EcoFlow Official Store via eBay [ebay.com] has
EcoFlow RIVER 3 245Wh LiFePO4 Battery Power Station (Certified Refurbished) on sale for $164.29 - 30% off when you apply promo code
SAVEONPOWER at checkout =
$115. Shipping is free.
Condition:
- Professionally inspected, cleaned and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor. Certified Refurbished products function and look like-new.
Features:
- With groundbreaking X-GaNPower, RIVER 3 revolutionizes energy efficiency, delivering double runtime for appliances under 100W while reducing the size and controlling the volume to less than 30 dB at a distance of 1.5 ft.
- Fast AC charging from 0-100% in 1 hour with X-Stream technology. No adapter required, only one cable is needed for charging. Or Power up RIVER 3 in only 2.6 hours with 110W solar input.
- With an upgraded LFP battery, charge and recharge 3000+ times for 10 years of power. Built in X-Guard tech, an advanced algorithm with cloud-based battery monitoring with 40+ safety measures, protects against various current, voltage, temperature, and circuit risks.
- When a power outage occurs, your AC outlet will switch to the RIVER 3 power station supply in a barely noticeable 20 ms. It keeps vital home appliances running, maintaining food storage, security, and communication.
- Weighing only 7.8 lb and equipped with a built-in handle, the RIVER 3 is 30% smaller than the industry average, easily fitting into small spaces like closets or bags. It is waterproof, fireproof, and drop-resistant, coming with IP54 battery protection to minimize potential water damage
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None of them.
If you need it to be that precise, that's faster than most UPSes.
And life-critical devices are actually double active duty. There's zero switching delay because they're always using battery power, which is why they don't last as long or use older battery tech like lead acid.
If you need it to be that precise, that's faster than most UPSes.
And life-critical devices are actually double active duty. There's zero switching delay because they're always using battery power, which is why they don't last as long or use older battery tech like lead acid.
What you're describing is double conversion
No?
It's AC-DC with a DC step down and some type of rectifier for odd devices.
the Delta3 series (three not two) has 10ms
basically the very newest units
The claimed 20ms on this River3 (non-plus) is actually better than even the Delta2 series
it has to do with the design age and probably capacitors inside
I have several power supplies for my PC and I've noticed the much beefier units meant for 1000watts with multiple GPU have super-capacitors that can deal with long dropouts like 20ms and maybe even 30ms
but even a quality smaller PSU cannot handle the 20ms
a laptop with battery can probably handle it fine because it's really just charging the battery when plugged in
$115 is very tempting
but it doesn't have the USB power-loss notification/app like the PLUS does
aka power manager
https://manuals.ecoflow
have to look up the solar charge rate on the non-plus
oh this is interesting
there are multiple claims on the River3 so must be different MPPT
"EcoFlow RIVER 3/RIVER 3 (230)/RIVER 3 (10 ms UPS)_User Manual
2025-04-24"
https://manuals.ecoflow
"This user manual is applicable to the following products: RIVER 3, RIVER 3 (230), RIVER 3 (10 ms UPS).
The terms "RIVER 3", "RIVER 3 (230)" and "RIVER 3 (10 ms UPS)" in this manual shall refer to EcoFlow RIVER series product."
that's not the plus and they claim 10ms
so there might be an older River3 20ms and a newer River3 10ms
RIVER 3 / RIVER 3 (230) / RIVER 3 (10 ms UPS)
see how it's broken down, interesting
AC Output (Bypass Mode) US/JP/BR:
100-120V~50/60Hz, 300W total
USB-A Output 5V⎓2.4A, 12W Max per port, 24W total
USB-C Output PD3.0, QC3.0
5/9/12/15V⎓3A Max, 20V⎓5A Max, 100W Max
DC Output 12.6V⎓10A, 126W Max
Total Output Power 550W
Solar Input 11-30V⎓8A, 110W Max
Car Input 12/24V⎓8A, 100W Max
Ah, see that, the PLUShas 220watt input from solar and up to 55volts
the non-plus River3 has only 110watt input with max 24-30volts
so that's "the catch" if you consider that
non-plus 20ms vs 10ms switch
non-plus 110watt 24-30volt vs 220watt 55volt input
Depends on what you want the UPS functionality for, I suppose. I have this unit and 20ms works perfectly fine for the modem and wireless router.
My Plex server is a laptop, anyway, so 10ms vs 20ms is irrelevant.
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If you need it to be that precise, that's faster than most UPSes.
And life-critical devices are actually double active duty. There's zero switching delay because they're always using battery power, which is why they don't last as long or use older battery tech like lead acid.
You sorta could, depending on your power requirements. You'd have to put in an external power brick to the solar port. As long as the load stays below the solar port max watts, the unit will stay charged up. I'm not sure what this does to longevity, but in theory works fine (though the fans will be working much harder)
Mine charges at 300w max with that cord.
Am exchanging it as I really want to give this a chance (great for flying drones out doors), but so far its not looking good.