EC650LCD Ecologic Battery Backup & Surge Protector UPS System, 650VA/390W, 8 Outlets, ECO Mode, Compact Uninterruptible Power Supply

Works great, good battery life, easy setup, too. You have the choice to hook it up to a computer through a USB port to control the software, but it's not required for it you to use it. Definitely good value for the cost.

My go to for UPS supplies. I have several of these units protecting my most important electronics. I have used these extensively during power outages and I can say with confidence that they will not only protect your electronics, but also keep them running for a brief time. These are not meant to power your whole system for an extended amount of time. This is only so you can safely power down your devices. Another great feature of this device is that when the internal battery reaches its end of life, replacing it is extremely easy. It’s as simple as buying the battery and installing it with only two screws. I would give this CyberPower UPS five stars. It is so easy to use and I like the LCD screen too. Lots of features like overcurrent, undercurrent and voltage etc. protection. Super great price on these too. Unless you’re using a huge amount of wattage, you probably don’t need one of the bigger units. These handle my entire Uplift Desk and Mac mini and tons of other audio equipment Designed flat to easily lay on the floor. It’s also designed so the outlets are spaced apart which makes large plugs easier to use. It is also made to easily replace the battery which is much more difficult on the larger UPS. Hope this review helps you in your choice.

EQUIPMENT Product: 450VA Equipment: 2017 27” iMac | 3.4GHz i5 | 40GB Ram | 4GB graphics card INTRO I am a freelance motion graphics artist and I work from home often, so I decide to buy this battery backup system (450VA version) as a safeguard in case of a power outage, giving me to time to save and close my projects. I have a 2017 27” iMac and I searched online to find out how much power this computer uses and estimate how long it would take for my computer to shut off. I couldn’t find a definite answer so I decide to purchase and do my own testing. Of course there are many variables in figuring that out as it all depends on the usage and how much power the computer is using at the time of the outage. If you are using your computer for browsing the internet at half of the screen brightness while not watching a video or listening to music, your power consumption will be a lot less than if you were editing heavy animated graphics at full screen brightness while using the speakers. THE TEST For my first test I unplugged the battery backup from the wall and started the timer on my phone. On the iMac I had the screen brightness 3 dots away from full brightness and I had Adobe After Effects rendering a 10 second medium complexity animation project at a third of the resolution. - When I unplugged the battery backup from the wall, I heard 2 beeps - letting me know that the system is now using the battery. - The two beeps kept repeating every 30 seconds, probably as a reminder that I was still running on battery. - At 2 mins and 40 secs I heard several beeps - I am assuming that the battery was at 50% - At 4 minutes several beeps went off and did not stop. - At 6 minutes and 35 seconds, the iMac shut off by itself. CONCLUSION The product seams to be of good built quality, I like that all 8 outlets are surge protected and only 4 of them are battery backed up. At about 6 minutes of power after an outage, that works perfectly for me. I don’t need to be working during a power outage and 6 minutes is plenty of time for me to save my projects and not loose any work done. For the price, that is a small price to pay for huge peace of mind. Now, if you need to be working through a power outage or if you will be using a bigger power load with more equipment using the battery’s power, I would advise for you to get a battery backup system with larger battery capacity.

