Thank you especially for explaining serial and parallel solar hooks, made simple. I am fact gathering before my purchase and this one video has made me rethink going with EcoFlow, the running 120/240 simultaneous was the most compelling feature. You just got yourself another subscriber, thanks again.
Really appreciate this comment Vjay. Echoflow is definitely a great unit, but this monster is on a whole other level. They really did a great job on this one
Well one things for sure. When you have a battery hooked up like that you really find out how much power is being used. All the appliances in standby made add up when your on a battery. I have replaced all the bulbs in the house with cfl and led bulbs and saw no difference in the electric bill. I have a 1000 watt that I hooked up to 1 refrigerator just to see how long it would run for. It sat almost the whole time without being opened and it only ran it for around 5 hours. I had hoped it would go longer than that. I have a 4000 watt hooked up to the breaker box and I can go from gas generator to battery really easy. I just hope the battery will run the heater through the night. If it does that maybe I can add the refrigerator on to it. Just want to have the essentials and the quiet while everyone is sleeping.
I think this is great for using in conjunction with generator, I am going to use this in my 24’x24’ workshop to run saws grinders and welders so I don’t have to get permits for wiring from house to shed,it will work great because you are not using power constantly but to use together with generator for grid down problems for house. Everyone please use good judgement on these power supplies, they are very temporary, for running your house use a 4800 watt generator on propane preferably but gasoline if not available. Money is in most cases my primary decision.
Awesome video brother. This was super informative. Thanks for bringing it to the channel. Gotta ahow this to the wife, it will come in handy in the spring.
Love the video. I'm in the market for a portable solar-powered station like this one. However, my constructive criticism of the video would be to delete the word "cheap" from the presentation when describing accessories. I recommend using words like reasonably priced, affordable, etc. Otherwise, excellent review.
Come on guys….this would run a 120v fridge for a day. This may be good to great to power a 12 volt camping fridge for a few days and phone charging + usb lights. You’re going to need a quite few of these or some how connect a large bank of batteries to run a house full of 120 volt stuff for a day.
@@jamesmcritchie8310 you are correct. I was simply pointing out the obvious limitation because so many of the reviewers fail to do so. Many people who are new battery capacity will not understand how much stored energy is required to run run one appliance during a power outage. That is all. I personally don’t feel that people who don’t know information should be called babies. Seems a little harsh. You have yourself a great day.
Hey TRZ, I noticed the inlet device moving around when you attached the flexible cord with the interlocking cord bodies to the inlet. Maybe you need some longer screws to attach to the sheathing and not just the vinyl siding. Just trying to help. Lights, and phone chargers draw very little wattage. Electric clothes dryers, water heaters, ovens, air-conditioning, etc., those appliances draw far more power and drain the battery much quicker than a new 75" Samsung QLED 90.
I own two Anker F3800s. Take it from me. The Anker solar panels are NOT the best to use in terms of getting the most power output. For some reason, AllPowers solar panels put out more power, and so I've been using those instead.
I am determined to correctly size for my actual use. My electric company app shows KWh for each day. Maybe your electric utility will have that? Find out. My 3-season peak is 5 KWh and rarely 6 KWh. In winter, I can run 9-10 KWh but I have natural gas whole house heat and gas water heater, so what is that about? I use the oven more. Is it the oven/range? I am thinking countertop appliances will be enough for me. I decided next year I will turn all but the furnace off to see what it draws on standby, next all off but refrigerator, and next lights. By this means, I can expect to optomize it all.
Question: Will this single unit run/start a heat pump??? And for those of us who still have our tri-fuel generators, please discuss the possibility of using a tri/gas generator to charge/supplement the charging of the Solix. Maybe topping off the Solix before dark so that the Solix can power everything quitey at night. These power stations are looking better every day. Good stuff, Thanks.
You would need to know the wattage of your heat pump but with a 6k watt inverter using the 240v outlet on the solix you should be good as long as it’s not trying to run everything else in the house at the same time. As far as generator yes you could use that to charge the solix.
That one last year that had us out for 2 days was horrible. I couldn't imagine what some of these people are dealing with in the south right now brother
That's why you need solar panels and an extra battery so one is always charging while you are using the other one. Ideally 4 larger batteries to cover both day and night. Will Prowse has some good videos on how to wire them up.
Some people also get an inverter propane/natural gas/gas generator and charge the battery. Not having to run the fuel generator 24/7 is nice from a noise perspective.
