CyberPower Intelligent LCD CP850AVRLCD 850 VA Tower UPS (CP850AVRLCD)

Easy to install. Clear indicators- have not had long enough to test during power outage; but so far good.

Tested the UPS with up to 75% load. Works great when power is flickered and when power shuts off completely. About 3-4 minutes of up time when load is 75%. About 10-12 minutes when load is 40%. Great for power flickers or if your breaker goes out and you need to run and switch it back on really quick. Below is a break down of each component that I used and its corresponding load on the UPS. Desktop Power Specs: Intel Quad Core Q9450, NVIDIA 8800GT, 4 Hard drives - 40% load when CPU is idle / web browsing - 55% load when playing Starcraft II on High Settings - 22 Wide screen monitor 10% load - Cheap Dual core 15.4 laptop 10% load

Love the LCD display! Worked like a charm, unfortunately when I upgraded to a 1200W power supply to run AMD Phenom II x4, 16GB, 460GTX SLI and RAID 5 config…

I ve used APC for years and when my APC Back UPS RS 800 died I decided to give the competition a try. This was well rated, had 50 VA more, and was cheaper than a new APC. My 800 VA APC would run my 22 LCD monitor and computer for 25 minutes when new and with 4 year old failing batteries can run it for 8. This new unit overloaded and turned off with only 200 Watts being drawn (less that half the rating). I then let it fully charge and tested it. It could only run the system for a total of 10 minutes with new batteries and a 190W draw. What will it do with old batteries? Pay a little more and get an APC. On paper this is similar but in reality the quality doesn t compare. I ve already done my RMA.

A lot of cool features that shows the stats of your current. If I had any draw back is that I should have bought a more poweraful battery. I have it connected to a…

Bought this to replace a 5 year old APC unit that had burnt up when it s battery shorted out. (Luckily no fire, but awful smell). This is a nice compact unit, and suprisingly keeps my FIOS router, switch, 3 PCs and a 30 monitor running for about 10 minutes before giving up. Didn t try running the included software or use the cable/telephone protection ports, but they re nice to have. Good product for the price so far...

Pros: Highly Compatible; Good Value; Quiet; Reliable; Easy To InstallI've had the unit for a couple of weeks and am totally satisfied. My computer draws 220 watts and it's done an excellent job of giving me clean power. The software is useful as is the LCD display. I replaced an older Energizer unit and would recommend the CyberPower.

Pros: I bought this from a local store. The Mail in Rebate came within 4 weeks. Fastest I have ever got one. The product itself is flawless and what I like most is that the unit stays almost completely cool unlike the other 2 brand UPS I own, which feel like little space heaters.Cons: I wish the LED would stay on a little longer. Also, the on off switch is a bit too big and easy to touch and to turn off by mistake. Other products make you hold it down for 2 seconds or so.I bought this from a local store. The Mail in Rebate came within 4 weeks. Fastest I have ever got one. The product itself is flawless and what I like most is that the unit stays almost completely cool unlike the other 2 brand UPS I own, which feel like little space heaters. I wish the LED would stay on a little longer. Also, the on off switch is a bit too big and easy to touch and to turn off by mistake. Other products make you hold it down for 2 seconds or so. I recommend this product

Pros:: Easy to install,, Good value,, Highly compatible,, Quiet,, Reliable I've had the unit for a couple of weeks and am totally satisfied. My computer draws 220…

Gives a lot of important info on the Power used and other items,

Strengths:Easy to install, AVR, LCD display ... Weaknesses:Annoying popup about hibernate mode I have been a loyal APC customer, but was attracted by the price…

Pros: Great price and worked great so far. Love the LCD screen! Feels and seems like its a good quality product for the price! Came 100% charged and ready to go.Cons: Nothing so farGreat price and worked great so far. Love the LCD screen! Feels and seems like its a good quality product for the price! Came 100% charged and ready to go. Nothing so far I bought it for my entertainment center in the living room. I had an old belkin and over night some of the plugs would stop working. Talking with a co worker he said thats what his did and it was the battery. The battery is about $60 and I paid a only a few dollars more for a new CyberPower unit.

