Customer Ratings & Reviews

These are great batteries. I use them to protect the TV's and other electronics especially during the heavy storm season. they tuck away out of site. This is my 6th, the other 5 are working just fine. They protect the more expensive big-ticket items especially during the brownouts and blackouts we've frequently had because of tree's falling.

Always been a big fan of APC products and this UPS didn't disappoint. Plenty of UPS power receptacles and standard power (non-battery) to plug in a lamp or any non PC items. USB C connection in the front is convenient for a mobile device and can't say enough about the LCD readout. Big upgrade from my previous UPS. UPSes usually are the sexiest piece of equipment in a computer setup, but living anywhere with electrical storms causing power outages it sure comes in handy for a clean, graceful shutdown.

This is my 8th or 9th UPS (I buy them for my offices). It is easy to use and provides a long runtime for my current setup.

I am not an expert on back-ups, so I will abstain from giving a potentially flawed "in depth" review and stick with a more simplistic experience. For a while I have been worried about power outages, as leading up to this purchase, we lost power 5 times in 3 months. A few times a year can be expected with high winds, bad snow storms and stuff like this, but this many in a short amount of time was nothing I had ever seen around here. The final straw for me was after a 30 second outage, it took me 20 minutes to get my computer running right. Monitors not displaying and other things needing to be discharged before working correctly, and with a new 3070 card in my PC, the last thing I needed was something dying in my PC. Since purchasing this, I have had only 1 outage, however that was when I was sleeping (the unit displaying an event had occurred) so I don't know (for now) how this will handle an outage while in operation, but the peace of mind feels great. That and being able to update my BIOS without worrying about it.

Even though I returned this battery back up, it wasn’t due to any bad experience! I open the box and it was way bigger than I had anticipated. My house is not that big and where I was going to need to put it it would not have worked for me. It appears to be a very nice unit and had I hooked it up. I’m sure I would’ve been totally satisfied with it. Instead of ordering online, I will probably go into the store and look at other smaller options.

Great investment to protect your equipment. Plenty of outlets and price is great,

We have these deployed in our small office of fifteen workstations, and we recently had a lightning strike directly hit a wing of the building, and every computer connected to one of these survived (the one that didn't have one of these was fried). Of note, we used the ethernet passthrough surge protection as well, and since we also got a surge through the ethernet wires this proved critical to our computer surviving. Using this feature is a must for any office environment.

Strong unit with an easily readable front panel. Front USB port is a nice tough.

It works well for the most part, but the first time I had a power glitch (one of those little quick off and on's), it totally shut down. Had I been using my computer at the time, it could have caused a real problem. Rep said it was probably just a one-time occurrence. Time will tell.

I picked up two of these just before the blizzard hit Austin, and they saved my butt. Between the two of them, they kept my Chinese water dragon's ceramic heater running for enough time to get a temporary tank prepared and get him to a boarding facility. Now that the winter storm is over, one is staying on his tank until I can get a generator / APC Symmetra unit, and the other is powering the comms gear in my rack.

Great price for quality. The battery time is better then it indicates. I run four monitors, a printer and cable modem and get about 2 hours of life when my power goes out.

Easy to setup. Nice in App to monitor load, power input, and use.

Less than a week after we got this there was a massive wildfire near my home. I only had my modem plugged into this device at the time but it was very useful. Our power was knocked out just before the police evacuated my block. We were able to monitor our home from away using my ring camera via the modem that was still being powered by the APC. It lasted for almost an hour before running out of power. Then the emergency backup from ring took over and allowed us to catch images of our home using a ring emergency cell connection for the rest of our 1st night away before the ring battery power went out too (the smoke was too thick for the sunlight to get through to power the ring). We were very fortunate our home was not burned like so many others and being able to view our home still safe made it a little less difficult to get through that terrible night.

We deal with power outages frequently. And using our home computer network as our music and movie server can be a pain when that happens. Having added this power supply along with our previous one allows us to remain online (as long as the ISP isn't affected) even when the power is out. Neither supply has yet to run out even with hours long power outages. APC is a quality company. This is a quality product and is reasonably priced. Getting on sale was an added benefit!

great product! would buy again! definitely recommend!

so far so good. I love the display on it. It says I have approx 90 min with it on battery (No monitors)

Great product! It really helps with all the power outages we have in Texas.

