• Reviews around power flicker (1.12 of 5)

    APC UPS Battery Backup & Surge Protector, APC 550VA Back-UPS (BE550G)

    • Not sure if the reviews are lumped together so just to specify, this is for the BE-550G.I have historically never bothered to run a UPS, but I've been having minor power flickers in my house lately, a couple times a week that would reset my computer much to my
    • I use it for work and every once in a while the other employees end up tripping the breaker or we have a power flicker which causes me to lose a lot of work.
    • When the power flickers, the Directv box always had to reboot which could take anywhere from 3 to 7 minutes
    • They keep my wireless router, modem, TV and computer running when the power flickers and through brief outages
    • Has worked through a power failure and several power flickers, We have trouble in our area with surges and Power flickering
    • Saves my equipment here in South Florida where we have power flickers and outages all the time
    • overclock).Thankfully we don't have many power outages here (which is probably why I got 6 years from the original battery), but it's nice having it kick in if the power flickers briefly
    • But really, it keeps the lights on during a power flicker and so far it's performed flawlessly through a couple outages
    • The software on the PC is very unobtrusive and kinda fun to go check and see what happened when the power flickers.
    • Hopefully this keeps me good during power flickers when it rains here.
    • I occasionally have power flickers where I live that blink on and off for less than a second at a time and this thing cant even handle that
    • Once I can afford one I may purchase one for my entertainment center so when power flickers those devices aren't affected either (already using quality surge suppressors, but would like to upgrade to a UPS there sometime)
    • We're a bit out in the sticks, so power flickers are frequent.
    • Always clicks on instantly when the power flickers without shutting my computer off
    • I purchased it to keep my modem and router from turning off and rebooting should the power flicker or go out for a short time
    • If you have a modem and router in your house, something like this is great to help prevent internet loss in the case of a power flicker
    • It's kept my entertainment center safe and powered though many a storm and power flicker.
    • As soon as the power flickers off my PC dies completely and I have to start the whole thing up again
    • This way if the power flickers, I don't lose a 20 hour print job.
    • This little UPS is great for what I need, the occasional power flicker for less than 5 minutes
    • A great ups i use it for my saltwater tank incase of an emergency atleast ill know for about 30 mins after the power is out somethings will keep working