GOLDENMATE 1000VA/600W Lithium UPS Battery Backup and Surge Protector, Backup Battery Power Supply with LiFePO4 Batteries(153.6 Wh), Sinewave UPS System, 10 Years Lifespan, 8-Outlets, LCD Display

I bought this UPS battery backup to protect my networking gear and PC, and it’s already saved me a few times during power blips and outages. Setup was easy, and it gives me enough time to safely shut things down or ride out short outages without any interruptions. It runs quiet, has plenty of outlets, and the peace of mind it gives is honestly worth every penny. If you work from home, game, or just want to keep your internet running during storms, this is a solid investment.Why did you pick this product vs others?:I looked at a bunch of different UPS options, but I chose this one because it had the right balance of power capacity, number of outlets, and price. Some others either didn’t have enough backup time or felt overpriced for what they offered. This one had great reviews, a solid reputation for reliability, and supported everything I needed—modem, router, switch, and my PC—without struggling. It just checked all the boxes without overcomplicating things.

nicely made product that works well. has sufficient available outlets for most applications. easy to read status display including error indicator led. arrived partially charged and completed to full charge quickly. read the manual to insure frustration free operations. a 10yr battery is a plus and makes annual amortization of the cost very affordable. would definitely recommend

So I have been using UPS' for more than 25 years, and I have gotten to the point where I am tried of changing batteries in the old lead acid models every 1,5-2 years, and them randomly dying on me at times when I actually need power, so like many others I have been looking forward to the emergence of NiFePh UPS' for consumers.Enter the Goldenmate personal UPS series. I grabbed one of the 1000VA/600W models during the Christmas flash deal to try it out and this is an impressive piece of hardware with some flaws for the home lab'er like myself. So let me describe my experience during the first few days of use/testing:The Good: The unit is sturdy and build with quality components (on the outside), lightweight and stylish looking, one could have these in office spaces and they would fit in with the Mac's of the world and not be the eyesore classic UPS' are. As far as I can tell the battery is holding its own, currently running a depletion test with a Raspberry PI4 and a regular 1080 monitor attached to measure how long it can last and test the recharge afterwards, and for now it is doing dandy consuming 22W for some 40 min and the battery bars haven't moved which according to the manual indicates that the battery level is still above 90% remaining capacity, so far very impressive.The bad: There is a few bad things about this unit, all something I think can be fixed by the manufacturer in a v 2.0, so let me explain:1: No data connection (USB or network) for managing shutdown of connected computers, in my case my ProxMox lab which this unit is intended to protect from power outages, this means I have to configure another classic CyberPower UPS to be the agent detecting the power outage and having the machines NUT agents begin the process of shutting things down in the proper fashion. This is a must for actual computer use cases with sensitive data and should be easy to fix as the cost of including a basic interface for this and ensuring that it follows the basic NUT api is marginal at best, you do not even have to develop your own software clients, just rely on the existing open source API's out there and done.2: It smells. Yeah like other describe, this unit has a distinct "smell" to it which seems to be plasticky in nature, I would bet this is from the battery pack and it is being run in. This gives me some concerns and I will keep a pretty close eye on it, if it does not dissipate in a few weeks I will reach out to the manufacturer about it and request an explanation and/or replacement.3: The power plugs are located too closely to each power. As you can tell from the pictures on the product description, the output power plugs are located in such a way that if you have to connect anything but regular AT cables, aka something with a AC/DC power converter (like a cell phone charger or in my case USB external HDD enclosures) you can end up losing one or even two outlets because the transformer might reach over the neighboring outlets. This is something other UPS' also struggle with on some models, however this should be easy to fix on this model as there is plenty of real estate on the back panel to spread out the 8 outlets a little more allowing for the potential to insert AC/DC transformers without overlapping other outlets.Overall: So far I am still happy with the buy, however I will hold off on buying more of them until I see a model upgrade with the data connection added, since I am trying to get out of the acid lead setup entirely and for now I still need at least one to be the monitoring agent. I would recommend these for non computer use, or at least for non-automated shutdown uses, home theater setups and similar.Final note: While I have not had the issue yet, key word YET, there are some reports that the 20ms switch over (which = 1 entire sine wave) can be problematic for some use cases, I will be testing the unit out with some older equipment before connecting it to the production environment, and if I see any troubles I will report back and likely have to take stars off. I would highly recommend the manufacturer to work on improving this as most regular UPS for data protection have a switchover between 5 and 10 ms.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:We purchased this UPS because we are experimenting with solar power. We were turning our power on and off a few times daily, and our lead acid UPS just wasn’t cutting it. We kept having to reset our modem and routers, it was a real pain. This Goldenmate 1000VA/600W Lithium UPS has performed perfectly for the last 3 weeks, as we continue an ongoing project.

Works fine so far - we haven't had any real nasty power surges or outages yet to test its mettle, but I want a second one anyway. Why does nobody make these LiFePo based UPS'es? It seems to be half the weight of the old battle axe that it replaced (and that failed much too early).