APC UPS 425VA/225W Battery Backup for Router, Small Electronics, BE425M | UPS backup battery, 15 minute runtime @100W. Small UPS for Wi-Fi routers, modems & home electronics; surge protection

I needed a simple UPS. Just for power glitches. So my desktop computer wouldn't shut down unexpectedly , and it works great. It does not have the auto shutdown features that some more expensive units have.But I don't need that.

Sufficient battery back-up for just about all electronics. Ports for USB and Surge Protector. This works well for shirt periods of electrical outages but most importantly, it prevents power surges to delicate electronic equipment, i.e. my computer and smart TVs.

Purchased over a year ago. Had several brown outs, low phases and power outages. This unit has kept my camera system going without interruption. I purchased another unit to put the monitor on so that even with the power out I could see what was going on outside. Be sure and match the battery back up with the amount of power that you will need and for how long you will need that power. I am fortunate to have a backup generator that kicks on after about 15 seconds. Think about what you need before you order it it will save you time and money.

I have bought three of these and used them for a long time. None of them have failed on me. APC is probably the industry standard for these sorts of backup power strip UPS products. While I have owned larger, this particular model is rather compact and can even sit atop a CPU enclosure if needed or can be squirreled behind a server rack. My criticism of this APC model has to do with plug capacity. For a product this size there could be more and the plugs provided should all be battery + surge protected, not just some. This is biggest drawback to this particular APC model. Given its outlet capacity, one might find themselves feeling like they are compromising what will be battery protected vs not - and when a computer stays alive but a it’s monitor does not in a power loss - that’s an annoyance to be sure. These APC models have a slight hum to them but nothing too terribly noticeable. They are mostly rugged and seem to hold up well. They are simple to set up for the non IT specialist and fit well into any home office setting.

Many of the negative reviews imo aren't really understanding that this is a cheap UPS. If you want a UPS that auto turns off your PC during outages, has longer batter life, can handle higher voltage, etc, then you're 100% looking at the wrong UPS! This UPS does exactly what it claims. It's a small UPS you should use more as a surge protector and to handle small power outages. It's cheap for a reason, though when you actually get a hold of it, I was impressed by the quality it felt like in this price range. I've bought various UPS's over the years. Some are very expensive, where some I got for $50 like this. When I buy cheap ones like this, it's usually to handle my home lab switches or router. I use this for things that don't take much power. If you have a low end PC or a laptop, this would also be perfect for you. By low end, I majorly mean your GPU doesn't hog a butt load of energy. If you're using 2 GPU's, or you have something like a 3090, then you may need to think about getting a UPS that can handle something bigger. But this in my opinion is a fantastic UPS. It delivers quite dang well for this price range. Seriously, it's a really good UPS and I think this is the 4th one I've bought so far. Not that any have broke, I just have a lot of UPS's (I run a business with servers, have a home lab, and more). And I've ran these little UPS's through the ringer. One of them in particular, I've definitely run more than I should. I put a server on one of them that also has 2 GPU's in the server that mines at the same time (might as well since it's on 24/7 anyways). I'm definitely capping out what this thing was built to handle, yet it handles it like a champ. Again, not saying that this is what you should use this one for haha. But I've been quite happy with this UPS. But again, most the negative reviews I've seen are people complaining about aspects of this UPS that in my opinion, aren't aspects in any UPS you'll get within this price range. For example, my file server doesn't use that much electricity. But it's mission critical that it never shuts down and that it automatically turns off before the UPS dies. I spent I think like $300 to $400 on a UPS for that server. When I got that expensive UPS, I ran various tests, was quite unhappy, returned it, and replaced it with another within the same price range. I get being picky, I really do, but I also understand the difference in pricing. When I spend $300+ on a UPS, I am looking for various features, battery life, and more. But this UPS imo offers a ton of qualities beyond the small price tag. So, this was majorly me ranting about the few who disliked the UPS because they expected more, but know I've bought various of these, I'm incredibly happy with them, and for 99.99% of people, I think they'd be perfectly happy with this.

