Winter SUV Camping Upgrades and Ryobi Inverter + Battery Test Drive with Electric Blanket.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- It's getting cold out there (by central Arizona standards), but I'm still camping in my 4Runner SUV every month. For my December trip, I got some thicker, comfier bedding, and a powerbank of sorts -- a Ryobi inverter to use with our batteries -- to power an electric blanket.
Stuff I used:
sleeping bag - amzn.to/3ElQIFF
folding table - amzn.to/3mqwYux
rechargeable fan / light - amzn.to/3H6LsYs
Ryobi inverter - amzn.to/3EhHwCd
Ryobi 4AH + batteries - amzn.to/3pi2jS2
A 2'fer! "Two is one, none is one..." and "The FEDex Vortex..." I love your sense of humor.
I’m copying your goal of camping once a month. Jan and Feb will be cold here in the mid-Atlantic so I may also copy the electric blanket hack!
brr!! It worked a treat, definitely recommend! Some people use a heating pad instead, as it takes a little less power, and is smaller.
Arizona winter weather has taken some adaptation, but hasn't been too bad at all, since it's so mild. Summer is going to be the real test!
picked up a small folding / hanging fan today at walmart also. found it to be nice & quiet at a distance. wired for AA or usb cord. the ryobi inverter looks good for now. as the cord is only 59 inches long. playing with some 8 in wide banker file containers for the back end. i see supervisor #1 is doing direct supervision on this job. 🤪🤪🤪😂😂
That would be supervisor #3, supervisor #1's sister! 🙂
@@ShoestringMartha lol
A twin sized down comforter (around $35 on Amazon), a wool blanket & sleeping in a hoody sweatshirt keeps me warm in my truck at freezing temps. * Wearing the hood over my head is the biggest help, since we loose a lot of body heat through this part of our bodies.
Good vid, Happy Trails 🪶 Rodger, out.
I have the first model of the 150W inverter. I saw on TH-cam someone was able to get exactly 200W as soon as it went over it shut itself down to protect itself. Idk if the newest models do that. I think that if you paired it with a 6Ah battery it'd make it all night for sure.
I see now that they sell a new 18V inverter that drops down to 12V DV with a standard 12V car socket. If someone has a 12VDC blanket or pad T,hat might be more efficient than DC to AC.
If you get the 2 lithium batteries on sale for $99 in June near Father’s Day during the Ryobi Tool Days at HD you get a free tool. I got the portable shop fan that really can move air!
Cute cat🐈
Thank you for taking the time to create this video. I have really enjoyed your creativity. Thank you.
I appreciate your kind words, and thank you for watching 😊
Enjoyed the video. Electric blanket is my 'go to' as well.
I use an electric heated throw from Walmart that shuts itself off after a couple hours. Then I just turn it back on if needed. Makes all the difference in cold weather.
Love mine too - total game changer!
I like the video 👍
U have nice warm voice
U can connect both 4ah batteries 🔋 together and that give u 8ah -this way can last double of time of 4ah -so no waking up in the middle the night to change batteries
Thank you! Of course I went down a Google rabbit hole on how to wire up Ryobi batteries in parallel to increase amp hours, and it is indeed possible! I no longer need to extend the output time, as I have a big ol' EcoFlow powerbank now, but if any others out there are curious: www.instructables.com/Ryobi-Battery-Power-Source/
This is exactly the test I wanted to see. I live in southern California and I do gig jobs in an electric car fiat 500e. Last winter it gets fairly cold during dinner and I'm out driving for gig work. using the heater in my electric car drains the battery so it limits my range even more. My plan was to use an electric blanket in addition to my heated seats to warm my car just a bit enough to at least 60 degrees inside my car. I want to power the electric blanket with a small inverter such as that ryobi
I already have the ecoflow riverpro with the extended battery and a bluetti. But I wanted a small sized power source inverter just for the application of warming the inside of my car. I dont need it to get extremely hot because i get hot very easily. I also get cold fairly easily. My body is so picky with temperature 😆. So around the 60s is perfect for me.
