American Power Conversion BR1000G

usability, design, size, reliability

89% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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My work uses this company for their backups, so I had experience with them and went with this. I bought it to power my router and cellphone mini-tower (my carrier has a dead zone in my neighborhood, but I didn't want to switch), I was worried about...

- Only 4 of the outlets are battery backup, the other 4 are only surge protection. I didn't realize this when I bought it, but it does specifically state this in the specifications so it is my fault for not checking carefully. Luckily I only needed...

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I've found, by experience, that buying a UPS rated only in VA is a BAD idea. You need to find the rating in watts, and check that this rating is adequate.

This UPS has been working flawlessly now for 7 months. It's already prevented power interruptions of my home business computer on at least one occasion (power seems to go out in SoCal a few times a year wherever you live). It's a big, solid unit with a...

None so far.

-Management is very straight forward on the application -Helped regulate the issues with my house wiring (more below) -The Master socket/Slave socket power feature is awesome. I have my PC Plugged into the master and it is set that when the power draw...

-I cant find how to have the LED Display always on or turn off the button LEDs. I didn't look at the manual or anything like that and spent a solid 2 (two) minutes.

I built this PC in 2009, by 2011 the memory had fried. As part of my diagnostics I discovered that my house has a bit of dirty power, finally I knew why cable modems kept dying on me. Anyway, I replaced the memory, bought this unit, and my PC is still...

Like someone else said, it won't host odd connectors without obstructing other slots. But they're not too crowded for standard stuff, and a power strip can take care of any issues. Just don't connect more devices than the unit can supply. Not enough...

Great power backup solution with excellent management options.

Solid piece of equipment with all the bells & whistles you might expect (or need) for power outages, backup software, etc. Easy & quick install on our server.

I've been using APC for years, and not because they were a good brand, but because they were really the only choice. However, against the industry standard of middle-fingering the customer because you have all the power, they have have improved greatly...

Actually, none.