lemon. Sometimes tech just fails randomly.