Does the Apple MacBook charger have built in surge protection?

The REAL TRUTH is in a lighting strike there is NO SUCH THING as surge protection.

Ive sat in on ham radio conferences where some of the smartest minds alive talk about lighting protection for radio equipment, and Ive seen more than a few arrays of expensive hardware destroyed that were zapped by a lightning strike......

EVEN THOUGH they were passed thru extremely expensive surge protector assemblies costing in the many 1000$

Point being, in a lighting strike, the notion of surge protection doesnt exist, period. The amps and volts that can pass thru to destroy equipment is far far faster than any surge protection can shut it down.

Even TV stations get fried equiment in a strike even though they have $20,000+ surge protection hardware

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If others in those places have not experienced significant issues, you probably have little concern.

The travel one, from the picture, is very small and can fit in a backpack for easy carrying.

Goos luck, happy travels.

It does have some built-in protection, but I would buy a stronger surge protector, especially one that has a DSL-line surge protector to defend your router/modem against spikes.

Libraries probably protect their systems already. If you are really paranoid Belkin at least makes a "mini travel surge protector" for $25. Has 3 3-prong plugs.