APC UPS for Home, 1050VA UPS Battery Backup with AVR, 8x British BS1363A outlets, (2) USB Charger Ports, Back-UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply, BE1050G2-UK

I purchased this UPS to provide continued power for my fibre broadband ONT (my router is on a separate UPS), so that I have continued broadband for a limited amount of time and digital voice The UPS is well built, and has 6 UPS enabled outlets, along with 2 surge protected outlets and 2 USB outlets. For the UPS and surge protected outlets, they are standard UK plug types which is useful and is easier to connect domestic devices than many other UPS devices that typically power IT related equipment and have the common cloverleaf cable outlets The UPS seems to be of great quality and is easy to use, at it’s most basic level, plug in, power up, plug in devices and you’re ready to go. If used to provide power to desktops/laptops etc., a USB connection can also be used, along with some downloaded software to manage what happens if there’s a general power outage Overall, I believe this UBS to be very practical for a home user not looking just to connect IT equipment and in terms of the UPS products sold by my broadband/phone provider, BT, this is much more practical a product and provides much more functionality I would definitely recommend and I will be looking to purchase further units to provide power to other key items in my house Update: following a power outage as a local transformer blew up, I was without power for around 5 - 6 hours, during which time I had no problem in keeping my ONT alive as well as my backup 4G router, if my main BT router went offline (that’s served by a separate, much lower quality BT supplied UPS). For my purposes, a cannot recommend this UPS highly enough

I’ve been using the APC by Schneider Electric BACK-UPS for a few months now, and it has proven to be an excellent investment. The unit provides seamless power backup during outages, giving me enough time to save my work and safely power down my devices. It’s particularly useful in areas prone to sudden power interruptions. The setup was straightforward, and the build quality is solid and durable. I also appreciate the user-friendly interface and the helpful LED indicators, which make it easy to monitor its status. Another standout feature is the multiple outlets that accommodate both battery-backed and surge-protected devices, ensuring everything stays safe and operational. The peace of mind knowing my electronics are protected and my workflow isn’t disrupted is invaluable. APC by Schneider Electric has delivered a reliable, high-quality product, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking for dependable power backup solutions.

An excellent UPS for protecting home or very small business IT systems. A tested and effective design giving good electrical protection to devices running from the battery plus surge protection and limited ability to charge mobile devices. Note that this size battery (850VA) won't keep full PC systems operating for long, but is ideal to allow graceful shutdowns and keeping routers running to maintain internet access via mobile devices (charged ideally by other means) during an extended power cut. The UPS works very well with recent Apple Macs - it is detected directly by MacOS as a UPS and needs no extra software. Easy and effective if you just want a safe and automatic way of powering down your Mac in the case of a power cut. In contrast, the provided Windows PowerChute software looks old-fashioned and is a little fiddly but is very powerful and useful. It gives detailed information on energy usage and UPS performance and therefore indicates how long the unit's battery would be expected to power your IT system for. This lets you decide how to respond to a powercut and manage any business risk. Follow the documentation (download the full manual) and in particular plug the UPS directly into a mains socket rather than through e.g. a smart plug or home-plug adapter. Test that the battery will fully charge before putting a load on it, and make sure you are familiar with the different warning lights and audio beeps. The batteries are easy to replace when they reach the end of their useful life - the unit gives a warning when it considers this the case. In summary, a good small-capacity UPS with quality software. As such, it is different from the many battery-based chargers for mobile devices or a mini 'powerstation' as advertised for camping or solar charging. Not better or worse, they just meet different needs.