Unit has not overloaded yet on a higher end gaming PC with an 800 W power supply. I love the statistics you can get from this. It is great for analyzing the

Pros: Does not have the high-frequency buzzing noise I've experienced with the smaller APC unitsAwesome LCD display with good informationNice form factor, stands up and stays out of the wayCons: NoneDoes not have the high-frequency buzzing noise I've experienced with the smaller APC unitsAwesome LCD display with good information

Nice form factor, stands up and stays out of the way None Someone mentioned it didn't support their load of over 50%. I have had load around 35% and it remains powered more than long enough for power to be restored. I have not tried to put the load at 100%, but that doesn't seem wise anyway as you're reducing the runtime during failure.

I sleep at night - my servers hum along - great product

Only Problem is that they seem to wear out in 3rd yr warranty, right on date it is to expire!! Other than that, love them, now looking to purchase a new one.

I liked these so much I bought 3 of them. What can you say about a power supply - it works. Mine have lasted 2 years and are still going strong. When these die, I will replace with the same thing. I had APCs before, they did not look as good or last as long.

I bought this UPC because I had upgraded my PC with a newer video card and Power Supply so my old UPC was not powerful enough and I wanted to add battery backup…

Not one of the nine outlets is separated from the others enough to accommodate a cord end power block without obscuring another outlet. Huge waste of the otherwise numerous advertised outlets.Tower design is nice, display is nice, capacity is nice. Haven't tried the shutdown software or the co-ax/ethernet surge suppressors.Would have preferred the less expensive 10-outlet APC if it hadn't been marked discontinued.

Saved my work and new PC on the first day. Has performed flawlwssly thru tow blackouts. Great bargain.

Pros:: Easy to setup,, Good power output,, Quiet,, Small footprint How about leaving the LED display on or an on-off switch for the display? The power saved by…

Pros: Works perfectly.Cons: Could run my OC'd PC longer...Works perfectly. Could run my OC'd PC longer... Only $90 so can't complain.

I purchased this product after careful consideration of all products in the catagory. I determined this one perhaps fit my needs and I was correct. This backup has…

Seeing my screen go blank while in the middle of a task and then wondering if my PC will start up again are NOT good feelings. The UPS arrived quickly (thanks

Good value and works as advertised.

... Good value and works as advertised. ...

works exactly like it says.

Had this for about 6mos now buffering power to my entertainment center electronics and its been working great. The LCD screen is a definite plus when trying to get status on the unit. Serves as a good night light too ;)

Pros: Great UPS. It has plenty of plugs and provides a decent power to my components. The LCD is actually quite nice, it can give you real time status of voltages, frequency, power draw, battery life, load levels.The software support for it is pretty awesome. I applaud Cyberpower for providing support for Linux systems.Cons: For something so beefy, I wish it could power my computer for longer than a few minutes. The LCD is somewhat difficult to read at oblique angles.Great UPS. It has plenty of plugs and provides a decent power to my components. The LCD is actually quite nice, it can give you real time status of voltages, frequency, power draw, battery life, load levels.The software support for it is pretty awesome. I applaud Cyberpower for providing support for Linux systems. For something so beefy, I wish it could power my computer for longer than a few minutes. The LCD is somewhat difficult to read at oblique angles. Although I haven't been able to measure the output with an oscilloscope, it seems to produce a modified sine wave, which may be a problem if you plug analog devices into it, but computers should be just fine.The documentation is somewhat difficult to read, but still understandable enough to get the job done.

Much nicer than others I've had before. I like the GUI and it has already been put to the test with storms here in the midwest and worked perfectly. I would…

Pros: Works well in the three different locations I have used this UPS, home and work. The display is a great feature for the power conscious, offering many aspects of power input and output and battery status.Cons: My two year old daughter likes to push the colorful button... The display reports the battery life lower then expected but is adequate for my needs.Works well in the three different locations I have used this UPS, home and work. The display is a great feature for the power conscious, offering many aspects of power input and output and battery status. My two year old daughter likes to push the colorful button... The display reports the battery life lower then expected but is adequate for my needs. Works with Linux using the PowerPanel drivers offered through CyberPower's web site.

