Strips are fine for small items. However, I have my Janome 10000, my computer setup, not incl printers, each on its own UPS. With our current in the eastern USA so unreliable, it "smooths" the current so you have a steady current. Brownouts killed my last Janome and my laptop computer. Brownouts or dimming can create more problems and fires according to my husband the Electro-Engineer than actual hits. UPS, or Battery Backups when you buy them on sale, are a better investment than strips which only absorb overages, surges.