Ubiquity Unifi UPS 2U Pro: Very Nice, But A Near Miss
If you’ve read anything hereabouts you likely know that I make significant use of Ubiquiti’s Unifi network gear. I started with their Wi-Fi Access points many years ago, eventually adopting a few of their managed switches, the UXG Max router and most recently the Unifi 5G Backup. It’s safe to say, I’m committed to the Unifi product line.
Further, living in hurricane alley, with a power utility that could rightfully claim to be the lords of darkness, I believe in planning for powerline issues. For longer outages we have a portable generator. For short term issues, we have a couple of good UPS deployed. The best is Mr. Eaton, an Eaton Powerware 9130 that I acquired in 2021.
Mr. Eaton is getting to the point where it may be time to refresh his batteries. The one I have needs three batteries. A complete set would cost around $130. That said, using lead acid batteries is old school. More modern UPSs use lithium ion or lithium phosphate batteries.
I’ve been looking at newer UPS offerings for an as-yet unpublished post. Very recently I stumbled upon this introduction to a newly introduced UPS from Unifi, the UPS 2U Pro.