Does StopWatt help with small electronics or just big appliances?

StopWatt isn’t going to do anything measurable for a phone charger. That’s not what these things are for, and a slightly cooler charger is probably just your imagination.

Small stuff is where I’d expect the least change, if any. A phone charger pulls so little that whatever the StopWatt is doing in the background probably isn’t going to show up as a cooler brick. That’s not really a knock on it, just how it goes with tiny loads.

I picked one up mainly because I wanted to see if it did anything noticeable at all. What I actually noticed after a few weeks was my ceiling lights being a bit steadier when the microwave kicks on. Before, they’d flicker slightly every time. Now they don’t. That’s about the only thing I can point to honestly. Whether that’s the StopWatt or just my wiring settling down, I can’t say for sure.

So for small electronics? I doubt you’ll see much. Bigger draws are where it might actually matter.

I mostly wanted mine for the bigger stuff anyway, that’s kind of my whole reason for having it. Small gadgets never even crossed my mind honestly. If your charger feels cooler after a week that’s a nice bonus I guess.

Mine mostly sits in my carry-on bag when I travel, and I’ve noticed hotel outlets seem a bit steadier with it, but honestly I never expected much from little stuff like chargers. The cooler phone charger thing doesn’t sound crazy to me though.

Mine made zero difference for small stuff like chargers or my laptop. Where I actually noticed it was with my washing machine and fridge, less of that buzzing sound if that makes sense. Small electronics just don’t pull enough to matter either way.

My experience has been the opposite of what most people here are describing. I noticed a difference with small stuff right away, and nothing with the big appliances. My husband thinks I’m imagining it but I really don’t think so.

We have an older house and the wiring in the back bedroom is kind of sketchy. Little things plugged in back there used to act up. My bedside lamp would flicker sometimes, and my electric toothbrush charger would get weirdly warm. After we put the StopWatt in, the flickering stopped and the charger doesn’t get hot anymore. That was within the first week or two. So for me it did actually do something for the small electronics, which is kind of the opposite of the usual story.

The fridge and washer? No change that I can tell. They run the same as always. So I don’t think it’s purely about how much power something draws.

I think it depends more on what your wiring is like than on the size of the device. If your place has older or uneven wiring, you might notice it in ways other people don’t. The phone charger running cooler doesn’t sound crazy to me at all.

I actually noticed small stuff first. My router and the little clock on my desk both seemed fine before, but after a couple weeks they stopped doing this faint buzz I’d gotten used to. Nothing huge, just quieter. Phone charger I never paid attention to.

Chargers don’t pull enough for that thing to matter, so the cooler phone thing is probably just in your head. Mine sat there for a month and the only thing I could honestly say changed was my old microwave stopped dimming the kitchen lights. Small stuff, nothing.

The phone charger thing is probably just the phone not pulling as hard once it hits a certain charge level. That happens with or without one of these plugged in. Small stuff draws so little that I doubt you’d ever feel a real difference either way.