Eaton Tripp Lite TRAVELER3USBC Travel Power Strip & USB Charger, Flat Plug, 306J Surge Protector, USB-C + USB-A Port, 2-Outlets, 18" Cord & Cable Wrap, 5,000 Insurance

Awesome laptop accessory, sense of security no matter where you are plugged into. Great portability. 3 years, still running strong.

Nice

Tripp Lite 3 Outlet Portable Surge Protector with 2 USB Charging Ports (2.1A total), 18 in. Cord I bought this so my college student could protect their computer as they moved around campus, and charge their USB devices also. In use a couple months. I've used Tripplite surge protectors for years, and recently researched the latest UL 1449 edition 3 changes (ok, that edition came out in 2008; sorry for the delay). My general surge protector buying advice: 1. Look carefully for a low number for Voltage Protection Rating (VPR, which is new terminology in the edition 3 spec). This is often called the let-thru or clamping voltage. Lower is better; less voltage from the surge reaching your equipment. 400 Volts VPR is the best i've seen. TRAVELER3USB has it. I don't know how critical it is to protect all three wires (Line to Neutral, Line to Ground, Neutral to Ground) but i'd rather have them all protected. TRAVELER3USB protects them all at 400 V. 2. Get high enough Joules rating. Some surge protectors are only 200-780 Joules. I'd buy 500-1000 Joules if the price was low. I'm satisfied with 1050 Joules in the TRAVELER3USB. 3. Don't buy something unless you check 1 and 2 above. No specs? Don't buy. Junk likes to hide specs. Sometimes you may have to check the manufacturer's site to find all the specs. Tip: it's a good sign, though not a quality guarantee, if the online description and/or back of the product (sometimes visible in online pictures) says Type 3 SPD (Surge Protective Device), Voltage Protection Rating X (L-N, L-G, N-G). Type 3, SPD and VPR are terminology new to edition 3 of UL 1449. 2nd edition and earlier were called Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors and they had a less rigorous test. You have to trust the manufacturer that they have a legitimate, not counterfeit, UL 1449 rating. 4. Indicator light that protection is still working (the MOV's aren't burned out). The Tripplite TRAVELER3USB is good on all of the above. It also has protected equipment insurance and a limited lifetime warranty. If the "Protected" light ever goes out on the Tripplite, I plan to call for a warranty replacement (not 100% sure they'll replace it, but I thought I saw an Amazon review somewhere that said they did). If you are an Amazon Prime member, and don't need portability but would like more outlets, consider the APC P8U2, 8-Outlet Surge Protector 2630 Joules with USB Charger Ports. It has a better/higher Joule rating, but the VPR is not as good: L-N rating of 400V, L-G and N-G 500V.

Works as expected

This surge protector has very serious problem. 1. When i use it, it cut my electricity more than three time. Last time, it "boom" , and I think it is discard as useless. 2. One usb has problem, when I use it, the iphone charging sign flash and flash, no charging. After traveling, the return time has expired, I have to throw it as garbage.