APC BACK-UPS CS BK500BLK 500VA/300W UPS System

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APC BACK-UPS CS BK500BLK 500VA/300W UPS System

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Back-ups cs 500 is a 500va/300w ups designed to provide short-term emergency (battery) power to a computer, monitor, and perhaps one essential peripheral in the event of a power outage. Apc's power * personal edition software is included free with the... Read More

The test button is a nice feature. I love the flexibility of the software and having the ability to turn off the 'beep' when the power is out.

Cons

When the usb is plugged into my computer from the ups, there is no connection'sound' like every other usb makes. The usb cable to the usb port on the computer no longer works, the ports work with other devices but the apc cable won't work anymore in a... Read More

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Quality

I have lost power a few time since purchasing this unit and it has provided me with plenty of time to close all my programs and... Read More

Simple setup and you never have to worry about losing electricity on your system.

It does not discharge the batteries too low and wreck them, so shuts off and goes offlineuntil they are charged enough.

In new area, power supply is not stable, lot's of lightning and 1-2 second power loss.

Price

This a great value for an inexpensive ups that does everything that the manufacture states in the advertisement.

It is possible this ~$100 ups saved the data on my nas, which was money well spent.

10: good batteries can be had for $15.

However, for the price that's about what i expected.

Shipping

Great little ups, it's already come in handy a variety of times.

The cd shipped with the unit contains a newer version of power-chute than i have previously used, and also indicated there are ... Read More

I've only had one power interruption of less than 1 minute since i got my ups.

I plugged the ups back in, and the pc kept running as expected.

Packaging/appearance

As soon as the "back-ups cs 500's" was unplugged they went to battery power and i received a popup box on my screen that stated... Read More

Immediately noticed quality in the packaging, then in the ups itself.

Got it to protect my mother's computer.

Competitiveness

I actually prefer (a lot) the simple operation of this unit compared to the cyberpower.

I have used other members of the back-ups family.

Overview

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This product had a total of 266 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 22 2024.