V7 UPS1DT750-1K UPS 750VA Desktop UK

An excellent practical device that will keep your internet, Alexa and phone working during a power cut. and other fibre .The service from the supplier was brilliant and the UPS arrived a day before it's scheduled delivery date. The price of the UPS represented extremely good value for money.

Having a lot of small power cuts where I live, this is ideal for keep power going to my device long enough to safely shut it down. Have tried with a PS5, an Xbox and a small TV, all fine. Excellent product.

In summary, this feels a decent good-value UPS, with useful capabilities, but getting hold of the associated software is non-obvious.I'm using it to protect an Asus PN50 computer with a single Hanns.G HT225 monitor. The UPS has 3 sockets with battery backup, and 3 with only surge protection. So sufficient for what I need. Given its capacity, you wouldn't want to plug too many devices into the battery-backup sockets anyway.Before working out how to install the software, I had tested the UPS with an old-style 40W light bulb and that worked fine. The bulb stayed on. I didn't time how long I'd get before the battery was exhausted though.After installing and setting up the software (see below), I tested it powering my PC and monitor. When I tried pulling the mains plug after installing and setting up the software, I immediately received an email saying it was switching to battery power. Its console web-page showed the battery power capacity reducing at an alarming rate from 100% down to 74% in about 20 seconds. So I was wondering whether it would have enough power to last the 2 minutes. But then it stayed at 74% for the remainder of the 2 minutes I'd configured (see below). So I'm guessing that indicator isn't so accurate. It also means I have no real idea how long it will last in practice for my usage.No other reviewers managed to get the software running, so thought I would write a guide.The download location in the provided installation manual only gives you the user manual, not the software. I can't tell you where to get the software from because links aren't allowed in reviews. But a Google search for "viewpower" should give you the download location from "V7 Power". (Don't attempt to install Viewpower Pro, as that doesn't seem to support USB connection.)The full user manual can also be downloaded from their download page. The downloaded user manual is extensive and detailed - a bit too much really if you just want to do basic setup. However that's better than the extreme terse instructions you often get for products nowadays.I'm running Windows 11, so chose the download for: "Windows® 7 / 8 / 10 (32-bit & x64-bit) / 11 Windows® Server 2012 / 2016 / Windows SBS 2011".Their server seems to be extremely slow, so it took several minutes to download! It even failed the first couple of times, but I persisted and eventually got a zip file. I expanded that and got a file called "installViewPowerHTML Windows.exe".I connected my PC to the USB port of the UPS before installing the software. There was no audible indication it was connected, and I couldn't see anything obvious for it in Device Manager, so I wasn't filled with confidence it was connected. However it was actually connected fine, as I established after installing the software.I executed the installation program. The default installation location it suggested was "C:\ViewPower", which is rather unfriendly. I changed that to "C:\Apps\ViewPower" which is where I put installed programs which don't go in "Program Files". You can choose where to put it. I don't know whether choosing "Program Files" would work.After the installation completed, it auto-started. An icon appears in your "tray" (bottom right hand corner).I right-clicked in the tray icon (see uploaded picture), and chose "Open Monitor". That opened a page in my default web browser (Firefox) running on my localhost. See the other uploaded picture. This showed the Status View which confirmed the UPS device was connected via the USB cable.If you hover over "UPS Menu" then choose "Configuration->E-mail", you can configure where it should send emails. Add your email into the box on the right, and remove the default notification. Then hit "Test" to check it is working.If it asks you for the Administrator password at any point, the default is "administrator" (all lower case, no quotes). You can change that with the Change Password button."UPS Menu->Configuration->Event Action" is where you tell it to send emails for various events. You choose an event (eg "AC failure") and then click on "E-mail" on the right, and tick the box next to your email address you entered above. You have to do this separately for every event which is a bit laborious."UPS Menu->UPS Settings->Local Shutdown" is where you tell it what to do if it switches to battery power. I chose the option to shutdown my PC after 2 minutes.

Does as it says on the tin.

This unit only becomes useful when the power fails, which thankfully rarely happens in our area - Kinda like taking out insurance and never using it. However, it was delivered on time, good value & works very well

Good unit, probably four stars for the actual hardware but deducted a point for poor documentation and poor information on obtaining the software. Also no USB connection lead included which cost another £4 (amazon basics at the time of writing). The docs make no mention of how to use the USB connector, I managed to find the software but after install I cannot get it to run, nothing happens when it is launched. One of the answers to the customer questions here says something about use the shutdown wizard only, but the answer is unclear too. Sort that stuff out and it would be much more recommended.

I experienced several power cuts over a period of weeks which crashed my system whilst I was video editing. They could easily have damaged / corrupted my hard drives. I needed something to protect my system and this is a cost effective way of doing it. ( Calculate the the power use properly to get the right model. )The instructions take a bit of digesting and the 'on' switch needed to be held down/ on for several seconds to activate the system, not "pressed lightly" which was what the instructions said. I am very happy with it.

Have two of these. Ideal for 27" iMac, router, printer and external speakers. Get enough time to properly save data and shut down safely. Other one is fitted to a large LCD TV and home cinema setup. Still powers for about 60 seconds which is great for small surges and outages.