You can’t power a whole house on 25amps. Just stop the BS, on a small battery having any longevity for no more than an hour at 25amps. Watt hour = amp hours x volts. Your not telling the full story, what is the rated amp hours and then do the math. Most likely, just like ford lighting, the battery won’t last an hour when connected to a home using all 25amps at the battery plug on the unit your peddling.
Undoubtedly just told another lie, the rating of the 220volt output is only 25amps, you stated you can connect it to a 30 or 50 amp breaker. That BS, you have just over sized a breaker rating of the unit which gives a false sense that the battery unit can provide 30 or 50 amps to the house.
Thank you especially for explaining serial and parallel solar hooks, made simple. I am fact gathering before my purchase and this one video has made me rethink going with EcoFlow, the running 120/240 simultaneous was the most compelling feature. You just got yourself another subscriber, thanks again.
Really appreciate this comment Vjay. Echoflow is definitely a great unit, but this monster is on a whole other level. They really did a great job on this one
Thanks for a very useful review. My wife bought one of these a few months ago, but I haven't set it up yet. That's my project for today.
This is absolutely great equipment in case of emergency. Love it😍👌
"That's real nice-like" 😂😂! Thank you for the information!
Well one things for sure. When you have a battery hooked up like that you really find out how much power is being used. All the appliances in standby made add up when your on a battery. I have replaced all the bulbs in the house with cfl and led bulbs and saw no difference in the electric bill. I have a 1000 watt that I hooked up to 1 refrigerator just to see how long it would run for. It sat almost the whole time without being opened and it only ran it for around 5 hours. I had hoped it would go longer than that. I have a 4000 watt hooked up to the breaker box and I can go from gas generator to battery really easy. I just hope the battery will run the heater through the night. If it does that maybe I can add the refrigerator on to it. Just want to have the essentials and the quiet while everyone is sleeping.
I think this is great for using in conjunction with generator, I am going to use this in my 24’x24’ workshop to run saws grinders and welders so I don’t have to get permits for wiring from house to shed,it will work great because you are not using power constantly but to use together with generator for grid down problems for house. Everyone please use good judgement on these power supplies, they are very temporary, for running your house use a 4800 watt generator on propane preferably but gasoline if not available. Money is in most cases my primary decision.
Very informative, thank you 👍
Now THAT'S REAL Nace-Like! 😮
Go Clint!
Definitely real nass like Redd!!!!
Great job on the review amigo!
Awesome video brother. This was super informative. Thanks for bringing it to the channel. Gotta ahow this to the wife, it will come in handy in the spring.
Thanks brother
Thank you for your info ❤❤❤❤
Love the video. I'm in the market for a portable solar-powered station like this one.
However, my constructive criticism of the video would be to delete the word "cheap" from the presentation when describing accessories. I recommend using words like reasonably priced, affordable, etc. Otherwise, excellent review.
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Pretty cool. Its got all the features
Come on guys….this would run a 120v fridge for a day. This may be good to great to power a 12 volt camping fridge for a few days and phone charging + usb lights. You’re going to need a quite few of these or some how connect a large bank of batteries to run a house full of 120 volt stuff for a day.
Exactly!
If the electronics are there some one who is smart instead of baby can use it build with it to cover what’s needed
@@jamesmcritchie8310 you are correct. I was simply pointing out the obvious limitation because so many of the reviewers fail to do so. Many people who are new battery capacity will not understand how much stored energy is required to run run one appliance during a power outage. That is all. I personally don’t feel that people who don’t know information should be called babies. Seems a little harsh. You have yourself a great day.
Can you grid tie and net meter these Ankers?
Will it continue to power the house while charging using solar?
Thanks very plenty for this review. However, what are your thoughts on the Anker Solix X1? I thought that would be a better purchase than this?
Hey TRZ, I noticed the inlet device moving around when you attached the flexible cord with the interlocking cord bodies to the inlet. Maybe you need some longer screws to attach to the sheathing and not just the vinyl siding. Just trying to help. Lights, and phone chargers draw very little wattage. Electric clothes dryers, water heaters, ovens, air-conditioning, etc., those appliances draw far more power and drain the battery much quicker than a new 75" Samsung QLED 90.
Great eye. I just had the siding redone and they didn't tighten it back up enough so I went out and screwed it down again 👊👊👊
Can you run the power cord from the outlet to the Anker. And use a timer so you can time the charging with the outlet for the ac
Clint, that was a great description and walk through. Looks like a beefy unit.
interesting product. i know generators always expensive gotta run them outside bunch extension cords. but product you showed seems practical.
