BACKUPS RS 900VA 120VA-LINEINT UPS 6RC

Overall Rating: ( 8 reviews )

1. Posted: Jul 24 2008

   I have been using APC products for years now and have always been impressed with their quality. This unit is no different, I only wish it came in black! I got it because I needed a ups with a stronger power source to support my Power Mac G5 tower, 23in display as well as my router and cable modem. Before I was just able to run the tower on the 350VA that I had but was not optimal because then I had no display to use to shut it down with. Now it can support all the items at my desk and the utility they give you (Power Chute) is awesome as it will shut down your computer after x minutes if you are not there to take care of it yourself. I live in an older building that gets semi frequent little blips of power outages that maybe last between 1 and 10 seconds and I do not want to subject my computers to those so this was the best option for me.

2. Posted: Jul 16 2008

   This unit worked great for about 18 months and then wham, the battery just went TU. I realize that the mfg. states that the battery should be replaced at least every 3 years but honestly, has anybody ever seen an APC ups battery go bad? I was really surprised when the "replace battery" light started flashing and the constant audio alarm starting becoming a pain. I soon found that the cost of this replacement battery is over $77.00!! Not only that but nobody seems to carry this thing. All of the usual "Office" supply guys or even the local office stuff people carry these batteries in stock. Everywhere I went, I was told to order it online and even APC didn't show it in stock. What a pain. Living in daily Thunderstorm country this was a big problem for the week or so that it took to get the replacement battey from a third party. Just be warned that this UPS has worked perfectly and protected my machine on many occasion but, the battery may be a short lived component.

3. Posted: Mar 30 2008

   It fails to keep on my PowerMac, so I wouldn't recommend for other Mac users. It did properly handle a Dell though.

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