APC - Smart-UPS 1440VA Battery Back-Up System - Black

I purchased this as a backup in 2014 for a high end video editing and gaming PC. It has been running flawlessly since then with the original battery too. After 6 years the battery is at 81%.

I bought the APC - Smart-UPS 1440VA Battery Back-Up System as an upgrade to my APC Back-UPS XS 1500. I recently upgraded to a LG 65" OLED TV and the Denon AVR-X4300H A/V receiver, so I wanted to ensure I had the best backup protection to protect my investment, and I'm certain the 1400VA fits the bill. While the XS 1500 was a great product and had 865W of battery backup, the battery was only for three minutes duration during an outage, while the 1400VA provides three hours of battery life. I also like the one-minute shutoff display option; sometimes I forget to turn off A/V equipment before turning off the UPS and the delay gives me a chance to recover from that. The 1440 VA display is a little on the smaller side, but the icon indicators are still intuitive. Although not a problem for me, it weighs about 53 lbs., so it might be a chore to lift and move around for others. It's also a little pricey, but for the peace of mind of quality protection for your audio/video gear (up to $150,000 equipment protection policy), it's priceless.

I bought this UPS proactively as a replacement to my 11 year old APC UPS (which served me well). Its older brother has been reliable (even though our power company isn't) and I have no reason to doubt the reliability of this one. Before purchasing I received great support from APC and was able to find up-to-date software, even for Server 2012 and Windows 8. The unit is a breeze to set up and its user interface is visually appealing and provides a lot of features, for example, power usage monitoring (KWh and VA), voltage, load, and outage history (in graph or table form). I really like how the banks of outlets can be assigned different priorities, i.e., some can shut down right away while others can be directed to stay on as long as possible in case of an outage. The front-panel LCD is useful if you dont want to log on to access the UI (and can be used to configure UPS settings without logging on). Also, the UPS can also be accessed through/as a web page - for example, if you want to VPN remotely without doing a remote session. Overall I have been extremely happy with APC, the reliability of their products, and their customer support. (FYI: connected to this unit are a Dell T620, Poweredge 2900, a couple of routers, switches, VoIP and WAN equipment, running at about 40% of the UPS' capacity).

never worry about crashing from a power loss again, easy setup and runs a pc for up to 5 hours if needed already had a power outage and never noticed it with my apc 1500 everything stayed on including pc, printer, monitor and all accessories i had attached to it, gave me plenty of run time to finish my work and shut down with confidence while saving everything i was working on.

I purchased this ups because it has pure sine wave it was working grate then I was hearing weird electrical noises that did not sound normal I contacted APC with Symptoms and information they told me if it continues to RMA it and which it did kept making weird noises APC was quick on shipping me a replacement UPS the replacement is working working properly no weird electrical noises APC tech support is top notch

I purchased this unit to replace an older model that could no longer handle the load that was being placed on it. So far, so good. It's doing its job.

This is a great battery unit for single standard server/monitor setup

The unit was fine once Best Buy replaced the unit that was damaged by UPS. Nothing less than you would expect from APC and Best Buy!