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I am very happy with this UPS. I did quite a bit of reading before I purchased it because of some of the mixed reviews. I'll cover the ones it seemed were mentioned the most. First: odor. When I first plugged mine in it had a VERY SLIGHT odor for the first couple weeks. I would pretty much have to be sitting right next to it to notice. Second: noise. The fan can hardly be heard when it's running and the unit is virtually silent all other times. Third: Heat. Mine has never been more than barely warm to the touch. Fourth: brightness. The display is what I would describe as a cool blue in color. It doesn't shine light in and of itself so it doesn't light up the room. So unless it is directly in your line of sight while laying in bed with the room completely dark, I wouldn't consider it an issue. Fifth: Output. I noticed some people are concerned about the unit having a pulse modulated sine wave. From what I've read, unless you are running very voltage-sensitive devices such as medical equipment, the output of the unit will work just fine for home electronic equipment. Like anyone else who just purchased a UPS, one of the first things I did was unplug it so it would run on battery power and see how my computer acted. I have a 4Ghz cpu o/c to 4.6 with a 980ti video card running 3dMark11 at max settings pulling about 600 watts and I ran it for about 10 minutes and it didn't even blink so I'm confident that the juice being supplied is clean enough for a pc. Lastly, I live in a very rural area (my address is a rural route!) so we have our share of power fluctuations/outages. This unit proved is worth the other day when out of nowhere the lights dimmed and flashed for a second (resetting the microwave of course) and freaking out the printer. The unit reacted instantly and the computer didn't notice a thing. Voltage line conditioning was one of the main features I was looking at when I was shopping for a UPS. This one already proved it's mettle in that area for me. In the end, if you are looking for excellent voltage protection/backup for your home computer/electronic equipment, I highly recommend this product.