CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD3 Intelligent LCD UPS Battery Backup

The grid is terrible where I live. Spring rain is enough to cause intermittent power loss for like a minute at a time. I got this as a mini backup generator for my room. there are plenty of outlets on this to power a bedroom, thought you might need an extension chord or 2 depending on your layout. It can run for about 40 mins under idle load (A computer in browser, a few monitors, a router and modem, a fan, low draw stuff like that.) plenty of time to get your business wrapped up or saved. Gaming on the other hand will get you 5 - 20mins depending on the game you're playing. Enough to prevent interruption from intermittent power but not enough to keep gaming on no power. I wouldn't let it run to depletion, Its like a car battery. once its depleted, its never gonna recharge the same. I'd call It quits at 5 mins left. Also it does make a noise when the back up kicks in. A like car batteries, if you're gonna disconnect the unit for days or weeks at a time, disconnect the battery, it still have some idle load on it with nothing connected. Over all excellent purchase! 5 star

Overview: - Apparent re-boxing - Low multimeter readings - PowerPanel Software APPARENT RE-BOXING -- So, first thing I noticed when I got this unit is that it had been re-boxed at some point. This should not be the case, because Amazon informed me this is a NEW PRODUCT. However, it was clear the tape on the LCD screen and the tape on the unit's own box had been removed and replaced at some point, leading me to think someone at Amazon Fulfillment had opened the box. That wouldn't be the first time Amazon has sent me not-quite-new items. I bought a keyboard that had scratches on the INSIDE of it, as well as a motherboard that was missing pieces. You get the idea. That is not, however, a fault of the unit, nor the company CyberPower. -- I will add that I was under the impression batteries were to be stored and shipped in a non-full state. That is NOT the case with CyberPower's units, and the batteries come fully charged, and should be stored fully charged. LOW MULTIMETER READINGS -- Due to believing this UPS unit was not brand new as Amazon had assured me, as well as having read reviews about low voltage output, I decided to put my accurate but 40-year-old multimeter to the test. Now, there is something you have to understand about multimeters, and I'm going to make this as easy to understand as I can, without myself being an expert. WARNING: Anyone who knows the proper terms and complexities of electricity, I am about to make you wince with my explanation! Now, moving on... There are two kinds of multimeter these days, to my knowledge. Average-Responding multimeters, and True-RMS multimeters. An alternating current (henceforth known as AC) typically runs as a wavy line, called a sine wave. It's very symmetrical-looking. But AC, when being interacted with by certain things, say a CyberPower power supply unit, will produce non-sine waves. What that means, is the wavy line suddenly doesn't look as smooth and symmetrical as it does in other places. But it can still carry the same voltage. This confuses your typical Average-Responding multimeter, and it spits out an inaccurate number, one that is typically lower. A True-RMS multimeter can take the numbers from even non-sine waves, which is what this unit produces, and give you an ACCURATE voltage. -- In short: I plugged my 40-year-old multimeter into the unit, it read 91.8v, and I contacted customer support. The tech told me I needed a True-RMS meter. I had NO IDEA what that meant, the tech didn't explain (fair enough), so I ended up having to learn it on my own. Now I know that the unit is fine, and not actually running a low voltage- my multimeter just isn't fancy enough. POWERPANEL SOFTWARE -- Alright, so I'm actually quite fond of this piece of software. I won't go into great detail, but I'll give some examples: the software allows you to monitor how many watts you're using, how long the battery will run should the power go out, and events that have occurred. It also lets you enable or disable the alarms, monitor how much you're spending on what's plugged into the unit based on your local power company's kWh rate, as well as giving you the ability to schedule when the computer should shut down. There's a fair bit more to the software, but that would take a bit too long.

This is a reliable and effective battery backup. Very easy to setup and a good value. It’s perfect for what we need.