I've been using this a little over a year now, and it has been performing well. I've taken a star off for the PowerPanel software and ECO controlled outlets. The ECO controlled outlets are supposed to shut off power to secondary devices (such as computer speakers) after the computer shuts down. The problem I have is that when my computer is in the process of shutting down or going to sleep, the ECO outlets will shut off and turn back on repeatedly (there's a noticeable click). This happens several times until the computer has fully powered down and then the ECO outlets stay off. I contacted CyberPower about this and was told that my computer is probably turning the USB port off and on. It was recommended that I disable the ECO feature. In any case, it seems like it would have been a logical design to build a time-out of a few seconds into the ECO controller: Don't immediately shut off ECO outlets if the USB connection to computer is interrupted, and don't turn the ECO outlets back on immediately after turning them off if the USB connection is restored, so as to avoid the potentially harmful off-on behavior. Without the ECO feature the PowerPanel software is a bit useless in my situation. You can configure it to shut down the computer automatically after it runs on the battery a certain amount of time or when a certain amount of estimated battery run time is remaining, but the minimum time you can select for either option is 5 minutes. Connected to my battery is the PC tower, one monitor, and two external harddrives (which are powered off most of the time), and whenever the power goes out, I typically have only 5 minutes of power. If I'm home to do things manually, 5 minutes is plenty of time to save my work and shut down, but if I rely on the automatic processes, the battery will most likely run out of power while initiating the shutdown process. I thought I would leave the PowerPanel software in place, as it also provides statistics and diagnostic tools, but I kept getting system notifications that I had 5 minutes or fewer of power remaining. This got annoying fast, so I finally uninstalled the software. Would I buy again? Well, I think I'd prefer something with more battery-supported outlets, and the next time I buy a UPS I'll probably splurge for something with a larger charge capacity, but this has been a very good better-than-nothing budget home UPS. We get a lot of brownouts where I live, so this UPS has already saved me several times. A better CyberPower UPS recently went on sale, and I was tempted to buy it, but decided I didn't need it since my needs haven't outgrown my current UPS and it's still relatively new. Update: 2023.08.24 I bought this UPS in December of 2014, and today it failed while I was sitting at my computer. I think the battery is dead, so I need a replacement, but 8 and a half years has been a been a really good run since quick research suggests 5 years is the median lifespan for a UPS battery.

The CyberPower EC750G is a fantastic UPS system! It provides reliable battery backup (750VA/450W) and surge protection for my essential electronics. The ECO mode helps save energy, and the 12 outlets offer plenty of connectivity. Compact yet powerful, it’s a great value for the price. Highly recommend for home or office use!

Works exactly as described

My EC650LCD worked fine for one year and then something went wrong because the ECO light was blinking all the time and there was not power coming out from the ECO controlled outlets. I contacted CyberPower and described the situation and they sent me a replacement UPS unit with no questions asked. After I received the replacement UPS unit, I plugged it not the wall and let it charge for 8+ hours. Then I pressed the power button and the unit turned on. However the ECO light was off. Then I followed the steps to activate the ECO feature and was able to activate it but the ECO light was blinking same as on my old unit. I read the instructions more carefully, so I turned off the UPS unit and unplugged it from the wall, then I connected my computer and the monitor to the ECO controlled outlets, then I plugged the UPS unit to the wall, then I pressed the UPS unit power switch and attempted to power on my computer and monitor but neither of them responded. I read the instruction further and they indicated that if the ECO light was blinking, it meant that the UPS unit did not detect the computer. At this point I stopped and scratched my head. How could the UPS unit detect my computer if the ECO light was blinking? If the ECO light was blinking it meant that there was not power coming out from the ECO controlled outlets, so how could I turn on my computer so that the UPS unit detected it if there was no power on the ECO controlled outlets? I have to mention that I kept the UPS’ unit USB cable connected between my computer and the UPS unit so that it could “detect” my computer but that did not help. After going through this entire ordeal with the new UPS unit, it made me wonder if my original CyberPower unit was still good and that it stopped detecting my computer because at some point in time, I powered my computer off. So I connected the old unit to the wall, powered it on and ran it through “Power Panel Personal” and the old unit came out excellent. So I repeated the same steps with the old unit, and I had the same results than with the new one. The old unit was good but it could not detect my computer because it was off because the ECO light was blinking and therefore there was no power on the ECO controlled outlets. Is this issue an EC650LCD design flaw? Am I following the steps wrongly? As a bonus, I tried something not so elegant to get ECO control system to work. I connected my monitor and computer to the UPS unit surge protector outlets, I powered on my computer on and when it was just beginning to boot, the UPS ECO light switched from blinking to steady, I quickly unplugged the computer form the surge protector outlet and swapped it to one of the ECO controlled outlets and was able to get my computer and my monitor running under ECO controlled mode. As you may understand, I do not recommend the CyberPower EC650LCD UPS unit. I’ll keep both UPS units as surge protectors. As for the Lead Acid Batteries, they might still be useful for something else since they are fully charged and are expensive.

I have three of these with one for all of my expensive electronic devices. Before this I lost two computers at different times due to power surges when the electricity went out in my house. It cost me $2,000.00 to replace the computers plus countless hours setting them up.. Now I have never lost another device due to surges. Everyone should be using these.