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VIMIN VM-GS1620P-EU, eighteen-socket unmanaged switch with sixteen powered sockets review

An eighteen-socket switch that publishes both power figures for its sixteen powered sockets, and describes its mounting one way in the title and another in the bullets.

By Jean-Benoit Buisson

The bottom line The power side is stated properly, both figures and the exclusion, which puts this ahead of its nearest twin on the shelf. The mounting is described two ways and the cooling not at all, so the cupboard question stays open.

On the listing

Sixteen gigabit PoE+ sockets and two gigabit uplinks for recorders and the internet connection; a one-key VLAN mode isolating sockets 1 to 16 from each other while leaving them able to reach the uplinks; support for IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at with up to 30 W at one socket and a total budget of 250 W, and a note that passive PoE is not supported; 4 kV lightning protection covering the switch and the devices connected to it; and a robust metal case that can be wall-mounted or placed on a desk, compact and ready to use.

Both figures, stated

30 W and 250 W. The first belongs to one socket, the second to all sixteen together. Publishing both is what lets an installation be planned on paper: list the devices, add what they draw, and check the sum against the total. The per-socket ceiling never multiplies out to the total, and on this unit the gap between the two is the whole design.

The exclusion worth reading

Passive PoE is not supported. That single sentence saves a return: cameras sold with a small injector often use a fixed voltage with no negotiation, and a switch built to the standards named here will not recognise them.

Wall, rack or desk

The title says wall or rack. The fifth bullet says wall or desk. No bullet lists rack ears among the contents, so the rack option is the one to confirm before an installation is planned around it.

The silence about cooling

Neither a fan nor a fanless claim appears. On a unit of this size and budget the question is not academic, and the page leaves it entirely open.

Before ordering

Ask whether there is a fan and whether rack ears are supplied. Those two answers decide where this switch can go.

Availability

Priced at roughly 110 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores the day this page was checked.

It is stocked on the American and British Amazon stores as well, in that country’s own currency. The range above leaves those out: it counts euro stores and no others.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa held on the day this page was last updated. Stock and prices move without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 10 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

Where it holds up, and where it stops

Strengths

Publishes both power figures, the 30 W ceiling of one socket and the 250 W the sixteen share, which is what makes a real installation calculable
States that passive PoE is not supported, which closes the compatibility question that catches out buyers of cheaper cameras
Names a 4 kV lightning protection figure covering both the switch and the devices connected to it

Compromises

Nothing says whether there is a fan, on a unit large enough that most of its shelf has one
The title says wall or rack mounting and the fifth bullet says wall or desk, and no bullet lists rack ears among the contents
The port speed is given as the word gigabit only, with no 10/100 steps stated, so what happens with an older device is unwritten

Specifications

PoE standard supported	IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at — stated in the title and in the third bullet, which adds that passive PoE is not supported
Per-port power budget	Up to 30 W at one socket — stated in the third bullet as the ceiling of a single socket, alongside the shared total
Total power budget	250 W for the unit — stated in the title and in the third bullet, described as powering several demanding devices. It is what the sixteen powered sockets share
Powered port count	Sixteen — stated in the title and in the first bullet as sixteen PoE+ RJ45 sockets
Port count	Eighteen — stated in the title as an eighteen-socket unit, made up of the sixteen powered sockets and two uplinks
Port speed	Gigabit on the powered sockets and on both uplinks — stated in the title and in the first bullet; no 10/100 steps and no BASE-T designation are printed
Managed or unmanaged	Unmanaged — stated in the title in that word, with the fifth bullet naming plug and play; the second bullet describes a one-key VLAN mode isolating sockets 1 to 16 from each other while leaving them able to reach the uplinks
Uplink type	Two gigabit copper uplinks — stated in the title and in the first two bullets, named for recorders and the internet connection; no SFP cage appears anywhere on the page
Cooling	Not published on the listing — the fifth bullet names a robust metal case and a compact size, and neither a fan nor a fanless design is claimed anywhere
Amazon reference	B0BNPXNCHV (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN	0756166576971

The questions that come up before an order

How do the 30 W and the 250 W work together?

The 30 W is what one socket may deliver, set by the class the switch names. The 250 W is what the sixteen powered sockets share. A device asking for the full 30 W is fine on its own; sixteen of them are not, because the shared total runs out first. The calculation that matters is the sum of the devices against the 250 W.

What is passive PoE and why is it excluded?

It is power sent down the cable at a fixed voltage with no negotiation, usually from a small injector supplied with a device. The standards this switch names require the switch and the device to agree first. A device built only for passive power will not be recognised, and the third bullet says so rather than leaving it to be discovered.