58 of 64 people found the following review helpful
Beware!,
November 23, 2003 A. BERNAY-ROMAN (Jupiter, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es (Electronics)
If you have a cable modem for broadband connection to the internet, your unit will not be covered by the APS warranty on this device. Lightning hit near our house and the motherboard plus router got fried. The cable modem stayed intact and we filed a claim with APS. They denied it saying backend surges through the cable may have caused the damage (even though the modem wasn't hurt?).
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Great (llow cost) UPS,
May 24, 2004 J. Dore "jrdwiz" (Exeter , NH United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es (Electronics)
I bought 5 of these for the computers in the house. I would have got better ones but the house has an auto generator so all I need is about 30 seconds of power. I noticed in another review the person saying there unit was going of and on battery mode even when the power was still on... To my understanding this unit detects (dirty power) and when it detects it, it will then stop accepting ac power. I think the software it comes with allows you to turn the feature off or even turn the sensitivity up.
39 of 44 people found the following review helpful
went belly-up after one month,
October 28, 2003 Professor (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es (Electronics)
After one month of use, it now randomly beeps and randomly kicks the power off (you can hear the relay inside the unit going up and down). Doesn't matter if anything is plugged in or not.
Another notable: the on-off switch on the unit does NOT turn off the 3 outlets that are surge protected. Most computer equipment now are vampires (draw power even when turned off). I personally prefer to cut the power to my computer equipment when not in use.
I have had better luck with other APC products.
Update Aug. 2004: The unit magically got better. Now it only does the random shutdowns once a month or so. I would raise the rating a notch or two if it allowed me to.