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Cyberpower CP1500AVRLCD UPS - LCD Display 1500VA/900W AVR 8-Outlet RJ11/RJ45/Coax Tower USB |
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| Impressive Power and Quality |
| The first thing one notices with the CP1500AVRLCD is how compact and well built the unit is. The UPS is small and heavy with a very useful LCD display, and the unit appears to be of excellent build quality. The software that came with it for automaticly shutting down the computer is both informational and functional. I currently have a Dell Studio XPS with a Core i7 940 CPU and 12GB RAM running Vista 64-bit, a 22-inch LCD screen, a cable modem, and a router connected to the UPS. With these items attached, the UPS indicates only 20% load capacity and a run-time of about 35 minutes. Although I have only had the UPS for less than two months, it has operated well through the several power interuptions that have occurred. If you are in the market for an UPS, I highly recommend that you consider this product. |
| Dec 23, 2008 |
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| Much beeter UPS than BR1500, keep two systems up! |
I have couple APC made BR1500 UPS. I even purchased addational battery packs to have them last longer time during power failure. We recently had some power failures, however, every time the BR1500 just had a long beep and cut off the AC output. BR1500 overload light kept on. I suspected the one we have gone bad, so I brought another new one from Amazon, that one doing the eaxct the same: If I had the phone system and the name server in it, it would say overload, during unplug the AC input test.
After reading so many good reviews of this UPS. I decided to give this one a try. What a difference! This UPS reported both phone system and name server combined power is 135W. I tried plug into AC and unplug from AC many times, it works flawlessly. Its LCD display also reported to me with internal battery, it will be able to run both phone system and name server for 45 minutes. I am really happy about this UPS.
I think it is a shame APC UPS rated 1500AV can not handle 135W load. I also think anyone serious about their UPS system should give this brand a look and test. The only drawback of this unit is that it does not support external battery packs to extend the battery run time. |
| Nov 10, 2008 |
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| Capable UPS, good software interface |
| This UPS replaced a Tripp Lite UPS 1000VA, which had barely enough power to protect my high end gaming computer. This UPS has room to spare, has an easy to understand LCD read out, and excellent software that I felt surpassed the power alert software that came with the Tripp Lite UPS. Even better is that the internal batteries can be replaced, so I will not have to replace this UPS at the end of this batteries life. I have 10 Tripp Lites UPS units on my network, and will likely replace all of them with Cyberpower units when they die. |
| Nov 04, 2008 |
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| A worthwhile alternative to APC to consider: |
I work as a network technician and have used APC equipment for many years. Their high-end units have always done well for us. For many years, I also used their Smart-UPS brand for my home network needs. As they've become old and had problems, it became more economical to replace them, instead of fixing them, especially, since for my desktops, the industry was moving to USB for signaling, and away from serial ports. My rack still has older 1400 VA SU units using SNMP management cards, but I needed a new desktop solution.
For the past three years, I stuck to APC's consumer products and have been very disappointed. They have more problems than the older units I've grown to love, and because they change models so often, it's harder to find a battery replacement. Plus, they just have a sort of cheapness about them.
With my latest computer purchase, a dual quad Mac Pro, my older 800VA APC just couldn't handle it. So, I decided to try this Cyberpower 1500 and have been very pleased with it, using it for about 2 months so far. The signaling and reported time is more reliable than the APC I was using. Although it should be said, any consumer UPS will not guarantee exact runtimes, load measurements, etc. - For what you are paying for this amount of capacity, some sacrifice must be realized. If you do your calculations correctly, and use it as needed (surges, brown-outs and limited black-outs), these units will fulfill your needs. If you need super accurate measurements and reliable AC power generation, then you should consider a high end unit, such as what APC offers for data centers.
The load reading for this unit, when measured with a Kill-A-Watt is pretty accurate. I like the soft blue lighting with auto-off. I connect my two, 24" LCDs to the APC 800VA unit, and the Cyberpower handles the Mac Pro with three, external FireWire drives with no problems. Testing it, by turning off the circuit breaker (shouldn't pull the cord from the wall), reports about 20 minutes of runtime, which seems about right. I've left it on battery power for about 10 minutes, and the readings remained fairly constant. I live out in the country at the end of our power grid, so I get a lot of "dirty" power. Brown-outs are common, and my larger UPS units have the ability to generate statistical logs each day of the power fluctuation. I feel pretty safe with this unit, and wouldn't hesitate to purchase another one.
Lastly, the software both Cyberpower and APC provides for the Mac OS, is really bad! I prefer to just use the Mac's SysPrefs to configure the UPS settings and leave it at that. Both companies desperately need a re-write of their OS X software. |
| Oct 27, 2008 |
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| Works |
I bought my third one, for the three laptops and DSL around the house, for extended run time. I like to return home at night and find the computers still going even though the power's been out a while, with streaming radio shows recorded as planned.
I find the APC stuff runs cooler for smaller units than CyberPower, but this item is a nice one. That would matter in the summer, when you'd have to air condition the additional heat too; not so much in winter when it's useful heat at least. |
| Oct 22, 2008 |
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