•Has saved me from losing data 4 times since purchase. •Auto kicks on when outage happens. •I have it connected to PC/Monitor/Wifi router runs for a solid 35mins off the backup power. •Fits in well with surroundings. •Super cheap compared to others I have tested, and works loads better. •Very reliable. 5/5 recommend

Great product. The power has gone off while I’m using my gaming pc and it’s protected it from sudden shutoffs. During those power outages, it’s helped keep my phone charged overnight.

I've been using CyberPower UPS systems for many years. Historically I've had one for my computer and accessories, and one in the living room which is mostly to keep our wireless router running when there's a power outage. They have all of the features I need, but...longevity has been a problem. This one was a full replacement of a unit whose internal battery was replaced a year or so ago. For whatever reason it just stopped working, and no amount of probing around for problems was going to fix it. Then we had a power outage and the one in the living room lasted about 10 minutes with minimal load before it was drained. I started hunting for another new battery and eventually decided to spend a little more and get a Lithium unit instead. The CyberPower replacement batteries are rather expensive and they don't seem to last that long. We'll see how the lithium unit does.

A simple and reliable way to protect your very expensive gaming PC. If you have a mid-high end Gaming Rig with the most recent Gen hardware. Like an AMD 9070XT, Nvidia 5070Ti, 5080, or 5090 GPU. Paired with either Intel core ultra series or One of AMD’s AM5 Ryzen 7 or 9, X3D series CPU’s. AM5 also means DDR5 ram… which is one pair with GPU pricing and can be the most expensive piece of hardware inside your rig. Those components need more protection than just a basic surge protector. If you live in an area that has constant momentary power outage's, you need this. I didn’t realize how often my power would cut for a half second every other day. Sometimes much, if it storms… way more.

I purchased this UPS on good faith and hooked it up to my computer, monitor, modem/router, wifi switch and couple of other items. I should have tested it right away but went on faith that all was good. A couple months after install we had a power failure in the area and everything just shut down with the power....no back-up at all. I contacted Cyberpower because it was still well within the warrantee period. I will say that they responded very quickly and, after a few troubleshooting questioned were answered, they determined that the unit was, indeed, faulty and would replace it. Here's where it gets to the one star review: They demanded that I carefully package it up to their specs and send it back to them at MY expense. This is a 23lb item and the cheapest way I found to send it back was $83. This is not how a warrantee should work. The company in question sends you the new unit with a pre-paid RMA number and you can use the package that comes with the new one and send back the faulty one, NO CHARGE! I was about to eat the loss and throw the useless thing in the trash but as a retired computer hardware engineer, decided I should at least take it apart to see if I could fix it myself. It turned out to be a bad battery. I ordered a new one on Amazon for a fraction of what it would have cost me send it back and it's working as advertised now. Cyberpower wouldn't even reimburse me for the battery or send me a new one.

Great. It is easy to install and open to use. The driver compatibility is good, as a Windows PC can immediately recognize such device and have Windows built-in driver ready. It is quite novel to me to see a battery icon on the task bar for a desktop PC rather than a laptop LOL. When wall power is normal, the device is completely quite. It is quite noisy and making a transformer like noise when unplug from wall. From my knowledge this is the nature of inverter circuit.

¡Funciona genial! Muy contento

Works well to run my large screen tv, PC, Printer & stereo long enough to shut everything down properly when the power goes out. It's great for balancing the electricity that comes into the house in my rural area. I'm sure it has saved many of my electronic devices with all the spikes we get here. I love the big power button. I don't need to fight with it to turn it on and off. Very happy with it.

Es el quinto que compro para casa y exceptuando el anterior que compré no me han decepcionado, al anterior no le duraron los tres años las baterías por un par de meses mientras que todos los demás siguen funcionando. Tuve uno de 350VA otro de 550VA hace años, posteriormente compré uno de 1350VA en 2020 que aún está en funcionamiento, en 2021 se compraron 3 de 1500VA, dos para un hijo y uno para mi, es este último (CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD) al que le fallaron las baterías a dos meses de cumplir los tres años (las cambiaré para utilizar en otro lado). Espero que haya sido la unidad ya que hasta la fecha tengo buena opinión de la marca.

Excellent produit, merci. AV