Pros: Can set it to SILENT MODE. This works great for my home theater setup where there isn't a PC connected by USB to tell it be quiet when the power goes out.Cons: None.Can set it to SILENT MODE. This works great for my home theater setup where there isn't a PC connected by USB to tell it be quiet when the power goes out. None. I used the Power Panel software and USB cable while connected to my PC to disable the audible alarm, then set it up for my home theater. It didn't remember the setting. However, hold the function key for >3 seconds, and it will cancel the audible alarm.

This has been in use for almost a month now with 1 power outage and the battery was close to accurate (went dead with 3 minutes remaining). Software is simple but detailed enough. Silent setting isn t completely silent (still goes off at 10%/5min) tho not as loud as APC. At 35% load (1 PC, modem, router) backup will run for about 20 minutes. PS3 or 360 will add another 30% to load and reduce to 8 10 minutes. Only complaint is that the top of the battery housing inside the unit broke on shipping (looks like the battery was slammed so hard it burst through). This was most likely FedEx/cold weathers fault but it doesn t affect units operation.

Pros: I've been using my cp850avrlcd for about a year now on my home theater. It works great! So good My wife ordered a second one to replace the small Powercom ebook550 micro ups on our gaming rig. Here in Arizona the heat alone will blow Transformers and cause other power outages for up to week in some areas but this little guy will even put my system into hybernate when im not there. I dont even notice a hit on my system while im gaming and running on just the batt.
My system spesc are amdx2 3800+ 4gbpc433 250gbhdd
20xdvdrw xfx7600gs256mb windows vista 19 inch w/s lcd monitorCons: little pricey, but you get what you pay for.I've been using my cp850avrlcd for about a year now on my home theater. It works great! So good My wife ordered a second one to replace the small Powercom ebook550 micro ups on our gaming rig. Here in Arizona the heat alone will blow Transformers and cause other power outages for up to week in some areas but this little guy will even put my system into hybernate when im not there. I dont even notice a hit on my system while im gaming and running on just the batt.
My system spesc are amdx2 3800+ 4gbpc433 250gbhdd
20xdvdrw xfx7600gs256mb windows vista 19 inch w/s lcd monitor little pricey, but you get what you pay for. Superior construction and performance. cut my power bill from 240 a month to 180. used my Kill-A-Watt
Keep theese things comming CyberPower!

Pros: Easy to set up, compatible with linux. The mfgr-supplied linux app works fine. Will run a fully loaded quad-core system and monitor for 5-10 minutes, less power-hungry machines for 30-60 minutes, easily long enough for an orderly shutdown. The units are attractive and surprisingly compact. I purchased three to protect some linux servers and workstations.Cons: The documentation of the linux power app is poorly written, but understandable. Despite the bad english, the app was simple to install and configure.Easy to set up, compatible with linux. The mfgr-supplied linux app works fine. Will run a fully loaded quad-core system and monitor for 5-10 minutes, less power-hungry machines for 30-60 minutes, easily long enough for an orderly shutdown. The units are attractive and surprisingly compact. I purchased three to protect some linux servers and workstations. The documentation of the linux power app is poorly written, but understandable. Despite the bad english, the app was simple to install and configure. It would be nice if the pretty LCD display on the front panel remained on instead of blanking out after 30 seconds. However, this unit is a great value. It's not intended to run your powerful workstation for an hour after the power goes out, just long enough to shutdown without trashing your data and hard drives. It should allow the attached hardware to breeze through power blips and momentary outages.

I bought 3 of these to protect 3 Linux-based fileservers that are part a scientific computing workstation cluster. the fileserver/workstations vary from an…

This is the first UPS I bought with a display so I don t need to guess whether it is providing enough power, how much life is left, and other parameters. I just had 2 UPS failed and there is no way to know why they fail without any display. ONE complaint: It should require the user to hold the power button for a couple or more seconds to turn it off just like other UPS. This will avoid accidentally turning off the UPS by just hitting the button for 1/10 second. If it has that, I would give it 100% satisfaction.

This units performance well exceeds my expectations. I don t know of any way it could better satisfy my needs.

