CyberPower CP1500PFCRM2U PFC Sinewave UPS Battery Backup and Surge Protector, 1500VA/1000W, 8 Outlets, AVR, Short Depth 2U Rackmount; UL Certified

CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC SinewaveSo good, I bought 2! UPS systems in this class can easily cost more. I have had poor experience with APC systems in this range, so I gave CyberPower a shot. First one I bought for all my network equipment. I bought the optional network card as well. I have a couple routers attached, several WiFi Mesh base units attached by PoE router, laptop, NAS and a couple other items. I get 1 hour or more of uptime! (YMMV, yada yada) All the items I have attached amount to about 40% load if they are all on at the time.The 2nd UPS I bought about a year later for my home entertainment stuff - TV, stereo and a couple miscellaneous network items. Also gets about 1 hour uptime. No net card on the 2nd one, I wanted to test connecting it to HomeIt via HomeBridge and RPi.I don't need to manage these UPSs on a regular basis. We live in the mountains and power can be flaky. I wanted to have some way to monitor utility power when I was at work. The NIC adapter is perfect for that. I think it is a little on the $$ side, but has been worth it. Plugs right in and easy to configure. I started out with a 1 year promotional subscription to their service, but don't really need it. I still get power change notifications even without the subscription. When I get a power out notification I know I have about 1 hour of uptime before I need to turn on the generator. I did get the other CyberPower UPS to hook up pretty easily to my RPi unit running HomeBridge, with NUT UPS plugin. NUT can have a reasonably steep learning curve. I did get it working, but haven't really had the need to play with it too much since I still have the other UPS with the NIC. FWIW, I already had the RPi unit in place for a bunch of other IoT integrations with HomeKit - I would not go that route just for UPS management! ;PA word about generators:Most UPS systems will not play nicely with your standard portable open frame generator, regardless of how large/stable it is. It's the shape of the stepped wave that can often fool the UPS causing it to trip on. The only foolproof way around that is to 1) Get an online UPS system at 3-5 times the cost of line-interactive 2) get an inverter generator. Don't get too fooled by 'generator' modes on line-interactive or standby UPS types. Those modes may help, but in my experience it will not work 100% of the time. Initially I had a standard Champion 7kw open frame delivering power to whole house. Performance was rock solid voltage and frequency delivery without fluctuation. These CyberPower systems worked off the generator about 75% of the time, tripping on the rest of the time. I have a couple APC systems with 'generator' mode that would have nothing to do with the generator - they would trip instantly even in 'generator' mode. Still, this was not stable enough for me. My solution was to get the inverter generator - a 9kw Westinghouse delivering power to the whole house. It was actually cheaper than getting an online UPS equivalent to this CyberPower! Ultimately it wasn't just the lower cost, but the versatility and stability of delivering super clean pure sine to the whole house. Better for everything inside. Zero issues, of course, with these CyberPwoer UPSs. They just see the generator output as regular utility power.

Works good. I have a gaming PC and bought it since I occasionally get power outages here for up to a minute due to occasional power fluctuation. I was orignally worried it wouldn't draw enough power when gaming (bout 260 watts plus a monitor) but that is a fraction of the load this thing can handle and I probably went overboard. But it's nice, has a LED screen and usb port/app that will auto shutdown your PC if beyond a specified time of battery life. The battery life is, meh, it's about half an hour of full draw but I don't get why it can't pull more on a simple computer but probably related to the specs. For outlet capacity it's very good. Size is smaller than my PC tower so I stick it right next to it. Setup is pretty easy aside from needing to charge it before plugging things in. All and all good buy and if it protects my PC even better.

I recently purchased this UPS to protect my home network and NAS, and I couldn’t be happier. Setup was incredibly easy—plug it in, connect a few devices, and I was good to go. No complicated configurations or fuss.What really stood out to me was the build quality. It feels solid and reliable, exactly what you want in a device that’s guarding your electronics. And the design? Surprisingly sleek—this doesn’t look like a clunky piece of hardware you want to hide away. It actually blends in nicely with the rest of my tech setup.Overall, it’s doing its job quietly and efficiently. Peace of mind during power blips and storms, plus it just looks great. Highly recommended!Update: just purchased a second one for another area of our home. Will probably purchase a third for our second home's surveillance system.4/18/2025 - Update - All systems running great. Had a recent power outage in our area due to Power Company doing maintenance in our area. No sweat, everything ran like a CHAMP