Milin Power Station (Solar Generator) review. Best bang for the Buck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- A review of the Milin Power Station (Solar Generator)
622WH battery capacity
600W AC continuous output
Dual Simultaneous Charging
100w PD Input/Output
Regulated DC Output
Top notch unit for a good price. Amazing features.
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Very good review. It would be interesting if you would add a sound meter reading giving the dBA of the fan while the inverter is running. Recently late at night I saw this listed with a $250 off coupon. So I got it for $249 and free shipping!!! I could hardly believe it. I just had to order. Arrives in a couple of days. I think most solar panels will work.
I was almost going to by one just to run my fridge. Thank you for bringing that up in your video very informative.
You're welcome
Thank you for the great review. I bought it on Amazon with $200 off coupon. Amazing deal for the capacity with mppt controller and fast charging. At about $1 per watt hour it a great bargain. Only 500 cycles to 80% but still well worth it. I’m very happy with this power station. Thanks again for helping me decide on this unit.
I'm glad it's working out for you
Tool Gear Bandits definitely and I leaned how to extend the cycle life of the battery by keeping it cycled between 80% capacity and a low of 20% of capacity. In researching it stated this could more than double the cycle life on a lithium ion battery.
Thank you for doing this. You might want to add imuto 600w name to the description. It appears to be the same.
Thanks for the in depth review ! I just bought this off Amazon with a 250.00 off coupon. So only 271.00 after taxes 😁👍
No problem. Have fun with the power station
I just purchased one yesterday but I did so before looking at the TH-cam reviews. Let me know how your power station works out.😍
Excellent review. I just ordered one for emergencies. Thank you.
Thanks.
Great video boss. Really appreciate it because ummm some of the other videos on this device were lacking. Salute, I shared it on a post I made and I will probably make another post sharing the video. TH-cam doesnt give a whole lot of play to video shares but Ill still share it anyway.
That dual charging and 100 watt pd port and 120 watts of solar charging is pretty nice. Hopefully the device lasts. ha
Thanks. I’m a fan of your videos too. Especially like the Bluetti EB 55 or EB 70 video. Forgot which one is which. Tell it like it is.
Thamk you so much! That fix for the fridge problem is brilliant. 😀
Yeah no problem
Please tell me which SOLAR PANELS you ordered for this unit. I ordered 2 of these and need solar panels for emergency. Great video! Thank you!
RJ
Thanks for pointing that out about the 12v turning off on its own
Yeah no problem
LIP04 Battery ???
Cycles Capacity ???
Thanks for the awesome review.
It's lithium ion.
Cycles is listed as > 500
Thanks! Great review.
Thanks
Awesome review. Great info. Very helpful.
Or since the led light only uses 3 watts max, maybe run it to keep the power going to a 12v fridge 🤔
Are you referring to the built in light? If so that circuit does not affect the DC circuit so it wouldn't help
Any issues with your LCD display? Mine started dimming just weeks after I bought it. It still lights up but it very hard to see. :(
What size is the DC input plug?
Ty sir
NP
Maybe you can answer this question I have, can I plug my iPhone directly into the type C port without overpowering it or should I use a brick in the AC port? I don’t know if the type C port regulates the power out accordingly?
Yes you can just plug into type c port directly. That is not a problem.
In your discharge/capacity test of the battery efficiency for the AC outlet of this Milin station, you found it's an 88% efficient inverter. Could you please tell me how many watts of load you used for the test? Also, if you know, what is the idle consumption of the AC inverter ( AC circuit on under no load)? thank you! Mike
I ran a car fridge continuously with the ac adapt it comes with. It runs about 75 Watts. Also ran another test a 49” led tv which uses close 95 watts.
I think it draws about 10 watts with no loads iirc.
@Sam Trepe what I was interested in is the test load that resulted in getting the 88% efficiency. The higher the load the more efficient the result will be. But because of the idle consumption, when connecting small loads like, saw, 20 watts, that will take many hours to discharge the station, and if the idle load is , say, 10 watts per hour, the losses can add up to 100-150 watts in addition to the conversion efficiency . So, if the 88% was reached using a small lid then it’s very good but if , say, 150 watts was used , then when connecting smaller loads the efficiency will be much worse
@@fossilclocks901
Most of AC of power station will result in power lost when on especially over long periods of time.
General rule of test is usually 1/5 of the rated output of the batteries. So testing at 95w continuously would be close to the 1/5 (actual should be 120w). So that is a good result.
Testing it at 20w discharge rate would drop the efficiency by quite a lot. I have left the unit with the AC on with a small load and the unit went dead in 3-4 days. You can expect the unit to not last longer longer than 4-5 days on AC.
@@fossilclocks901 I ran a similar test with a 325W load and got similar results. I do notice when running a load and also monitoring it with my Kill-A-Watt meter that the Milin display output is about 10W higher than shown on the KAW meter. I think it is correct that the lower the load the greater the percent overhead will be. Though I don't know if it would make a difference, you could always plug in a small inverter to the 12V output. It's possible it would be more efficient, but I have never tested that. Maybe I will sometime.
Can anyone confirm that this has regulated 12 volt for use with a car refrigerator?