I own two Anker F3800s. Take it from me. The Anker solar panels are NOT the best to use in terms of getting the most power output. For some reason, AllPowers solar panels put out more power, and so I've been using those instead.
What is the cost of the unit and cost of 6 solar panels?
Nice, can I plug in to charge while I’m using it from wall plug?
Van life dream unit
I am determined to correctly size for my actual use.
My electric company app shows KWh for each day. Maybe your electric utility will have that? Find out.
My 3-season peak is 5 KWh and rarely 6 KWh. In winter, I can run 9-10 KWh but I have natural gas whole house heat and gas water heater, so what is that about? I use the oven more. Is it the oven/range? I am thinking countertop appliances will be enough for me.
I decided next year I will turn all but the furnace off to see what it draws on standby, next all off but refrigerator, and next lights.
By this means, I can expect to optomize it all.
When maria hit in 2017 in Puerto Rico all of us was with out power for 3monts and survive
Question: Will this single unit run/start a heat pump??? And for those of us who still have our tri-fuel generators, please discuss the possibility of using a tri/gas generator to charge/supplement the charging of the Solix. Maybe topping off the Solix before dark so that the Solix can power everything quitey at night. These power stations are looking better every day. Good stuff, Thanks.
You would need to know the wattage of your heat pump but with a 6k watt inverter using the 240v outlet on the solix you should be good as long as it’s not trying to run everything else in the house at the same time. As far as generator yes you could use that to charge the solix.
Answer is no. However the portable or more efficient window units would be able to operate off of this. Possibly a mini split too.
What about powering your washer and dryer?
You did a great job with this video! ✝️🙏❤🇺🇸
I'd buy one but we get any sun in the UK
How much dhakes can knitt make with one charge please
It's huge.
I have been looking at that power station for awhile now, just waiting for when I can afford it! lol
1000 off right now
Well my unit f3800 keep shutting down, around 4700 ish, its a 6000 watt- why is this happening?
What do you mean, it's actually shutting off, or the screen is timing out? You can change all these run times in the app
Did they give you this for free to do the video?
Will f3800 use more power, if connected with 50 ammo plug.
Na, just what you are drawing. That wouldn't make a difference
I like that
Will one 400 watt solar panel good?
Would take longer to charge, but yeah it would definitely help
Im so over things running on Apps!
So what would happen if Cell phone network went like "Gone" or EMP!
But won’t the battery juice leak out if you lay it down??
Lol
I knew the "I'm a man" bit was coming and still laughed my ass off!
Been a lot of annoying outages this year.
That one last year that had us out for 2 days was horrible. I couldn't imagine what some of these people are dealing with in the south right now brother
@@ToolReviewZone We had tornadoes in August but it wasn't too bad for us. Some areas were out for a week. Down south is another level.
I like Anker.
What if you have 4 days no power.
That's why you need solar panels and an extra battery so one is always charging while you are using the other one. Ideally 4 larger batteries to cover both day and night. Will Prowse has some good videos on how to wire them up.
Some people also get an inverter propane/natural gas/gas generator and charge the battery. Not having to run the fuel generator 24/7 is nice from a noise perspective.
@@ChatGPT1111I wish he would explain that too in this video.
Thank you.
This Anker only has a 60v solar input..horrible for a whole home backup. The new jackery 5000 or Delta pro ultra are much better.
Magnetic ones save more and work weather the sun is out iof not,
Wot da
Why you remind me of the guy from police Academy dude
Which one, Mahoney? 🤣 Great movie 😎
NaaaaaYce
What, no pesky Gnome cameo?
He's just so pesky 😢
LOL
“this thing”
It is just 1k? Even my bed cost more than that.
You can’t power a whole house on 25amps. Just stop the BS, on a small battery having any longevity for no more than an hour at 25amps. Watt hour = amp hours x volts. Your not telling the full story, what is the rated amp hours and then do the math. Most likely, just like ford lighting, the battery won’t last an hour when connected to a home using all 25amps at the battery plug on the unit your peddling.
What about other brands? AMPAURA so on
Undoubtedly just told another lie, the rating of the 220volt output is only 25amps, you stated you can connect it to a 30 or 50 amp breaker. That BS, you have just over sized a breaker rating of the unit which gives a false sense that the battery unit can provide 30 or 50 amps to the house.
Solar crap