Originally Posted by crashnquilt
The follow up statement to that is BECAUSE OF THEIR INSURANCE. I do know, by personal experience, their insurance does pay out quickly and for a claimant that is important.
Wow. You actually think a warranty will be honored?
Did you read reams of fine print exemptions so that the 'insurance' is not honored? A latest APC exemption says that no 'whole house' protector means an APC warranty is void.
Another warranty said a protector from any other manufacturer in the house voided their warranty. These exemptions come in waves so that the warranty - as so obvious in the fine print - will not be honored.
A best warranty for cars is GM - 100,000 miles or five years. That proves GM cars are superior to Honda and Toyota? Nonsense. A best warranty usually indentified the worst product.
I am surprised I even have to mention this. I foolishly assumed you knew warranties say little useful about the problem. Apparently I was wrong. Anyone who needs insurance buys it from a broker who must meet federal and state standards. That surge protector warranty is, well, Newsman (like so many others) learned the hard way in "SONY TiVo SVR-2000":
> Eventually it boiled down to a line in the warranty that said
> "Belkin at it's sole discretion can reject any claim for any reason".