APC SMX3000LV uninterruptible power supply (UPS) 3 kVA 2700 W 10 AC outlet(s)

Product Overview

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The APC SMX3000LV is one of those “serious office” UPS units that makes sense if you’ve got genuinely business-critical load to protect—things like networking gear, storage, a server, or a small comms rack. The big reason to consider it isn’t just the headline power, it’s the day-to-day reliability: APC typically gives you sensible behaviour during brownouts/blackouts, clean power conditioning, and software/monitoring that IT folks don’t hate. For a UK reseller customer, this is the kind of UPS you buy once and stop thinking about—provided your environment is right.

At ~£1,888 ex‑VAT, though, it’s not a bargain “just in case” UPS. If you only need short protection for a desktop PC or a couple of monitors, you’ll be overpaying. Also, because it’s 3 kVA, you need to be realistic about runtime expectations for your actual connected load; otherwise you’ll assume “it’ll run my kit through a long outage” when the math says otherwise. I’d recommend it for small businesses and IT managers who want solid APC quality and predictable support, but I’d say “no” for anyone looking for cheap backup or who hasn’t worked out their power draw and outage tolerance first.