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First and last time buyer, during last Friday's thunderstorm had a power surge and didn't protect anything connected to it. The HD receiver cable box is burned and so it's my "New" LED TV. The cable company can replaced the receiver box but. my LED TV.
The blade proof plastic is studded around the edges with metal rivets that making prying it open impossible. The product as shipped looks great and I accept the representations of the manufacturer and other reviewers that it will work as described. In practice it seems to be short a few outlets since today every gizmo seems to use a wall rat for power and they come in all sorts of odd sizes and don't like living side by side. You almost need an RPG to get it open. Final step is to clean up the blood. But the AV has well spaced plugs that accommodate most.So far no problems.
After creating a few cuts - in me, not the container - I found the perfect weapon. Hopefully I wont get to hear it shriek as it does its job. The plastic itself stands up to a box cutter blade, a kitchen butcher knife, and most other implements of destruction. Except one - opening the cursed plastic container. I've seen some challenging ones but the Monster packaging takes the prize for being impenetrable. Using heavy poultry shears wedge in one blade between the plastic layers midway between rivets then cut around the rivet Repeat this between other rivet pairs as needed until enough plastic has been cut to gain access.
It made connections easy for all my electronics. I have receiver, sub, plasma tv, ps3, dvd, etc all running to it. Have not experienced any instances to test it out, I hope I never will, but I feel protected. I looked around for a reasonable price and found it here.
I came across a couple of choices for surge protectors that will protect my entertainment system. I settled on the Monster brand over the Philips brand as Monster is known for its electonics cables, etc. I especially liked the way the plugs are color-coded and labeled so I can unplug the component I need without tracing the cords.
haven't had a lightning storm or any surges yet. didn't use it for the cable, just for the electrical plug-in feature. it's working just like it is supposed to. I trust that it will work. my favorite feature is that the receptacles are coded so when you are in the tangled up web of cords, you know which one to unplug.
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