Straight to the point, Philips offers simple solutions for everyday surge protection needs.
The company formed in the Netherlands in 1891 and has from their beginning focused on improving quality of life with innovative products, most notably lighting.
While many of their surge protection devices are simplistic in approach and design, you can be assured that all of their devices are built with quality and with serious protection in mind.
The great thing about Philips surge protectors is the affordability. That’s what you can expect with 120 years of industry innovation – Value. Philips focuses on value creation in all of their products.
One thing I find attractive about their surge protectors is you just can’t beat the price for the amount of protection each device has.
Whether you are looking a simple 1-outlet surge protector for your wall or a larger home theater surge protector for your home theater equipment, Philips has affordable protection to cover every experience.
The Philips Surge Protector Range
If you visit the Philips website, it shows a few rows of power strips before it gets to the surge protectors. It may be confusing for some just learning about surge protection but the power strips do not protect connected equipment from surges. They merely offer more outlets to use multiple devices. It’s important that you distinguish between these before making a purchase.
The title of each item clearly states their intended purpose, however.
Surge protectors are arranged from top performing home theater surge protectors to basic needs. Also, the list is in no way complete, but contains what we at ReviewSurgeProtector.com consider the best in Philips’ inventory.
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Highlighted Features
Automatic Shut-Down and LED Indicators for Maximum Protection
Philips Home Theater Surge Protectors suppresses surge energy with its Power Blocker circuitry, a technology that automatically shuts down power to your system when you are no longer protected from subsequent surges.
For further peace of mind, LED indicators let you know your equipment is protected two ways: that you are being protected and that your outlet is properly grounded.
Protected Coaxial Cable Connection
Cable lines are just as conducive to electrical spikes as power lines. Philips includes coaxial line protection for many of their home theater devices as an extra precaution against damaging surges.
Pure Power Technology Improves Picture Quality
Philips’ Pure Power technology provides noise filtering protection from EMI and RFI interference, improving picture quality and sound performance for your home entertainment equipment.
Protected Phone and Ethernet Lines
Phone and Ethernet lines are vulnerable traffic lanes for surge energy. Philips provides RJ11 (phone line) and RJ45 (Ethernet line) protection for many of their home theater surge protectors.
Convenient, Unobtrusive Design
A black finish makes Philips home entertainment protection easy to blend with your appliances.
Some plug-in protectors have removable covers that help hide them from view, while corded products have built-in cord management to keep things tidy.
Designated outlets are spaced for easy use with oversized adapters so they don’t block adjacent outlets.
Built-In Safety Features
Outlets are designed with sliding covers to keep children safe from exposure and possible harm of accidental shocks.
Connected Equipment Warranty
All home theater protectors are backed by connected equipment warranties. A CEW covers any equipment damaged by a surge event while it’s properly connected to the Philips device.
Philips Home Theater Surge Protectors
Ranging from the 2-outlet low-profile device designed for concealment behind your flat screen TV to a high-performance 14-outlet device, all Philips Home Theater Protection has their Power Blocker circuitry technology that automatically shuts down power to connected devices when the surge protector ceases working.
Joule ratings extend from 960J up to 3900J, but you have to pay attention to what you are purchasing as per the RSP rating guide you can buy the same style device with two different Joule rating values, as with the two 7-outlet surge protectors that have 1440J and 2160J ratings. While the latter complies with the RSP rating system, the 1440J model falls way short.
There is one outlet on either side of the device and it is equipped with line-in and line-out connectors for coaxial cable to ensure surge protection on all access points. Philips coaxial protection also offers line noise filtering to enhance picture quality.
Price Range
Depending on the retailer, this device will run in the neighborhood of $9.00 to $14.00, which I would say is an excellent value for the amount of protection provided.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 2
Joules: 1000J
Connection Type: Direct plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: 1in 1out
RJ11 Protection: No
Safety Rating: UL 1449
CEW: $100,000
You can see it has one outlet and the 1in, 2out phone-line protection on one side, the two remaining outlets out of view on the other side. It also has coaxial line-in, line-out connections with noise filtering for better picture quality.
Price Range
On the retail side, this device will run you between $9.00 to $14.00, another excellent value for the protection it offers.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 3
Joules: 1500J
Connection Type: Direct plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1in 1out
RJ11 Protection: Yes 1n 2out
Safety Rating: UL 1449
CEW: $150,000
While the Joule rating is less than what we consider ideal at ReviewSurgeProtector.com, the 6-outlet protector has Philips signature Pure Protection technology that shuts power off to connected equipment when a surge is detected
Common to most of Philips home theater protection, this device offers coaxial line in, line out connections to provide a surge-free line for your cable connection.