I just ordered this and to add to that I already have a boat load of ryobi batteries. I love the ryobi ecosystem and I only found out about this inverter a few weeks ago. From the reviews I seen so far this little thing is amazing.
Nice! The electric blanket got me through all my winter campouts - game changer!
your cat is so cute. walmart has a rechargeable hand warmer type thing for $10, its about 7 in x 4 in x couple inches thick
i got it for my dogs bed
Watching Pre 10K! (Congrats!)
Nice. I have a 9ah battery (plus a few 4hrs).
I also have 40v 6Ah batteries for my mower and an inverter, going to try it this weekend
Good luck!
@@ShoestringMartha
Thanks for your video, I would not have thought of the blanket, I was looking at heaters. All the best
Found out the blankets do work with full sign wave inverters
Thanks for the update!
Just a thought on the Ryobi products - Home Depot has flash sales on these from time to time and you can save a ton of money - they just had a buy one get one 4ah battery PLUS you got to choose any of their tools to go with.. Not bad.
I live for those deals! I think I got a router, the last time it went around, and we're up to 4 batteries now.
HD runs a deal like $99.99 2 pack 4ah battery and get a "tool" free which I bought today. The inverter is free and bought the special $99 2 4ah battery.
Nice!
HD just had a two for one high performance 6ah ryobi batteries for 119. I swooped on it quick. I should of bought more lol. Because they are now two for almost 300 now . I also bought that deal with the inverter w/ two 4ah batteries. That is a killer deal.
Next generation of 150w inverter will be able to charge the ryobi 18volt battery with normal power and with solar power
very cool! 😎
Have you considered removing the second row seat cushion? It comes out easily and will give you more sleeping length.
I did consider it; but I only sleep in my vehicle maybe 15 nights a year, and I’m only 5’3”. So it just didn’t seem worth it to me. If I went on longer trips, I’d probably do it!
Have never seen the Ryobi. So many units out there,
Too poor for a GoalZero box.
Have a cheapie Westinghouse power box - sadly wouldn’t do my CPAP - so that stops my hoped-for tent camping.
Well that's a bummer 🙁 I still bring the Ryobi as back up, but I ended up getting an EcoFlow as my go-to powerbank. It was pricey though 💸 💸 💸 . There has to be something out there that's more powerful than the Ryobi, and less expensive than an EcoFlow (or similar). 🤔 But like you said, there are so many out there!
I saw you had an ego battery. Why didn’t you go with the ego inverter as the battery is much larger? Great review, thanks for sharing.
Unfortunately shipping was delayed (not EcoFlow’s fault, but FedEx’s), so it didn’t arrive before my trip.
Even now that I have it, I still bring the inverter as a backup.
Nice video and review
Pretty cool 😎...
Please don't hear the blanket up while folded for safety. I like my Ryobi 150 and 300 watt battery inverters
Good tip! When I actually use it, it's pretty much flat -- just the edges (no heating element in them) tucked under the side of my pad.
The small power battery can only power electric blanket and some others. Why not buy a larger one to meet more requirements?
LOL I did 😂
Have you bought one? What brand? And what is the power level? @@ShoestringMartha
KITTY!
We said the same thing! I thought, "if I was a kitty I'd be there for an electric blanket test too!"
Can it work, to save battery power to say, power your electric blanket like for an hour, then turn off, then turn on an hour, etc? Or will it get too cold doing this? I'm still figuring this out but maybe there's a way to go back and forth? (Not sure if there's an electric timer or something I can install along with this to do that part.)
My battery does technically have enough power to run it all night. But its kind of slim and would mean I wouldn't be able to do much the next day.
And if you have the stated watt amount of an electric blanket, how do you figure out the range of that if your electric blanket has more than one heat setting? Many have 5 settings, etc.
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Also an update what you told me about pure sine wave and modified sine wave on electric blankets checked out perfectly. I got it to work because of YOU> Thanks. Its now working.
