Customer Reviews

APC BX800 Back-UPS XS Series 800VA Uninterruptible Power Supply

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This APC unit is built rock-solid and does exactly what we need it for: keep our machines up and running when the power goes out. With 4 battery backup ports (plus 3 surge only outlets) and very quiet operation, this is a must have accessory for anyone that uses their computer on a daily basis. Upon setting up this unit we lost power only days after plugging this in and we were able to continue our work and save our precious data before disaster struck. With the very likely possibility that an electrical surge can happen at any moment and cause a $15 surge protector to allow this deathblow through without the slightest resistance, you would be ill-advised to not have one of these protecting your investment(s)!!

***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

I have several APC UPS devices running several computers, cable modem and wireless router and they have kept me working throughout many short outages (I work at home testing software), others run a Tivo & cable box (never missed anything on TV I wanted to see) and a salt water aquarium. They've all performed flawlessly. The one Tripplite I owned a while back let me down with poor power regulation. I've been delighted with APC. Only downside is there are units that sound an alarm every 30 seconds while on battery power, that can get a bit annoying. Otherwise these things are outstanding.

I've been happy with mine so far. I'm not qualified to write a "technical review" but from a regular guy end user perspective I'm satisfied. I have had 2 or 3 power fluctuations since I bought it and it kicked in and out of battery mode without a problem. Other than that, I never think about it, which is exactly what I want.

I have always used other products since I didn't think I could afford APC, but after looking at them I realized they were inline with everyone elses prices so I got one. The second day it went into battery mode for NO reason, I contacted customer support who said it must have a bad relay in the switching mechanism. Ok that can happen to anyone. I sent the unit back to them and received a new unit to replace it. Now this unit after one week I had a power sag (brown out) and the unit did its job and kicked in, but like the first one, it won't come back out of the battery mode. So far "my" opinion is that they are junk. I mean 2 in a row?????

I just replaced this model with the UPS XS 900VA in my office. I was very happy with the 800. It lasted 4 years and saved my system many times.