On the brighter side, they just refunded my money and told me to keep it
You will save money with Amazon, but like me, you may regret it!!Shutting down when the power is on is why I say this product is WORSE than NO backup at all!!
I contacted Amazon customer service and they graciously refunded my money, but they do not want the unit back due to shipping issues.
It DOES NOT back up during a power failure ( yes, I am plugged into the correct side of the unit) and after 30 minutes of trying to find out how to access a warranty replacement no progress has been made!DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS JUNK!
Don't waste your money, or trust your electronics and data to it.
My cat likes to sneak through, around and under my desk investigating things and has stepped on that button as he made his way through and managed to turn off all of my connected electronics
The other worked for about a minute before failing as if the battery was bad from day one
Unit works as it should, makes lousy AC, but will run your device at the expense of wear and tear in the respective power supplies
For 35$ to not have to worry about my 10yr+ old game consoles dying due to a power bump is a great deal.
But, the setup was easy and the monitoring software is easy to use
It's simplified my setup as the UPS handles my desktop, monitor, router and cordless phone while the surge outlets handle the printer, speakers, laptop brick and desk lamp -- so all the powered items on my desk are covered
Easy setup....great for backup power to allow time to power down devices.
n’t want internet interruption when doing things important
Good product, very good quality, easy to use and excellent, recommended by the seller
The UPS that is an Amazon branded product is of great quality for the price
Unit works as it should, makes lousy AC, but will run your device at the expense of wear and tear in the respective power supplies
My cat likes to sneak through, around and under my desk investigating things and has stepped on that button as he made his way through and managed to turn off all of my connected electronics
n’t want internet interruption when doing things important
There is no software link available like it says in the
The UPS came with satisfactory power management software that was not available to download at the time of purchase
And there is no way to disable that "feature," other than uninstalling the software or disabling the Windows services
Just found a critical software bug with 'PowerPanel Personal Edition' which causes the 800VA 450W units to crash soon after the USB connected computer boots up.
The software that you can get to manage this UPS to control a shutdown of a computer only works for Macs and PC/Linux intel x86 architectures.
The product was easy to install, and should be sufficient to protect again power transients
Wish I could get my monies back horrible product it goes off for no reason
You will save money with Amazon, but like me, you may regret it!!Shutting down when the power is on is why I say this product is WORSE than NO backup at all!!
This is a great product that Isa much higher quality then price listed
Unfortunately the support window is so short that I’m stuck with a flaky product that I no longer trust to connect to my devices or my home wiring
I have had my electricity go out several times since having this battery backup, and it has given me enough time to power down the Raspberry Pi properly, saving my little computer
Power has gone out three times since item arrived, and battery backup has failed each time, despite following provided instructions.
The construction is solid and the battery provides a long enough time to last through short power glitches and outages to give you enough time to shut the PC down before anything is lost
This was a useless purchase, the first time we had a power blip, it failed
We have a lot of power brownouts and flickers, and every time we do, I used to lose my internet for a couple of minutes while the router rebooted.
Unit works as it should, makes lousy AC, but will run your device at the expense of wear and tear in the respective power supplies
My cat likes to sneak through, around and under my desk investigating things and has stepped on that button as he made his way through and managed to turn off all of my connected electronics
Tested more, and it seemed to be OK.Had a brief outage last night, about 3 seconds, both units shut off and their alarms (solid loud beep) went off until pressing power button to recycle
don't worry this thing has crazy annoying alarm to let you know power is out, hard to tell how many minutes before you lose power, alarm is unnerving
My cat likes to sneak through, around and under my desk investigating things and has stepped on that button as he made his way through and managed to turn off all of my connected electronics
This time my desktop didn't shut off randomly while in use, but it made an annoying buzzing sound.
Makes a weird sound when it’s running off battery like a whistling noise
A second one was sent out, makes a very LOUD high frequency sound.
What was most worrisome is that when this happened today I heard the distinctive sound of static discharge when reseating the rubber plug into the back of my desktop
Product has a lot of rattling sound inside like something is loose or broken.
Turned out the draw which was an Xbox one, 2 hard drives, and a lcd were too much for
It's not consistent and I have a really hard time feeling like I could trust this unit with my computer and hard drives in an emergency.
If you are not near the UPS when this happens, the battery power may run out before the utility power is restored, so your computer will shut down ungracefully, which may damage the information on the hard drive.
I haven't needed the battery life for longer than two minutes, but that's enough to reset my breakers without my PlayStation losing power and risking my data and hard drive!
I had a recent power outage where my computer was abruptly powered off, which left the drive corrupted