Customer Ratings & Reviews

This company has bad rep with these. Will give you relat weld error quite often which is only fixable through RMA and you have to pay the shipping

I purchased the APC 1500VA UPS specifically to protect my 3D printer from unexpected power interruptions and it's worth every penny in my situation. Anyone who runs long prints understands how frustrating losing power can be. Even though many 3D printers have “power loss recovery” feature. Losing power overnight and discovering a failed 12–16 hour print in the morning is frustrating, but also wastes time and filament. This UPS is not a cure-all for extended outages, but it can be a lifeline or safety net for short power interruptions such as tripped circuit breakers. In my situation, my printer is located in the garage, which shares a circuit breaker with the kitchen. Occasionally, when certain appliances are used during cooking, the breaker can trip and cuts power to the printer. The APC 1500VA UPS has a power-loss alarm that immediately alerts me to find the issue, giving me 40-45 minutes of printing time to reset the breaker and restore normal power. Obviously the APC 1500VA was meant for computers, but it's been able to keep my 3D printer running when unexpected power cuts happens and gives me enough time to resolve the issue without wasting time not knowing the print was stopped. it's been a cheaper alternative than hiring an certified electrician to add an extra or dedicated circuit breaker. Overall, I've been pretty happy with the APC 1500VA UPS offering a peace of mind and excellent value for anyone needing a decent amount of time to either turn off your computer or keep a 3D printer going.

I brought it for my home. It stopped working within 2 months. Best Buy refuse to replace it. Just garbage

Failed after a month error code F02 which means battery output failure. Fried my computers powersupply.

It is clicking when it should not click. That is it.

Unit failed after 15 days. Second unit purchased also failed after 15 days. Very undependable.

Just stop working after four of purchasing don’t buy

Followed all the directions and this thing ended up seriously screwing my computer up. Definitely not recommended.

It was terrible. The power does not last long at all. A total waste of your money.

Lasted less than a year bought after the flood why is the quality going down?

I got it home, plugged it in, and It didn't work, and I had to return it.

I have owned several APC units over the years, but one time, I owned another brand which lasted only 6 months before failing. All my APC units have lasted years, and I have one that is now on its 4th replacement battery. Hard to believe that the hardware lasts that long, especially in an era of throwaway electronics and appliances when they fail. I have never had to use the APC warranty so cannot comment on that (a good thing). Their replacement batteries are more expensive than competitors, but when you see how long they last, you will be happy that they are as cheap as they are. I am using this particular APC for my entertainment system of TV, receiver, streaming boxes, gaming consoles, cable box etc. I have not timed how long it will remain on in a power outage, but if it gets its rated capacity, it should last for over 90 minutes or more with the load it carries. I rarely have power outages lasting more than just a few minutes anyway. I like the voltage regulation it provides, even though we do not experience brownouts here. Solid piece of mind and the ONLY UPS I will buy in the future.

Great UPS for my workstation / gaming computer. Currently I have my 2 monitors, router, computer, and a few miscellaneous electronics hooked up to this UPS to protect all of my equipment from any power fluctuations and power outages. It works great and immediately switches to battery power any time it detects that the power provided from the main outlet is not enough or if there is a surge. In my area, this happens a lot more than usual and actually caused my previous computer to have a power supply failure. To add to the protection features as well, this unit can hook up to your PC with a data cable and gracefully power it down for you in the event of a long power outage using APC's Powerchute application (which can be downloaded directly from the APC website). Battery power lasts for up to 40 minutes after a power outage with everything powered on under standard load, which gives plenty of time to make sure all important work is saved. I expect many years of valuable power protection for my equipment from this quality piece of equipment.

I got this a few years ago to protect my WiFi from power since I had recently started working from home. I only am protecting my router and supporting hardware, and have had no issues for 3 1/2 years. This keeps my WiFi up and running for almost 2 hours, which has been far more than any power outage I've experienced since I bought it. I use a Raspberry PI to monitor it since it doesn't have it's own WiFi and it's not near any of my computers to plug in the usb cable, and that works well with off the shelf software. Overall this is an excellent choice if 1500VA is enough for your needs. I am about to buy a second one now that I have a desktop computer without it's own battery, and I want to go with something that works, and this has proven itself in my house.

I purchased 2 new computers and bought this because of power flickering during storms cause Computers to shut down and internet resets. I has doubtful this would handle my loads but so far i am very pleased. I have 2 Alienware - Aurora R7 Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 - 2TB Hard Drive + Intel Optane Memory - Epic silver hooked up along with 2 24" LED monitors, a modem and a wireless router. While playing world of warcraft and watching the display it says I have 10 to 18 min of usage when the power goes out. This is more than enough time for me to shut down the computers if the powers goes out and this will keep my computer and internet from resetting when the power flickers. I will post a update later when I have been using this for a couple of months.

After reading about the early serial-number chirp problem, I made sure I got a fresher unit. It took a little doing. There's no chirping noises from this unit. I leave the front panel on all the time. It's cool looking. The lighting is that popular LED elephant-grey color. I especially like watching the readout that shows my house voltage fluctuate. : P It has already saved the day a few times for me in the couple months I've had it. I later bought the smaller 650 model too for my modem-router in the other room.

Excellent backup power and quality power for your everyday needs. We use this to run a WiFi router and a security camera system - if the power goes out, our internet and cameras don't even notice!

Good UPS, delivers on its intent: I have it protecting my two Synology servers, WiFi, router, Ethernet Hub, Mac mini, monitor, etc. Has been a solid performer for 3.5 years. Now it looks like the battery is no longer good: it is expected to last 3 - 5 years, so within the range. During this time it avoided multiple voltage drops, a few brief power failures and now on its last "breath" give me enough time to shut everything down before quitting. Will get a new battery and put it back on the system.

Worked well through multiple blackouts and a couple years of dirty power. Worked perfectly for 5 years before suddenly giving up the ghost. It gave my beefy gaming rig 15-20 minutes to shutdown properly.

First time usage just happened, I knew that I would jump right on this review. So first outage do to wheather, product last about an hour (52 mins) on my stop watch but I started it 3 to 4 mins late after only hooking up (modem & main home phone stay hooked but ran a 100ft extension to my room to a power strip with samsung 50' Xfinity wireless cable box and cell charger hook up) NOTE: after seeing the timer at 17 mins. I turn my Tv power to standard picture/audio low power. Which then the timer was showing 28 mins. Still had 6 mins. but the power came back on. So factoring all that, plus subtract more time across the 100 ft extension and runtime of 1hr 20mins or more for thing similar is not a reach, but I just may pick up one more if an power outage extends longer. So rec items and essential items wouldn't exhaust the one battery runtime/life.