APC BE750G 10-Outlet Power-Saving Uninterruptible Power Supply
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Customer Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
I must say this is a great product because I live in Florida and the weather here is always changing. Just yesterday we had a bad storm and the power went out while I was typing a report but because I had my computer on the APC I had time to save it and turn the computer off. This product is well worth it to protect your high price investments because what is $85 verse $1000.Customer Review: Always a good product......very reliable and good support
Summary: 5 Stars
I've used this brand several times and am very satisfied and pleased with the reliability and features. They are a very good buy for limited demand setups. Customer Review: Very satisfied
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me start by saying that this is not my first APC product. This is about my 5th. Have I had problems in the past? Yes but APC took care of the issues quickly and efficiently. I had high hope for this product as well. I've been using the BE750G for about 2 month and so far the product is working perfectly. Others have reported USB communication issues but I have had zero issues under XP Pro. I really like the optional ability to have the UPS power down some of the "unswitched" surge-protected outlets when the computer powers down. Overall, this is a very good UPS for home/home office computers.Customer Review: Works great but it fried the USB connection on my motherboard
Summary: 3 Stars
The problem is that this device has an OPTIONAL USB plug that connects to your computer telling your computer that the power was just disconnected and the timer starts counting and when it reaches the predefined remaining battery power limit, it sends a signal to your computer via USB to tell the computer to shut down. It's this feature that has caused my computer damage and I've had it verified by a local computer repair shop.
Somehow or another, a power surge caused this device to surge the USB port and thus damaging the USB connection to the motherboard and now I am unable to connect any USB devices to the computer. I still love this UPS device and will continue to use it but my recommendation is that you don't use the optional USB plugin. Windows already comes with power failure software and though it's not near as good as the one that is provided to you on CD with this device, it is sufficient. I am assuming you're using windows, of course.
I only run the computer, the monitor and my external hard drives through the master outlets on this UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) device and I am able to run all systems with a full black out for 36 minutes. That's pretty damn good if you ask me. 99% of the time, the power to my home will turn back on within that time frame but when it doesn't, Windows will shut down for me but doesn't shut down my external hard drives, unfortunately, so I have to be sure I turn those off when I go to bed, just in case.
Something failed in the USB connection from this device to my computer and I'm not sure why it failed but it did and it damaged my computer. So, I took a star off for the failure and another star for damaging my equipment. I realize there will be people who disagree with me but the truth is, as with a lot of hardware and software, it's very difficult to sift through the variables of what COULD have went wrong but I've never experienced anything like this before until I hooked up this item. I could be wrong and so could the technician at the store I took it to, but in the end I have no way of verifying 100% that this device caused the problem. Then again, nothing is ever 100%.
Other than that, I love having this thing because I get a lot of "brown-outs" here in Texas as the weather seems to be sporadic at times.
Customer Review: Very Able UPS
Summary: 5 Stars
This APC unit has transformed a hideous jumble of power cables into an orderly and space saving collection. It delivers clean, uninterrupted power to my computer and all five of my peripheral devices at a rock steady 120 volts. The software management program works flawlessly. Like a regular hard drive back-up program, anti-virus and security protection, a good UPS device is indispensable for protecting your expensive high tech investment. This one fills the bill nicely.