CyberPower PR2200LCDSL Smart App Sinewave UPS Systems – 2070VA/1980W, 120 VAC, NEMA 5-20P, Mini-Tower, Sine Wave, 7 Outlets, LCD, PowerPanel

Pros: Works like it supposed to. With the unpredictable Kansas weather outages are pretty common. Most are just a second or two but sometimes an hour or more. I tested this unit and it lasted over two hours. I have a 900 W Cyberpower for the 42″ monitor that will also last two hours. I really like the detachable control panel. I put this under a shelf on the floor and it would be pretty awkward to see it if it didn’t have this feature. Since I got these we have had one short outage and the computer performed like nothing happened. Both units barely even get warm in use. Cons: None Overall Review: No one should be without a UPS on their computer. Power glitches can both damage the hardware and corrupt files. I had a system crash that was unrecoverable due to this.

Pros: Designed for a Server application – my last batteries that seemed to be the same as in this unit, lasted about five years, with no problems, specifically the Cyberpower OP1500 AVR (obsolete), Cons: Shipping boxes NEEDS improvement (scraps of cardboard would be sufficient most probably) – on the bottom, between the two styrofoam edge/corner pieces. Basically, a person (like the UPS guy) who I watched carried it to my door with the box on his shoulder, there perhaps 2” of empty space, and only the 1/8″ thick cardboard box to act as “support?” for 50+ Ibs. This is the second Cyber Power (mid size that has this problem). Same results probably if moving the box with a dolly. The bottom of the box had been re-taped, and a tear in the box itself of significance, styrofoam package material on the bottom had more five distinct breaks in them I really did not want to have inspect the batteries in the unit, prior to using it, and then charge it outside away from any structure.
If this UPS was to be used in a server environment, (i.e., in use 24 hr/day 365 days per year), I’d give it 5 stars, if it were not for the packaging.
Reason for 4 star rating
If this is for a small office environment, say used between 7 am and 6 pm daily, I would consider another CyberPower unit or buying this unit with a timer switch( two pole) The PR1500LCD (1050 Watts Maximum) typically draws between 45 Watts to 75 Watts, (new), with no load when the UPS turned off. My Cyberpower 1500AVR (700 Watt Maximum) , and PP1500 (900 Watt Maximum) draws just 10 Watts. Per CyberPower Technical Support 50 Watts is typically for the PR1500LCD. The average price of electricity is about $0.11 per KWHr ( in the USA ), basically if this Unit is turn off (unplugged from AC power – not just turn off) 12 hours per day, one would save enough on electricity to replace the of the batteries in less than two years, about $60.00 (w/o shipping cost), the nominal size of the batteries are (two) 7.13” length, 2.99” width, 6.54” height), 12 V, 20 AHr. – Same as the battery as far as I can tell is used in the Cyberpower OP1500 AVR (obsolete model) . The marking if any were not readable on the batteries, an adhesive was used to “hold them together”. Part number for the OP1500 AVR battery was EVP-20-12 another P/N FM12170, about 20+ different part numbers for this “style” of battery (sold individually with out the double side adhesive, I would assume) , there is a listing out there, one should never have a problem finding replacement batteries. Also, by not constantly charging the batteries this should prolong the batteries life and also by reducing the average temperature of the batteries and charging electronics – see Wiki Arrhenius Model. The batteries lasted five year or so on my OP1500 AVR – with light usage.
Thermal Design is for air flow is far superior than that of the OP1500 AVR (obsolete CyberPower model).
A light coating of anti-corrosion spray was not applied by the mfg on the terminal connectors of the batteries.

Pros: After a lot of research, decided on this for an ESXi host. First off, THANK YOU to CyberPower for making a ridiculously easy to use virtual appliance that can be loaded right in to ESXi. Did not feel like dealing with command line to safely shut down VMs during power failure. Email notifications and level of configuration for the virtual appliance made this a no brainer.
This unit seems to be at the high end of the sweet-spot for capacity, price, physical size, and features. Cons: none so far, none expected Overall Review: Started using CyberPower as an alternative to APC. This will be the 3rd unit personally (different models), though we deploy many of both brands in our business environments. One CyberPower unit MUST be around 10 years old…? Still going. Did replace the batteries, but that’s to be expected and was simple.
Both brands seem great, nothing against APC. Sometimes it comes down to the extra features or cost. In this case, the software to manage shutdowns, pure sine wave for active PFC PSUs, and long runtime combined.

Pros: Nice monitoring software. Cons: Failed after 4 months. Cyberpower sent a replacement battery with no packing material of any consequence so the new battery got dented. Unit still doesn’t work. Now they want us to pay to return this heavy thing and not be refunded the cost of shipping!