I decided to pick up a low-end battery backup. I had just picked up the VTech Vonage system and decided I should have battery backup on my cable modem, Netgear router, and the VTech equipment. This was just in case I needed to make a phone call when the power was out and my cell phone wasn’t working. To be honest, I’m not really sure if it would even work or not. I also connected a laptop to the unit which doesn’t really need battery backup since it has its own battery, but I use the laptop to control and monitor the UPS unit.

After purchasing gadgets for both home and portable use, protecting my investments became a top priority. Power was always a concern for my computer and my home audio/video equipment as well as any portable devices such as iPods, which I charge on a daily basis. I figured I was spending a lot of money so it was a good idea to prevent. I looked into UPS units for my servers to maximize uptime. With the same concept in mind, I wanted power regulation for my home audio unit. The equipment was worth protecting, but I figured I didn’t need uptime like I did on my computers so a unit with power filtering and regulation would be sufficient. I have always had pretty good luck with Belkin products as well as Monster products, but I felt I was getting more for my money with the Belkin unit. I chose the Belkin PureAV Home Theater Power Console PF30. It was much more reasonable than a comparable Monster unit.