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[]Does anyone have any experience with the Best Buy Geek Squad brand for UPS? I just bought a Geek Squad 1500VA unit to use for my Xbox 360 and PC (550watt). I've used Belkin always until now (basically cause I like the design of Geek Squad). I'm the guy whose actually used the warranty from Belkin twice but Best Buy has been very kind also. I know the unit is bigger than I need but oh well. Anyways, I'm wondering if anyone has an positive or negative comments on the Geek Squad unit. I looked online and didn't see any.

Thanks

rook

p.s. - the incidences

1st time
I had an apartment hit by lightning and sparks were coming out of the outlets (looked like the 4th of July). Belkin wrote me a check for all equipment damaged and replaced all 10 surge protectors. Bestbuy has replaced my TV from the warranty they provided.

2nd time
A storm zapped my house with a weird surge and my Xbox died along with a stereo. Belkin wrote a check for the stereo and best buy basically gave me a full refund for my xbox (i used it towards a 360).


[i]What's on the UPS
The Xbox and computer will be using battery backup along with a 20in widescreen dell monitor. The PC uses about 250watts of power (SSD hard drive runs mainly while the 2 normal hard drives idle).



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