We have many brown outs and black outs during the monsoon season. This is my second Tripp Lite UPS and I am still using the first one which is almost a year old. I like having my computer, monitor, gateway and other items secure if the power goes out. So far, the outages have been of short duration and I can't comment on how long the battery lasts. But I like being able to have time to shut down as much equipment as possible when it does happen.
Pros: Easy To Set Up, Good Power Output, Quiet Operation, Reliable, Small Footprint
I haven't owned this long enough to rate based on performance over time, meaning I do not know how quickly battery capacity degrades. Having said that, in the short time I have had this it has been great! I live in an area with frequent power outages and this little thing rocks, keeps my home office kicking.
Pros: Easy To Set Up, Good Power Output, Long Battery Life, Quiet Operation, Small Footprint
Better deal compared to another reknown brand......
on May 3, 2018
Posted by: Jeff Rick
from Melb, FL
Verified Purchase:Yes
Voltage regulation & UPS in one product! So far, there have been no power problems after 3 weeks of use. With a Bronze Class Power Supply, my desktop can survive about 40 minutes of power loss which is plenty of time to finish a mean game and sign off. I only use 200 watts in high-power mode and this beauty could easily do 600 watts (with less time available during power failures, etc). If you are wise about energy consumption (carbon footprints), this product is one of the best values.
Pros: Constant power, Easy To Set Up, Good Power Output, Long Battery Life, Quiet Operation, Reliable, Small Footprint
Everything seems to go on batteries these days. I purchased this unit about two years ago after a different battery-backup UPS system (different brand) proved inadequate. I run a Windows 7 Pro system with 2 1-TB harddrives, four 23-inch LCD monitors, two laser printers and a 15-inch MacBook Pro (with a 24-inch external monitor). All this is my workstation, my home office system, and I need it to run 24/7. I probably spent $80-$100 on this baby when I purchased it, and every time there was a thunderstorm or some summer-induced brownout, I didn't need to rush and save files and close applications because the UPS would keep my system running for 15-20 minutes. Since these were brownouts, not lasting more than 1-2 minutes, the only thing flickering were some of the monitors powering down and coming back to life. This UPS worked so well that I forgot to replace the depleted batteries a couple months ago and my Windows machine would shut down after a brownout. Buying a set of batteries is a good investment (the batteries last for 2-3 years anyway). No rocket science degree needed to install these batteries. This week, a brownout happened and the UPS just beeped to alert me of that, and I had nothing to fear.
Its a nice ups but the always on display is a eye killer at night and the software is fixed. I think they fixed the display problem in the new versions, i would check out one of them but other then the display i got no real problems with this ups.