( 27 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 25 2009
I thought I'd save some money and bought this unti. Six months later I walked into the house and though something was burning. After a carful search I found My PC powered off and a real bad buring smell coming out of this unit. It was super hot also. I discarded the unti and got myself a pro quality APC Smart UPS. It was more than 3 times the price but the peace of mind is worth it.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jun 22 2009
In terms of what the main function of this device is (battery backup), it performs great. Had a power outage shortly after acquiring it and everything worked perfectly. Setup on a Mac is so easy. No software required, it just "shows up" in the energy settings of the Mac and you can tell it to shutdown after a certain length of time and so on. THE PROBLEM: This model will not allow the Mac to go to sleep. I do this every night so I'm not wasting so much power, but as soon as the Mac goes to sleep, it kicks right back on. If you unplug the USB cable from the AVR685, the Mac will then sleep, but you lose the auto shutdown functions. Good thing is, Cyberpower is replacing this unit with the 800AVR as this apparently is a known issue with the 685 and Macs. The only other thing I'd like is for the 4 battery backup plugs(the other 4 are surge protector only)to be further apart to better accommodate AC adapter bricks.
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Posted: Jun 2 2009
Unless you have a system running their power monitoring widget, the UPS function doesn't work. Case in point, I have a Linux system running mythdora and every time I have a power blink, the box reboots. If I have my XP system with the widget running, the UPS functions properly during a power blink. My APC unit does not require the APC widget to be running to keep power to the outlets. Poor design, I guess they never considered someone using a UPS for something other than a Windows or Mac desktop, like a switch, cable modem, etc. [..]
