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EcoFlow RIVER 2 Portable Power Station 256Wh Generator LFP (Certified Refurbished)

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EcoFlow Official Store via eBay has EcoFlow RIVER 2 Portable Power Station 256Wh Generator LFP (Certified Refurbished) on sale for $113.75 when you apply coupon code SPRINGSALE21B at checkout. Shipping is free.

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  • This item has a 2-year warranty serviced by Allstate.
  • Certified Refurbished products function and look like-new.
  • Certified by manufacturer: Professionally inspected, cleaned and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor.
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EcoFlow Official Store via eBay has EcoFlow RIVER 2 Portable Power Station 256Wh Generator LFP (Certified Refurbished) on sale for $113.75 when you apply coupon code SPRINGSALE21B at checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member MetaPhorse for finding this deal.

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Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • This item has a 2-year warranty serviced by Allstate.
  • Certified Refurbished products function and look like-new.
  • Certified by manufacturer: Professionally inspected, cleaned and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Dealer_Of_Slickness
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I wouldn't be so sure. The amount of people who are dumb enough to agree with another commenter that this item alone can do the same thing to sunlight as a gas generator can do to gasoline makes me question the amount of functioning brain cells the average consumer buying this kind of item really has.
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jkloisdafoiwdaf
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Yes, ecoflow refurb is a hit and miss. I received a unit with water damage
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dealsalways
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There is another issue, if you leave the unit connected continously to power the BMS loses calibration and you end up with lower than stated capacity as time goes. not a good thing.. So you need to periodically (monthly) drain fully and recharge . Kind of a pain, unless you're okay with such.a tihing..

This and other issues covered in this prior FP deal (same model for $109 :-) ) I posted ;
https://slickdeals.net/f/17287042-ecoflow-refurbished-power-stations-on-sale-20-off-coupon-river-2-256wh-109-river-pro-720wh-239-and-more?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
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Mar 13, 2024 7:34 AM
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MKDasMar 13, 2024 7:34 AM
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Quote from MatthewC4107 View quoted comment :
Best deal I've seen on their store as I've been looking at these the past few months.
On President's day, it was $109
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Mar 13, 2024 1:24 PM
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KorbinMar 13, 2024 1:24 PM
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256Wh capacity
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Mar 13, 2024 2:24 PM
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Mar 13, 2024 2:24 PM
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Quote from dealsalways View quoted comment :
There is another issue, if you leave the unit connected continously to power the BMS loses calibration and you end up with lower than stated capacity as time goes. not a good thing.. So you need to periodically (monthly) drain fully and recharge . Kind of a pain, unless you're okay with such.a tihing..

This and other issues covered in this prior FP deal (same model for $109 :-) ) I posted ;
https://slickdeals.net/f/17287042-ecoflow-refurbished-power-stations-on-sale-20-off-coupon-river-2-256wh-109-river-pro-720wh-239-and-more?src=SiteSearchV2Algo1
Yea, just let it drain then recharge every 1-3 months or so. Just like any other maintenance 👍🏽
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Mar 13, 2024 3:26 PM
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CraigF8091Mar 13, 2024 3:26 PM
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Quote from MetaPhorse View quoted comment :
Because they don't sell simple "open box". So any return for any reason is "refurbished".
Thousands and thousands of units, regardless if some are just returns
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Mar 13, 2024 4:29 PM
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Quote from CraigF8091 View quoted comment :
Thousands and thousands of units, regardless if some are just returns
Compared to hundreds of thousands sold worldwide? Of course. 🤷🏽 ♂️
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Mar 13, 2024 6:35 PM
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zreonMar 13, 2024 6:35 PM
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What a misnomer. This is not a generator, it's stored energy.
Wow, you're right. How has no one said this before?
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Mar 13, 2024 8:20 PM
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HR1Mar 13, 2024 8:20 PM
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Wow, you're right. How has no one said this before?
Solar Generators are called this because their common use case is to "generate" usable AC and DC power out of sunlight via conversion from solar panels. Also a primary use for these was to replace portable generators which rely on gasoline or propane. Hence, it's a generator and not a battery bank, because you can plug solar panels into any one of these and generate AC/DC current with it.
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Mar 13, 2024 8:46 PM
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JasonDBMar 13, 2024 8:46 PM
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Why do they have thousands of refurb/return on what seems like every different model they make?
Every big company does. It's just where they choose to sell them. Some companies sell them all to other companies to sell and some do it themselves. People return a lot of things for different reasons. Amazon sells all their open returns in many many different ways. Most of them they just stack on pallets and sell the pallets for a set amount of money. Whatever you get is whatever you get when you buy a random pallet.
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Mar 13, 2024 8:48 PM
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venom.gokuMar 13, 2024 8:48 PM
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Are these any good? How can can it reliably run common appliances?
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Mar 13, 2024 8:50 PM
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ilovebeermoneyMar 13, 2024 8:50 PM
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Quote from Dealer_Of_Slickness View quoted comment :
What a misnomer. This is not a generator, it's stored energy.
Gas is also stored energy but we call those generators too.
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Quote from venom.goku View quoted comment :
Are these any good? How can can it reliably run common appliances?
I have never had a problem with all of my ecoflow units, and I have quite a bit.
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psharkauburnMar 13, 2024 8:58 PM
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Quote from mar16celino View quoted comment :
EB3A has more cycles. LiFePO4
They are both LiFePO4 chemistry batteries. This one (ecoflow) states 3000 cycles and the bluetti says 2500 - i'd expect them to both last about the same (same tech).
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dealmashugunaMar 13, 2024 9:17 PM
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Bought last time. Unit was scratched and didn't work or charge properly. They didn't want to take it back or even exchange it! Foruntately Ebay did the return...
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Quote from venom.goku View quoted comment :
Are these any good? How can can it reliably run common appliances?
Like what appliances?

Per listing: "Current Output 300W (Surge 600W) total, 120Vac ( 50Hz/60Hz)"

Most full sized refrigerators hit around 600W on compressor startup, then cut back to 90-170w continuous.

My full-size Maytag top-freezer hits 700+watts on startup, then cuts back to 110w when running.


so it's possible this unit would work, but as it drained below 75% (for example) the surge would likely cause the EcoFlow to cut off (overload condition).


I have a Honda EU3000iS I use for blackouts. The eco mode idles engine down based on load. If only the fridge is hooked up, it'll stall/overload the generator when the fridge compressor kicks on. To avoid this, I have other things hooked up (like my aquarium, furnace fan, etc). That way when refrigerator hits with a 800w load, generator doesn't cut out.
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