CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS Battery Backup and Surge Protector

1. True sine wave power: Electric power is not highly reliable where we live and I wanted to replace my aging APC back-up power supply (or Uninterruptible Power Supply / UPS) after I got a new computer (Apple Mini). Purely by accident while researching what to buy, I noticed in the always-valuable Amazon user reviews that some computers require the AC power provided while running on battery to be a true sine wave but some UPS units just approximate that with a squared wave form. It doesn't matter if you understand this or not, the point is that increasingly, newer computers need power of the same quality that power companies provide, even when operating off the UPS battery, and many (most?) UPS units do not provide it which can result in erratic or no computer operation, so you should be aware of that. No computer accessory store, nor Support for my new computer, knew this, very odd. To their credit, Apple support checked back with their Engineering department and provided me with a solid answer, and I found that yes, my new Apple unit required true sine wave. APC, arguably the best known maker and who I had used before, makes such units, but they are far more expensive than the usual APC units someone would buy for personal use. I shopped around, including via the aforementioned Amazon user reviews, and found CyberPower, who makes several very reasonably-priced UPS units with pure sine wave power, bought it, and it works well. Bottom line on this topic: You need to find out if your computer needs pure or true sine wave power (meaning, if your computer has a "power factor corrected" or "PFC" power supply) and ensure you get a battery back-up with that feature if so. Apple informed me that all of their recent desktop units have PFC power supplies and do require true sine wave battery back-up if you choose to get a back-up. I am not sure if getting the wrong battery back-up unit would always or just potentially affect performance and/or durability, but obviously you should get the right unit for your computer or other devices and not find out. 2. Rating: I've only had this unit in service for a short while so can not comment on long-term reliability, etc., but so far it works well. My unit is a little oversized to provide capacity for adding future items, for longer operating time on battery, and to provide some cushion for when things are starting up . It provides surge protection, regulated power (holds voltage to computer steady), and of course battery back-up. The product comes with a disk for Windows users, but nothing for Apples, so I do not know what additional bells and whistles appear for Windows users, but I can comment for Apples: The installation is ridiculously simple, just plug in the unit, connect the computer and UPS via a USB cable (have U had enough U's yet?), turn both on, and the Apple software (under System Preferences / Energy Saver) automatically recognizes it so you can set things up (e.g., during a black-out, run on battery until battery has x-minutes of life remaining, etc.). The printed instructions are light on connecting to the computer and such, maybe more is on-screen if you are a Windows user and can use their software, and Apple users will find even less info, but in the end, CyberPower's Support was helpful and clear and it's really simple to do. CyberPower also has a Beta-version of energy saving software but I did not install that and they indicated it provides no crucial or needed functions, just use the Apple energy management software already on your computer. So, a good experience so far: easy installation and it works. I hope they eventually provide a bit more guidance and insights for new users in their printed instructions, especially for Apple users; It may be simple but if you're a new user and/or like to know for sure before powering up electronics, they need to provide more. Other than that, it's operated well and already protected my computer from the wimpy power company during a storm. Amazon's pricing was as good or better than other sources and Amazon's customer support is always something to count in your decisions compared to other sources. I liked my old APC unit but this CyberPower unit is also nice, and provides the required sine wave power at a cost much lower than APC does.

House electricity was causing issues with my Cox DVR. A lot of reboots and lockups. This took care of it. No issues for several weeks now. Cured a very aggravating problem. Cox should tell people this. Easy to setup for my use. I just left the factory default settings as is so nothing to do except plug in everything and turn on.

