I've been literally moving my TV stand for years to unplug/plug in equipment. Well, frankly, my knees are getting too old for these floor-level shenanigans and we have a lot of lightning in our area. I bought this item so that I could shut down equipment and plug/unplug with ease. I particularly like the color coding for the different plugs, because that tangled spaghetti behind my TV stand is pretty hard to decipher.