Do those UPSes have surge protection? Which modes? Oh,
they forgot to mention there are different modes of surges?
What numbers do they list for each type of protection? Post
those specifications for a UPS that claims effective surge
protection. I have been reading those specs for decades. I
read the datasheets for components used to make surge
protectors. Where is this claim on plug-in surge protectors -
the URL?

As noted previously, they claim protection from one type of
surge. They don't claim protection from the surge that
typically damages transistors. Lying by telling half truths
will get a consumer to claim abilities that the manufacturer
does not even claim.

One plug-in protector, using same components in same
circuit, was more honest:
SL Waber EP63 Power Master
This Surge suppressor is not a lightning arrestor and may not
protect against lightning induced voltage surges.

Why would APC, using same circuit, do what SL Waber could
not? Quite frankly, APC does not claim that protection
either. A surge protector is only as effective as its earth
ground. No way around the most critical 'system' component -
earth ground - that Franklin demonstrated in 1752 and that
would be necessary to have protected that pond.

John Hines wrote:
w_tom wrote:
Others are still confused. They actually think a plug-in
UPS claims protection from such surges even though the
manufacturer makes no such claim. A UPS connects appliance
directly to AC mains when not in battery backup mode. No
protection there. Protectors only work when they connect the
incoming surge to surge protection - earth ground.

While that is true, of the UPS units I've been shopping for, they
have surge protection built in as well. Check the specs.