Worth the investment

>live in high density apartment complex
>power goes out
>UPS kicks on and keep my router & modem online
>comfy.jpg
>only wireless SSID broadcasting is mine, which reads "CNN = FAKE NEWS". Normally 50+ SSIDs
>power stays out for hours
>continue using the web as normal in the dark

Buy a UPS during Black Friday. They're not too expensive (~$100) and can last over an hour if you have low-watt essentials plugged in (router and modem).

There is nothing more comfy than still being connected to the internet on your laptop when the power goes out. Yes, you could have had similar with just smartphone + tether, but this was better.

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>There is nothing more comfy than still being connected to the internet on your laptop when the power goes out.

Living in a first world country with a proper power grid would be far comfier.

I'm in the Bay Area in CA. Shit happens. In this case, somebody drove into a telephone pole.

But my power doesn't go out.
Not once in the last 20 years I used my computer.
t. Germany

I'm a Brit who's lived in the US, France, and China.
The only place I've lived with power problems was the USA.

last power outage was 15+ years ago, excluding sheduled maintenence
t. swede

lol sounds about right. Thank you for reaffirming my belief our power grid is 3rd world tier.

but doesnt the UPS start screaming because no power?

Nah, at least not my model. It starts beeping every minute when it's about to run out of juice, which for me was 1.5 hours later.

I work in a hospital lab and all our machines use UPS. When we get a new machine, the manufacturer gives us a new UPS for it. The older ones are free for anyone who wants them. Right now i have 2 APC SMT1000. Its great not having to worry for brown outs and black outs. Which aren’t usually issues because i don’t live in a shithole third world country but is useful because sometimes we lose power for a full second when the utility company shuts down a plant after peak hours