Belkin Universal UPS 1200 VA Emergency Battery Backup with AVR (F6C120-UNV)
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Manufacturer: Lite-OnAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: F6C120-UNV
Product features:
- Provides up to 100 minutes backup time
- Bulldog Plus Software: Compatible with Windows XP, 95/98, 2000, NT
- Provides 6 Outlets: 4 battery backup outlets w/surge protection and 2 outlets w/surge protection only
- Serial and USB Ports
- This item is not for sale in Catalina Island
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Customer Review: Great price and performance for a 1200VA UPS
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not sure why one of the other reviewers would use a UPS to power on/off their desktop. The purpose of a UPS is the regulate electric line input and to provide power during either a power glitch/loss or total blackout.This UPS does the job perfectly. I run a couple of home linux servers used for httpd, smtp, pop3, imap, mysqld, online game server, etc. In other words, they're always on. My house constantly gets hit by "power glitches"; the power blinks off then rigth back on at least once a week. Of course, this is bad news for any electronic equipment, especially computers. I don't mind resetting my clocks all over the house when this happens, but it's unacceptable for computers (not that I have to reset their clocks :-)).
I had a small APC 350VA before, that was absolutely horrible. It would help for the power glitches that I have, but when the power went out for more than 1 minute, it couldn't even power up one desktop cpu and a 17" CRT. It got to the point where my wife would call it the chinese torture device (no hard feelings), because it was constantly beeping when the power went off and back on. It would not reset itself, and I'd have to turn it off and back on to get it to stop. That really defeats the purpose of the UPS, as I'd have to shutdown the computer connected to it to do this.
Back to the Belkin. I currenlty have 3 desktop computers connected, a 19" lcd and 100 MB switch. I keep the USB connected to my windows desktop. The Bulldog software is very slick. It can show you current input/output stats, as well as a log of activity. Very nice function. I've had a few glitches knock the power off and on, with not one problem in the past month.
Fortunatley, I have not had to test the UPS for it's battery power in minutes. Right now, it will shutdown my windows PC when it detects and outage. I'd like to be able to write a small script that can shutdown my linux machines as well.
Conclusion:
You can't beat this UPS for the money. APCs are way overpriced, and the Belkin stacks up to their performance hands down. I work for a nation wide computer company that uses APCs, and I'd much rather spend my money on the Belkin.