BR1000ELCD-UK BRICs Series, 1000VA/600W, 6 UK Outlets (3 Surge only, 3 UPS and Surge), 1 USB Charging Port, AVR, Brick Format

Style Name: 700VA/420W Decided to buy UPS after recent experience of a power “brown-out” where the power fluctuated enough to cause devices to power up/down multiple times – not good for NAS (Network Access Storage) devices. I decided not to “sell myself up” with regard to power spec and try the lowest power output that would comfortably meet the needs of a clean shut-down for my NAS, hence 700VA version. Brick comes with a type-B USB cable for connection to a NAS. This enables the NAS to monitor the state of the UPS and determine if/when to start setting disks to standby. In my case I have a Synology DS212J NAS (quite old tech) but it recognises the UPS when connected and you can customise a delay time before placing the disks of the NAS in offline/standby mode. There are three sockets in each of two banks. One bank is Battery Backup+Surge Protection, the other Surge Protection only. It also provides a USB power output port and RJ45/RJ11 sockets in between the mains socket banks. I keep the protective packing film attached to stop dust entering these since the “brick” faces upwards in my installation. Although the brick has keyhole slots cut in the base for screws mounting vertically on a wall, I feel it might be safer (because of its weight) sitting on its feet in the horizontal position. I found the actual mains sockets quite stiff for inserting UK plugs, but since plugs will seldom be removed/inserted this is a minor criticism. Brief instructions were included on the box and a leaflet inside. Once the unit is switched on there is a second button to allow scrolling through the settings shown on an LCD display. The display cycles through power input Volts, power output Volts, charge remaining etc. Testing is simple once everything is connected. Switching off the mains supply to the unit, connected devices should continue to run undisturbed. A double beep sounds at intervals alerting that the mains power is cut and the unit is operating in backup battery power mode. Online advice seems to recommend not discharging the batteries too much. So the UPS is more suitable for allowing clean shutdowns than enabling continued use of devices during a power cut. If the latter is required a larger UPS would be needed. I feel a lot happier about protecting my backup data now in the event of any future power interruptions. “Fit and forget” tech once it is setup. Pleased with my purchase.

Arrived about a month ago, packaging showing some signs of heavy handling/minor damage, but product appeared in good condition. Word of caution, at 8 kgs it is quite a heavy object and I'd strongly recommend to ensure the product is shipped on its own, especially not with fragile items. Perhaps leave a day or two in between until other items have been dispatched, or later purchases done after dispatch. Installation was easy with good instructions given. Take care of the warnings; there are plenty in the manual, but nothing to worry about as long as directions followed. Some deal with actions that would be really stupid, like connecting a 2kW hoover or a 3kW kettle, which draw several times as much power as it can deliver (but I'd imagine some people would thoughtlessly try to make it work??). The only thing I didn't get clearly immediately was that to power it on, one needs to press the power button continuously throughout a long beep, then a short beep notifies it is enabled and lights go on. The display is informative and the manual very extensive on what the different symbols mean. One feature I love is the power draw in percentage, which had me amazed on the actual power draw for different devices. I am not sure about it displaying input/output voltage above 240V, which is somewhat higher than it should be (230V). It's output performance appears quite adequate, seeing the difference on devices like my speakers. Previously, when on standby, they would wake up if I'd turn my kitchen light on, clearly the described ripples in the electricity grid. After connecting to the UPS, this no longer happens. In terms of protection, I've seen an unusual amount of power outages in the month since receiving it. First was a lightning strike that knocked off the electricity in the whole valley where I live, as far as I could see. May have involved a significant surge. Devices drawing 25-30% of its capacity kept working (I saw the lightning strike as I was watching from a lil' distance), and no disruption was noticed. Second outage was a few days ago for about 15-20 minutes. The alarm woke me up, eventually, in a nice manner. It consists of a double short beep, repeated about four times a minute. Clearly audible, but not intrusive. I had no desire to disable it. Again, no disruption to working devices. Third time was this morning, an outage lasting only about a second, yet no disruption to anything connected. Device's own display shows a runtime of about 44 minutes on full battery charge with about 11% power draw. Software standards are appropriately adhered to, seeing that recent Debian-based Linux OS that I'm running on a modern machine picked up the presence and status of the UPS without need for user interaction (UPS needs to be connected to the computer using the included USB cable). The only downside on connectivity is that the telephone/modem protection ports do not support the standard BT connector (extension lead from socket), so that a (A)DSL splitter has to be placed between the socket and UPS. Result is that only either the telephone or the modem can be protected, unless seperate device is used. Other than that, this product performs well and is well worth paying for.

