APC Back-UPS ES 500 Backup Battery and Surge Protector
Technical Details
Surge and lightning protected outlets
Audible alarms/building wiring fault indicator
Status indicator LED's
Hot swap batteries
USB connectivity
The Back-UPS ES offers affordable battery backup and surge protection for home computers. With enough power outlets to protect your entire system, built-in phone/fax/modem line (DSL compatible) protection and easy-to-install safe system shutdown software all make this power protection solution the best value for home and home office computers.

The Back-UPS ES725. APC calls this model a broadband UPS because it provides protection for broadband connections (cable and DSL), sources of power spikes that users often overlook. The thing that most sets the Back-UPS ES725 apart from other products in its price range is that it has 8 outlets! Four of the outlets provide both battery backup and surge protection, and the other four provide only surge protection. Most other standby UPS systems in this price range provide only 6 outlets. These extra two outlets are important because the economics of buying a UPS turn especially sour if you also have to buy a surge protector also to handle your extra plugs. In my case, I need all 8 outlets to service two printers, a scanner, the CPU, monitor, speakers, USB hub, and a phone. (In case you are wondering, UPS manufacturers recommend against plugging a power strip into a UPS to increase your number of outlets, as an overload may occur and trip the built-in circuit breaker.)