It has to be strong enough to support your rig?  How many joules does that Tripplite claim to 'absorb'?  Hundreds?  Thousand?  Potentially destructive surges can be hundreds of thousands of joules.  How is a near zero Tripplite strong enough?

As others have accurately noted, blackouts do not harm hardware.  Surges occur maybe once every seven years.  If a surge does exist, then everything (most that are less robust) must be protected.  Protection is also desperately needed for a dishwasher, dimmer switches, furnace, LED & CFL bulbs, refrigerator, door bell, recharging electronics, garage door opener, GFCIs, central air, every smoke detector and that near zero joule Tripplite.   How many have been damaged by surges this week?

Blackouts do not damage electronics.  Brownouts may be problematic for motorized appliances.  120 volt appliances, before PCs existed,  would withstand up to 600 volt transients.  Many electronics today are not damaged by thousands.  But everything remains at risk if one has not properly earthed a 'whole house' solution.  Only that has numbers that define actual protection.  Tripplite clearly does not.  So that recommendation did not include the always required spec numbers.

Protectors do nothing for blackouts or brownouts.  Each is a completely different anomaly.  Did solutions exist for each anomaly.  Obviously, any recommendation must also include spec numbers that say why it works and by how much.