APC UPS Battery Backup and Surge Protector, 600VA/330 Watts Backup Battery Power Supply, BE600M1 Back-UPS with USB Charger Port

Purchased upon the recommendation of my Son in law, an IT Tech who uses one for his home system. We had configured a NAS archiving system for me (similar to his) based on the Synology Network Attached Storage system. He mentioned that his UPS had failed to protect him during a power outage since he had not time changed his system battery, resulting in having to do an extensive disk checking exercise by his system. He indicated that these UPS system were the best, but you do have to maintain them. So I bought and configured one- three weeks later a wicked thunderstorm came through the area- The computer I was on was power surged, shut down and had to disk check (it was not on UPS) (It is now) But my NAS worked through out it all with nary a hickup. I have since put my critical router and (non-critical but important) Computers on it, and set up a time change for the battery 4 years from now. I now have 4 TB of info riding on the NAS, so I am sure counting on this - SO far so good- As he mentioned and I was not aware of- the UPS has a port that communicates with the NAS and tells it to go into safe shut down if the power is going down- a GREAT FEATURE!!!

Welcome to the new era of APC Back-UPS. Bought two of these. Then bought 1 more to protect most of my electronic gadgets. Excellent features/quality and does exactly what it's supposed to. 5/5.

I have a large bookshelf with a large screen flat TV, a family theater amplifier, a cable box, and a DVD player.My problem was with power glitches. You know the type that makes you reset your clocks, takes 10 minutes to reboot your cable box, several minutes to reboot your TV, and leaves you dead in the water.I've used APC UPS's for years for the electronics in my office, and they've been stellar. I purchased the BE600M1 to use on my bookshelf once before, and it lasted about four years before it died.The BE600M1 UPS doesn't have enough power to run everything for any length of time, but the momentary power glitches are a thing of the past.

Pros:Easy to replace batteryUSB monitoringUSB charging port that works off battery or utility powerWall-mountable (though screw keyholes are 213 mm or 8.39" apart, not sure where they got this odd dimension)Entry-level costCons:No LCD displayNo mute buttonI'm not crazy about this form factorBattery is expensiveI have two of these. They don't have huge capacity so they won't run anything with a lot of power draw for very long, but if you want surge protection and a computer or other device to not instant-off with a 2-second interruption in power, these work great. There is an easy-to-access, toolless battery compartment though a replacement battery is more than half the cost of the unit, which is not typical. It has a USB-A charging port and a USB-B port to plug into a computer (it comes with a cable) to monitor the power status. I'm not crazy about this form factor and it doesn't have an LCD screen or mute button (it only has one button) so you have to refer to the manual for the color and blink pattern to determine what it's telling you and will need monitoring software to know what the load and available battery power are. It's a good entry-level UPS.

I thoroughly researched various brands to protect my computer, monitor and printer. I have previously owned an APC surge protector/battery back up and because I was already familiar with the product, I opted to purchase again and I am very happy I did. It's a quality product with a stellar reputation. My unit was shipped in a timely manner. While I have not had any power issues since purchasing it, I feel very confident that my unit will protect my computer. I am very pleased with how the item was shipped and I would recommend this brand.

Works as expected... I tested this by shutting down electricity. Only comment is that there should be more spaces in between plugs to allow for different sized plugs to fit all together.

We live in an area that regularly loses power during big storms and were tired of losing our tv and Internet… and the important storm info we get from them. This UPS fits the bill perfectly. Router and hub are permanently plugged into it and we have not lost connection even when the power was out for nearly a day. It’s smaller size means it’s not so intrusive though it does limit how many things it could power… not a problem for us.

Works well but doesn’t remind you until later if you shut down the power to your house without turning it off first