My BX750MI-GR has saved my precious data on two occasions. Earlier this year, my seven year old, well used waffle iron shorted, popping loudly and sparking quite brightly in the process, probably because of all the gunk that had accumulated inside its less cleanable interior over the years. That not only made my breaker trip, but also blew the 16 amp main fuse. The UPS kicked in immediately, making a klick and a beep, which felt amazing. That was my first time ever.
As for the second time, see this post.
I was thinking the same thing and would’ve done the same, i.e. not getting one, but then I started to seed torrents and I finally had an excuse to waste more money… I’m so fucking privileged it’s not even funny.
I’m considering it again … at least UPS’ aren’t exploding in price like all the other hardware. And while I didn’t have a power outage in 2 decades, I do have 11 very expensive HDDs spinning.