I wanted to wait a while before posting this review so I had some time to play with this thing. I haven t had a power outage yet, but I ve pulled the plug and waited a good bit before plugging it back in. I bought two at the same time for two different computers. These two replaced ONE (1) single 350V UPS. Talk about upgrading, eh? While they aren t real cheap, these puppies definately do their jobs. They supply clean power and give warning of power outage and maintain their own power for a good, long time according to the load of course. I d say this is definately a good consumer choice.

Product works great. I will probably order another from this series.

Pros: works, small, nice looking, features are useful (eg KW/H meter), adequate outlets, simple interface. Cons: Last time I shorted out a nearby circuit (different breaker), one of my two servers rebooted. However, on the UPS are: two Athlon XP1800 servers plus cable modem,router,switch,ATA. When I pull the plug, the equipment continues to run. Notes: I have not tested USB as I don t care enough to.

Pros: Front display of various info including battery status and load level.Cons: Doen't stay on at all during outage if load level is above 50%.
Has to be power cycled to recover from overload.Front display of various info including battery status and load level. Doen't stay on at all during outage if load level is above 50%.
Has to be power cycled to recover from overload. We plugged in 2 machines and load level read 67%. Battery said full. Upon losing power it immediately went into overload and turned off the outlets. When power restored it stayed in overload until turned off and back on (same load). It seemed to work correctly with 25% load, but that's useless.That was our 2nd unit. The first unit we had to be RMA'd due to inability to fully charge the battery.

Our company recently switched it soure of UPS equipment. We now sell and install CYBERPOWER ups s. We have realized a big cost difference while using CYBERPOWER. The cost is lower than comparible units, and there are also many advantages when using Cyberpower. We have been installing about 30 units a month, and have not had any problems procuring and using these units. They also include a LCD which can be used to monitor the unit, along with software which uses a USB interface to report current conditions of the line and equipment. I would highly recommend Cyberpower for your UPS needs.

Strengths:Compact, good looking unit. Works well ... Weaknesses:Software doesn\'t provide graphing of events This UPS is a compact, good looking unit. Installation was…

Well, I haven t had the opportunity to quot;use quot; it yet but it seems to be great for hooking my pc, scanner, printer, etc. My only complaint is that the outlets are a little too close together to plug in the mini transformer plugs.

No complaints here. Does what it is supposed too, has a much nicer footprint then other UPSs of similar capacity. Software monitors the unit great and the LCD provides a lot of info. I have 2 and may be ordering 2 more.

My Fedora 7 server recognized this from the USB port. My main concern was that the CD included has drivers only for Windows. But Fedora detected it immediately from the USB connection...minimal configuration on my end. I tested a power-outage and Fedora shutdown automatically when the UPS battery was low. The UPS is ultra quiet also and I like having the blue LCD there.

Great system, works well, I use it for my satellite/WiFi setup, keeps it working great..

Pros: I had previously bought a CyberPower CP1500AVR900W to support my substantial Home Theater System which was suffering problems with frequent power fluctuations from my rural electric service. It has solved all of those problems and even kept the entire system going during several brief power outages.I bought this less powerful but more fully-featured unit for my computer system.It seems to have no audible alarms but when it comes on an LCD display illuminates. Using a switch below the disply, you can toggle through the input voltage, the output voltage and hertz, a bar graph of the battery power and some other useful information.When the power goes out (I just pulled the plug for a test) the LCD display shows a bar graph of the battery power, a bar graph of the power load upon the unit and calculates the time it will continue to power those devices, which in my case was 33 minutes.I didn't load the shutdown software as I have time to do it myself.Cons: None

I had previously bought a CyberPower CP1500AVR900W to support my substantial Home Theater System which was suffering problems with frequent power fluctuations from my rural electric service. It has solved all of those problems and even kept the entire system going during several brief power outages.

I bought this less powerful but more fully-featured unit for my computer system.

It seems to have no audible alarms but when it comes on an LCD display illuminates. Using a switch below the disply, you can toggle through the input voltage, the output voltage and hertz, a bar graph of the battery power and some other useful information.

When the power goes out (I just pulled the plug for a test) the LCD display shows a bar graph of the battery power, a bar graph of the power load upon the unit and calculates the time it will continue to power those devices, which in my case was 33 minutes.

I didn't load the shutdown software as I have time to do it myself. None CyberPower makes well-crafted and