UPS - NOT the package delivery company, but rather an uninterruptible power supply.
I'm not looking for something to run major appliances, but rather something that will give me enough power to shut down my desktop PC in an orderly manner in case of a power interruption (or keep things running during a short, transient power interruption) and allow me to use my landline phone (soon to transition to some form of VOIP) or recharge my cell.
Budget? Given my modest requirements, I'm thinking a couple of hundred bucks, tops. Best Buy lists several in that range, as does Amazon. But even after wading through the specs (which at BB and Amazon often contain errors) and the user reviews (which sometimes are for entirely different products or models) - I still don't know what I should get.
What feedback or suggestions can the APS collective offer?