Happy to hear your blanket of working! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I think turning the blanket on and off again would be more of a draw than leaving it on. I usually wait until the coldest part of the night, which is just before dawn, to switch it on, and only on low.
The blanket manufacturers don’t disclose the watts for each setting 😞 Usually just the highest. If you’re lucky, the lowest too.
Hi Martha, would you please provide the link for purchasing that nice thick pad you are using to sleep on now? thank you for your videos...love them--especially love Gunther.
You betcha! It’a held up pretty well so far ☺️ www.walmart.com/ip/Urban-Shop-Printed-Soft-Portable-Crash-Pad-Blue-White/4768452
Ìm not sure i could do coyotes howling around me. Is Gunther there or at home? Is he ok. Have jackery 500...want 1000 but cant afford
They’re generally pretty shy and avoid people. Nice to hear though.
This was filmed pre-Gunther 😊
@ShoestringMartha thank you. Nice to hear but not sure I'd want them as camp neighbors..lol
Hi Martha. Would you do me a favor? I recent purchased the same sleeping pad from Walmart. The label on the pad said Manufacture date: July 2007. Would you look at your label and see if it’s the same. I mean, that’s 15 years ago!
Whoa! 😧 I looked and couldn’t find a label. If it had one, I must have torn it off 😬
@@ShoestringMartha I guess I’ll tear mine off too. It looks new to me. Maybe it was a typo. Thanks.
Which electric blankets work with power inverters?
Frustrated. Very frustrated. Saved up and tried an electric blanket on power inverter didn't work. Then tried a different one. Also didn't work. But there are videos where people say some electric blankets can run on a power inverter.
Could use advise on this thanks.
First, let me qualify by saying, I'm not entirely clear on the matter myself.
But, this is how I understand it, if you have a pure sine wave (PSW) inverter, any blanket will do. If you have a modified sine wave (MSW) inverter, and use a modern electric blanket, it might burn out the digital controllers that come with them now.
So if you have the budget, get the more expensive PSW inverter. If you can only afford a MSW inverter, you might have better luck using an old school electric blanket or heating pad, that has a mechanical controller or a simple on/off switch.
That being said, the 150W Ryobi inverter I have is MSW, and I used it with a modern electric blanket and the controller did not fry -- but it *could*. The Rypbi 40v 300W and 1600W inverters do provide pure sine output.
Since I made this video, I switched to an EcoFlow River Pro, which has pure sine wave AC outlets. I still carry the Ryobi as backup.
oh wow. Thank you very much for the reply. Is this idea of the difference on PSW and MSW inverters why a lot of them seem to not be able to carry as much load as they say they should also? @@ShoestringMartha
The way I understand it, the difference between PSW and MSW has more to do with the shape of the waves. A PSW has a gradual up and down, and a MSW is more jerky, which is why it's problematic for delicate electronics.
I think that capacities are a different matter, and they usually promise 2 kinds - continuous and surge. So you'll get one number for a baseline output that it can handle, and higher figure for how much of a "jolt" it's able to tolerate.
For instance, when you use a device that heats -- like a kettle -- there will but a big energy pull up front, and then a steady amount afterward. They can typically can only handle that big pull very briefly.
Again, not an expert just a good Googler, with a little first-hand experience.
so how many hours did this run your electric blanket for ?
It’s been a while, but if I recall, about 4 hours, with the blanket on its lowest setting.
Thanks for the video but we tried both the target and Walmart heating throw Biddeford. Both controllers smoke when plugged into the ryobi inverter what brand of blanket are you using
Yikes! My throw is from Target, just the house brand.
May I ask how quick they started smoking up?
I'm trying to use a similar setup myself and have been testing 2 blankets but your comment has made me a bit worried to not sit in the room for hours until the battery dies for fear of the smokey controller *laughs nervously*
It was a Target store brand . I tried two blankets
both controllers smoked right away. The Third blanket
worked but on a full wave inverter. Now I have a Jackery
and it also has no problems. I do use the heck out of the Ryobi stuff. They are great for cell phones and Cpaps