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UPS recommendations for home use?
I have traditionally used APC's UPS products for my NAS, router, media centre and desktop computer. Nothing fancy, just something to survive short power outages and to allow graceful shutdowns if such an outage lasts longer than a few minutes.
Unfortunately, I have had three of APC's devices malfunction in the past decade and while their customer support has always been excellent, I would prefer products that just work and don't cause me additional headaches. Do you know of any UPSs that you would recommend for home use and are reasonably priced? I'm located in the EU, if that makes a difference.
I use a combination of Tripp-Lite (Eaton) rack-mounts and Vertiv Liebert tower units. I have no complaints with either. I don't really use any "fancy" features; true sine-wave and line-interactive were the features I cared about.
I also had an APC unit that failed (however it was a cheap backup-only unit that served its purpose so no hard feelings).
I do not consider Cyberpower due to their handling of https://www.tomshardware.com/news/cyberpower-upses-reportedly-pose-fire-hazard
maybe something like this?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/326568987529
If you want something that doesn't stop working, buying something commercial-grade but refurbished can often be a good value. (I'm not sure if this phrase applies to the above.)
I've had good luck with cyberpower but sometimes you just get unlucky. Batteries fail over time just like hard drives so there is some aspect of bathtub curve at play here
I’ve never had a UPS fail on me, regardless of brand. I’ve used tons of APC models at work and home and never had an issue. We also use Eaton and they’re slightly better build quality wise.
I’d say if you want to avoid APC, try Eaton. They have a few sub brands too.