APCby Schneider Electric Back UPS Pro - BR1600MI - UPS 1600VA (8 IEC Outlets, LCD Interface, 1GB Dataline Protection),Black

This is used in my office and powers various monitors, printer, network, NAS drive and laptops. In total it’s running a load of around 250 watts and showing a battery runtime of around 40 mins which is more than enough to cope with most domestic power outages. My guess is that when the time comes the only downside will be the battery replacement will be expensive. I also own two Cyberpower UPS’s and the batteries for those cost about £17 whereas the APC is over £100 if you go with a genuine APC one. Just one to think about a couple of years down the road. Apart from that. It is easy to install has 10 IEC sockets on the rear (all surge protected and 5 covered by the battery). Also, has surge protection for your network which is great if you have network cables that run outside of the building and also helps to remove noise over longer cable runs.

Very easy to install and works strait out of the box. Home users note, it doesn't ship with a "kettle lead" (three point wall plug to UPS power input), so check you've got one spare or add one to your order (e.g. plugging into a desktop PC you simply use the PC lead for the UPS, then use one of the two leads supplied with the UPS to complete the supply to the PC). The unit is slightly smaller than your average shoe box so it's easy to hide away under a desk etc. Finally, as a retired IT pro I've used APC for years without issue. Their build quality tends to be very good.

Good product from APC as always, small in size so will fit under desk, the price is expensive but worth it to save your computer, easy to setup, you may need to buy more power leads if connecting more than one thing,

Smart looking product, big improvement on the last one I bought, about 12 years ago. Provides lots of confidence that I will not lose work if there is a power cut. My old one (APC) gave up the ghost a couple of years ago and I didn't bother to replace it as we hadn't had a power cut for a long time. Of course, we had one recently and I lost a couple of hours work, so immediately bought this one. Only problem was that, I was expecting it to have 3-pin plug sockets and it has computer type power sockets instead and only comes with two power cables for 12 sockets. So, I had to buy some suitable power cables. No problem, but would have been good to know this before it arrived. Hence 4-stars not 5.

Purchased this to provide battery back up for my NAS system as we get a few short term power outages, and this keeps the NAS and data safe. It also keeps a small form factor computer running at the same time.Setup is very simple, and the supplied USB cable connects to my NAS and the NAS works without any further setup, shutting down automatically if the UPS batteries get too low for a longer power outage.I choose this one over lesser models due to the ability to swap out the battery in it. I've had an APC UPS in the past and it's done sterling service for years with a few battery changes, I expect this one to do much the same.

Having used many APC products in my professional life, I wasn't surprised to find the fantastic quality of this product.I was a little confused by the connections and interfaces (a USB to RJ45 cable...really?!), but that may just be because I'm used to the commercial kit. After thoroughly reading the manual though I did get everything setup as I needed.Works exceptionally well with my Synology NAS, once plugged in the NAS set itself up before I even found the options! I was having quite a few issues with input voltage irregularity prior to getting this, but once I set the UPS to it's maximum sensitivity, everything is working perfectly. This capacity will run a four-bay NAS for two and a half hours however, so I'm going to get a smaller unit for the NAS and move this to my main rig setup instead.The only downside is that although you can set the screen to turn off after a set time, there seems to be no way to disable the button LEDs so the unit always gives off a white glow which can be a little annoying at times.As a final note, I had my NAS running straight from the mains for around 5 months prior to getting this UPS and never had an issue; after only having it setup for a few weeks, something blew and caused a huge surge which took out a many other electronics. You really never know when your luck is going to run out so make sure you're prepared, I could have lost 10TB of data if I didn't have this UPS.

I have been using this for 2 years and it has worked well.Had multiple power cuts during this time and this has automatically protected my PC data.I should have bought this many years ago !

With a load < 300W this UPS is perfect and deadly silent. Anything above 300W and below 400W and the fan kicks in every few seconds driving me absolutely mad. All of my peripherals combined are requiring ~330W of power which means the fan goes on and off every few seconds! Normally the fan SHOULD kick on only when running on batteries to cool the UPS down (understandably) but this unit is very picky about the load. Interesting thing is that the air that's being extracted by the fan is totally COLD and the unit is not even warm to touch.I would stay well away and look for a fanless UPS unless you lock yours away in a cupboard where you can't hear the damn fan.