and I have wasted so much time and money on replacing batteries.

Works as expected, great run-time

Yes, there is enough battery time for continuous use of your electronics after an outage, but its not going to be a great deal of time.

I could have been getting coffee at the other end of the office, and still had enough time to stroll back and do everything I needed to do

Smoothens out noisey power, can keep an entire desktop PC setup running for 30 minutes plus, which offers enough time to shut down any critical applications or what have you

I run a high-end, power-hungry computer to do research (and a bit of gaming when I'm not working), and it's been fine each time, even when I gotta run across the house and start shutting things down.

With a backup, if you are in the middle of working on something on your computer (like a thesis), when the power goes out, it gives you enough time to save your work and shut down the computer safely

Tried a few times and still not working

I went through every port & followed all the websites FAQ and help guidelines, but still have the same persistent issue!I've reached out to customer support, several times, with an automated response saying someone will get back to me within 2 days & NO

We had a huge rain storm, it basically bought me enough time to go to Home Depot and rent a generator

You do get one brief alarm at about 3% reserve in the silent mode, just enough time to shut down

so I restarted the UPS and this time it worked fine

The units give a warning giving more then enough time to shut everything down without losing valuable data

It's nothing you can hear over a computer fan, but in a quiet room it is noticeable.-It's been true of APC for a dozen years that their batteries are insanely overpriced, often times costing 6x or more what you can get comparable or even better batteries from other vendors for - but they'll refuse to honor any sort of warranty if you do so

The run time gives me enough time to gracefully shut everything down if needed.

I should have some peace of mind next time a storm rolls through.

With 100% of this UPS dedicated to just the server, I had more than enough time (~15 minutes) to gracefully stop my VMs and the server itself during power outages

Given server-level power draw, I use this to just have enough time to gracefully shutdown in case of an extended power outage

They battery life isn't great, but will give you ample time to get everything shutdown safely.

This time however, the battery backup didn’t even act like a

Don't waste any more time trying to get by with a lesser UPS or one from a company that won't back up the UPS

This battery backup still only lasts for 15-20 minutes, so it will not provide continuous power through most blackouts, but it gives her enough time for either neighbors, family, or emergency services to check on her and open an oxygen tank or plug the oxygen machine into a generator with an extension cord

In the first month I have had the back-up, it has already protected my three times without any issue

I'm not going to waste more time figuring it out.

You do get one brief alarm at about 3% reserve in the silent mode, just enough time to shut down

But this unit failed at the worst possible time just over a month from purchase & installation.

Power goes out, everything keeps running for ~25 minutes (which is more than enough time to fire up the generator).

The instructions seemed simple enough but it took some time to pry the cover off the battery compartment

Also powered my hard drives, Mac Pro and other essentials to give me enough time to save everything and shut down safely.

Have already lost power to the house twice during storms for about 10 to 20 minutes each time and both times my computer, both monitors and the modem/router continued to work just fine

If you need lots more run time, look at the other APC 1500 options which can also take a second battery pack tower to add significant run time.

I have had problems in power strips multiple times, but this device is something that has always been dependable.

Lost power many times but kept on working on PC until I shut it down

Enough time to shut off a computer not protected by one of these devices

I have a really hard time comparing this to the equivalent cyberpower one but both will get 5 stars as far as hardware goes.

And it actually predicts it's available backup time really well.

These small control buttons are lighted all the time so easy to find....vs some others that go out after a bit.

Pros: works as advertised, easy to set up, not heavy, slim design, saved me from losing work multiple times during power outages since I live in Florida and we get many summer storms, using it for almost a year with no issuesCons

Provides close to 25 minutes of battery backup for small server which is enough time to handle small power interruptions and to allow for shutdown if the power outage lasts more that 10 minutes.

I was so tired of having my wifi router reboot every time the power flickered due to the wind.

Arrived on time well packaged and appears to work as it should, time will tell on that

Generally have a good time with these

Bought upgrade APC 1000 and works up to 220 minutes run time!

As far as servers go, you'll want to monitor your server's idle and full load wattage to make sure this UPS will give you enough time to gracefully power down

Enough time to shut off a computer not protected by one of these devices

n’t loose any

It was pretty easy to install except that I had some I/O conflicts (not the fault of the UPS unit but the OS

Works just as I

After storms and power loss, in two separate events, each BX1000M (I had purchased two at the same time) failed with the F04 error code which is a "Clamp Short" and requires replacement