Portable Power Stations

zolly said:
I'd rather have less capacity and greater life cycles, but that's because 0.5-1 Kwh is more than enough for my needs. As long as I can charge the battery in 2-4 hours I'm sorted.
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Yeah but it's 2400w output vs 1800w. With 2400w I can run my airfryer or kettle or microwave.
 
OK, More testing of my small EB3A

Simulating Solar input (got a PowerServe Universal AC Adaptor) one of the "tips" seems to fit the DC Input / MTTP (18.2V - not sure about Amps - OK looks like it can do 120W / 18.2V = 6.59A)

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Then the App shows how it "prioritizes" DC input from "solar / car charger or my #hack"

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Yeah the APP makes all the difference :D
 
Forgot to add, on Standard is still "maxes" out on 265W Standard Charging, but does blend "DC / solar" and AC charging..

Been charging now for about 1 hour and although "warm" it is not HOT..

I can feel the fan "sucking" air from the left and then pushing it out on the right..

Next I might save for a 100AH Lithium battery to use as "Solar" input and extend the life usable 268Wh to triple that.. and/or get 100W /200W Solar panel

Trick is to get Battery and Blu-T full during the day and use at night..
 
That's insane, only 265 Watts input
My tiny Ecoflow Delta Mini does 900 Watts

This was a key factor when I bought my portable power station.
I wanted something to recharge quickly ready for the next loadshedding slot

All Ecoflow models will recharge to 100% in 2hrs or less.
 
Oh, yes the App does not show "time to full" time left...
That you have to click a "button" / any of the 3 - to get the display to light up and show time to full / time to empty

Interesting - UPS light is only on with AC input (but guess that makes sense :p - no AC = Battery / Solar

Guess I will test the "how does the DC to AC "UPS" work"..

Also APP stays "on" the whole time (have to switch my phone screen off via power button)..
 
Howzirt

Been looking at the the portable power stations and the 2 that fits my budget is l, the Bluetti EB70 & Ecoflow River Pro.

I’m leaning towards the Bluetti as it uses LiFePO4 battery.
From this group’s experience, any other advantages of either.
Pros & Cons from those that own either of them.

I basically want to power 46 Sony TV and Xbox (sometimes)
I Have LED rechargeable lights around the house, so lighting not an issue.

Any other portable power stations besides these 2 , that’s similar in price I might have missed ?

Much appreciated
 
Pineapple Smurf said:
That's insane, only 265 Watts input
My tiny Ecoflow Delta Mini does 900 Watts

This was a key factor when I bought my portable power station.
I wanted something to recharge quickly ready for the next loadshedding slot

All Ecoflow models will recharge to 100% in 2hrs or less.
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Well guess If I have a 200W solar panel / DC input source and AC I can probably go higher (or Turbo it - with implications for battery life).

Small form factor with no external Power Supply makes this very portable (for my needs).

Also this is 1/2 the price of the Delta Mini.. for similar 600W / 1200W surge?
 
JAM007 said:
Howzirt

Been looking at the the portable power stations and the 2 that fits my budget is l, the Bluetti EB70 & Ecoflow River Pro.

I’m leaning towards the Bluetti as it uses LiFePO4 battery.
From this group’s experience, any other advantages of either.
Pros & Cons from those that own either of them.

I basically want to power 46 Sony TV and Xbox (sometimes)
I Have LED rechargeable lights around the house, so lighting not an issue.

Any other portable power stations besides these 2 , that’s similar in price I might have missed ?

Much appreciated
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IF you can wait for "Delta Whatever" 2 it will have LifePO4 batteries.. but yeah pricing will be anyone's guess..
 
jasweb said:
Well guess If I have a 200W solar panel / DC input source and AC I can probably go higher (or Turbo it - with implications for battery life).

Small form factor with no external Power Supply makes this very portable (for my needs).

Also this is 1/2 the price of the Delta Mini.. for similar 600W / 1200W surge?
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Yeah Ecoflow are not shy of their prices.
I saved up for over a year
Always researching weekly and watching Hobotech
 
Park@82 said:
Yeah but it's 2400w output vs 1800w. With 2400w I can run my airfryer or kettle or microwave.
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are those ratings peak or continuous?
I know many inverters specify for example 2000W peak, but 1000W continuous
 
Bundu said:
are those ratings peak or continuous?
I know many inverters specify for example 2000W peak, but 1000W continuous
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I think the Delta Max 2016Wh model can run consciously at 2400W without issues. It can handle a surge of up to 4600W.
 