Price Range
There are variations to the 6-outlet home theater device that are not listed with the device shown. Given that, you can expect prices to range from $9.00 up to $13.00 for this model.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 6
Joules: 960J
Connection Type: Direct plug with cover
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1in1out
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1in 1out
CEW: $100,000
A whopping 2160 Joules rated protection, it fits nicely into the RSP rating system of safe products. You can tell Philips stands behind this model as they offer an amazing $250,000 Connected Equipment Warranty for electronics damaged as a result of a faulty device. This is very important when connecting expensive equipment to surge protection.
Price Range
There are three variations to the 7-outlet home theater device that are not listed with the device shown. We’ve listed the best option of the three. Given that, you can expect prices to range from $17.00 up to $26.00 for this model.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 7 child safety covers with 3 adapter spaced
Joules: 2160J
Connection Type: 4ft cord with built-in cord management
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1in1out
RJ11 Protection: No
CEW: $250,000
The only real difference in this model from the 7-outlet model is the additional outlet. It has the same Joule rating of 2160, which means it offers less overall protection than the 7-outlet model. But that protection is still fair in connection with the Pure Protection technology.
An additional benefit to the extra outlet is phone line protection, along with the standard coaxial cable protection. This lets you protect your phone, DSL and cable lines with RJ11 jacks and Coaxial line connectors. Both offer 1in, 1out protection.
Price Range
You can find this model through various retailers in prices ranging from $14.00 up to $22.00.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 8 child safety covers with 2 adapter spaced
Joules: 2160J
Connection Type: 4ft cord with built-in cord management
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1in1out
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1in 1 out
CEW: $250,000
This is a big device ringing in at almost twenty inches. Hiding it may present a challenge, but it has a six-foot cord with cord management so you’ll at least be able to conceal a mass of cords.
A healthy CEW and the benefit of noise filtering with Philips Pure Power technology to eliminate line noise makes this an all-inclusive surge protection device great for any home entertainment console.
Price Range
You can find this model through various retailers in prices ranging from $33.00 up to $50.00.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 10 child safety covers with 4 adapter spaced
Joules: 2500J
Connection Type: 6 ft cord with built-in cord management
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 2in 2out
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1in 2 out
Noise Filtering: Yes
CEW: $250,000
Philips Home Office Surge Protectors
Similar to Home Theater models, the Home Office models start simple with a 3-outlet 540 Joule-rated travel surge protector up to a 10-outlet 2500 Joule-rated model. The signature Pure Protection technology with average rated Joules protection keeps things simplistic without sacrificing quality.
The main difference that separates the Home Office line from Home Theater devices is the inclusion of RJ45 protection with some of the more complex devices. This protects Ethernet lines for routers that connect networks. It looks similar to a phone line but the jack is larger. If you look closely at the modular plug and count the metal tabs, there are 8 on RJ45 whereas RJ11 has only six.
A 10-inch cord for extended reach or wrap it around the device and lock it into place as a wall tap unit.
Price Range
Depending on where you choose to purchase either model they will run anywhere from $7.00 to $25.00.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 3
Joules: 540J
Connection Type: Direct plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: No
Port Protection: Yes, 2 USB Charging ports
RJ11 Protection: No
CEW: $50,000
You won’t find many of these devices in the Home Office line with coax line protection. Instead, Philips has opted for phone line protection with RJ11 jacks in the smaller models like this 3-outlet surge protector.
You are always protected with Power Blocker and LED indicators and this particular model includes a cover to help conceal unsightly cords in an office environment.
Price Range
There are two models to choose from and depending on where you choose to purchase either model they will run anywhere from $22.00 to $31.00.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 3
Joules: 1000J
Connection Type: Direct plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: No
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1in 1out
CEW: $100,000
Phone line protection seems to be standard with the installed RJ11 phone jacks so whether you have a landline phone in your office environment or use a DSL connection, you are guarded.
Price Range
Depending on where you purchase this device expect to pay between $12.99 to $23.99.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 6 child safety covers with 1 adapter spaced
Joules: 1440J
Connection Type: 3ft cord with right-angle plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: No
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
CEW: $150,000
Phone, DSL and Cable line protection, a healthy Joule-rating, this device could easily be interchangeable for a home theater device.
Price Range
Depending on the retailer you go through, this device will run anywhere from $22.99 to $39.99.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 8 child safety covers, 2 adapter-spaced
Joules: 1440J
Connection Type: 4ft cord with cord management
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1in1out
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
CEW: $150,000
The beauty in this device is the three way protection of RJ11, RJ45 and coax line protection. Back it up with a $350,000 CEW, this is a real network protection device.
