Seems to do the job, but it burns so much excess energy by staying at a toasty temperature in normal operating conditions. Smells hot, like they are dumping power into large ceramic resistors. Doesn’t seem like a modern design. Read more

Sadly, the reviews of the "smell" are true, and the build quality is far from the fantastic products APC made many years ago. Waited a month to write this review, and, while faint, I can still smell the plastic odor of the unit in my living room. It does get hot, and no doubt that is where the heated plastic smell is coming from. I have not had any power outages yet to test this unit, so who knows how long it will last. This unit is replacing a Tecnoware UPS that hardly lasted a year, just outside of warranty. I purchased this since I had APC products in the past and they were good quality. However, this unit does not seem to be that old APC standard, so I don't have high hopes this is a good product. Read more