Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station vs APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is $39.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — laptop docking station against line interactive ups — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station vs APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
Dell
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
$269.00
The 180 W in the name is the power supply, not what reaches the laptop -- 130 W goes to the notebook and the rest runs the dock and its ports.
Full details →APC
APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
$229.99
A consumer-grade sibling of the Smart-UPS at a third of the price, and the difference is where it matters: 900 W against 1000 W, and a much shorter warranty on the electronics.
Full details →Who the Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is for
Buy it if: Mixed laptop fleets where one dock has to work with more than one vendor.
Avoid it if: Thunderbolt-only workflows needing maximum display bandwidth from a single cable.
Who the APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector is for
Buy it if: Workstations and small NAS units that need sine wave backup without a rack-grade unit.
Avoid it if: Server closets, where the shorter warranty and lighter build are a poor trade.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station | APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $269.00 | $229.99 |
| Rated power | About 180 W adapter | About 25 W self-consumption at idle |
| Warranty | 3-year limited hardware warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Annual energy use | not published | About 219 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $37 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Audio | 3.5 mm combo jack | not published |
| Display outputs | 2 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x USB-C | not published |
| Host connection | USB-C, DisplayPort Alt Mode | not published |
| Input plug | not published | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V |
| Maximum displays | Up to 3, subject to laptop support | not published |
| Networking | Gigabit Ethernet with MAC pass-through | not published |
| Output rating | not published | 1500 VA / 900 W |
| Output receptacles | not published | 10 x NEMA 5-15R, 5 battery backed |
| Output waveform | not published | True sine wave |
| Power delivery | 130 W to the notebook from a 180 W adapter | not published |
| Topology | not published | Line interactive with automatic voltage regulation |
| Typical runtime | not published | About 6 minutes at 900 W, about 19 minutes at 450 W |
| USB charging | not published | 2 ports, 5 V |
| USB ports | 3 x USB-A 3.1, 2 x USB-C | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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