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Feb 1, 2022 7:57 AM

Costco Members: EcoFlow River Pro Portable Power Station

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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: select EcoFlow Portable Power Stations for the prices listed. Shipping is free.

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Available:Features (River Pro):
  • Three 600W Outlets and 720Wh Capacity
  • Recharge from 0% to 80% in One Hour
  • Compatible with 80% of Home Appliances
  • Control with Ecoflow App

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that the EcoFlow RIVER Pro Portable Power Station is $119.01 lower (21% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $549
    • These prices match the most recent Frontpage deal.
    • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 120 Costco customer reviews.
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Costco Wholesale has for its Members: select EcoFlow Portable Power Stations for the prices listed. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member owl for finding this deal.

Available:Features (River Pro):
  • Three 600W Outlets and 720Wh Capacity
  • Recharge from 0% to 80% in One Hour
  • Compatible with 80% of Home Appliances
  • Control with Ecoflow App

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that the EcoFlow RIVER Pro Portable Power Station is $119.01 lower (21% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $549
    • These prices match the most recent Frontpage deal.
    • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.6 from over 120 Costco customer reviews.
  • About this store.
    • Details of Costco's return policy here.

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OP here. Perhaps as a helpful comparison, I have been considering the Tesla Powerwall. The current version is spec'ed to have 13.5kWh accessible at around $10,500, before installation, permitting, and other accessory parts. Plus, Tesla no longer sells this without bundling with Tesla solar. There are other brands that sell battery backups for the home these days, but I trust Tesla for the battery cells at the moment.

With the Tesla pricing, that's about $778/kWh (without taxes, installation, circuitry, etc), and the Powerwall is not portable, if that matters to some of us.
With the EcoFlow pricing, it's $791/kWh (without taxes and still need something like a power transfer switch installed) at the Costco price or $1,000/kWh (at the EcoFlow retail price of $3,600) and $750/kWh for the extension batteries (at the EcoFlow retail price of $2,699).

I consider the EcoFlow Delta Pro model as a DIY (as someone else has put it) starter version of a home battery backup system, with some other benefits, such as having clean energy for camping and other peripheral uses. To have it fully able to be a home backup system for a decent amount of time (12-24 hours), I will probably need 4 of these linked in series, which might be the max at this point in time. With ~14kWh, that should be more than enough for my essential needs, if I turn off non-essentials. (I'm using around 6-8kWh for essentials per day and about 12-14kWh for a typical day that includes non-essentials, too. This is in San Francisco, so no A/C.)
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Delta Pro cannot do everything a gas generator can do, but not everybody lives in a residence that is conducive to running a gas generator. For example, If you're in a small apartment, where are you going to run the gas generator? If the power is out because of a violent storm or hurricane weather, are you going to set up the generator outside in that situation?

The Delta Pro can power essential things for at least a few hours in a serious pinch.
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It's just additional capacity. It has a purpose.
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ieschuttFeb 1, 2022 5:11 PM
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Look like fantastic deals for anyone in the market!
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MostCleverNameFeb 1, 2022 5:26 PM
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Any idea if these models are capable of using for homes if there are power outages?
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Quote from MostCleverName View quoted comment :
Any idea if these models are capable of using for homes if there are power outages?
No, not even close. It'll be able to power several critical circuits though, such as your fridge and some small appliances
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greekfairylightsFeb 1, 2022 5:39 PM
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Quote from adtruck View quoted comment :
What is the point of charging an EV with another battery pack? An EV itself is just another big battery pack so if you own an EV, you dont need any of these power stations because it is just a build in function with your EV. In addition, the energy storage in these little battery power stations is not enough for any meaningful EV usage.
It's just additional capacity. It has a purpose.
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EagerCaption8096Feb 1, 2022 5:40 PM
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Quote from MostCleverName View quoted comment :
Any idea if these models are capable of using for homes if there are power outages?
Absolutely. If you're looking for whole home backup, snag the Delta Pro.
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Quote from adtruck View quoted comment :
What is the point of charging an EV with another battery pack? An EV itself is just another big battery pack so if you own an EV, you dont need any of these power stations because it is just a build in function with your EV. In addition, the energy storage in these little battery power stations is not enough for any meaningful EV usage.
I was thinking this too.. only thing I can think of is if you've only got 110v (~1800w max?) in your garage your car might not charge so quick, but you can be charging this thing while you're gone and then come home and get a couple hours of double speed charging at 3600w.

Doesn't seem all that good of a value proposition at $2900 just to do that but, hey I dunno, you can go rescue your EV-owning partner/friends if they run out of juice? lol
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T.I.ScholahFeb 1, 2022 5:44 PM
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Quote from MostCleverName View quoted comment :
Any idea if these models are capable of using for homes if there are power outages?
https://www.costco.com/ecoflow-delta-pro-power-station.product.100805522.html

This one says it will run a hairdryer for 2 hours. I would not consider this a reliable backup power source alone.

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Feb 1, 2022 5:49 PM
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MostCleverNameFeb 1, 2022 5:49 PM
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So, judging from the majority of responses to my comments, it's safe to conclude this somewhat of a large glorified mobile battery pack for smaller appliances. The thought of an electric generator is very appealing. too bad the tech isn't there yet.

Thanks!
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are these available in warehouse?
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Quote from adtruck View quoted comment :
What is the point of charging an EV with another battery pack? An EV itself is just another big battery pack so if you own an EV, you dont need any of these power stations because it is just a build in function with your EV. In addition, the energy storage in these little battery power stations is not enough for any meaningful EV usage.
Good question. The eco flow can be directly recharged by solar panels, while the vehicle cannot. So if you want to be able to recharge your EV with solar panels, hook up your panels to the eco flow and the eco flow to the EV
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Quote from Fleshwound2 View quoted comment :
This one says it will run a hairdryer for 2 hours. I would not consider this a reliable backup power source alone.
Repped for recognizing the importance of a well-kept woman. Disaster and JBF hair do not have to be mutually inclusive.
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Quote from adtruck View quoted comment :
What is the point of charging an EV with another battery pack? An EV itself is just another big battery pack so if you own an EV, you dont need any of these power stations because it is just a build in function with your EV. In addition, the energy storage in these little battery power stations is not enough for any meaningful EV usage.
I don't know about you but I'm going to buy one of these so I can leave it in the trunk of my EV just in case I may need an extra charge. Those 15 miles it'll give me will make all the difference, especially after the weight of this reduced the range by oh say those 15 miles LMAO

Seriously, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should Big Grin

I don't really get off how these guys charge this much for this. Batteries are well under $200/kWh but this thing holds a whopping 3.6kWh and it's nearly $3k!? Obviously it's got the inverter and some other costs in it but it seems like their margin must be insanely high on this.
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