This is a solution for assured compatibilty with sensitive equipment that requires true sine wave power as is the usual requirement for most sensitive equipment like computer desktops. Recently there was experienced a power incompatibility issue with competitor brands that were not true sine wave but had a simulated sine wave output that is not smooth enough power for our desktop system that has an Active PFC internal power supply and instantly crashed when supplied the "simulated" sine wave power of two alternate brands using that inferior technology. My experience with other CyberPower true sine wave UPS units has been positive, and so far a same good result for this model. This does pass the test for supplying true sine wave power required by sensitive equipment. I tried to save expense by trying competitors less expensive simulated sine wave technology which failed to be compatible with the clean power requirements of our computers. It was wasted time that would have been avoided by first choosing the proven performer that is the CyberPower true sine wave technology. Also the power panel software that is used by CyberPower works well and is easy to use. CyberPower is the way to go. So a five star rating has been earned. A 3 year warranty came on the 9 year old unit that is still working fine on the system I am using to type this review. Supplemental Note: USB device cable communication port is provided on back of units and works with the Power Panel user software to display operating information, select alarm and event notification behaviors, select shutdown options, view event logs, and perform a Pass / Fail self-test. By comparing the predicted battery run time before the self-test with the predicted battery run time after the self-test, a good indication of battery health may be determined. If the predicted battery run time is substantially reduced by a self-test, then the batteries service life remaining for standby use is deteriorated and the time is arrived for needed renewal replacement of the standby battery pack. In standby use the battery may optimally last 5 to 8 years and this interval is affected by how many discharge cycles and for how long were those discharge cycles. With less frequent, less duration use of the battery backup power the batteries last longer, and with more frequent heavier use the batteries will wear out more quickly. With heavy use I have experienced need for replacement batteries after about 3 years, but with only slight use I have experienced batteries standby service life more than 9 years from the original batteries supplied by CyberPower in the new units. CyberPower gets the job done very well and is a trustworthy source for this technology.

UPDATE: Before the fire episode below, I had purchased several CyberPower UPS units at different capacities and Amazon doesn't seem to allow you to differentiate your review based upon WHICH size you purchased, but now SEVERAL of these units have failed. At least they didn't start a fire, but they are intermitten, sneaky failures where your computer or router or whatever you are trying to provide power to, will just stop working with no warning beeps or codes. The utility company power will be 'on' but the CyberPower will just shut down and fail to pass along the power company's power. It will later indicate the battery was full, but still, it just shuts down so that it is WORSE than if you had nothing at all ! It actually interrupts the power that existed! Terrible quality control apparently, or design defects. ORIGINAL: Like several others who have written in, this unit is a real fire risk. I happened to come into the room where my UPS was operating, sitting on a carpeted floor. I smelled a strong electrical fire odor and saw smoke in the room. I traced the smoke to the UPS and tried to turn it off. It just kept displaying 72 minutes remaining. I unplugged it. Still smoke and smell and the case was hot to touch. Its vents were not covered by anything, and it had "breathing room" and I could see the smoke coming out. The display stayed on. I tried the switch again. Couldn't turn it off. I decided I would have to remove the battery, but the door wouldn't open. I was getting worried with the heat and smoke it was still generating so I finally grabbed a screwdriver and chisel and managed to pry the battery door loose so i could remove a battery connection. THEN it shut off. About two months ago it began dropping power to my desktop so I had unplugged that CPU because my wall power was more reliable at that point, frankly; that left me running two flat screen monitors and the speaker amp for the computer. Enough people have had smoke or fire problems with this unit that a recall should be considered or at least directions for how to quickly remove the battery; otherwise people can be breathing the smoke and fumes in a small space (under a computer desk) while trying to figure out how to shut the darn thing down in a hurry, assuming they were home and lucky enough to spot the problem early ! I've written the company about the situation and asked if there is a recall out there somewhere. UPDATE 4-23-17: I emailed the company immediately, giving the facts and asking if any recalls, and within a day, an email reply suggested I call tech service. The unit was past warranty time but given the nature of the failure, I suggested registered owners be contacted ASAP with the quickest way to kill power to the circuitry if they experience what some of us have experienced. That's a reasonably inexpensive precaution, especially if panic resulted or someone doesn't have tools handy. Tech Support is having me return the unit for examination and supplying a replacement unit for the hassles, which seems reasonable. BTW, the battery seemed ok, once removed.

