When looking at the Joule rating what is something safe. I have a Monster surge protector that is rated at 420 joules and a Fellows that is rated at 1200 Joules. I will be plugging in my 40" sammy lcd and my sony bluray to one, and surround sound and cable box to the other one. OR should I just plug my TV in to the monster one and the other 3 devices in the fellows? Thanks

 

I'm a big fan of Tripplite.

http://www.tripplite.com/EN/products...xtModelID=2813

 

I bought one of these cause I got a really good price on it and I like the fact that it fits right into where ever you stack your components so you don't have a power bar sitting on the floor and you only have 1 cable leaving your cabinet to the wall.

 

^^^^^^

I'm getting one of those!

 

Is this their older model? That's the 2400, right?

 

ya it's the older version, the new one doesn't look as good IMO, seems too plasticky

 

I can't tell wtf the difference is between the two.

 

HDP 2400



One I have it's actually the HTS 1600, I was incorrect before, my brother has the HDP 2400



From what I can tell on the specs they are internally the same, they just differ in appearance. retail on these is $429 up here I paid 150 AFAIk.

 

I can't comment on if these things are worth it or not but I would take a long hard look at what APC sells.

http://www.apc.com/products/category...15&segmentID=1

At least with APC you are dealing with a company who knows a lot about handling power.

 

I would go with APC too, to be truthful I never even thought about them when I made my purchase, they're lack of retail availability around here probably did not help that. This looks like a comparable product to the monster one I have.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882303008

If I was paying retail on either of these items, I would buy the APC product hands down if they were both available to me, that being said getting the monster unit at the price I did will win everytime.

 

Thoughts on this one for a cheaper alternative? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16882750007

 

wow, the op asked a specific question, and gets nothing but suggestions for alternative items. lol, gotta love off-topic

 

How so? I gave him my opinion that I prefer tripplite. Sure, the thread got derailed, but he never specified if he wanted strip versus in cabinet, etc.

 

Like I said, I'm a huge tripplite fan. That is on my list to pick up...

 

Made a move on this....