Review on Belkin Surge Protector Power Strip - 8 AC Outlets, 3550 Joules, 6 ft Long Extension Cord, Black - for Home, Office, Travel, and More! by Redfish Rosenhoover

MARCH 2017: I usually only rate products with 5 and 1 stars. In that case, give this surge protector 5 stars. For more than 30 years I have lived in several states in the southern United States - Florida, Georgia and Texas - and thunderstorms in this part of the country are the strongest. I mean cruelty! The house is booming. Extreme. And sometimes with hail on the same. We also had power outages. Around 2007, one of our houses was struck by lightning; He knocked out the exterior headlights, burned a hole in the roof and lost some electrical equipment BUT WE DID NOT LOST ANY EQUIPMENT connected to the surge protector. It blew all the surge suppression filters we had - 5 of them I think. And depending on your home's or apartment's insurance company, you might be able to get compensation for it if you're ever hit. I bought 3 of these in a few months. I preferred the ETHERNET protected model to the USB version. If you need additional USB ports to charge your devices, buy one of the multi-port boxes (available on AMAZON) which are about 3" x 3" and have AC power on one end and 4 or more USB ports. Connect this to your surge protector. Features of this BELKING POWER STRIP include: - a power button with green power LED - surge protection for your DVR, cable or satellite receiver (if they receive signals over coaxial cable) - contains EMI/RFI filters to block those "noise" signals , which can cause a "buzz" or "buzz" in the audio from your TV or surround sound system. - Surge protection for your cable modem or router when it receives a signal from an Ethernet cable - 12 outlets and surge protection for each; 6 of these are on the outer edge, so power transformers (black boxes with AC plugs) need to be accommodated for some AC devices such as printer, TV soundbar, cable modem, etc. Purchase quad shield RG6 coaxial cable (this is the amount of signal isolation around the inner cable) from AMAZON. Choose a length, e.g. B. 4 feet or so. Your coaxial cable from the wall goes into the "COAX IN" surge protector. Then run this new RG6 cable from the surge protector "COAX OUT" to your DVR/cable/satellite box. Purchase (from AMAZON) an Ethernet connection cable. As with the coax cable, route the existing cable from the wall to the "IN" surge protector. Then use a jumper cable to run from the surge protector "OUT" to your cable modem or router. Most include "insurance" against damage when you buy a surge protector for the devices you plug into the surge protector. Keep receipts for all purchases. Personally, I'd rather buy a good surge protector than rely on complaints about a burned out 60" TV or expensive audio equipment and expect to get paid without much hassle. Is the device discounted - for example a $2,000 TV from 2 years ago that sells for $600 today? how much would you get Do they only pay you what your insurance doesn't pay for? Who knows.