APC UPS Battery Backup for Computer, BE550G Surge Protector with Battery Backup, Dataline Protection

I bought one unit of Schneider Electric APC UPS 425VA UPS on May 2024 89.99$. I use it to prevent Internet outage with increasing frequent brownouts and short blackouts. I connect one router and one access point to this UPS. I test the UPS the same day when it arrives. For this, I cut the power upstream to the UPS. It does immediately switch to battery and with no impact on the two devices. Internet is still connected. While on battery, the green indicator light flashes. I hear no alarm. It might have something to do with the settings. I leave the battery on for about one minute then I turn the power back on to the UPS. The green LED no longer flashes. All is well. No interruption occurs for both of my devices. I conclude this is a good product. Working as intended and as expected. Edit: working as usual after one month.

Siempre me recomendaron la marca APC cuando buscaba un UPS para mi computadora de escritorio y la verdad no me ha decepcionado. El producto llego en tiempo y forma, y en excelentes condiciones. Lo he estado usando por un par de meses y ha respondido como esperaba, ahora ya no tengo que preocuparme por estar jugando mis videojuegos favoritos en linea y tener una desconexión imprevista. La verdad recomiendo mucho el producto y el vendedor.

Hasta el momento una excelente compra

I will try to be as honest as possible because I depend on other people's reviews and feel I want to help the best I can: I love these things. They are simple to use, unlike a more expensive one that requires APPS or computer connections to set up. For me these are like Plug n Play. I connect the battery without needing to open up the unit, then I plug it into the wall, push the button to turn it on, and then plug in my items. I actually have 4 of these in my home. My computer room which has my computer & monitor and router on it. I have one at my extra computer which connects to that computer and monitor but also powers my Modem and Alexa. My wife has one in her office for her Computer and monitor and Router. Lastly I have one at my main TV which also powers the Sound bar and the DVR. I got so tired of all the years and years of having our power flicker or blink off for 10 seconds and have to power everything back up, while risking damage to fragile electronics. Even a DVR now takes about 8 minutes to reboot and it can be frustrating just sitting there waiting. We've been using these in our home now for about 10 years total. I keep very accurate records on when I buy them, connect them, and when they require replacing. I can say with certainty that you will get about 5 Years from a battery before you need to replace it. I never replace the battery, and instead just replace the entire unit. Yes it does feel wasteful but it just makes more sense to me because I try to catch them on sale and buy them months before I think they will start to die. As long as I do not connect the battery, it does not seem to affect how long the item will last once I do start using it. I wouldn't buy years in advance, but a few months or so seems okay. When the battery will not hold a charge as long as it use to, it will give a high pitched whistle to warn you. It's not really warning that it is dead, but just that the battery is much weaker now and needs replacing soon. At that point I push the button to reset it and get prepared to replace it soon, or buy a replacement to replace it soon. In about 7-10 day it will warn you again, and every 7-10 or so it continues to warn you until it's finally too worn out to be doing it's job at all. Plenty of time to hit Amazon for a new one to be delivered. Because we have a whole house generator that kicks on about 30 seconds after the electric goes out, we've never had to push them to see how long they continue to power things on battery power alone. Our electric goes out, our computers and TV and items continue working without a single blip, and 30 seconds later our generator kicks in and everything becomes normal again. We never lose computers, or our internet or even our TV if we happen to be watching it. It's really cool to be near them on a windy day and you hear this CLICK CLICK sound indicating something is causing bad stuff to happen to your electric and the surges are being handled by this item and not reaching your valuable computer stuff. I Highly Recommend. Good Luck.

Easily connect the red wire to the battery after unpacking because its not connected during shipment; charged it for 24 hours snd then connected my cable modem and router each to a surge/bavckup port and today tested by unplugging the ups for 15 minutes and it switched to battery backup so fast my network had no clue it seitched and all my network devices stayed connected like normal. So after 15 minutes i plugged the ups back in ad it switched back to power seamless-sly.z. Very nic e product. I didn’t bother yo connect yhe usb cable to my computer, but I’m sure the ups management would work fine. Very nice product. Battery would be easy to replace if and when that would be needed. Great product !!!