( 7 reviews )
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Posted: Mar 8 2009
Bought several of these and have had problems with 2 of them. Worked for less than a year. Even with no power loss, equipment that is attached to the unit, just shuts down. Maybe the battery has gone bad already? Not really sure, but it doesn't compare to other Backup brands that I have purchased.
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 11 2008
I ordered the Cyberpower CP800AVR to replace an old unit that I had good luck with. This was not the case with the CP800AVR. After hooking everything up I had noise in my phone line and my DSL speed was terrible. The support person ran me through several tests and determined the unit was bad. So I packed it up and sent it back to Amazon, who sent back another unit rather quickly. Same problem with this unit, noise in the phone line and no speed on DSL. The same support person could not explain this, but offered to send a separate phone line only surge protector. I accepted this offer as I didn't want to repackage this unit and send it back. In their infinite wisdom, Cyberpower sent me a 725SL unit. Sure it would work, but I didn't want another full unit next to my other one, so I used it on our second computer. In the end I would recommend staying away from CyberPower, even the 725SL only lasted a few weeks before failing.
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Posted: Mar 29 2007
The only reason why I bought a new unit was because I upgraded my computer & the new computer setup does not have a serial port therefore I could not communicate between the unit & the computer. I had a heck of a time installing the software; kept going through the install process. Furthermore I believe the unit I replaced not only had longer backup time; the power panel menu was nicer. It is the same one on their 825AVR. Also the first one would announce when it was connected. It was a Power Plus Unit; this one I believe is called the personal edition. I guess it will do, as power interruptions are not that frequent so far.
