| Value |  4.5 | | Performance | 4.5 | | Ease of Use | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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5 of 5 Works Good Monday, October 13, 2008
JB from Claremore, OK
I purchased this about 1 month ago for my TV. I have a DLP and just had to replace the bulb do to power flickering on and off. Repair man suggested a battery backup to give the bulb time to cool down. Anyway, looked online, did some comparison, and this Belkin was the best deal for the backup time compair to cost. Shipping was fast and it works great. It actually would keep my TV running for about 10 minutes...I just had to test. Was this review helpful?  
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5 of 5 Good UPS Monday, June 23, 2008
DennisC10853 from Grand Blanc, MI
This is a good lower end UPS and a decent value for the money. If you have a high end gaming computer with a 750W or above power supply don't buy this one it won't handle it. I actually bought this one for a lower end desktop that is used for buisness and it works great but I tried it first on my high end gaming computer and with the computer and the 22" monitor plugged in it was overloaded. With just the computer plugged in it was ok but when I unplugged this fully charged UPS it kept the computer running for about 25 seconds. Be careful when you buy a UPS, make sure it will handle what you are going to throw at it. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 High Quality Unit Sunday, June 15, 2008
Ray from Bucks county, Pa
This Ups seems to built with high quality standards. We lost power 2 times the first week we owned this UPS and it kept everything up and running with no problems. We also had 3 brown outs and it kicked right in without hesitation. The smell I am reading about appears to be that of new electronic equipment and not the battery charging, at least with my unit. I have no odor at all after a few days. The top outlets and small footprint for such a powerfull UPS is great. With the rebate, this is a very good deal. good luck!! Was this review helpful?
4 of 5 Nice Box ! Tuesday, June 10, 2008
TomS... from Delaware
I'm very pleased with this UPS. It works very well, provides full backup for my overstuffed Pentium 2.8 MHZ machine and monitor for about 12 minutes. I didn't notice the smell much beyond the first day, typical for most new electronic devices. I gave it a 4 for ease of use because I had to plug it in - it should've worked right out of the box!? And a 4 for overall satisfaction because it only has one internal battery -I was expecting two. My advice -buy it, you'll like it!... Was this review helpful?
3 of 5 Belkin Battery Backup with Surge Protection (550VA Tuesday, June 10, 2008
AZ from Baton Rouge, LA
I bought this unit about 10 days ago. I tried to install the software power management, which came with it, but the CD could not even be read by the computer, like a blank disk. This is joke!! I tried download the software from its website and installed it, but again it does not work properly. Wasting my time! The support does not reply my message. Now I just use the unit as surge protector and battery back-up in the event of power failure. To be honest, I do not know how well the software will manage the unit and my computer.
PS: The unit does have a small humming noise, just like HV transformer in the substation. I do not have experienced any funny smell. I think for this type of unit, the maximum load is 300Watt, so we need to calculate Volt x Amps plus whatever equipment we will use to prevent overload or equipment failure. It does not give you an extra safety factor on the max. load.
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5 of 5 Works Brilliantly Monday, June 09, 2008
A Customer from Baltimore MD
I've purchased one of these units two years ago, and it works so well, when I had another need come up for a UPS, getting a second one was a no-brainer.
Works great, no complaints!
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5 of 5 It's a really good back up Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A Customer from DeLand, Florida
After a good charge I started using it. I had no idea that it would be tested so soon, a tree took out electric lines down the road that day. No problems at all. And no smell, which I had noticed others commented upon. I like Belkin products overall!! Was this review helpful?
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4 of 5 Don't overload it! Friday, April 18, 2008
Dan from Alpharetta, GA
Stays on when power cuts out, as expected. But I plugged my printer into a backed-up outlet (as opposed to just a surge protected outlet) and when it kicked on it overloaded the unit and the whole thing shut off thus killing power to the RAID that I purchased this thing for. So don't overload it!
Otherwise love Belkin products! Was this review helpful?
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3 of 5 Works Great, Smells Bad Monday, March 03, 2008
A Customer from Apache Junction, Arizona
This UPS works very well, I really don't have any complaint about the operation, but it sure does smell. I am going to give it a week or so to mellow out. If the smell doesn't go away, I will replace it with a APC. I would NOT recommend this to a friend.... Was this review helpful?
3 of 5 Great Unit, Bad Smell Sunday, March 02, 2008
A Customer from Apache Junction,Arizona
I have had this unit powered for over a week. From day one, it stunk. Whenever it is powered it smells. It works great. I have had several APC units and I have never had one that stinks so bad. I am going to tolerate this unit for the short term but may replace with an APC if odor continues. Would not recommend to a friend.... Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Works great, price is right! Sunday, March 02, 2008
Tony from Owings Mills, MD
It does what is suppose to do. I have computer, monitor and bunch of other accesories plugged in and had loss of power couple of times. Everything was safely powered up.
I like Belkin products in general. Never had any problems. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Good buy Sunday, February 03, 2008
Dave from East Tennessee
This product is working fine so far. Rather than loading the CD, I downloaded a newer version from belkin.com and never could get it to work right. Tried the CD and it did fine, so I didn't try to upgrade since it was working. Got an older 2.0 gHz desktop, 17" LCD, laser on the non-backup outlet, and it's running at about 25% load. Noticed that when I pulled the wall plug to test it, the load dropped to about 17%, so it's including the non-backup outlets in the load. Performed fine. Was this review helpful?
2 of 5 Great price, awful smell Thursday, January 31, 2008
ben from Portland, Oregon
This seems like a great unit, but so far we haven't had a chance to try it out, as my wife refuses to let it into her office because of the off-gassing plastic smell it emits when plugged in. I'm keeping it plugged in in a little-used portion of the house in hopes it will eventually get through its smelly phase. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Arrived as advertised Thursday, January 31, 2008
Smoqetr from Carlsbad, CA
This is the forth Belkin UPS I've purchased and installed on different desktop computer systems over the past year or so. I've always been very satisfied with Belkin UPSs and this recent purchase was no different. The 550VA is not a hugh amount of back-up power, but enough to protect my system during the occassional brown-out in my area. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Awesome value Friday, January 04, 2008
A Customer from West Fargo, ND
It does everything as advertised. In addition this unit is smart enough to check the polarity and other quality aspects of the wiring it's plugged into. As a non-electrician who did all the wiring for the room I constructed in my home, it felt good that the Belkin approved of my work. If you are building a media center PC, as I did, you should buy this for this price ($50).
Note that this is heavy because of the lead batteries. Also note that this is about the size of an Xbox 360 so heads-up if you're putting it i |