Couldn't find much info regards UPS and the UGREEN NAS DXP 4800+ So here it is: Bought the APC BACK-UPS ES - BE650G2-UK (£107 on 2025-07-15). Arrived, as new with a Leoch DJW12-9.0 battery. Was fully charged, or was reporting fully charged when it arrived. Did some quick tests with a lamp attached and all behaving as you would expect. Light stayed on if power was cut. Connected the NAS, attached the supplied cable - network plug into UPS and USB into the NAS. Booted the NAS and went to: Ugreen OS > Control Panel > Hardware & Power > UPS UPS was recognized as American Power Conversion Back-UPS BE650G2 FW497200G-497300G The Ugreen control panel also shoes the power capacity of the UPS. Useful. Set protection mode to Auto Shutdown. Set wait time to Minimum Value in custom time = 5 mins. Unplugged the UPS. the NAS detected the power out and reported it was shutting down in 5 mins. Which it did. UPS battery went from 97% to 88% in that time. other devices connected were 3 active External USB drives and a lamp. Reconnected power and restarted NAS. During boot, the lamp flashed, the NAS shutdown and the UPS power light flashed red for a second. Potentially overloaded? Unplugged lamp and tried again and NAS booted fine. Curious, I'm not sure I'm near the 400w limit with a NAS (with 3 HDDs and 2 NVMEs - NAS PSU is 150w), 3 external USBs HDDs (est 25w each) and a 7.5w lamp.... In my case - the UPS is only for the NAS. It will be the only thing plugged into it (maybe a router as well). So yes, this particular UPS works with the UGREEN NAS DXP 4800 plus. Other benefits - has a user swappable battery. From what I've read the batteries might only last a few years, so option to swap out for approx £30 instead of buying a new UPS is good. The UPS is a chunky. But has 8 sockets, 6 of them battery protected. Doesn't seem to make any noise (apart from beeps when power is out) - not fan noise etc. Haven't tested Powerchute control software etc - I'm not planning on connecting my PC to it. Screenshot attached of the UPS info in the UGREEN OS. 4 Stars - Expensive, especially with a limited life on the battery, but it is also overkill for my specific needs. But no other options seem to be available - Ideally a one plug NAS focused basic UPS for home use. Ugreen have something (ugreen 120w dc ups) but its not available outside China yet. The blip during boot also needs more investigation.

3hrs run time with a router, modem and digital answerphone connected whilst constantly streaming music. Like many others I bought this to power my fibre router, modem and a digital phone connected to the router which has a seperate power supply. I live in a rural area with regular short power cuts. In addition our only mobile phone mast seems to go off as well if we have a power cut as its very close by. I wanted to keep a broadband signal so I could use my digital phone and mobile via wi fi calling in the event of a powercut. It arrived within 24hrs. You have to connect the battery which sparks slightly as it is almost fully charged. The instructions make it clear that this will happen. I tested it first by plugging a lamp in then turning off the power to the UPS. The lamp stayed on with barely a flicker. Having left it on charge for 24hrs, as per instructions, I connected my router etc. then turned the power to the UPS off. The router didnt even blink and I was streaming music at the time which was not interrupted. I then timed how long it took for my music to stop indicating no more broadband and a flat battery. It was 3hrs and 3 minutes. If I hadnt been actively using the internet at the time it may have been a little longer. So there you have it. 3 hrs which is more than enough for my needs. I have used the spare sockets for my computer and monitors in the unlikely event that I am using them when the power goes off. The unit didnt get hot and other than the beep to indicate it was in use it ran silently. You can of course disable the beep. Very happy with this unit.

While I used to use UPS(es) in the past, until the recent energy crisis there was not much use for one; I don't remember how many years back we had a power-cut (accidental cable cut in high-street?) that required the expense of an UPS. But times have changed... ;( If you are running a NAS, server, etc. then an UPS is a must; connect the (now included) USB cable and the UPS will show up as a battery, effectively turning your NAS, server, desktop, etc. into a laptop which can then turn off when the power drops (or increases) which then allows it to cleanly shut-down. You don't need included software which is antiquated but does the job and allows some settings, e.g. sensitivity, testing, firmware updates (any available?) but in general I'd say don't bother. For this there are 6 sockets, with further 2 with just surge protection (e.g. for printer, phone, etc.) that are decently spaced but still some AC adapters may struggle. You may need to try various combinations or even use extenders. The format (a taller double-sided multi-plug extender format) may suit more than the usual "tower" UPSes. Note that as another reviewer mentioned, mine also had an internal connector uncoupled and thus was not charging the battery. In effect, the AC power board was disconnected from the battery charging board. Hard knocks in transport? Bad quality control? Even with test results in box? Anyway, I was just going to send it back when I though to open it up (thankfully easy) and immediately noticed the cable dangling around. Note - disconnect AC power and remove battery first! Yep, one cable was dangling around - pushed it into connector, connected AC power and works perfectly! The other issue is that is not that cheap, verging into the "pure sine wave" output territory that is nice to have at the same cost if you connect audio equipment for example.

