Belkin F6C550-AVR 550VA Battery Backup with Surge Protection
by Belkin Inc.
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Customer Review: Perfect for my application
Summary: 5 Stars
Before buying any UPS, do some homework. It's not as simple as reading the watts sticker on your computer. Get to know what volt-amps means and decide if you need lots of battery run time or not. I believe many people end up buying too much UPS capacity (which is fine if you can afford it) because mfgrs' "wizards" are not very accurate. This unit, with its fairly low rating, is fine for my needs:
My requirements are to protect my equipment from surges and sags, to give me enough time to save and shut down when the power fails, and to run my DSL modem and WiFi base station for a few hours off and on during an extended outage (we get hurricanes on Cape Cod). I do not need server-class UPS backup, meaning automated shutdown and lengthy run time.
This unit works great for all of the above. It would not run my iMac G4 for very long beyond an emergency shutdown, but that's fine in my case.
The supplied (and downloadable new versions) of Bulldog software are terrible, however. I did not downgrade the unit's star rating for that because you don't need it.
On my Mac, Bulldog only served to display annoying false warnings and would lose connection with the UPS whenever the computer sleeps. Don't even bother installing it.
Customer Review: No frills, inexpensive solution...
Summary: 5 Stars
Basically I just wanted something that would prevent from my desktop computer being shut off by a power surge or power outage in the middle of my using it, and this device serves that purpose perfectly.
I do not leave my computer on 24/7 like some people do, so I didn't bother installing the software included.
Overall I love the good looks, functionality, and very reasonable price...just 20 or 30 bucks more than your average surge protector! I use one for my home theater/stereo equipment as well.
* * * UPDATE, 1/29/09: Well, mine died during a power surge last night. All connected components were fine, which I'm glad for. But this Belkin is fried, won't turn on and the reset button on the back doesn't do anything. Strange that there is no user-replaceable fuse on this thing. I've tried everything, so here's saying R.I.P. old boy. I'm going to have to downgrade my rating to 3 STARS, since my APC battery backup in the other room survived without a scratch.
Customer Review: Reliable, fairly Compact and streamlined, Plugins easy to get to.
Summary: 5 Stars
I own three Belkin Battery Backups, two are the older model that have the plugins on the back. This model has the plugins on the top which is a plus because these things are HEAVY. It's also a step up cosmetically being streamlined as opposed to boxy. I don't use the "Belkin Bulldog" software that comes with them because neither myself or my wife do much word processing although I would say that the software is simple to use and is a step up from the APC stuff that never worked for me. I never could get Windows to recognize the APC and one of them actually failed. This software installs easily and runs inconspicuously in the background, but I don't need it so uninstalled it. It serves as a reliable battery backup during power failure that happens regularly as we live out in the desert and there are a lot of storms. I wish there were more plugins (only four battery backup/surge protector and two surge protector only) but a couple of triple splitters solves that.Customer Review: Replaced 3 APCs with this one, couldn't be happier
Summary: 5 Stars
I use to think APC brand is the name to trust in Battery Backups until all 8 of my APCs died on my within 6 month of purchase. Contacted APC to get replacements on the 1 that I knew I barely got 2 month ago, they said 1 computer and 1 monitor was too much for that backup to handle.... Well for the same price I bought this Belkin and it handles my computer, monitor, printer, all perfectly fine.
This is the 3rd one, already used the 1st one for about 9 month now, no problem at all. Will soon switch all the UPSs to Belkin, I guess name brand doesn't always = great product.
Customer Review: life saver
Summary: 5 Stars
this is a great product, i bought it after a power surge went throught and unnamed brand and fried my computer.just last night it saved my computer when the power flashed,it did just what it was sapose to do.my computer didnt lose power for a second. i deffinately recomend this to anyone who want to keep there computer from being destroyed.well worth the money.the only issue i had was when i recieved it the first time the box was empty,but a call to amazon fixed that in minutes. and they shiped one out overnight to me in hawaii.