APCBack-UPS Pro Gaming UPS, 1500VA Sinewave Battery Backup, USB-C Charging & AVR, BGM1500B-US

What can you say about APC. This one works well and the price was good.

Gives some much needed peace of mind for me, I use it for my gaming PC and Internet so I don't have to worry about sudden outages that could damage my PC

Very good value UPS, use it to power both my Gaming desktop, NAS, and networking all at the same time. My NAS (Unraid based) even understands the UPS controls and status natively. However this UPS does do one thing that many a UPS has done to me before. When the battery is full the UPS reports it’s running on batteries… so you can’t just have power down states trigger based on this and have to use funky rules like if the estimated runtime remaining falls below a given value or the like…Also has a VERY annoying bright light up White APC logo on the top that can not be disabled…

I use one to support my entertainment system. It works well.

After dealing with this product and APC's support, I *finally* understand why we have so many electrical problems at work: Schneider Electric is trash. How the mighty have fallen.On the surface, I saw no need for a "gaming" UPS. However, given the current climate, this offered the best mix of price, number of outlets, voltage/wattage rating, and the sinewave feature that I wanted. I will reluctantly admit that I was excited about the LED display on the front, mainly so that I could see which devices in my setup were pulling the most power and under which conditions, so that I could properly plan for power cuts and choose 'Surge Only' vs 'Surge + Battery Backup' options accordingly. The light on the rear is annoying (personal preference), mainly in the fact that there is no option to completely switch it off. Red seemed to be the least offensive for My house.Anyway, I unbox the thing, get everything hooked up, and BOOM!; within a week we have a snow/sleet event. The power sags for about 30 seconds, and instead of switching over to battery backup, the UPS throws an 'F08' code and fails to switch over to battery backup. It literally had ONE JOB and failed. THANKFULLY, I was not playing when this happened, otherwise I would have been screwed relying on APC's slipshod garbage. Which is a lesson that bears repeating dear Reader: test your UPS *before* you need it, and every month afterwards. Plug everything up, pull the UPS plug from the wall and verify that it actually switches over to battery backup. Let everything run on the battery for a while to verify that it will actually hold for *approximately* the amount of time the LED (or manual) say it will. If it holds for 60 seconds and dies, call Schnieder Electric and raise hell.Finally, Amazon Support was useless. They treat everyone they speak to as if they have never installed a light bulb.

Yall…I know I’m outta shape but THIS is ***k’n heavy af lol. I carried this thing all the way from the mail room up to my apartment and I got my workout in.Once you open the box, it’s pretty simple. You will have the ups itself, a data cable (for software? Idk…it doesn’t mention anything about it), and a small user Manual. You take the ups out and open the battery pack to connect the battery to the ups. It’s pretty easy. Again, this is very heavy so be careful when laying it on its side. I’m sure you know how to hook it up but there’s a picture guide on the box if you need it. I have not had a power outage in the last 10 minutes and I’m not going to test it right now bc my neighbors are asleep and also…I’m exhausted. Customizing your led color is a nice touch. It has a ring light on the front and an accent light on the back so you can have visibility of the outlets when you’re crawling under your desk. It also serves as nice mood lighting projected on your wall. The colors will change if there happens to be an alert. The user manual explains all the different alarms.There is one thing that I am not a fan of. And it’s very very picky. I think I have supersonic hearing but this ups gives off the tiniest ring of a certain high frequency that is just annoying, almost like a dog whistle. You can barely hear it and if I had it a few more feet away, I probably wouldn’t hear it. So far, it’s working great. I didn’t realize there was a white one; that one would’ve matched my tower better. Oh well. My power goes out all the time, so this was a good investment for me.

I wanted this UPS for the true sine wave battery output and it's working fine in that regard so far but the only very annoying thing is the lights. The only place I can put it is under my desk and even if you turn off all the main lights, the large front ring will still flash green anytime there is a change in load - which ironically happens all the time during gameplay, so it is very annoying and distracting during games. The APC logo is also very bright and cannot be turned off so I put a piece of electrical tape over that. Turning on the rear light to see the plugs is nice but it's rarely used so overall the lights are the biggest detriment and it's very dumb that you cannot disable them completely. Maybe there will be a firmware update coming for that but I doubt it. I might try taking it apart to see if I can disconnect the lights while keeping the LCD display intact. I wish I could return it for the non-"gamer" version without these stupid lights but you can't return UPS's online... I guess I'll just have to keep putting a towel over it.Also the software isn't even an app, it's internet browser based and requires you to remember your username and password each time and just doesn't work well. And from what I've seen of teardowns of similar units, the components/capacitors aren't exactly high end. So it seems like this unit costs a lot of money for a sub-par design. Although to be fair, none of the UPS's in this price-range seem all that great. My advice is to get the non-gamer APC or maybe another brand unless you like having tons of annoying lights coming from your battery backup unit for some reason.