I bought a scam energy saver and made it actually save energy!

There are all kinds of plug in the wall "energy saver" boxes. None of these save energy or do anything. I thought I'd buy a cheap one and modify it to actually save energy -- just for fun.

This is sold under different names "Stopwatt" "eocwatt pro" "Stop Watt", "Stop Eenergy Watt Power Smart Energy Saver", "Electricity svings box", etc. If it was that easy to "save energy", the power grid operators would already be implementing it.

[thosewhowishb]

I was expecting an April Fools joke, but you actually delivered. Props.

[scottadams]

I’m not an electrician but I operated power plants for the local utility for years so I know a fair amount. These scam artists are genius with deceptive words but I was quite confident this device would actually increase your electric bill slightly. I watched several videos trying to warn folks not to buy this thing but yours was the only one that got into the actual electronics. I laughed my head off when you demonstrated the magic black box had absolutely no connection to the circuit and then the magic pixie dust was gold! Then as a grand finale shorting the circuit to trip the breaker in order to save energy. I loved it. So funny. It’s amazing what unsuspecting people will buy. Thanks for the video!

[J_punkt_O_punkt]

I honestly did not expect where this was going, but i laughed quite hard as soon as you did the short circuit.

[ioney_at]

Everyone is uploading funny videos, while Matthias is educational as always.

[californiamagician]

I saw an ad for this item and they claimed Elon Musk developed it and while looking for product reviews I found your video. Your video was Honest, and made me chuckle when you exposed the magic pixie dust... Thank YOU for saving me money, I almost fell for it.

[rdear]

Wow! I could tell by the change in lighting that you were saving energy! And saving energy means saving money! JOICES!

[glamdring]

🤣 as an experienced electrician this made me smile...job well done Matthias 👍

[albertoochoa]

As an electrician I knew this was a scam. Love how you broke this down 😂

[obshaky]

There you go. Opening the thing, an electrical diagram and an experiment. All in less than 3 minutes. Well done.

[lancelot]

Hi Matthias, thank you for this brilliant dissection and analysis of this break-through device that can save our planet's energy crisis. As a retired engineer, I applaud your "destructive" investigation of the inner-working of this device - Joke aside, thank you for your honesty and for protecting your viewers from such scams. May God bless you, Ciao, L

[MrFatalZero]

By reading the title I knew exactly what type of shenanigans I could expect. 10/10 would buy as well!! 😂

[DaraParsavand]

Love it! I saw one of these advertised on YouTube so I guess they aren’t that concerned about misinformation after all.

[dapinkcat]

The pixie dust is a special chemical that binds the carbon hydrate and produces an impulse reactor that negatively produces sythetic metons. My electric bill was $154.00 after using this device my bill was $141.00 (we weren't home for 2 weeks).

[Kalvinjj]

That was impressive, I didn't think those devices could get even scammier than a capacitor into the plug, but it keeps getting better every second of the teardown. Absolutely impressive!

[deborahthomas]

Thank you so much. You saved me money and I got a giggle, that made me cry, when you showed how you wired it to save energy. Saw results immediately!! 😂👍🏼

[mr.soundtek]

Dude, Thanks, that was excellent. I am an Electrical Engineer. I knew it was a scam but I wanted someone to tell me technically why. You did not disappoint You DID get it to save energy and I laughed out loud when you did that.

[GypsyWahine]

Frigging hilarious. 😂
I almost bought it but found your review.
I love smart people. Bloody Brilliant as they say…
Thanks for this!

[ScottMason]

Thank you. After watching too many “do this trick” for homeowners reels that were pure insanity, this made me feel human again!

[kellyrowe]

Well my grandparents bought this thanks for sharing and saving me the time of opening up one myself to show that it’s junk!

[jacobmarley]

This video is underrated! Power saving mode was brilliant. Subbed my good sir!