I have owned many of these UPSs and most die after a year. Usually replacing the battery is worthless, as the circuit-board usually goes bad. So far, so good with this one.

five star I guess I only have limited experience with it. I have power fluctuations at times and it's not acceptable to lose a ton of work. I have 2 other USPs for my tower and peripherals, but my modem is downstairs. So the modem needs it's separate USP and this works great. I don't think you'll get cheaper for small needs while keeping reliability.

I now HATE APC. The main issues: - No way to shut off beeping if power goes out - Can't replace batteries I have 3 of these in my shop, powering things like CNCs, 3D printers, and a computer. When power goes out, they all start beeping obnoxiously. There's NO way to stop it. Even if I'm not using a machine and turn this unit off, it STILL beeps once a minute or so with no power! Imagine being in a workshop when a thunderstorm comes up and you're already trying to figure out what has to be saved, if a 20 hour 3D print can finish in a few minutes, and if the CNC project is close to finishing or if I have to just shut it off and power goes out and there's that incessant beeping so you can't think and focus on saving work on the computer and orderly shutting things down. The obnoxious beeping means the extra time these should give me to save work or shut down in an orderly way is almost lost because it's so hard to think and focus with 3 of these crying like little babies. And then there's battery replacement. The screws are Phillips head and in DEEP recesses. I tried a smaller screwdriver, but the screws are too deep for it to reach. Tried a bit of a bigger one. Guess what? The recesses are tapered so you can't reach them with a bigger screwdriver! (Seriously, these recesses are at least 3-4" deep!) It's trick to make sure you can't easily take it apart to put in a new battery. This is a serious way to crap on their customers. I have one that needs a new battery. APC, when you do nasty things like that to me, as a customer, you can be sure that since I can't replace the battery, I will be buying a new one FROM SOMEONE ELSE. I've disliked APC for years, but now I hate them. This is a dirty trick.

Muy bueno, resistió 2 hrs, sin corriente eléctrica, aunque no tengo muchas cosas conectadas, solo un WiFi y un teléfono de baterías, pero es bueno para cuando baja la corriente, me quede sorprendido.

Good price and easy to set up. I remember the days when you still needed to open the bottom cover to connect the battery in order for the APC UPS to work. It now has an external connector that you simply plug in to connect the battery, which is very convenient. It hosts our wifi access point and backup NAS perfectly. We tested the battery by disconnecting the power source, and it can host our 2-bay backup NAS for about 30 minutes with the AP running at the same time. Very satisfied with the results. I would recommend this product to any small business or home users to protect their electrical devices.

Have two of these and one higher capacity model. All have been great. If you don't have one (or more) consider all the potential uses, weighed against the climate and utility conditions you live in. I have one for the internet modem/router, because this newer prettier modem doesn't have its own battery. Second one for the cordless phone base, garage door monitor. These three items could all be one one box, but they're just too far apart. The larger one runs gigabit switches, USB switches, cordless phone charger, two laptops (though they both have pretty new batteries in them anyway, but for the surge protection). I don't plug PC monitors in because (and I don't know for sure) they use more power and you can generally live without them in a crisis. Choose which devices you think need the UPS, and those that just need surge protection. You 'can' plug devices into a $5 surge protection wall wart, but I trust a box like this, from a reputable company, to do a better job --- for all I know the wall wart would catch fire if a blip came through. Classic example for me was a cable box (years ago) that had been blitzed because a jolt had come through and arced inside the box. Of course, you can plug anything you want into it once a power failure occurs, so there's where you can charge your cell phone, etc. I've blabbered too long about something that is so essential in our ridiculously electronic lives, just buy one and try it out.

Hasta el momento una excelente compra

El ups funciona excelente, al estarse usando usando solo para un módem y un access point que consumen poco, la duración de la batería ha sido muy buena pues cortes eléctricos de 15 minutos los ha soportado sin problema.