Price Range
For all the protection offered this device is surprisingly inexpensive. Depending on the retailer you go through, this device will run from as low as $21.99 up to $39.99.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 10 child safety covers, 4 adapter-spaced
Joules: 3200J
Connection Type: 4ft cord with cord management
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
RJ45 Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
CEW: $350,000
Like the 10-outlet SPD, this device has the protected combination of RJ11, RJ45 and coax line inputs. Backed by a $350,000 CEW, this is a powerhouse of network protection.
Price Range
This device is surprisingly inexpensive. Depending on the retailer you choose, this device will run from as low as $21.99 up to $59.99.
Color: Black
Number of Outlets: 12 child safety covers, 4 adapter-spaced
Joules: 3100J
Connection Type: 4ft cord with cord management, mounting capabilities and right-angle plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
RJ11 Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
RJ45 Protection: Yes, 1 in 1 out
CEW: $350,000
Philips Home Electronics Surge Protectors
These are sound devices with Philips’ signature approach to simplistic design. Made to protect your most basic electronics, small appliances and gadgets the Home Electronics line offers worry-free protection complete with indicator lights to let you know you are being protected, both in grounded lines and in surge protection and with Philips’ Pure Protection technology.
The Joule ratings are lower on these devices across the board compared to the Home Theater and Home Office lines but they are not made to protect serious equipment. While we tend to steer away from lower-rated devices, we do take into account the Pure Power tech that Philips includes with their devices as a backup system when devices fail and believe this provides adequate protection for consumers.
Price Range
You may be able to find these at your local hardware store but online you’ll find them anywhere between $4.99 to $11.00.
Color: White
Number of Outlets: 1
Joules: 840J
Connection Type: Direct plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes, with audible alarm
Grounded Indicator Light: No
Auto Shutdown: No
Coax Protection: No
RJ11 Protection: No
RJ45 Protection: No
CEW: $100,000
2 adapter-spaced outlets makes this simple home electronics surge protector a little more versatile than most.
Price Range
You may be able to find these at your local hardware store but online you’ll find them anywhere from $7.99 to $11.00.
Color: White
Number of Outlets: 5, 2 adapter-spaced
Joules: 1020J
Connection Type: Direct plug
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: No
Auto Shutdown: No
Coax Protection: No
RJ11 Protection: No
RJ45 Protection: No
CEW: $200,000
This 6-outlet device provides cord concealment with the removable white cover. Basic protection for 6 electronics, Power Blocker tech and a 1000J rating makes this device simple in design and in practicality.
LED indicator lights signal surge protection and a grounded outlet that is required for proper usage.
Price Range
You may be able to find these at lower prices in your local hardware store but online they run anywhere from $7.99 to $30.00.
Color: White
Number of Outlets: 6
Joules: 1000J
Connection Type: Direct plug with concealing cover
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: No
RJ11 Protection: No
CEW: $100,000
Price Range
Moderately priced in brick and mortar retailers, you will find healthy discounts online from $9.99 to $21.99.
Color: White
Number of Outlets: 8 child-safe outlets, 2 adapter-spaced
Joules: 2160J
Connection Type: 3ft cord with cord management
Protected Indicator Light: Yes
Grounded Indicator Light: Yes
Auto Shutdown: Yes
Coax Protection: No
RJ11 Protection: No
CEW: $250,000
How Do The Philips Surge Protector Child Safe Outlets Work?
The safety slides offer an anxiety relief barrier to all parents that shield the outlet from hazardous hand-held objects from being stuck into them; like a fork or knife.
All in all it isn’t that tricky, but few seem to know how to open these outlets. Here’s how.
Gently insert your plug into the slots of an outlet. It won’t go in all the way but you should be able to get it started.
Using your plug as the lever, slide the outlet cover to the open position and push the plug into the outlet at the same time. It should go all the way in once the outlet is fully open.
Some outlets turn 90 degrees instead of slide. In this case, Start the plug into the outlet the same way as above and use the plug to turn the outlet until it opens and your plug goes in.
If you can’t get yours to slide or turn open, try using a little elbow grease. New devices may stick at first, but after some use they should move easily to the open/close positions.
One thing to keep in mind about the “child safe” protection is that it is not child proof. Being that the safety outlets are easily opened, any child can get past them with enough effort. The slides are not meant to keep children out, but to keep objects from easily being inserted.
One might argue that the flaw in the design is that they are not child proof. As the slides easily push aside, it would be better if there were some kind of spring action to automatically cause them to shut when not in use. However, that could be a future design should Philips receive enough requests
Still, the outlets work with all standard plugs and are a nice addition to a great surge protector.
If you are having trouble plugging into the outlets, make sure you have the safety outlets opened all the way and are inserting the plug the right way. In nearly every case, the outlets have one slot larger than the other and this can create difficulty if inserting the prongs the wrong way.
Warranty Info:
A CEW is a Connected Equipment Warranty and covers everything connected to the Philips surge protection device for the life of the Philips device.
Philips Contact
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