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The Cyberpower series sold at Costco is unironically good. No frills or cool stuff, UI from 1995 but supports USB monitoring out of the box and just… works. I was about to make the brother comparison but after reading your entire comment realize you already did it.

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Just FYI, Cyberpower, at least for their consumer line, use problematic yellow glue[1] which becomes brittle over time and can become conductive, causing arcing/fire hazards[2][3]. There was also a prior HN discussion about it[4], with some similar experiences.

It can be removed[5], with some effort, though. Given its use in various electronics it wouldn't surprise me if some other UPSes use it, though have only seen discussions about Cyberpower.

[1] https://sound-au.com/articles/yellow-glue.htm

[2] This thread had various videos from users showing the arcing on Cyberpower units: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715134034/https://old.reddi...

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gqBzLNMFe4

[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31954938

[5] https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/how-to-remove-the-dr...