APC UPS Battery Backup Surge Protector, 425VA Backup Battery Power Supply, BE425M, Black
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This APC BE425M Back-UPS battery backup power supply offers guaranteed power and surge protection for wireless networks, computers, and other small electronics in your home or business. Backup battery power supply is designed for use during outages and unsafe voltage fluctuations, and provides surge protector with battery backup in the event of damaging power surges and spikes. The APC Back-UPS series are the perfect battery backup for routers to keep you and your smart devices connected.
425VA / 225W battery backup power supply
6 Outlets (NEMA 5-15R): 4 UPS Battery Backup & Surge Protection; 2 Outlets with Surge Protection only. Note: Outlets are designed to give resistence when first used, and modest force will engage the plug into the outlet
5′ Power Cord, right-angle 3-prong wall plug (NEMA 5-15P). Wall mountable. Battery is not User-Replaceable, but is Service-Replaceable by qualified technician
During a power outage, this APC UPS provides battery backup power for WiFi routers and other small, critical electronics
This BE425M APC battery backup comes with a 3-year warranty, plus $75,000 connected-equipment policy
Customers say
Customers find the uninterruptible power supply functional and providing good value for money. They find it small and compact, perfect for networking gear and small appliances. The power backup and protection levels are satisfactory. However, some customers dislike the loud beeps. There are mixed opinions on battery life and reliability.
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12 reviews for APC UPS Battery Backup Surge Protector, 425VA Backup Battery Power Supply, BE425M, Black
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Original price was: $75.89.$60.99Current price is: $60.99.
RH –
Very Reliable… and an interesting note.
I have four of these units backing up a wifi network, among other things. They’ve worked very well through numerous power outages and life wouldn’t be nearly as pleasant without them keeping things up and running. One thing I discovered: the instructions say that the battery is not serviceable. I would certainly agree that during the lifetime of the unit, you should use it precisely as the instruction say. After about 5 years, the battery in my first one finally failed and the unit let me know in no uncertain terms – squealing loudly and blinking at me, as was correct. Rather than recycling the UPS or paying to ship it somewhere for service, I unscrewed the base (4 screws) and pulled it apart. Lo and behold, a standard sealed lead-acid battery available anywhere online for less than $20, and it will plug right in. The UPS does work very, very well and all for a reasonable cost. I recommend it with no reservations.
Lance wright –
Being Honest
Many of the negative reviews imo aren’t really understanding that this is a cheap UPS. If you want a UPS that auto turns off your PC during outages, has longer batter life, can handle higher voltage, etc, then you’re 100% looking at the wrong UPS! This UPS does exactly what it claims. It’s a small UPS you should use more as a surge protector and to handle small power outages. It’s cheap for a reason, though when you actually get a hold of it, I was impressed by the quality it felt like in this price range. I’ve bought various UPS’s over the years. Some are very expensive, where some I got for $50 like this. When I buy cheap ones like this, it’s usually to handle my home lab switches or router. I use this for things that don’t take much power. If you have a low end PC or a laptop, this would also be perfect for you. By low end, I majorly mean your GPU doesn’t hog a butt load of energy. If you’re using 2 GPU’s, or you have something like a 3090, then you may need to think about getting a UPS that can handle something bigger. But this in my opinion is a fantastic UPS. It delivers quite dang well for this price range. Seriously, it’s a really good UPS and I think this is the 4th one I’ve bought so far. Not that any have broke, I just have a lot of UPS’s (I run a business with servers, have a home lab, and more).And I’ve ran these little UPS’s through the ringer. One of them in particular, I’ve definitely run more than I should. I put a server on one of them that also has 2 GPU’s in the server that mines at the same time (might as well since it’s on 24/7 anyways). I’m definitely capping out what this thing was built to handle, yet it handles it like a champ. Again, not saying that this is what you should use this one for haha. But I’ve been quite happy with this UPS.But again, most the negative reviews I’ve seen are people complaining about aspects of this UPS that in my opinion, aren’t aspects in any UPS you’ll get within this price range. For example, my file server doesn’t use that much electricity. But it’s mission critical that it never shuts down and that it automatically turns off before the UPS dies. I spent I think like $300 to $400 on a UPS for that server. When I got that expensive UPS, I ran various tests, was quite unhappy, returned it, and replaced it with another within the same price range. I get being picky, I really do, but I also understand the difference in pricing. When I spend $300+ on a UPS, I am looking for various features, battery life, and more. But this UPS imo offers a ton of qualities beyond the small price tag.So, this was majorly me ranting about the few who disliked the UPS because they expected more, but know I’ve bought various of these, I’m incredibly happy with them, and for 99.99% of people, I think they’d be perfectly happy with this.