UPDATE: After getting a replacement from CyberPower, my UPS is working great and although time will tell how reliable this UPS is but so far I am pretty happy with the UPS and CyberPower's customer service. After using my previous APC UPS for more than 6 years, I decided to buy another UPS with more output power and after some research ended up deciding on this stylishly looking CyberPower 1000PFC-LCD UPS with 10 outlets (big Plus for me). Per the instructions, I first plugged the unit in at night for 13 hrs to get the battery charged but when I looked at the battery status the next morning it was only 20% charged. Since, I didn't have 8 more hours to wait I plugged in all of my gadgets (PC, Router, Printer, NAS, Phone, etc) and assumed it would charge the battery while it is ON. Please NOTE that I use VOIP phone which was connected to the [Battery + Surge] outlet on this UPS. After an hour or so I picked up my VOIP phone to make a call but it was dead had an error msg showing "Base Unit not connected", so I right away checked the UPS and it was OFF. Although, I was surprised but thought may be there was some kind of power fluctuation so I turned the unit ON again and looked at the battery status which was now at 0%. This time I stayed there to see if the battery is being charged or not and to my surprise and total disappointment the unit started beeping and I saw the FAULT icon with [F03] error message, which means "Charger Fault". Now, I knew this was a DOA unit but the thing that made me HATE this unit now is the fact below: ==> If there is an issue with the Battery Charger or if the battery needs replacement, then you won't be able to continue using the UPS altogether as it will NOT STAY ON. This means you CAN NOT use any of the [Surge Only]/[Battery + Surge] Outlets of this UPS as it will automatically shuts itself down once it figures out that the battery is NOT charging. I consider this a BIG DESIGN FLAW and might also be a sinister way of making money by forcing the customers to buy the replacement batteries before the battery is actually dead. I was able to continue using my APC UPS for another 2 years after its battery was dead.......and that means I was able to use ALL OF its 8 Outlets (including the Battery/Surge outlets). [I give this 2 stars for the looks and 10 outlets] I will be sending this unit back and unfortunately won't be buying it again though I really liked the looks of it plus the 10 outlets. :(

Summary: Overall, I'm happy with this USP. It looks good, and it works reasonably well. There's room for CyberPower to improve, but for my needs, I think this is the best device for the best price. My Devices: These are the devices I have on the UPS. I'm well below the power rating right now, but I plan to add another computer or two to the battery. Battery - Cable Modem/Router/Wireless Switch - Network Switch - Desktop PC - Cable TV Box Surge - LCD TV - XBOX - Stereo - LED computer monitor What I Like: - This UPS looks pretty sleek, especially compared to APC who seems to prefer only giving a few LED indicators. - This UPS was significantly cheaper than an APC with the same specs. - The display can be in always-on mode, or you can keep it off (helpful if this is part of a media center) and you don't like lights shining at you while you watch a movie. - The scope shot of the sine wave output was just beautiful. - The display provides a lot of interesting information. I particularly like the Output Wattage, Input Voltage (to see what my building is doing) and Estimated Runtime. - You can connect your PC and run software that will shut down your PC after a certain time if there's a power failure. I Don't Like: - The PC controller software looks like it was ahead of its time in 2000, but hasn't been updated since. - The PC controller software doesn't have any way for advanced users to trigger on a power event. For instance, if the power goes out and this UPS is powering 3 PCs, only one of them can get the signal. The user has no way to even write a script to shutdown the other two gracefully. By adding some simple hooks to call batch scripts on a power event, this tool could be greatly improved. The user could write a script to send an email on a power outage before shutting down the PC. As it stands, there's no flexibility - your PC will shut down gracefully, but no more than that. - Using an extension cord or power strip on any outlet will void the warranty and the "connected devices" warranty. This doesn't seem right. What if I'd like two far-away devices on the same UPS? The warranty is void because I used an extension cord? Or what if I have many low-power devices that I'd like to have on Surge or Battery? I can't connect those to a power-strip before plugging them into the UPS? It doesn't make sense to give each low-power device its own outlet, they're basically wasted outlets that way. CyberPower probably doesn't actually care, they're just covering their tracks against the idiots out there. Other Thoughts: I've tested this UPS a few times (pull the plug and see what happens). Here's some information on that: - The PC shutdown sequence has worked every time that I've tried it. - The Estimated Run Time is of course based on the output wattage and the remaining battery energy. If your devices use a variable wattage (which is very likely), then your Estimated Run Time will vary directly with your Output Wattage. This gives the same effect as the old Windows copy time prediction: 1hr remaining... 5mins remaining... 40mins remaining... 15mins remaining. - Once or twice, when there's been a very low power load on the UPS while the UPS was on battery, it seems like the UPS has shut off completely. I haven't been able to isolate this problem. If I could reproduce the problem, I'd try to return the device, but I can't reproduce it. - While on battery, the % Battery Remaining seems to vary unpredictably, which doesn't make sense to me. Immediately after switching to battery, the % will drop from 100% to 90% almost immediately, it will then jump around between 80% and 95% and seem to be discharging much more quickly than the Estimated Run Time would suggest. I have not tested running this the battery all the way down.

