The voltage in that part of the house appears to be better, but the circuit is easily tripped when running toaster + micro or similar, so having these UPSes has taken a lot of frustration away.
Actually just checked my invoice and I got them both in 2012, which is a little while ago now, and they're still good with their original batteries.
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/UPS/UPS/44933-VALUE1500E...
I also have one of their smaller BRICs for my HTPC / home NAS JBOD server: https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/UPS/UPS/40279-BR850ELCD
The voltage in that part of the house appears to be better, but the circuit is easily tripped when running toaster + micro or similar, so having these UPSes has taken a lot of frustration away.
Actually just checked my invoice and I got them both in 2012, which is a little while ago now, and they're still good with their original batteries.