I just want to say that I would rather go without surge protection then buy one.
You must be saying "huh"
Well the first surge protector was a cheep one, I got hit by a surge and boom my equipment hooked to it was toast.
I thought I learned a lesson so I purchase a $199 surge protector (one that "insured" my equipment to something like $25,000) Again another surge came and boom I lost my equipment, I contacted the surge company for their insuance, and they refused to pay saying that I did not have proof that it was indeed a surge that fried my equipment.
After doing a search around I found out this is a common problem. So now I go without surge protection, I will admit now I have UPS's installed on some of my equipment but not really for use to protect as surge protectors instead so that I can watch TV or play on the internet when the power goes out.
I just make sure now that everything is properly grounded.
