the t.racks VM-100 Voltage Meter

If you are looking for something to power all your rack equipment and amp head in a clean way then look elsewhere.
This is not a power conditioner it is simply a voltage meter with rack lights and the ability to power things. I will admit i made the mistake in thinking that it would perform in the same way as power conditioners such as the Furman i ended up buying afterwards.
The positives of this product are that the voltage meter is a useful feature that helped me keep an eye on voltage in less that reputable venues. The lights worked well and helped me in low lighting to fiddle with settings on my amp.
As far as those functions go i was very happy. the negatives were that when i tried to use this product to power my tube amp head, 4 rack units and a pedal power supply it was incredibly noisy, the buzz at some points became louder than the amp itself. yes it did power the units theres no argument there but i couldn't use it live.

If you want a rack mounted voltage meter and light then this is a pretty good product but if you want something to power all your gear, your going to have to bite the bullet and pay the circa £300 price tag for a power conditioner.

quality isnt great, its not very well designed but it is useful and priced about right.

"Filter to protect connected equipment from power surges and interference" is basically a single varistor costing around 10c (the same kind you'd find in a cheap surge protected extension lead for 5euro)

no RFI or EMI filtering in this unit. The cheap varistor will eventually die depending how bad your electricity supply is, power spikes slowly eradicate its usefulness and you wont know when its not working.

you get what you pay for, and of course its not a 'power conditioner', even the well known brands budget models sold as 'power conditioners' are basically the same as this VM-100 but with better filtering and better parts.


buy this until you can afford something better

I got this on my 6U rack to run power to a few rack units. The lights on the front are pretty cool and they give the whole rack a nice flavour in a dark room.

The two big knobs on the front panel are lights that can be pulled out. They can be dimmed by using the smaller knob on the left side of the front panel. The lights are pretty flimsy. I can hardly pull out the other one. The also create a lot of heat so I keep them off. Note: you can only use the lights downwards. They turn a little but only about 45 degrees to each side.

The inputs at the back feel a bit flimsy when plugging or unplugging cables.

Overall a decent product that does its job. The build quality isn't much to brag about, I'd rate it maybe 2.5/5.