The description didn't say what technology is used for surge protection. Many such devices use sacrifical MOVs.
Interesting that I could not find the product on the Furman web site.
If protection is your main concern, you might consider one of the products from ZeroSurge or SurgeX.
http://www.zerosurge.com/http://www.surgex.com/I use a pair of SurgeX SA-1810 in my system.
-- Bob