Just buy a whole house surge protector and have an electrician install it for you, and then forget about it.
Hey @wspohn - As the National Electric Code and whole house surge protector makers say, a whole house surge protector is not meant to replace point of use (i.e. surge protectors/strips) devices.
In particular, the whole house units have much higher let-through voltages than a good plug in surge strip from Furman or TrippLite.
The whole house units are there to prevent fires, and try to improve the longevity of hard wired devices.
They all recommend a belt AND suspenders approach.