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So another tip for people running these devices. It's a good idea to run them to zero once in a blue moon to allow the device to recalibrate. I've been using my Ecoflow Delta thinking it had run down to a max capacity of 600w or so since I got it in 2021. Someone on FB said to me that it's entirely possible that the device is no longer correctly calculating the total power I have. This is because I've always done partial charges (never let it go lower than 40%) and this can sometimes cause it to display the incorrect total watts in your device because of incorrect calculations. So now that I have a Bluetti EB70 as backup, I decided to let my Ecoflow Delta completely drain itself and then recharge it from 0%.

Well... it's been sitting on 1% for about and "5 minutes till 0%" for about 30 minutes now... Clearly it had more gas in the tank than I thought.
 
zolly said:
So another tip for people running these devices. It's a good idea to run them to zero once in a blue moon to allow the device to recalibrate. I've been using my Ecoflow Delta thinking it had run down to a max capacity of 600w or so since I got it in 2021. Someone on FB said to me that it's entirely possible that the device is no longer correctly calculating the total power I have. This is because I've always done partial charges (never let it go lower than 40%) and this can sometimes cause it to display the incorrect total watts in your device because of incorrect calculations. So now that I have a Bluetti EB70 as backup, I decided to let my Ecoflow Delta completely drain itself and then recharge it from 0%.

Well... it's been sitting on 1% for about and "5 minutes till 0%" for about 30 minutes now... Clearly it had more gas in the tank than I thought.
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Yes. Ecoflow suggest you do a full cycle at least once a month.
 
JAM007 said:
Howzirt

Been looking at the the portable power stations and the 2 that fits my budget is l, the Bluetti EB70 & Ecoflow River Pro.

I’m leaning towards the Bluetti as it uses LiFePO4 battery.
From this group’s experience, any other advantages of either.
Pros & Cons from those that own either of them.

I basically want to power 46 Sony TV and Xbox (sometimes)
I Have LED rechargeable lights around the house, so lighting not an issue.

Any other portable power stations besides these 2 , that’s similar in price I might have missed ?

Much appreciated
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JAM007 said:
Howzirt

Been looking at the the portable power stations and the 2 that fits my budget is l, the Bluetti EB70 & Ecoflow River Pro.

I’m leaning towards the Bluetti as it uses LiFePO4 battery.
From this group’s experience, any other advantages of either.
Pros & Cons from those that own either of them.

I basically want to power 46 Sony TV and Xbox (sometimes)
I Have LED rechargeable lights around the house, so lighting not an issue.

Any other portable power stations besides these 2 , that’s similar in price I might have missed ?

Much appreciated
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Eco beats the Bluetti hands down
 
KOPITE said:

Eco beats the Bluetti hands down
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From what I've picked up you're personally invested in justifying your purchase, but here's my thoughts as someone who owns a Ecoflow Delta (so one model up from the River Pro) and the Bluetti EB70:

Most importantly, in the SA market, each has their pros and their cons depending on what you want to do and what you can afford.

If you want fast charging and lower cycles, a slightly lighter unit, higher cost per watt (due to SA pricing), and a potential fire risk go for the River Pro.

If you want WAY more cycles (which is very important considering SA's situation) but slower charging, a lower cost per watt (due to SA pricing) but a slightly heavier unit, and no fire risk, go for the EB70.
 
zolly said:
I'd rather have less capacity and greater life cycles, but that's because 0.5-1 Kwh is more than enough for my needs. As long as I can charge the battery in 2-4 hours I'm sorted.
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Speaking if cycles. Can you estimate how many cycles you do with your Delta per week?

Assuming 500 cycles to get to 80% capacity: If you do one complete cycle (100 - 0) per week you should still be able to get 9 year's worth of cycles at least before you get to 80% of the original capacity. And by that time I bet some other components would have failed.
 
Park@82 said:
Speaking if cycles. Can you estimate how many cycles you do with your Delta per week?

Assuming 500 cycles to get to 80% capacity: If you do one complete cycle (100 - 0) per week you should still be able to get 9 year's worth of cycles at least before you get to 80% of the original capacity. And by that time I bet some other components would have failed.
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So my unit was miscalibrated meaning I thought I was using and recharging 25% per load shedding slot but it will definitely be less. For now I can only go with a thumb suck of about 15% of a full cycle per 2 hr slot, then multiply that by load shedding slots during waking hours in a week. Obviously it's varied depending on what stage we were on so hard to average it out.
 
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