expireddarkpeace posted Apr 17, 2022 06:30 AM
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expireddarkpeace posted Apr 17, 2022 06:30 AM
Costco Members: EcoFlow River Pro Portable Power Station
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If outages happen at night, I just need to plug in the fridge and go back to sleep rather than starting the generator. During the days of outages after a hurricane, I will be able to charge this during the day from my generator while simultaneously running my fridge, then at night secure the generator and run the fridge from the battery.
The power station can run devices higher than 600 watts, but it starts to drop the voltage after 600 watts. It appears to handle the surge wattage draw from my fridge just fine, but I haven't tested it long term. I have not tried running two 600+ watt things on multiple outlets, but I would guess the limit is 600 watt total, not per outlet.
FWIW, it also runs 600 watt/second photography monolights, although there is some voltage drop at higher power levels.
I bought a cheap knockoff version of a Kill-a-watt to measure power usage when I bought this. It makes it easy to see usage stats for your electronics and see if the River Pro is dropping the voltage for your device.
If you're buying this for power outages, having an outage alarm like this is very useful:
https://www.amazon.com/Reliance-C...B018A30T8Q
When the power goes out, it lights up so you can see and beeps. It's helpful to find flashlights and the power bank, and also wakes you up to plug in fridges or whatever. You can then stick the alarm on a splitter coming out of the River Pro, so that when the battery runs out you are alerted.
Technically you posted this "deal of a lifetime" back in 2005 though
A 27" Westinghouse LCD screen for only $699 haha. Hopefully it served you well.
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Being able to charge this quickly is really helpful if you're on the road somewhere and have the opportunity to charge up via shore power, or if you're in a blackout prone area, charge via the house mains for a brief moment before the power cuts out again. With camping or roadtripping, you could get several more days of power by juicing quickly a starbucks or something like that if you arent driving+charging from the 12v input enough to offset the amount you're consuming.
One more thing it advertises which is a little misleading is it's XBOOST function on the AC power output. It claims it can power devices rated higher than 600W, but what it ACTUALLY does is caps the power output to that device TO 600W. This is fine if its something that doesnt really care much about the wattage, like my 800W electric kettle (again, camping), it will cap the output at 600W which still allows the kettle to work albeit at a longer time to boil. Dont expect to run some fancy electronics or a heavy duty appliance that actually need to run more than 600W on this properly, its a gimmick that has a few rare purposes. Their examples all involve heating elements like kettles and hair dryers, "dumb" technology I guess.
If you can work within the confines of the device its fantastic value compared to other brands like goalzero or jackery.
Problem is the pumps have pretty high starting power draw, so not sure if the "x-boost" on this would allow reliable start. I think the most power efficient 1/3 HP pump I found was like 7 amps starting, 3.5 amps running which translates to 840W start and 420W running. 1/2 HP would be tough.
I don't know of any household appliances that talks about Ah.
I have a hair dryer that takes 1500W at high power.
So that means this River Pro can run it for less than 30 minutes.
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You need to look at the $3000 Delta Pro and even then the surge at startup may be too much for the Delta Pro to handle.
And some pumps are 240V and not 120V.
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Hence Wh is more useful.
I have no use for Ah since I am not using a hair dryer with my car battery.
As long as there is sun and/or cloud cover, you can at least get some juice with a solar panel. It'll be a lot slower charge but unless the sun goes away, you'll have something.
Also, it's silent so when the apocalypse comes, people might bypass your house not knowing you're there as food for the bandits. (no prepper) (no psycho)
Problem is the pumps have pretty high starting power draw, so not sure if the "x-boost" on this would allow reliable start. I think the most power efficient 1/3 HP pump I found was like 7 amps starting, 3.5 amps running which translates to 840W start and 420W running. 1/2 HP would be tough.
https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Pu...B0013H94MO
No more worrying to keep your 12v car battery maintained, and whether it will last through an extended electrical blackout period.
both are designed with PRO/CON and for different applications. if you need to run the whole house (A/C, refrigerators . . .) get a generator. if you are in an apartment and work from home, power station can keep you going for days during blackouts.
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