Customer Ratings & Reviews

It does what it is designed to do. I am starting to have problems with it making crackling sounds, as if wires are arcing inside. It does have a 3 year warranty so I will look to get it replaced. Also, i wish that the lights could be dimmed.

Love the looks and the easy of use. This is a replacement from my APC spike protector that didn't stop a surge that fried my receiver, router, printer.

I purchased two Panamax M5300-PM surge protectors and noticed immediately an improvement in sound and picture. The setup was easy and the Best Buy associate explained how to hookup a Direct TV receiver to the surge protector. The input and outputs are bidirectional for coaxial cables.

best conditioner with lots of connections for power and coax

I've had this unit for about 2 weeks now. Looking at the functionality, it has two main features. They are power conditioning and surge protection. I can't tell if there is any "power conditioning" going on, as everything looks and sounds the same as my older Monster Power Center. Nothing is worse though. I'm sure it's protecting my equipment and if it's not there is a great warranty and protection plan. What I can say is that it is very well made, sturdy, and good looking. However, the lights on the front are bright. You can turn them down but not off. I find that if they are all the way up you can read it, but it is distracting. If you turn them down it makes it hard to read. I am not sure what it is (maybe the lit rings) but the numbers are difficult to read at any light level. I am comparing this to looking at the displays of the rest of my equipment. I can read those fine. Another point to note is the USB charging port. It will charge my mp3 player, but not my phone. My phone will charge if I plug it into my computer though. I bought this unit for a few reasons: I like how it displays both volts and amps, it is rack mountable, and it has plenty of outlets (the one on the front is great). It works. I would never spend $500 on it though as there is not enough reason to over any other surge protector. I got this as a floor model for half price. If you can get a good deal, it's worth a look. If not I'd look at the 4300. It doesn't have the amount of outlets nor the amp meter, but I think it would serve 95% of the customers very well.

A must for those with expensive AV components - i feel safe with the flagship Panamax 5400-PM