UPS 1000VA AVR Backup System ULT31502 Reviews

• Amazing...or is it? (Revised)

  
  By A332S4LHX5RLFN on 2006-11-02
  Pros:
  
  First of all this is a great ups, i run the following on it:
  
  20.1" Samsung 204B LCD Monitor
  Computer (1hdd, 3 optical, ATI Radeon HD 4850, Athlon64 6000+) on a 750 watt PSU
  Creative Gigaworks S750 700 watt surround sound speakers
  Western Digital MyBook 500gb USB External Hard Drive
  RCA RS2652 model stereo w/ 200 watts total system power
  Westinghouse 30 inch LCD HDTV
  Philips DVDR (DVDR + 160GB HD)
  DirecTV satelite box
  VCR
  
  I run all that and i hit only 50%-55% on the load (380 watts +/- 5%) This thing is awesome to be able to keep everything from flickering on and off, from damaging power sags and spikes, and everything.
  
  CONS:
  Well, the rated specs say 50 minutes run time, but its more like 5 at half load, well more than enough time to shut down everything to the lowest power state. At the lowest draw I can get to, ~70 watts, it can run about an hour. The 4 outlets aren't adapter spaced so you do need a surge protector. No digital display. Can't turn the critical battery level alarm off. There is no Refresh button or anything to allow the refreshment of the battery which can shorten the lifetime. UPSMon, while a mianstream software, does suck, really bad translation and is a tad confusing on how to set everything. Battery is sealed and non-user replaceable. Surge protection is a MARGINAL 1065 Joules.
  
  Bottom Line:
  Well, its a great UPS, price is low because this is a dated model. Biggest drawback is the lack of an LCD screen to monitor the status without a computer. And for less than $100, this seems to be the best buy on the market.
  
  
  
  *Actually if you let this thing charge for >6 hours you will get a longer runtime, but if the power is flickering on and off everynow and then where it cant get some good solid hours of recharge before discharging again its going to be short.
  
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• Boat Anchor

  
  By A16LXX8183AQB5 on 2007-01-05
  Received this unit intact yesterday. Plugged in and setup unit to run. Shut down with no warning. Called tech support and they told me I had to charge for 6 hours which is not mentioned in the manual. Tried charging and it won't hold a charge.
  
  I should have known better after I received first unit delivered all smashed. This one won't hold a charge. There tech support was not helpful as they did not try to walk me through anything. Last tech determined the unit was no good after my few second explanation of the problem (guess this happens often) and that I would have to send back at my cost.
  
  Stay away from Ultra products... pure junk!
  
  

• Good for what it is

  
  By AZTM2VXPJ5P72 on 2007-08-06
  This type of unit is superior at stopping those annoying brown outs that don't really take your power down but they make the power "blink" just long enough to force your computer(s) to reboot. If the power completely goes out it also gives you enough time to save documents and turn off your computer but don't expect to fire this thing up during a hurricane and play games for hours. I'd say it lasts 5-20 minutes under typical loads.
  
  

• UPS 1000VA AVR Backup System ULT31502

  
  By A1S19SY104JR8Q on 2007-07-05
  This it by far the best backup battery I've purchased for my money. i have 4 pentium3 computers (without monitors)running upto 5 min. That gives me plenty of time to go to my basement & flip the circuit breakers on. a must for every computer user.
  
  

• Works as listed

  
  By A4EWFVON2DKB5 on 2008-09-12
  I purchased this product for my father to deal with outages/brownouts. Anyone running a raid configuration will know losing power leads to annoying hour long reverfiys of the drives data. With write caching enabled a power outage can mean a complete loss of all data not cached... This device has saved many headaches on multiple ocassions.
  
  

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