Best surge protector

[xhero]

I live in Florida so there are a lot of lightning strikes. What can I buy to protect my laptop from that? Will a basic surge protector do?

[s2odin]

i prefer battery backups from APC as they have auto shutdown features and other things like that. i'm used to having laptops that don't have the best battery life so having a battery backup helps a lot as does the auto shutdown feature.

http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?productId=prod1510062&history=pzp0xuh9|prodPage~15^freeText~apc^paramValue~true^refine~1^region~1^param~return_skus^return_skus~Y the 550v version starts having the auto shutdown feature i think. these can be had for $30 usually when they're on sale

[crazycanuk]

i prefer battery backups from APC as they have auto shutdown features and other things like that. i'm used to having laptops that don't have the best battery life so having a battery backup helps a lot as does the auto shutdown feature.

http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?productId=prod1510062&history=pzp0xuh9|prodPage~15^freeText~apc^paramValue~true^refine~1^region~1^param~return_skus^return_skus~Y the 550v version starts having the auto shutdown feature i think. these can be had for $30 usually when they're on sale

seconded, brownouts are as dangerous as spikes

[xhero]

Thanks. I picked up one yesterday. Works great so far.