I got this to deal with brief outages that have happened recently. I got the 850va/520 watt model and it keeps the PS5 and TV running for about 20 minutes (around 5 mins 20 seconds to drain about 25%). That's easily enough to cover both small power cuts or to save and power off the PS5 to investigate if the RCD has tripped. In fact, I also bought a more expensive CyberPower model and I'd still recommend this APC model due to more sockets overall, more sockets with battery backup and roughly the same battery life. I'll be returning the ridiculously heavy CyberPower model soon. The battery is also replacable, but I've noticed on a second one that I bought, the connectors are very stiff and I couldn't remove them if I want to replace the battery later. So maybe units aren't produced to the same standard every time. As for volume, it's nice and quiet while running, at least for my setup. I got someone else to test a PS4 Pro and different model of TV and it started buzzing, also didn't last nearly as long, about 5-7 minutes. So higher loads seem to make it more noisy. It features a beep that lets you know it's on the battery and this repeats unless you press the silence button. Still, this is intended as a last resort to save and power down, not a way to play continually off-grid so it's not much of a problem either way. I haven't tested it's PC software, but I'll update the review if I do. Otherwise, this does exactly what I wanted it to do and better than a more expensive option.

UPDATED REVIEW AFTER 2.5 YEARS - IT'S DEAD! ====================================== After 2.5 years providing UPS backup to a desktop computer and monitor (low powered gpu!) and literally a small handful of backup incidents where the computer was quickly shut down and the battery never drained below 50% this unit has died. And not due to the battery. On trying to switch the unit on, it goes through the normal self-test and then all the leds go out and a constant tone is emitted. The only option is to switch it off. According to APC support, the cause was the battery (although it measured over 13 volts on my voltmeter). However, on the basis that they ought to know, I bought a non-OEM battery of identical physical and electrical specification. It did exactly the same thing. APC then (generously) sent me an OEM battery to try. Exactly the same result. So I think that proves that the actual hardware has failed in only 2.5 years. This is really disappointing - I bought APC thinking it was a premier brand given my previous experience of UPS devices. I also bought a spec that was quite a bit higher than the devices I was plugging into it required because I thought this would provide an extended life. So, for it to fail in 2.5 years is way short of what I or any other consumer would reasonably expect. So, I definitely won't be buying this brand again. To add insult to injury, I do believe people in the EU benefit from a 3 year warranty on this item. If APC is confident enough to offer 3 years in the EU, why not in the UK? Possibly another reason not to buy the brand. :-) Changed 5 star initial review to 1 star. ORIGINAL REVIEW ============== I'm using this UPS to provide uninterruptible power for my desktop computer and monitor. It is probably over-specified for my setup as (according to the accompanying management software) it only draws around 100 watts of power most of the time and the forecast battery time in the event of a power cut is estimated at over 25 minutes. My rationale for over-specifying is because lead acid batteries don't like being run down.... it shortens their life. So although I would always shut my computer down as quickly as possible in the event of a power cut, it means that the battery level does not go down much. This will maximise the lifetime of the UPS batteries. Why this particular model? Well: + APC is a top tier UPS brand + The unit has UK power sockets, so no hunting for the special computer mains cables needed with other UPS supplies. + 6 of the power sockets have battery backup plus another 2 without. Even when the unit is off I can still plug stuff into the 2 without battery backup, which is useful. + There is one standard USB and one USB-C charging socket, which is handy for recharging my devices. Actually, here is one area where I think it could be improved - i.e. increase the number of charging sockets. + It's black, which fits in best with my decor. In terms of reliability or lifetime, who knows? I've had several over the years. Great that the batteries can be replaced because they will go, eventually, but my previous APC developed a hardware fault after several years. This one has been running flawlessly for a year and saved my data from a couple of power cuts. It's the best design I've had yet so I live in hope of it having a long life and recommend it for anyone looking for a consumer UPS.

UPS Installato da circa sei mesi per alimentare un carico di circa 350W ( computer all-in-one). Nessun problema riscontrato ad oggi, il prodotto funziona bene, è silenzioso e interviene regolarmente sulle anomalie di tensione e/o blackout. Per la durata della batteria è invece un pò presto per giudicare, valuterò più avanti...

This works great to keep my TV and WiFi running when I have power cuts in Zanzibar. I have a generator but there’s a 15 second automatic switch over where everything goes off, now I can at least keep my essentials running. It also includes a surge protector and when the voltage drops the battery takes over, this can happen many times while watching TV and it keeps it running seamlessly

The product is good but came EU with a plug. They advertise with the UK plug.

PER ORA MI PARE MOLTO BUONO LA BATTERIA NON DURA TANTISSIMO, MA ALMENO OFFRE IL TEMPO NECESSARIO A SALVARE TRANQUILLAMENTE IL LAVORO, SPEGNERE IL COMPUTER, E CARICARE UN PAIO DI CELLULARI