CyberPower – 1500VA Sine Wave Battery Back-Up System – Black
Set up
“Software was easy to set up and it worked right away when the power went out as I was setting up my new PC.”
Power outages
“I’d give it five stars but its software does not record a power outage unless the computer it is hooked to via USB is actually turned on when the power goes out.”
Price
“This is a fantastic unit, and I’m pleased I upgraded to a more powerful unit – worth the extra cost!”
Cameron –
Does What it should
This review is not technical in the slightest. But I’ll tell you my experience with the product and how it’s worked.
Long story short, it works exactly like I wanted it to. I have my game systems, tv, modem, and router plugged into the “battery” ports and a couple of other things plugged into the surge protector only ports. Since I purchased this UPS, my power has either gone out or flickered a handful of times, and it has worked PERFECTLY. There was not a single blip of power to my PS5, and I was able to stop what I was doing, save, and safely turn off the system. If you have a newer game console, you know that if you turn suddenly cut the power to the system while you are using it or while it is in rest mode, it has the potential to cause major problems. Any time you don’t shut off the PS5 correctly, it has to repair the SSD the next time you turn it on. And if anything happened to be saving when it lost power, you are almost guaranteed to lose that data and possibly ALL of your data (I had this happen and lost 3 hours of gameplay before buying this UPS). You don’t have a significant amount of time depending on how much of a load in on the UPS, but it is definitely enough to safely shut off any sensitive electronics. Operation is simple and setup is even easier.
Overall, I don’t have any complaints about this product and it does exactly what I what I bought it for. To me, the price is very reasonable for what you are getting. Only time will tell if this UPS is as good as I am hoping. Because my biggest concern is battery degradation, and that’s something I won’t know about for some time. Until then: 2 thumbs up.
Chris –
Different from the picture
I received a different one from the images without a color screen and without USB ports, of course I bought the 1000 VA version