APC UPS 1500VA Sine Wave UPS Battery Backup, BR1500MS2 Backup Battery Power Supply, AVR, 10 Outlets, (2) USB Charger Ports

I got this to clean up my media closet, where I keep my router, modem, and a small security screen—and it’s been perfect.✅ What I Liked:• Solid quality — It feels sturdy and well-built, not flimsy or cheap.• No buzzing sounds or overheating — I’ve had issues in the past with plastic boxes amplifying fan or power brick noise—this one is silent.• Looks great — The finish is clean and modern, and it really elevates the space visually. Doesn’t look out of place even if left visible.💡 Use Case:It hides my cords and gear without restricting airflow or signal, which was important for the router. If you’ve got a messy tech nook or closet like I did, this is an easy win.Definitely recommend if you’re trying to clean up a space while still keeping things functional and sleek.

I have used APC UPS of various models for many, many years. They have always performed as expected. I currently have the Back-UPS Pro BR1500MS2 and it works perfectly. I'm writing this review not so much so about the UPS, but more for information on what to expect if using this UPS with a portable generator. I am an IT Senior Systems Engineer working from home for the last year or so due to Covid. I have a very highend computer system thus the reason I am using the BR1500MS2. My system draws around 450-500 watts constantly and this UPS supports it just fine. Ok, now on to my point. I live in Colorado and if you remember we recently had a very bad wind storm which knocked out power to most of us in central Colorado for several days. After the second day of no power and no heat (house was 39 degrees). I was pretty much forced to obtain a portal generator. This generator was a highend 8650 Watts from a reputable company. Generator performed as expected - Frig is working, got coffee, have some heat - all good. BTW we were without utility power for 8 days. Wife is happy again, so now it is time to get the computer system and network back on up and running. Here is where you need to be AWARE of using a UPS with Generator Power. I plugged the UPS in to the generator power. Turned on the UPS and after a few seconds, the UPS started to cycle from Gen Power to Battery Power back and forth. That's strange, what could be wrong. Well, it wasn't the input voltage from the Generator - Checked it to be 115v continuous, but UPS still cycling. AH HA, it was the input frequency. The UPS is rated as input frequency to be 60 +/- 3hz. The display on the UPS indicated it was receiving 63hz. So apparently, the Generator was outputting just a hair outside the 60 +/- 3hz range of the UPS specs and causing the UPS to cycle into and out of battery mode. Obviously, it was designed to do this. Ok, unplug all of the stuff from the UPS and plug into generator power and all is good. I need to talk with the generator manufacture on getting the output frequency adjusted no doubt. Sorry for all of the blah, blah, but I wanted to set the expectations if you have an operating environment where you must use a UPS with generator power, you may find yourself in a situation where things may not work as expected due to input/output thresholds of your equipment. Oh, and by the way, the generator manufacture said the Gen was operating within their specs 60hz +/- 3hz. Apparently, the UPS or GEN is not exactly within specs.UPDATE for BR1500MS2:I recently had the need again to use the UPS with my generator. Utility folks replacing power pole, so I powered up the generator to keep a few things running. As I had mentioned previously, I was having an issue with the UPS staying online using the generator voltage. After reading some additional detail about the UPS Sensitivity settings, I adjust the setting from the default of Medium to LOW. The definition of LOW is "Use this setting if your battery backup continues to transfer to battery operation frequently on the medium setting. Typically, this occurs when the AC utility source is a generator. Caution, this will allow greater voltage distortions to reach your computer." Ok, so why couldn't the support folks at APC advise me of this. Maybe because of the caution notice - who knows. Anyway, I set the sensitivity to Low, connected the input of the UPS to the generator output voltage. Ah HA, this time the UPS stayed online and stopped the frequent switching on and off line as before. I monitored the UPS output to my computer and only noticed a small variation in voltage and HZ. Not enough to cause any harm to my system. After utility power was restored, generator off, I put the sensitivity setting back to the default Medium. So I just wanted to update my previous entry about using this UPS with home generators. It does work afterall, just change the UPS sensitivity setting.

Excellent, but you really need to watch the runtime. The battery runs out pretty quickly.If you have high powered devices plugged into it.

Very excellent product to protect your delicate electronics. I use mine for my home theater equipment. It was actually suggested to me by an insurance agent. Very easy to set up. Once it is set up, just leave it. Now you have peace of mind that you will be protected.

Nice UPS unit. One minor caveat is APC has discontinued the PowerChute Personal Edition software and replaced it with PowerChute Serial Shutdown. This is more enterprise/server oriented and requires an account just to download it. Thankfully, the old software can still be downloaded and it still works fine, but it won't be receiving any more updates.My desktop is pretty high powered and it's estimating I should get over 30 minutes of run time on battery doing basic stuff like dinking around the Internet. Under load, like playing a demanding game or rendering something in Blender, this drops to 10-15 minutes. This is fine, since it gives me plenty of time to save what I'm doing and shut it down gracefully, or just ride out a small power blip. I live out in the sticks where outages are more frequent than I would like and power quality isn't great, so this gives me peace of mind that my system is protected.