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New guy here from PA. My name is Jim and I have always wanted to get into sticker cutting, and finally I decided to join the band wagon. I have spent so much money over the years, it finally made sense to get my own cutter. I plan to do a lot on my race car for this season. Ended up getting a Titan which I love so far. Working with a mac so had to go with Sure Cuts a lot Pro, and trying to figure out Adobe Illustrator.

I have the APC 750 watt battery back up on the design computer and one on the printer computer - others in the house and the plotter have surge suppressors only and almost all still get unplugged during heavy lightning. 20 years ago while I was at work my wife called me and said the house got hit by lightning and the family room lit up blue - I got permission to come home for a quick check and turned the breakers back on for what I could but even protected equipment got fried - was a $8000 claim - the in the well pump went out within 2 days from the hit. now the back story - my dad had gotten me a really nice flag pole and it looked great on the corner of the house in the landscaping where I didn't have to mow around it. it was 4-5 ft from the electric meter - we have aluminum siding and the flag was at the base of a downspout. lesson learned and flag pole is still in the top of the pole barn :/ main lesson learned - if it is an indirect hit you may save some stuff with the protection but a direct hit nothing really was protected. - computer was unplugged but got fried thru the phone line that was still attached (any remember modems )

WOW! Now I'm worrying about the aluminum shingle roof we have, you know ... since we're tied directly to the above ground utility pole (that's not more than 25-ft from my home office) - include major electrical when we moved here and I had the electrician outfit my house with a ridiculous amount of outlets and breakers.

Right now I have an Armstrong system. Never heard of it? It only requires me to unplug it during a storm... In all seriousness, here is a link to some info that might help you out. You may have to get by the ads to find what you want, but afaik the info is correct: https://www.georgiapowermarketplace.com/pages/power-strips-buyers-guide

Buy the best thing you're comfortable affording. I have had an LP24 for a little over a decade. I decided to upgrade before it breaks (even though it shows no signs of it). I went with a Graphtec CE6000. I wish I upgraded a long time ago. Hahaha.