CyberPower - 1000VA Battery Back-Up System - Black

The unit worked excellent for over a year with brief power glitches until it was put to test during a long outage after hurricane Irma. Prior to the hurricane I acquired an extra battery. I figured with two fully charged batteries I would be all set to power small devices (charge phone, modem, router, VOIP, tablet, etc) for an extended period of time. When the power went down during hurricane Irma, the UPS went on backup mode as expected. I then powered down my desktop computer and turned the UPS off to preserve the battery (other devices were still connected) since I didn't need it for at least a few hours. Later I tried to turn the UPS back on but nothing happened. I then realized that IT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO LINE CURRENT IN ORDER TO TURN ON THE UPS. So I had two fully charged batteries which were now useless because I couldn't turn the UPS back on. I still had live AT&T DSL, but nothing to power the modem, router, VOIP, tablet, or charge my phone. How stupid! That's like having a backup generator that needs to be connected to line current in order to turn it on. Apparently these CyberPower UPSs are designed to only maintain power for a short time after power failure, and not function as a stand alone inverter (even though they should be perfectly capable of doing so). So after the hurricane I had to go shopping for a voltage inverter, which I suppose I can use to "jump" my UPS when I need to turn it on when the power is down.

Living in Florida comes with rain every day during the rainy season and with rain comes the occasional power outages and trips. Nothing worse than playing your favorite MMO and the power trips for a second or two and your pc resets not too mention your internet. So needed a UPS that could handle my gaming rig and this UPS does it in spades, it has six battery and surge protected outlets and six surge protected ones. 2 of the battery powered ones can handle the big black box plugs. Got a nice LCD screen and a USB plug than can be plugged into the pc and using the company's software can check all settings and set alerts. Now it says 250 mins of run time but the more you plug in the less it will last. I have my pc, three monitors, router, and modem plugged in and it will last 12 minutes. I didn't buy this to play while the power was out but to keep it running during the 2 or three second outages. It also conditions the power coming into anything that is plugged into the unit. I am quite satisfied with my purchase.

for starters, people have to understand whatever the time says on any of these, you will more than likely not get that actual time. so when buying, always buy one with a little more "duration" than you want. more devices hooked up, and bigger ones, require more power to operate, 2+2 actually does equal 4. love this though, knew it was big, figured i would make it work, i did, you want a backup, expect it. have everything in my room that is essential during an outage plugged into the backup part, and normal stuff plugged into the standard plug in part. thought that was kind of cool also need to understand what AVR means, and this being a device to "clean" the straggly, dirty, wavy, electricity coming from outside, works awesome. that's the point of it after all. so now with better more stable current to my devices i know i am getting the right flow and i have some heavy things in here.

Bought this to replace a CP 850VA Ecologic UPS that could no longer power on. This 1000VA unit sits in my family's living room to protect our big screen TV, cable box, DVD/Blu-Ray player, a portable gaming system, and secondary router. It also has enough outlets to provide charging power for a laptop, tablet, and cell phones, if we need them. Other brands have fewer outlets. This has 12, which is what I was looking for. I don't understand the voltage-ampere rating, but I do hope the higher number means the unit can handle a bigger workload than the 850 model. So far, so good. The design is satisfyingly simple. With outlets on the top, it's less intimidating for those uncomfortable in dealing with tech (like my mother). Less bulk also makes it easier to hide the UPS and manage cables. I have always relied on CyberPower UPS units to help protect my computer equipment. I am very happy I got this for our home entertainment components!

I've gone through several of the low end (350VA-650VA) UPS back ups by APC and CyberPower over the last 20 years and the results have always been the same: they last for a year or two and then they die. I even tried replacing the batteries, but they didn't even last 6 months. This time I decided to spare no cost and got a more powerful unit. If you're going to get one of these, you should definitely spend the extra $ to get one with some kind of status indicator other than a green light. These are usually in the 1000VA+ range, which will power a PC, modem and a few small peripherals for a long enough time for you to be able to shut them down. These high end units will tell you the condition of both the battery and the power coming in so you will know when something is amiss. This model is wall mountable, which is a plus in some situations. I definitely recommend this unit.

In my living room I have a 55" HDTV, cable box, subwoofer, soundbar & VCR/DVD player plugged into a surge protector. Occasionally there are brownouts or power failures in my neighborhood. I decided to get a UPS. I have a Cyberpower UPS in my utility room where my computer is. I don't hear a peep out of it unless there's a brownout then it beeps. I had my computer plugged into the other more expensive brand. You know the one with the red letters. I've read other complaints on this website about the red letter UPSs. I hadn't had it very long & 1 morning it woke me up when the alarm went off. I decided at that point not to buy any more of the red letter UPSs. I bought a Cyberpower & I haven't regretted my decision. Anyway, that's why I decided to get a Cyberpower UPS for the living room. I didn't want the tower type because it doesn't fit on the shelf of the TV stand. This fits on the bottom. shelf of the TV stand.

It's a more of a UPS than a surge protector (well both) for a lower price, and can give you a few minutes of running time to be able to turn off correctly your devices. Its good, but if you plug in too many power hungry devices on the battery backup plugs, it will complain and emit a loud beep.I had a PS Pro, my TV, HD-DVR plugged and every time I would play a graphic intensive game on the PRO, it would complain with loud beeps, indicating overload. So I had to remove the cable HD dvr and another thing. Now, with only the PRO and the tv it doesnt complain. Well, why put 6 battery plugs if you can only use 2 without overloading? Just that con. Other than that you can monitor it using a USB cable with your pc and downloading software from their web.

I purchased this UPS to protect a home theater system that includes a 55 inch flat screen HD TV, receiver, DVD player, cable box, 5 speakers and a sub-woofer. Three days after installing the UPS, we had a brutal power failure. The electricity bounced on and off three times before remaining off for hours. The UPS did exactly what it was supposed to do - it kept the home theater system up and running. Without that UPS, there was an excellent chance something would have been fried (lost a previous sub-woofer to a power spike because it was plugged into a surge suppressor and not an UPS). This UPS size and shape is a definite plus. It fits perfectly behind the table holding all home theater components and is not at all noticeable. Very happy I made the purchase.