In common with most UPSs listed here, the runtime on battery isn't stated in the item description. I bought the smallest (420W) of these devices and at full power I'd expect 5 or 6 minutes of runtime. Enough for an immediate clean shutdown but not much else. As it happens, I bought this to protect my broadband and some other small items (smarthome hubs and a couple of raspberry Pis) so I'm mostly running at about 10% capacity and would therefore expect this to power everything for maybe 50 minutes. Long enough to keep going through the average power cut. Aside from battery capacity this seems like a decent unit. Plug it in, plug equipment into it, and off you go. The USB interface connects nicely to a Windows machine and the software lets you perform a clean shutdown when the power goes off. I actually have mine connected to a Pi Zero running Network UPS Tools, with the monitoring data fed into Home assistant. NUT lets you schedule shutdowns as you need, if you don't mind Linux-level config file hacking, and home assistant provides nice monitoring of power consumption and estimated runtime on battery. Overall I like this unit. There aren't many cheaper devices and there are a lot of more expensive devices, so this seems like good value for money to me. I've only had it for a few weeks so can't yet comment on long term reliability.

Arrived with a dead/dying battery. The display showed that the battery was 90% full after charging it for a few minutes (which is odd as the manual says to let it charge for up to 8 hours), however, the UPS would only last a few seconds after shutting off the socket, or in some cases shut off immediately and not turn back on while playing a constant loud pitched noise. This means that either: - it arrived with a dead/dying battery - the battery display is wrong Either way, I can't trust this UPS. Also, this is advertised as working on Linux, however, PowerPanel doesn't work on Fedora 41 (just shows "No such file or directory", and starting the pwrstatd service fails). I understand that Linux support is pretty much always flaky and there are a bajillion distros, but don't have high hopes if you want automatic shutdown on Linux.

I got this because it’s one of the cheapest line interactive UPS models from a decent company on Amazon. It delivered within a couple of days and arrived ready charged. It’s had several uses already to keep our CCTV DVR box working during electrical rewiring of the house. It managed to keep a 4 camera DVR from HikVision going for around 3-4 hours outlasting the second UPS unit (from APC) which powers the modem and other electricals ran out of battery, at which point we no longer had access to the live feed. Once power is restored is chargers itself back up, but simultaneously keeps power to the CCTV while charging itself. It’s also hot UK plugs so no need to find special cables like some of the other models in this price range. Finally, it has an audible alert when it’s running the backup battery. I quite like that because it’s up in the loft so we’d have no way of knowing if it was working otherwise. Only thing I don’t know is if it has a replaceable battery but at this price I’d take that as a bonus if it does.

This is a nice size, compact. It fits nicely under my computer desk out of the way. I did contact CyberPower about the too-short USB cable and the PowerPanel software, and received a prompt and helpful reply with a link for download. I left it charging for a few hours before hooking it up and tested it with a table lamp. It did flicker on changeover and the lamp's light seemed to pulsate on battery power, then once installed I tested it on the PC (fingers crossed). No problems at all. I tested the software by setting power-down time to 2 minutes. It shut the PC down, but I'm sceptical about it saving files in running apps. I left a game running, and it just closed down abruptly. Most apps require user input to shut down properly. When I powered up, there was an error message but a restart worked fine. The game put up a warning about an unexpected shut-down, but ran up OK. It's only very rarely that the PC will be running with nobody to shut it down manually, so it's not a game-changer. It did run quite hot at the beginning, but perhaps the battery was still charging. It's running cool now. A good buy, so far. PS You may be tempted to enable e-mail notifications via the software. Don’t, just don’t. I did, and was bombarded with e-mails. The battery status cycles between ‘charging’ and ‘fully charged’ every few seconds. I got an e-mail every time. Update - The unit is running quite hot, and the status shows 'voltage buck' permanently, indicating a high mains voltage. Tech support insists that I need to have my wiring checked, although I can't imagine what wiring fault would cause a high voltage at the sockets. I'll have to consider a replacement, as I don't like to be without one now.

I had hoped that this would be an excellent solution in case of a power outage. However, when I tested it the UPS unit kept shutting down. I had tried it three times but with no success. There was no other option than to return it for a refund which was very quickly done.

This is a fantastic UPS back up, lots of power outlets for various other devices, either total protection or normal. Well worth purchasing, I liked the display and being able to see how much charge was left in the batteries. Very nice bit of kit.