APC BV1000I-GR uninterruptible power supply (UPS) Line-Interactive 1 kVA 600 W 4 AC outlet(s)

Product Overview

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For £85.16 ex‑VAT, the APC BV1000I-GR is a pretty sensible “keep it running long enough” UPS for small offices—think a single broadband router, a NAS, a phone system box, or one lightweight server/PC you’re not trying to power through a multi‑hour outage. The line‑interactive style is a good match for typical UK brownouts and brief dips, and the brand familiarity matters when you’re buying for a client site and don’t want reliability drama. In day-to-day use, it’s less about providing a ton of runtime and more about avoiding hard shutdowns that corrupt disks or interrupt VoIP.

That said, it’s not a great choice if you need meaningful runtime under load. If you’re planning to back up desktop PCs plus monitors, or anything with a power-hungry PSU, you’ll likely be disappointed and end up with a “safe shutdown” UPS rather than a “keep working” UPS. Also, it’s only really worthwhile if you can match the connected load sensibly—plugging in more than you should will eat into battery life fast. Overall: buy it for small, critical, low-power networking/edge kit. Skip it for workstation/office-wide resilience where runtime and battery capacity are the real requirement.