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I like TrippLite. American company.

• bsder 6y ago
  The problem isn't really "brand" so much as "vendor lying^W^Wmarketing". The UPS vendors don't highlight the fact that basically anything you buy retail is "offline/standby" and that there are lots of downsides to these types (a lot of them switch off if the battery goes dead even if the AC is still live). Double-conversion UPS systems are the best, but they have loud fans, so are not really suited to home or office use. Most people who care about a UPS, probably want what is called "line-interactive". It's a decent tradeoff of features vs heat/fan noise for most people. It's a UPS and it should "just work", right? <grumble> UPS company marketing folks should all wind up tarred and feathered for not pointing out the uselessness of their "standby/offline" UPS systems.
  • AtlasBarfed 6y ago
    "The problem isn't really "brand" so much as "vendor lying^W^Wmarketing"." I understand that it seems that every brand has downmarketed to at least walmart quality in most consumer goods, but that is a failure of branding and business/product management. Well, and the fact that once a consumer product "brand" hits a bump, it gets scooped up for its previous reputation and then stamped on junk. It really is depressing that the internet has not produced some sort of historical tracker of brands (or politicians) and their actual quality and reputation scores. Maybe consumer reports, which probably has more historical data than anyone in this regard, could produce something like this.