On Jul 19, 10:01*am, RonB wrote:
I picked up one of these for $49.95 yesterday. *When I got it home I
was surprised that it seems to have a soft-start function. *The box
and instruction manual do not mention it; but there is a brief pause
when I turn it on and then it comes up to speed smoothly, similar to a
soft start router.

Normal?

RonB

Never mind. I finally found the right Google combination and
apparently it is normal.

RonB