Wondering if the 12V cigarette port will stay active if you plug a USB load (like your light) into one of the USB ports on the right side?
No. Usb is on different circuit
Is because the voltage drops below 12v? I.e. when battery getting low?
hey i have 2 100 watt solar panels in a parallel. will i be able to use it to charge this solar generator?
Sure can. But the max charge rate is about 120 watts via DC input.
Thank you for all the information. Curious to know when it runs multiple AC, up to what Watt can it go. I heard the Yeti 500x can only do up to 300w while using multiple AC appliances, after that it trips, even though it is a 505w.
The combine watt limit for all AC sockets is 600w. Although this unit runs a bit over 600w no problem.
Just wondering because I have the same unit and I plugged in the AC charger and the type C hundred watt at the same time it was charging at approximately 177 W then when it got to around 89% it shut down the type c is that normal? have you run into that problem just wondering if it’s supposed to be like that
Yes that is normal.
I have one and when I plug in a lamp, the light flickers, does your do that?
No. Which port are you using and what kind of bulbs?
I think it depends a bit on the LED bulb. I evaluated a Jackery 500 that causes quite a flicker on an LED floor lamp I have. The Milin also produces a flicker on that lamp, but much less so. With other LED lights I didn't notice a flicker with either. Another issue might be that those generators produce 110V AC output, whereas a house socket produces 120V. That might be enough to cause a flicker. A way to work around that is to plug a small inverter into the 12V output. I got a Tripp Lite 150W inverter. It is good if the draw doesn't go over about 130W. It produces 120V output and has no fan, so it is silent.
My display is reading F8 and blinking. Any ideas?
Never had that problem so I wouldn't know. Did you try contacting the company? They have been very helpful when I had questions/troubles.
Also is the unit still working at all while with the display problems?
I read that if you press the display button for over 30 seconds it will reset the entire generator. I'd give that a try too.
What batt do they use? It's on sale for 250. I want to use batteries at that price for ebike. Is that possible?
They use lithium ion. I'm not sure about the battery size. Could be 18650.
Couldn't you buy ebike battery for cheaper?
Plus this thing is wired for 12v system. For ebike you would have to take the cells apart to wire it for 36v or whatever volt you plan for your ebike. Seems more trouble than it is worth
@@toolgearbandits7223 buttery for ebike 800 bucks. 72v 25ah in the end I think your right.. but I love the solor generator. I have one use to charge drone battery. Before house was broken into and all was stolen..not shure if ill ever fly again. Took 4 years to acquire all my gear. All stolen. Winter clothes..tools.. bummed out. I used drone's to get out a depression. Divorced so miss my daughters..long story. But now I enjoy building bikes. But miss flying.. miss posting vids.. as and my you tube friends.. thanks for replying. God bless . Good to help others.. 💪💪👊👊
I own this power station and it has many issues, significant issues in my opinion. The battery meter is terribly inaccurate, the USB ports do not always detect when something is plugged in, the 12v socket times out after 10 second when there is no current, and the PD port would only charge at 15 watts even though my PD charger outputs 65 watts. The only thing good to say about the power station is it looks nice, the AC sockets are well space so you can use a wall wart plug, and the actual capacity, based on my usage, was 580 watt hours. On the day I found this on Amazon, MIlin had a $240 discount so I jumped on the deal. With all the issues I am having they could have offered it to me for free and I would have said no thanks.
When I plug my usbc in all I'm getting is 105 watts going in total with the power brick why is that
It only does charging at high rate with both simultaneously when the battery level is lower than 80% iirc.
@@toolgearbandits7223 The battery percentage was 18% when I added the usb c cable it only added 15 more watts a total of 105 watts in your video it was showing 172 watts
@@randyshaver525 That I am not sure. Did you try plugging it in alternatively? Like try the brick first then usb-c and vice versa.
@@toolgearbandits7223 Yelp I tried everything still when I plug only the usbc cable buy itself it reads 15 watts going in
@@randyshaver525 First off, what are you using as a USB-C charger? Name, model, and specs will help. If you are only getting 15 watts going in, then most likely the USB-C charger is the problem
so how do i run my 12v fridge using it or is it just not an option?
Buy a 12V cig splitter, one that also has a USB port. In the USB port plug in a small LED light, like the FINEIC Mini USB LED light that draws about 1 watt. That will be enough to keep the DC port active. Be sure the cig splitter can handle sufficient watts output in a single port. I suggest considering the Qidoe 200W 12V/24V 3-socket splitter with 4 USB charging ports.
A 1W USB light is not enough to keep mine on with the fridge. Has anyone tested to find out exactly how many watts are needed to keep the 12V on?
@@0errant Some users reported that they found a small LED light of less than 1 watt was enough. I haven't actually tried it. One person reported that they had to use a small fan to keep the port active. Another person talked with Milin and was told that 5 watts is required to keep the port active. I would have to experiment to determine just how much of a current draw is required to reliably keep the port alive in practice.
@@slydog7131 I asked Milan and was told 5W was the cutoff point. Now to find a 5W device that would make sense to leave running all the time…
Just curious does any one else have the S/N on the bottom rubbed out? I bought through amazon.
Nope. Mines intact