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Safety Concerns
Some customers have reported safety concerns with the product, including instances of sparks, burnt plastic smells, and even leaking fumes. Despite these incidents, others have expressed satisfaction with their purchase, citing peace of mind and reliability.
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Input/Output Ports
Customers have generally positive feedback regarding the input/output ports of the CyberPower VP1600EILCD Value PRO UPS. They appreciate its multiple outputs, easy connection to existing systems, and compatibility with NAS devices for automatic shutdown during power failure. The LCD display is also a valued feature that shows battery status and input/output consumption.
Runtime Duration
Customers have varying runtime durations depending on their specific setup, with some reporting up to an hour while others only getting minutes before the UPS shuts down. The unit's ability to prevent brownouts and seamless shutdown functionality are also positively noted.
Highlights
Quality
It has a nice, clear lcd screen with the usual useful information, and the ability to mute the alarms when the power is off.
Very easy to set up, a simple usb connection to my synology nas and was recognised with no hassle.
Thankfully after a period of a month or so, the scent faded entirely and now there's no smell whatsoever.
The usb connection to the synology nas - just works with minimal configuration - so the nas now powers down gracefully in the e... Read More
Price
Great price and gives peace of mind.
The tv is too expensive to be destroyed by something as simple as a powersurge.
Overall it is quite pricey but does the job so far
One can buy a four gang extension with a suitable plug that the end to go into one of the sockets for around £11 online.
Shipping
Ebuyer also delivered quickly and well packaged.
The ups came with the required usb cable.
The only minor issue experienced this far was that my qnap reported that the ups had instructed a shutdown due to loss of power... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Unboxed it, plugged it in then plugged in the qnap, then the usb comms cable between both and all is working well - the qnap re... Read More
Opening the box released a wave of "hot pcb" smell, that too-familiar "burning electronics" pong.
Arrived looks great in the packaging instructions seem simple enough however no power cable supplied so i now have to order a k... Read More
Competitiveness
This ups is extremely quite and runs nice and cool , i decided on this after reading many reviews about competitors ups’s being... Read More
Another plus is that the battery can replaced unlike some other manufacturers ups.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 128 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 7 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First day reviewthe plugs at the back of this arent your usual ones that go into the wall like i thought so you need to buy adapters
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It comes with one for plugging directly into the pc and honestly for this price they should have included more
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The unit itself is dead silent when running from the wall
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When running on battery it hums and beeps which is good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I got it for proxmox and just followed a general nut server tutorial for auto shutdown which worked
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It has a usb that you plug into the pc and the pc then knows how long is left and what percentage the battery is at
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The remaining run time is a bit weird
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It says 40 minutes remaining but was fully depleted after 3 minutes