This sine wave UPS was ordered to power my Direct-TV Genie DVR and associated peripherals. It sits in my electronics repair shop out of the way, but easy to keep an eye on. When we have a power glitch, surge, etc., the Genie looses it's TV guide, and also has to go through a reset. This takes anywhere from a few minutes to a half hour, during which you cannot use your TV. I ran a run of #14 Romex house wire from the shop to the living room, with a heavy duty commercial grade plug on one end, and a single in-line outlet on the other end. The living room has two surge protector multi-outlet strips plugged into the UPS Romex cable. One of the strips (from Philips) has a master outlet that controls other outlets. This lets me turn on the TV, which then turns on power to the Blu-Ray, DVD player, and other equipment you cannot use without the TV anyway. One outlet is always on, which has the 2nd power strip plugged in. This "always-on" power strip powers the Genie DVR and the stereo. The UPS monitors the incoming power voltage & frequency, and the outgoing voltage, frequency, wattage used, etc. and also keeps tabs on "incidents" that have occurred. So far, there have been two, and I was unaware of both of them, but the UPS obviously took care of them. Neat! The display can be turned off for viewing at your convenience, or left on continuously. I leave mine off. It also gives an estimate of battery life when called into service. Mine estimates 86 minutes with the TV off. If we have an outage, I plan to turn the TV off to conserve battery power. It will certainly hold long enough for me to start the generator. This unit is very heavy for it's size, most probably due to battery capacity. It also features surge protection for everything; phone/fax, cable, AC mains, etc., and it is designed for a computer system which it can shut down by itself, supposedly, although I won't be using that function. Do I like it? Yes! Would I recommend it? Highly! Was it a good price? Yes! Would I buy another one? Considering it right now!

Based on my short term usage after receiving the product a week ago, it appears to behave as expected. During testing of the unit, the IT equipment maintained connection and seamless operation.

Excelente y con sus 600 watts suficiente para lo que lo requiero, sobre todo por la onda senoidal pura, que es un requisito indispensable para mi, es un equipo sobrio y elegante, la pantalla muy útil, proporciona información clave, puede quedarse encendida todo el tiempo, o puede apagarse al minuto, a elección del usuario, lo utilizo con una pantalla LG Oled Evo de 65” C5, un Xbox Series X y un módem con internet de 1Gb, el consumo varía con todo encendido entre 200 y con carga gráfica alta unos 350 watts, por el tipo de onda, no mete ruido a los equipos, es muy silencioso, el tiempo de respaldo con lo que estés trabajando o reproduciendo, marca entre 9 y 19 minutos, tiempo más que suficiente para apagar los equipos de manera correcta y segura, con el puro módem trabajando, la batería proporciona hasta 170 mins de respaldo, vale cada centavo, recomendado.

