Low-cost portable power station comparison - February 2024

[Jan]

Cheapest portable power stations to fight load-shedding

South African residents looking to escape load-shedding by powering a few essential appliances can get a portable power station for as little as R2,399.

MyBroadband compared pricing, capacity, and charging times for the cheapest portable power stations available in the country.

 

[UB40]

Would be nice to see the battery chemistry inside each one. Is it Li Ion or LiFePo4? This makes a big difference, from 800 life cycles to 3000 cycles for example.

 

[UB40]

Anyone buying an Ecoflow River for R5998 is mad coz it is Li Ion
The newer Ecoflow River 2 model is R4500 or less and uses the LiFeP04 which is way better and safer to use.

 

[Cranjus McBasketball]

If you're going to sell the same thing under 2 names then you should probably also change the description. And the PowerUp is cheaper.

 

[grok]

PowerUp 500W unit at R3,999 from Takealot where? Today's (article date's) prices..

 

[entropyagent]

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PowerUp’s 500W unit at R3,999 from Takealot.


It offers a power output of 500W, storage capacity of 5128Wh, and fully recharges in nine-and-a-half hours.
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5KWh? Impressive.

Quite a useful quick comparison - recharge times are easy to forget about.

Battery chemistry & claimed cycles has been mentioned as a subject of interest.
Pure or Modified Sine wave might also be good to know?

 

[Benedict A55h0le not]

>
PowerUp’s 500W unit at R3,999 from Takealot.


It offers a power output of 500W, storage capacity of 5128Wh, and fully recharges in nine-and-a-half hours.
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5KWh? Impressive.

Quite a useful quick comparison - recharge times are easy to forget about.

Battery chemistry & claimed cycles has been mentioned as a subject of interest.
Pure or Modified Sine wave might also be good to know?

No I think someone has smoked their own unwashed socks.

 

[UB40]

I highly doubt you will find a 5128Wh battery for R3999

 

[UB40]

PowerUp 500W unit at R3,999 from Takealot where? Today's (article date's) prices..

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Coz they're a bunch of dooshbags. After Jan published the article they shot the price up immediately. Look here

 

[DTBA]

@Jan

Maybe add this?

Geewiz PURE SINE Portable Inverter Trolley (5 HOUR BATTERY LIFE) KIT - All-in-One Inverter - With 1000Wh BUILT-IN LITHIUM Battery (+-3000 cycles) 1kW / 1000W (2 YEAR WARRANTY)

Ac Output: 220 50Hz/60Hz USB Output: 5V/2.4 *2 DC Output: DC(5521 plug) *4, 12V/10A (120W Max.) Output Waveform: Pure Sine Wave Overload Protection: 1100W±80W MAX Charging Current: 50A (AC + Solar) 600w MPPT Solar Input 2 Year Warranty

www.geewiz.co.za

 

[ShloshMalosh]

Which ones here have UPS functionality?

I just need to keep a laptop and 2 monitors running

TIA

 

[UB40]

Although small, we love our River 2 with the newer LiFeP04 safe batteries and the Ecoflow portable 110 Watt solar panel. Very good value and it keeps us going no problem during loadshedding with the 300 Watt inverter. Plenty of power to keep the tv and internet going with a lounge light. We got ours on Black Friday for R3500

 

[Skerminkel]

Where do the coal go in to these to generate the electricity?

 

[Lo0k]

Although small, we love our River 2 with the newer LiFeP04 safe batteries and the Ecoflow portable 110 Watt solar panel. Very good value and it keeps us going no problem during loadshedding with the 300 Watt inverter. Plenty of power to keep the tv and internet going with a lounge light. We got ours on Black Friday for R3500

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What plugin do you use for that price graph?

 

[UB40]

What plugin do you use for that price graph?

Scrapy, designed by @Razzle1

 

[Lupus]

Coz they're a bunch of dooshbags. After Jan published the article they shot the price up immediately. Look here

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The power up ones keep fluctuating by the looks of it.

 

[UB40]

The power up ones keep fluctuating by the looks of it.

I have never heard of this brand name before until today

 

[Lupus]

I have never heard of this brand name before until today

It's been on takealot quite a while, seen the 150 one going as low as R1499, but it's apparently modified sine wave.

 

[airborne]

It’s interesting that no matter the brand or size you generally pay R10 per Wh of capacity.

 

[UB40]

It's been on takealot quite a while, seen the 150 one going as low as R1499, but it's apparently modified sine wave.

I dont mind modified sine wave for all the stuff in the lounge, no problems at all.