Belkin 6-Outlet Metal Surge Protector with 15' Cord, 885 Joules 15' Power Strip 6-Outlet

I bought these to replace identical older units. They're built like a tank and the LED's for Ground and Protected are a requirement in my book along with the 15 foot cord. That's why I bought them again.

You can plug in 3 wide ones and 2 regular. Awesome Surge protector!

I was needing a surge protector to protect my work from home laptop and monitor. Found this Belkin and it has all of the outlets and joules that I will be needing since I would be using to many plug ins. As an added bonus this surge protector is substantial in weight as it is metal which is hard to find anymore. Lifetime Warranty - Be sure to fill in the product registration and return to Belkin for the Surgemaster Power Protection. This is one of the reasons that I purchased Belkin, is that they do stand behind their products w/ this true warranty.

I bought this because of the power socket orientation and spacing. If you have large power supplies that takes up more than 1 socket when the socket is oriented the other way, then you need this power strip.

This seems like a high quality, solid surge protector, and I chose it for the metal body... three sides is better than none, though I'd be happier if the back were metal as well. What really drops the usability for me though are the ridiculous mounting holes on the back. Not sure who you have to be to get those four screws lined up JUST so to fit the small holes with zero wiggle room, but it's not me. I used a paper template for the holes, ruler and level -- nada. Ended up settling for using two screws along one side which is total BS, but four were not going to happen. Here's the kicker: there is NOTHING below/above those stupid back mounting slots -- they could have just drilled holes all the way through the case body to make mounting it no-brainer easy. But no. I wish upon the designers of those back mounting slots an eternity of trying to line up four screws with those tiny holes. Super annoying lack of thought/design-effort in a reasonably important feature in what should be a high-end item. There are other strips that have easy mounting features, but none that are UL/ETL rated, have metal cases, or have surge protection -- for some reason power strips sans surge protection are often made to be easily mounted. Come on, Belkin, 15 more cents in manufacturing costs could save your customers a lot of cursing and make your products more useful on a practical level.