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2026 Buying Benchmark

Best IT & Networking (2026 Buyer's Guide)

Every it & networking we stock, ordered by how little there is to warn you about. Each product's recorded drawbacks are listed on its page, so the ranking can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Which it & networking has the fewest recorded drawbacks?

APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS, with 3 recorded drawbacks against it. 1500 VA is the apparent power and 1000 W is the real limit -- a load list adding up to 1,200 W will not run on this unit regardless of the VA figure on the box.

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#1 Best Overall Pick3 recorded drawbacks

APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS

1500 VA is the apparent power and 1000 W is the real limit -- a load list adding up to 1,200 W will not run on this unit regardless of the VA figure on the box. It produces a true sine wave rather than the stepped approximation of a consumer UPS, which matters because active PFC power supplies in servers and workstations often refuse a stepped wave outright. Runtime at half load is several minutes, not an hour: this is a unit for riding out a blip and shutting down cleanly, not for working through an outage.

Why It Wins:

  • True sine wave output, accepted by active PFC power supplies
  • LCD panel reporting load, runtime and battery health
  • User-replaceable battery cartridge
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#2 Runner-Up / Value Pick3 recorded drawbacks

Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch

The 24T in the model number means twenty-four data ports and no PoE at all -- the PoE variants are the 24P and 24FP, and buying this one for access points is the common and expensive mistake. Four SFP uplinks make it a sensible aggregation switch, which is the role it fits better than as an access switch. Cisco Business Dashboard management is included without a per-device license, which is not true further up the Catalyst range.

Key Strengths:

  • Four SFP uplinks for fiber aggregation
  • Static routing, VLANs and full port statistics
  • Cisco Business Dashboard with no per-device license
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