Product Description

The Back-UPS ES offers affordable battery backup and surge protection for home computers. With enough power outlets to protect your entire system, built-in phone/fax/modem line (DSL compatible) protection and easy-to-install safe system shutdown software all make this power protection solution the best value for home and home office computers. Control Panel - LED status display with On Line - On Battery - Replace Battery and Building Wiring Fault Audible Alarm Equipment protection policy Lifetime - $75000 APC 2-Year Warranty

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9846 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: APC
• Model: BE550R
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 9.00" w x 15.10" l, 13.70 pounds

Features

• Output Power Capacity: 550Va/330W 8-Outlets
• Features Phone, Fax, Modem & Dsl Protection
• Up To 44 Min Battery Backup Time For Safe Shutdown When Power Is Lost
• Includes Powerchute(Tm) File-Saving, Auto Shutdown Software

Customer Reviews

Great--for a little while.
At first, I thought this thing was the tops. It performed well in several power outages/fuse problems/spikes (I'm in a 1939 building & my office has mostly original wiring). After about 8 months, half of the plugs quit working altogether. I moved my important stuff to the other 3 plugs and took everything else off backup. We didn't have a power outage for a long time, so I don't know when the backup quit working on the rest, but it doesn't work anymore, although the alarm still sounds and the power light is still on. But anything plugged in will shut off with a power loss. Overall, I've owned it less than a year and a half. At this point, it's a very expensive extension cord. But the price has gone way down (it's less than half what I paid) from when I purchased mine. Either way, I'm paying more and going for a different brand for the replacement.

Lifesaver for Quickie Blackouts
After having my computer shut down in several blackouts I ordered this item, which seemed to be a good deal in terms of price/capacity, especially with Amazon's free shipping policy. Well wouldn't you know it, the day after I installed it, we had three "quickie" brownouts, each only lasting for a minute or two, and the computer, cable modem, and printer all kept on merrily humming along due to the battery backup system. I am ordering another one for my home theater, particularly the DVR which takes quite a while to reset itself after it gets powered off.

APC UPS 550 Unreliable
I own 5 of these BE550 units and every one of them has failed at one time or another. APC has replaced 3 of them at no cost (to their credit), but to no avail. They will work fine for 6 months or so and then, without warning and for no apparent reason, they begin beeping, indicating that there is no power supply, when in fact the electrical supply is fine. I believe these units have an inherent flaw in them and I will not buy another APC product. I need a reliable product - not a piece of garbage that won't last and fails without warning.