APC Easy UPS uninterruptible power supply (UPS) Line-Interactive 2.2 kVA 1200 W 4 AC outlet(s)

Product Overview

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For £196.66 ex-VAT, this APC line‑interactive UPS is the sort of “just get it done” protection I’d recommend for small office setups: networking gear, a NAS, a couple of workstations’ worth of peripherals, or a modest POS/telephony stack. Line‑interactive is the right sweet spot for typical UK mains conditions—better than basic standby for noisy/unstable power, and it’ll usually bridge short outages long enough for graceful shutdown or for your router/switch to stay up while the rest of the system recovers. APC also tends to be the brand that’s easiest to support in the field, with sensible replacement battery options when the time comes.

Why you might not buy it: if you expect frequent outages, want long run-times, or you’re protecting something power-hungry (bigger servers, serious storage arrays, or line‑interactive is only doing so much—battery time is the limiting factor). Also, if your environment has constant “brownout” conditions, you’ll want to sanity-check run-time expectations and consider whether a higher-capacity UPS (and possibly more battery) is worth it. In short: it’s good value for protecting small, business-critical-but-not-huge loads—just don’t treat it as whole-site backup.