At the moment I'm using two of these - one as a main powerstrip for my desk, and a second one at my bands IEM rack. It's nice to minimalize the clutter of cables to just one power inlet for driving a whole rack of gear (a big mixer, two ADAT preamps, 4 IEM units, and a USB interface). Only downside I could think of is the placement of the cable, and the sole fact, that it's permamently fixed, but given that it's not a really big issue.