Which is the better UPS

bkoop

Honorable
Apr 1, 2012
612
0
11,160
Get the 1000va there isnt any problem even if it is older model. If it was older and used then you would have a problem. Its like saying what should i get the gtx titan X which was out at 2001 and its cheaper or the gtx 980 which was released in 2013
Ok that was just an exaple the dates and $ arent real 😀
 
The 1000 VA one is certainly the "better" in most respects, but bear in mind that it will be larger and heavier than the other one. The only other significant difference is that it has a 2-year warranty and the other one has a 3-year warranty (2 years on the battery).
 


you probably should replace the battery in those every 3 years or so anyway, and you probably should replace the whole unit every 5 years or so.
 


After 5 years, are you concerned it will fail or start a fire(worst case)?
 


power runs through it and it has capacitors, which means it has a finite lifespan. I just replaced a woman's motherboard/powersupply after a lightning strike blew up her surge protector she had her pc on. Brand new pc too. and Lenovo wouldn't give her any warranty protection. the problem was the surge protector was 6 years old. that invalidated her warranty with lenovo (not that i'd expect better from chinese junk lenovo, but it was still disgusting, dell would have replaced the whole pc by the next day at noon, you get what you pay for i guess), and obviously it was well outside the time of coverage the surge protector (cyberpower) would cover.


granted that example is with just a surge protector, but it's basically the same parts plus a car battery makes a UPS. so yes, the parts get old and fail. I tell people to replace their power supplies every 4 years MAX as well.
 
A UPS is made a cheap as possible. It will output 'dirtiest' power seen by a computer when in battery backup mode. Its battery has a life expectancy of three years. Due to superior protection already inside all computers, that 'dirty' UPS power is perfectly good.

Ignore nonsense about capacitors. Anything that has failing capacitors even in ten years was defective when purchased. Even your car battery, exposed to harsh weather, will last longer than three years. But a UPS is made as cheaply as possible.

Any surge protector that must be replace in less than 10 years is defective when purchased. A protector circuit in a UPS is as tiny as possible. Don't take my word for it. Read its spec numbers. Destructive surges are hundreds of thousands of joules. How many joules does that UPS claim to absorb? Hundreds? Just enought above zero to claim 100% protection - subjectively to naive consumers. Its only function is temporary and 'dirty' power during a blackout. So that unsaved data can be saved.

Protection from surges (also necessary to protect that UPS) must be located elsewhere and for many times less money. The UPS is only for three years of temporary and 'dirty' power during a blackout. Nothing more.