Depending on where you live, there’s a good chance you regularly pass aDollar General store.

According toSupermarket News, the brand of small footprint stores experienced tremendous growth in 2020.

The company operates at least 17,177 stores across 46 states, making it a well-recognized brand for most people.

Yellow Dollar General sign

These neighborhood stores offer a wide variety of low-cost options on things your household likely uses every day.

Many of the items for sale are great deals.

There’s a big reason why you shouldn’t, though.

Plugging electronics into surge protector

It makes sense that you want to protect these items from faulty wired power sources.

However, you might not realize that the cheaper dollar-store version might not be everything it claims to be.

“Skip the savings in pursuit of safety and get these items from your hardware store.”