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Battery lasts about a year. Battery replacement is more than the cost

I bought this one for my parents PC. Easy set up. Don't forget to connect the battery. It's a good deal at $25.

I've got a couple of these and they work fine. I do wish the battery would last more than a year or so though.

I was considering running out to office depot since they had this same UPS for $25 but in-store only. I decided it wasn't worth it since there was no guarantee they would be in stock after I drove there. Just bought two from amazon, I don't know how brick-n-mortar stores stay in business.

Okay for a low powered machine but won't provide enough power to a gaming desktop.

After missing out on the $20 450VA one, I bought this one. I added a $2 pack of pens to push the $24.99 over $25 and got free shipping. Thanks Ben and Amazon.

Ref#6: If you want to give their VISA card a try, you can get this toy for free. ... You still have to buy something to push it over $25 to get free shipping.

$34.94 now

link shows 50.99 for me


wow the APC batteries only last one year?
I have a cheap cyber something brand and it is around 4 years old.
once every year(or longer) it will complain if it went through a long blackout (even if the computer was off the whole time).

I have to disconnect it from the computer and charge it seperately for a couple days. after that it has been fine.

I might get a spare as a backup for the house alarm power

The unit looks small so the battery must not be that big.

#9, it has a 7 or 8 AH battery and that battery lifespan depends entirely on how often and how low you drain it. Set your system to begin a shutdown sequence within a couple minutes and you should easily get 4 years out of it assuming these aren't old stock that had the battery sitting discharged on a shelf for awhile, which I doubt considering the brand and it being Amazon (or any major retailer for that matter).

The following is an example of the cell it uses, though I don't recall if it uses the narrower or wider terminal size, but that is something you can check on it when you get it or on your current UPS for replacement purposes. Such batteries are one of the most common sizes available for small SLAs, you can probably find something locally if you don't live away from civilization to avoid any shipping charges and possibly get it even cheaper cheaper by giving them your old core to recycle.

http://www.iunitek.com/iunitek/index.cfm?bacon=shop.dspSpecs&part=3577872

^ Ben's link puts bacon in the url, replace bacon with fuse action (one word not two)

Nice deal, too late again.

Another one, expired without notice....

thanks #11/dave_c for the info. at that price I might replace the battery if it eventually dies in the UPS. or I could get a better one for the house alarm that can only last a couple days without power(stupid design)
it might be a better option than using an old car battery that might give off toxic/flammable gasses.

It seems an easy choice to me. you can either set your shutdown for a couple minutes and have your UPS last for 4 years(or more). or be greedy and try to keep playing on the computer during a blackout and have to replace the ups or at least the battery EVERY YEAR!
I mainly use it to keep running through brownouts/low voltage, or very brief blackouts. from what I have seen if a blackout lasts for a whole minute or two, then it probably will be off for a while (longer than you would want to keep running off a UPS). it also protects from the surge that comes when power is restored which can fry things.
I always run computers and home entertainment stuff through a good UPS and they do not seem to die prematurely.
For around $5/ year it cannot be beat. some people do not use any protection and then complain about the brand when their $1000 TV gets fried by lightning!

Non-sealed car batteries do give off hydrogen gas while charging, but the small discharge of running a couple days, or just maintenance float charging, would be such a low rate of hydrogen production that there's nothing to worry about. The tech is the same though, if you use a sealed (maintenance free) car battery you are doing exactly the same thing as using a sealed UPS SLA battery, just a larger battery.

You just wouldn't want to have a row of batteries you fully charge every other day, that could result in enough hydrogen buildup to have an explosive potential if the area wasn't ventilated.

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