GG –
Great Product – Very Reliable
Purchased one of these APC battery backup units 4-5 years ago and it has performed great. In the event of a power outage, would carry my modem, router, and a couple other small devices for over an hour if necessary. After 5 years, I believe the battery life begins to desegregate, so proactively replaced the old unit with another APC product.
sebaran –
Fine, but annoying at end of life
Bought 2 for PCs and printer in my house. Worked fine for about 2 years then one started beeping continuously once in a while and needed a hard reboot to stop. Still worked fine most of the time until close to the 3 year mark and then wouldn’t stop alarming while powered. Got a different backup at that point. The second one died at the 3 year mark in the same way. Seems from the comments that this is a pretty standard amount of time for them to live.
BarbaraB –
Good small backup
I bought this to replace an identical unit that lasted me 3 years, which is the warranty. I had no problems with it during those 3 years. When I bought this I did notice that they tried to sell me a 3 year protection plan with it. But since the product’s warranty is 3 years I don’t understand the reason for this. I never buy these but this in particular sounded crazy. Also it doesn’t specify that it covers the battery in it. Batteries wear out naturally. And this one went out one month after the warranty expired.
S. M. Raab –
Great UPS unit – you need one!
I work from home, and power outages can be a real problem. Even if the power goes out for a second or two, everything needs to be reset/restarted. That’s not the case if you have a UPS. Everything plugged into the UPS will be OK! I can’t emphasize enough how important this is. I bought my first UPS about 6-7 years ago, and it died of natural causes last month. I bought the exact same model, as it was not only very affordable, but also very effective. Once you own one of these, you will never want to be without one.
A.J. –
Perfect size for a computer, headset and two monitors!
If you work from home like I do, it’s only smart to have a battery backup just in case the electricity flickers or goes out for any amount of time. At least you can save whatever you are working on and shut down your computer.It was always a hassle (I live in Florida) when there’s a thunderstorm, the lights flicker, and the computer goes down. I would need to restart the computer and lose whatever I was working on. Not with an APC UPS battery backup! I also have the same model for my WiFi router and DVR, so I don’t need to wait for them to come back up if it is just a short time the power goes out.Pros: Ability to keep on working on your computer if the lights flicker or electric goes out for a short period of time, protection from power surges, no need to wait for your WiFi router to restart if using an APC UPS backup battery, and the ability to save your work on the computer for longer outages. APC also has a fantastic tech support staff which definitely helps troubleshooting!Cons: The only con I have experienced is when the battery in the unit goes bad, it’s smarter to buy a whole new unit than to replace just the battery for $40 more (and have the warranty).
Gary MacDonald –
Unit backs up my internet modem and phone box, amounting to about 12 watts on a 450 VA unit.There are numerous alarm adjustments available, but I just did “plug and play” straight out of the box.In this way, the UPS is silent when discharging instead of beeping at you constantly as long as the power is off.Instructions are clear and concise. I’d buy this product again, no problem.
Z from Quebec –
I bought one unit of Schneider Electric APC UPS 425VA UPS on May 2024 89.99$.I use it to prevent Internet outage with increasing frequent brownouts and short blackouts.I connect one router and one access point to this UPS.I test the UPS the same day when it arrives.For this, I cut the power upstream to the UPS. It does immediately switch to battery and with no impact on the two devices. Internet is still connected.While on battery, the green indicator light flashes. I hear no alarm. It might have something to do with the settings.I leave the battery on for about one minute then I turn the power back on to the UPS. The green LED no longer flashes. All is well. No interruption occurs for both of my devices.I conclude this is a good product. Working as intended and as expected.Edit: working as usual after one month.
E Escobedo –
El producto excelente, pero tengan cuidado porque el proveedor no envÃa la factura. La he solicitado en muchas ocasiones.
Simon D. –
This is a well-built UPS that can perfectly take care of maintaining continuous power to your small devices during power fluctuations or outages. It the short span of time that I’ve had it, it has proven that it can keep my power-sensitive devices up and running with no interruption even when the electrical grid is unreliable. It can easily power small devices like routers, switches and modems for a short time. I haven’t had an outage that was long enough to exhaust the battery.However, I have a couple of issues with it. The first one is that the unit is quite massive. It can’t easily be tucked away like a surge protector. It has to stand upright and it needs a shelf or dedicated floor space. My other issue is that changing the power sensitivity of the unit is quite difficult and the documentation does NOT cover the entire process. In order to use the feature, I had to rely on information that I found online. The documentation could be much more complete and explicit.Despite those issues, I would still recommend this product.
Teebo –
Works perfectly