Is Maxgreen online UPS any good?

[MD Utsho]

The seller suggested me to get
"MaxGreen MGO-W1KS 1KVA Standard Backup Online UPS"
He also mentioned 2 and 3 KVA UPS but I guess 1KVA is enough for my desktop

I've very limited choice here, So my question is, Is this UPS any good?
 

[manikyath]

i've never heard of the brand, but it's a pure sine wave so i guess that's good.

 

as for how much power... KVA ratings are vague as heck, it has to do with the reactive power blabla whatever, but the actual wattage the units can push is usually around half of that, so around 500W for the 1kva model. another thing to add is that the closer to the limit you are, the shorter your batterly life will be (and the harder you hit the battery, and the quicker you have to replace them..)

 

my own desktop is plugged into a 1400VA APC BackUPS, and i never really overload things, but at peak i *am* limited to just minutes of battery life on a fresh battery, even less on a battered 3 year old battery. geenrally on these little desktop units i recommend that if you expect any battery life at all beyond "shut down ASAP" you should never go over max load, so 250W actual load for every KVA.