Good cheap UPS?

[Rlmva]

I'm looking to get a cheap UPS at $80 and under range, but I'm not sure what one to get. Any suggestions?

[SansVarnic]

I strongly recommend the APC brand.

Dont go cheap on your ups, btw.

 

$80 usd one.

https://www.amazon.com/APC-Protector-BE850G2-Back-UPS-Uninterruptible/dp/B085JJZDFK?ref_=ast_sto_dp

 

I recommend this one, its not $80 usd though its $127.99 usd. Its worth the price increase.

https://www.amazon.com/APC-Battery-Protector-BackUPS-BX1000M/dp/B06VY12HW4/ref=asc_df_B06VY12HW4/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583795260287763&psc=1

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

It's generally not a good idea to cheap out on anything that is related to power delivery. You wouldn't feel comfortable if your contractor cheaped out on your house wiring would you? 

[LAwLz]

11 hours ago, Rlmva said:

I'm looking to get a cheap UPS at $80 and under range, but I'm not sure what one to get. Any suggestions?

1) Why are you getting an UPS? The use case matters a lot. Asking for a UPS without saying what it will be used for is like asking "I want a CPU. Which one do I get?". Do you want it just for filtering dirty power? Do you want it to prevent data loss in the case of a power outage? Do you want to keep your computer(s) running during a power outage? If so, how long do you need them to stay online?

2) What are you going to plug into it?

 

 

For example, that UPS SansVarnic linked that's called "APC UPS, 850VA, BE850G2" is pretty good, but if you plug in a pretty standard computer that draws 300 watts, plus a monitor and some other stuff then we're looking at around 8 minutes of power during a power loss. So I'd say that's enough for one computer if you only want it to have time to shut the PC off to prevent data loss.

Also, it can only handle 450 watts of power, so not much more than a regular computer and maybe a monitor.

 

The larger unit SansVarnic posted bumps that up to 11.5 minutes which is better and might even allow you to plug in more computers and safely turn them off (assuming they don't surpass 600 watts in total).

[dalekphalm]

23 hours ago, SansVarnic said:

I strongly recommend the APC brand.

Dont go cheap on your ups, btw.

 

$80 usd one.

https://www.amazon.com/APC-Protector-BE850G2-Back-UPS-Uninterruptible/dp/B085JJZDFK?ref_=ast_sto_dp

 

I recommend this one, its not $80 usd though its $127.99 usd. Its worth the price increase.

https://www.amazon.com/APC-Battery-Protector-BackUPS-BX1000M/dp/B06VY12HW4/ref=asc_df_B06VY12HW4/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=&hvpos=&hvnetw=o&hvrand=&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583795260287763&psc=1

 

I used to exclusively recommend APC, but honestly in my experience they've gone down hill.

 

We've had multiple APC UPS's go defective in one way or another (usually battery failure, sometimes control unit failure). I even had one catch fire once.

 

We've been leaning towards Eaton since then.

[SansVarnic]

3 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

I used to exclusively recommend APC, but honestly in my experience they've gone down hill.

 

We've had multiple APC UPS's go defective in one way or another (usually battery failure, sometimes control unit failure). I even had one catch fire once.

 

We've been leaning towards Eaton since then.

Interesting, I will have to look into them. 

[atxcyclist]

I've had several different brands: CyberPower, APC, Tripp Lite, and they all failed in a minimal amount of time (IMO anyway). But, the ones that were more expensive tended to last longer. Tripp Lite has done marginally better per $ than the others, if I had to make a recommendation.

[Rlmva]

22 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

I used to exclusively recommend APC, but honestly in my experience they've gone down hill.

 

We've had multiple APC UPS's go defective in one way or another (usually battery failure, sometimes control unit failure). I even had one catch fire once.

 

We've been leaning towards Eaton since then.

I actually got an old 850w one for free today because the previous owner thought it was broken, it actually needs new battery’s because they haven’t been changed since they were made (8 years ago)

[dalekphalm]

8 minutes ago, Rlmva said:

I actually got an old 850w one for free today because the previous owner thought it was broken, it actually needs new battery’s because they haven’t been changed since they were made (8 years ago)

Nice! That's actually a really common way to get a very good quality UPS for fairly cheap. My current UPS I got for free as well - though it had no battery at all, and I recently bought a new battery for it. It is an APC unit, a Backups RS 1300 I think? It's one of the older units though, which I personally associate with better quality.

[Rlmva]

33 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Nice! That's actually a really common way to get a very good quality UPS for fairly cheap. My current UPS I got for free as well - though it had no battery at all, and I recently bought a new battery for it. It is an APC unit, a Backups RS 1300 I think? It's one of the older units though, which I personally associate with better quality.

Yeah, just $80 for new official cyber power batteries