APCby Schneider Electric BACK-UPS ES - BE850G2-UK - Uninterruptible Power Supply 850VA (8 Outlets, Surge Protected, 2 USB Charging Ports), Black, Pack of 1

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 voiceThe 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 outletsThe 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 outageOverall, 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 functionalityI would definitely recommend and I will be looking to purchase further units to provide power to other key items in my houseUpdate: 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'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.

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.