Delta 3 Max AC charging is where this power station really shines. In my hands-on test, the EcoFlow Delta 3 Max pulled about 1,614 watts (1.6 kW) from an ordinary home wall outlet and refilled its 2,048Wh battery from 29% all the way to 100%, while I tracked the whole charge in the EcoFlow app […]
Jackery’s Explorer 2000 v2 packs 2,042Wh of LiFePO4 storage and a 2,200W inverter into a 39.5-pound case, which Jackery says is 41% lighter and 34% smaller than typical 2kWh LiFePO4 power stations, thanks to cell-to-body construction borrowed from EVs. Jackery also lists a 66-minute charge to 80% from the wall, a 20 ms UPS switchover […]
When the power goes out during a storm, the first thing I want is information. Phones are great until the battery dies or the cell network gets overloaded, so I like having a dedicated emergency radio on hand. In this Midland ER310 Pro review, I put the ER310 Pro (Midland writes it ER310PRO) through a […]
Hardwiring the DDPAI Z60 dash cam to your car’s fuse box unlocks its parking monitoring, which DDPAI says can stand by for up to 20 days in collision quick wake-up mode, and the job takes three wires: a constant 12V feed, an ignition-switched 12V feed and a ground, according to DDPAI’s hardwire kit manual. DDPAI’s […]
A safe camper battery setup comes down to three parts working together: a box that holds the battery still, a disconnect switch that cuts everything off, and a shunt monitor that tells you how full the battery really is. Blue Sea Systems rates its m-Series 6006 battery switch at 300A continuous, Victron’s SmartShunt measures current […]
EcoFlow’s RIVER 3 and RIVER 3 Plus share the same compact LiFePO4 design and one-hour AC recharge, but the Plus doubles the inverter’s continuous rating to 600W, doubles the solar input to 220W and can grow to 858Wh with an add-on battery, according to EcoFlow’s product listings. The base RIVER 3 answers with a lighter […]
A 200-watt flexible solar panel like BougeRV’s Arch Pro weighs about 7.9 pounds and is only 2.5mm thick, light enough to ride on a car or SUV roof, but at 52.95 by 30.91 inches it needs a secure mount that holds every edge at highway speed, according to BougeRV’s listing. BougeRV lists three installation methods […]
Charging a BLUETTI power station from solar comes down to one check before you plug in: the panel’s open-circuit voltage has to fall inside the station’s input window, which ranges from 12–28V on the compact Elite 30 V2 to 12–145V on the AC200L, according to BLUETTI’s spec sheets. Get that right and the rest is […]
Anker’s SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 and BLUETTI’s Elite 100 V2 both pack a 1,024Wh lithium iron phosphate battery into a carry-by-hand box of about 25 pounds, but Anker’s model outputs 2,000W and refills from the wall in 49 minutes, while BLUETTI’s accepts up to 1,000W of solar, according to each company’s published specs. They’re the […]
Klein Tools’ CL390 measures up to 400 amps AC or DC through its clamp jaw and up to 600 volts through its test leads, and its manual lays out a short routine for each job: pick the function on the dial, press SEL to switch between AC and DC, and press REL/ZERO before a DC […]
