APC BE550R 550VA Back-UPS ES 8-Outlet Battery Backup System

by APC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.1 x 9 x 5 inches ; 13.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KBG51W
• Item model number: BE550R
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

8-Outlets Output Power Capacity: 550Va/330W 470 Joules Features Phone Fax Modem & Dsl Protection Up To 44 Min Battery Backup Time For Safe Shutdown When Power Is Lost Includes Powerchute File-Saving Auto Shutdown Software $75000 Lifetime Equipment Protection Policy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great--for a little while., December 10, 2007

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This review is from: APC BE550R 550VA Back-UPS ES 8-Outlet Battery Backup System (Electronics)

At first, I thought this thing was the tops. It performed well in several power outages/fuse problems/spikes (I'm in a 1939 building & my office has mostly original wiring). After about 8 months, half of the plugs quit working altogether. I moved my important stuff to the other 3 plugs and took everything else off backup. We didn't have a power outage for a long time, so I don't know when the backup quit working on the rest, but it doesn't work anymore, although the alarm still sounds and the power light is still on. But anything plugged in will shut off with a power loss. Overall, I've owned it less than a year and a half. At this point, it's a very expensive extension cord. But the price has gone way down (it's less than half what I paid) from when I purchased mine. Either way, I'm paying more and going for a different brand for the replacement.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lifesaver for Quickie Blackouts, October 18, 2007

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C. Fischer (Bloomington, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: APC BE550R 550VA Back-UPS ES 8-Outlet Battery Backup System (Electronics)

After having my computer shut down in several blackouts I ordered this item, which seemed to be a good deal in terms of price/capacity, especially with Amazon's free shipping policy. Well wouldn't you know it, the day after I installed it, we had three "quickie" brownouts, each only lasting for a minute or two, and the computer, cable modem, and printer all kept on merrily humming along due to the battery backup system. I am ordering another one for my home theater, particularly the DVR which takes quite a while to reset itself after it gets powered off.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars APC UPS 550 Unreliable, September 12, 2008

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L. Marcus (Hauppauge, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: APC BE550R 550VA Back-UPS ES 8-Outlet Battery Backup System (Electronics)

I own 5 of these BE550 units and every one of them has failed at one time or another. APC has replaced 3 of them at no cost (to their credit), but to no avail. They will work fine for 6 months or so and then, without warning and for no apparent reason, they begin beeping, indicating that there is no power supply, when in fact the electrical supply is fine. I believe these units have an inherent flaw in them and I will not buy another APC product. I need a reliable product - not a piece of garbage that won't last and fails without warning.