Very nice product. Works as advertised, looks good in the equipment stack.

No complaints, well built, nice display.
Rating: 5 / 5

I’ve had this Belkin unit (actually, the silver model) for about 3 years now. It’s connected to a DirecTV DVR, a DVD player and a VCR (which is mainly just a clock these days – need a UPS on it so I don’t have to reset the time). Practically speaking, it’s a decent value for a HT style UPS – most of the UPSs in this price range are going to be styled more as a PC unit to go under a desk. It’s not the most fully featured but again, for the price it’s good enough. However, after 3 years my unit has developed a problem where if I have a brief surge or power glitch, it shuts down. The battery level is fine according to the front panel meter, but the unit doesn’t switch to battery, just shuts off. I have to manually switch it back on. This is even worse than having nothing because the DVR of course has no power at that point and doesn’t even get power after the event, and won’t record anything. I’ve looked through Belkin’s manual and online knowledge base and don’t find anything, and have had trouble getting any knowledgeable support. All they could do is repeat the refrain of disconnecting everything, reset, allow it to charge for 8 hours, and reset again. This hasn’t helped. I did get nearly 3 years out of it but would expect better.

At the risk of sounding like an APC fanboy… I have had several UPSs over the years, from 3 brands. Never had a problem with APC, but plenty with the others. Lesson learned, I guess.

Rating: 3 / 5