I have been buying CyberPower products for years because they are affordable and because you get a lot of premium features even in some of their least expensive units. The CP1000PFCLCD model here is just that. Very affordable with premium features like auto-voltage regulation and simulated sinewave so that it takes care of even the most delicate of electronics. A lot of people don't know that utility power coming out of their wall is not only dirty (full of noise) but also suffers from voltage spikes and sags quite regularly. All of these issues cause a lot of stress on modern day electronics. Not only does this allow you to safely shutdown your equipment during a power outage but it also safeguards your electronics from the poor quality power problems like voltage spikes, noise, voltage sags and surges as well. The cost of a unit like this one with these premium features will more than pay for itself by extending the life of your electronics like computers, switches, modems, routers, gaming systems and anything else found in a modern day home or small home/office or business. These advanced power quality correcting power back-up systems are just a must have today and it's why I have so many of them all over my home protecting all my sensitive electronic equipment. I'm happy to report that I have had 0 hardware failures due to power issues over the decades because of these CyberPower UPS units protecting everything in my home and small business. I've even noticed that the quality of these CyberPower units last forever. My oldest one is 15 years old and still going strong. The batteries have all lasted at least 8 years with the longest battery lasting 10 years! I've never had any batteries or UPS last this long from other brands like APC etc. Honestly I can't say enough good things. If you care about your electronics and you want the absolute best protection then get a CyberPower UPS with Auto voltage regulation like this one. You won't be sorry. I'm haven't been!

Bought this solely for my NAS protection and it has worked very well automatically shutting down it down during power failures. Going to purchase the larger capacity unit for my AV rack.

Según la pantalla led del artículo, a carga completa sostiene mi ordenador durante 4-6 minutos en una sesión ordinaria de juegos, 18 minutos cuando no hace nada. Ryzen 7 5800x a 70w (De acuerdo con AMD Adrenalin software) Radeon RX 9070 a 165w Dos monitores a 30 y 40w Router WiFi de 10w La carga es definitivamente un poco elevada para este UPS, pero funciona bien, llevo usándolo una semana y no ha presentado problemas, aún cuando el GPU utiliza 200w que es su rating máximo. La fuente de poder es una Cooler Master MWE V2 650w Gold, cuenta con APFC, por lo que es relevante usar un UPS con onda senoidal no simulada. Como prueba, desconecté el UPS de la pared y el equipo no presentó ningún problema, el cambio a batería fué muy rápido incluso bajo la carga antes mencionada. Buen producto

Como siempre la entrega y el servicio de Amazon sin problemas Aunque la marca del producto no es muy conocida en México se puede decir que hasta el momento ha cumplido con el propósito y solo una vez tuve un problema con el pues llego alta la carga (según esto) y apago automáticamente el equipo, aunque la verdad es que la carga se regulo el aparato la siguió detectando alta y nunca se quito al parecer se trabo y el software solo funciono como esta programado para apagar el equipo pero no fue hasta que manualmente reinicie el no break que volvió a funcionar con normalidad, ese es el único evento raro que he tenido, pero de ahí en fuera no ha habido ningún otro y para mi es como si no hubiera pasado nada, cabe mencionar que el no break esta encendido todo el día pues en el tengo montado varias cosas como el teléfono, la impresora, el nas, un equipo de sonido, etc., y no ha gastado mucha luz hasta el momento. Pros Silencioso Ahorrador Moderno Elegante Personalizable (hasta cierto punto, pero lo necesario para dejar un buen sabor de boca) Con una interface adsequible Buen software pero nada que sea para presumir Prácticamente no se calienta Es liviano y compacto Contras Solo el caso raro que me paso pero de ahí en fuera ninguno Resumen Es PFC de onda sinusoidal pura, trae 10 contactos mas ethernet y coaxial y sin descuento es aún más barato que otras marcas como ISB o Koblenz, pero mi consejo es que esperen a las ofertas de Amazon y se llevarán una ganga como fue mi caso.