It can be said with utmost certainty that all of us have experienced inclement weather or unforeseen power outage events at some point in our lives. The frustrating nature of it certainly is one in which we all can relate to on some level. As such, investing in a battery backup can be a preventive measure that one can at least proactively take to better be prepared for the future in case any incidents arise. Unfortunately, there will always be those detractors who will balk at it as if preparation is a new synonym for panicking; of which they will ignorantly view battery backups as an unneeded additional cost. Ironically, that could not be further from the truth as battery backups are absolutely critical, especially for data sensitive environments. As such, I was quite excited to test the APC Back UPS Pro Battery Backup (Model: BN1500M2) and to see how it would perform! As for setup, the APC battery backup should be relatively straightforward; sliding the side panel off of the unit was fairly easy (LED screen facing your left). Once removed, you will need to connect the corresponding battery terminals to its respective cable. Once completed and you slide the panel back in place, you are now ready to go. Depending on your needs, you may decide to install the USB cable to a computer to test out the downloadable PowerChute software, but naturally it is completely optional. As for the battery, depending on its partial charge, you should expect at least 12-16 hours. While not explicitly stated, I went ahead and charged my unit first before I plugged anything into the unit. On the back of the BN1500M2, you will note the outlets are divided out accordingly: those with only surge protection and the others that provide both battery backup and surge protections. The latter ports, obviously, will be used for mission critical components such as computers, monitors, and routers. Lastly, you will note one USB Type- A and one USB Type-C port on the front for added convenience (keep in mind the unit is rated for 15 total watts for both USB ports combined). As for the display, everything should be fairly self-explanatory here, though I do want to mention by using the display button, you can cycle through various modes that showcase the unit’s load in percentage, power consumption, and how many event triggers have occurred. Another interesting feature is that you can also set the sensitivity of the unit with regards to how it handles voltage fluctuations and thus how quickly it will switch to its battery. Overall, everything should be fairly easy to setup; the included manual was also a huge plus and fairly informative. I was extremely happy that it came with a physical instruction manual and not some piece of paper with a QR code on it! For testing the APC backup, I used a total of three devices beginning with my ATT router (Model: BGW320-500) to test the load percentage, power consumption, and the battery’s estimated uptime for the devices. Subsequently, I then added my Xperia 5 III smartphone to the front USB Type-C port, and then finally I added an HP laptop that uses a 65w adapter. With just my router attached, the BN1500M2 barely even flinched; load percentage was noted at 1% and power consumption fluctuated between 6-9 watts. In addition, perhaps what is most impressive is the unit estimated about 6 hours (300 minutes) of uptime just for the router! Next, as I added my smartphone to the front USB Type-C on top of the aforementioned router, the unit spiked its load percentage slightly to 2% (the phone also registered one bar on the load capacity meter). Additionally, the power consumption increased marginally up to 25 total watts. As for expected, the estimated uptime took a sharp decline down to around 3 hours (180 minutes), though its value would continuously change as its load shifted accordingly. Lastly, I connected my laptop adapter to the back of the unit; the laptop itself had around 10% battery remaining. As expected, the estimated uptime took a nose dive down to 90 minutes. Additionally, the load percentage increased further up to 7%; total power consumption also increased up to around 62-67 watts. Interestingly, once I put the laptop to sleep, the uptime rebounded back up to around 110 minutes. While most will probably not charge a laptop on a battery backup, it was nonetheless interesting to see the drastic shift in load values; certainly, by all means, a worst case scenario test if you will. Overall, I was thoroughly impressed with the performance of the APC battery backup, especially with how quickly it was able to switch over to battery power. For small devices, and especially your internet router, the BN1500M2 should provide plenty of power! Furthermore, while you might be able to power some larger devices than what I have listed here, keep in mind your results will vary depending on each device’s power requirements! Lastly, around the time of this writing, I ironically experienced several small power outages before completely going out due to a wind advisory; fortunately, the last power outage was only off for about an hour, but luckily I was able to keep my internet up and charge my phone with plenty of battery left to spare. In conclusion, the APC Back UPS Pro battery backup is an ideal choice for peace of mind in case of inclement weather or an unforeseen power outage. With 900 watts of total load power, two USB front ports for convenience, and plenty of outlet connections, the BN1500M2 performs exactly as it was intended. With that said, while there are smaller battery backup units, the extra cost of the BN1500M2 will prove its worth whenever the next power outage occurs; preparation is always key! Thus, if you are shopping for a battery backup, the APC Back UPS Pro BN1500M2 comes highly recommended!

There have been multiple quiet power surges in our house, and this has saved me with remote work. Our power went off during a thunderstorm, and I was still able to continue working on my computer!! To get some local tasks done without the internet. Worth the money.

Excellent Buy! Easy to install! Keeps laptops, tvs, routers on safely during power outages~