🛒 Anker C300X (Only $199 With Our Discount Code For a Limited Time) • shopsolarkits.com/products/anker-solix-c300x?ref=TheSolarLab&variant=43420172419212 • Use Code TSL20 for $20 Off 🔔 Subscribe to our TH-cam Channel: @TheSolarLab 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - 60 Second Teardown 2:38 - Testing 5:24 - What We Like 7:10 - What We Don't Like 8:12 - Summary The Anker C300X... This thing is honestly pretty awesome. It's hands down our favorite little unit and would be a perfect gift this holiday season, especially considering the price. It's quick to charge, super quiet and quite capable for a ton of smaller scale applications like camping, power on the go and light home back up! ⚡ FOLLOW US: instagram.com/thesolarlab/ www.tiktok.com/@thesolarlab 👨🏼💻 The Solar Lab: www.thesolarlab.com We maintain an affiliate relationship with some of the products reviewed, which means we get a small percentage of a sale if you click our links, at no cost to our viewers.
I believed in you Robbie Fieri. Now you have %100 shown through you’re multiple channels, who the majority of youtubers really are. I wish I was never sucked into the para social bs but such is life, you’ll get learned.
Standard USB C cables that support USB PD 1.0 are limited to 60W max, however, special cables with E-Marker chips are required for 100w. USB PD 3.1 added 140W - 240W profiles which require their own special cables. It is not just the thickness of the cable as implied in the video. The E-Marker chip is required for the higher wattages and communicates with the charger the capabilities of the cable.
The first cables under the new USB4 2.0 standard were just announced (probably after your comment) and will be released in December. There is one capable of 240W at 48V/5A
@@jeremydunn9817 I did see that recently. One cable was 60W and one was 240W. The naming is getting totally out of hand in my opinion. I think something that could help is requiring the max Wattage and the Max Throughput on the cable itself.
Got the DC version. Small inconvenience with the dual direction USBC port: unlike the Anker Prime, the software for this unit doesn’t permit forcing one direction charging on that 140 w port. So what happens, if you are charging the unit from an external battery or charging another battery, once the Anker runs down it reverses and takes back the charge it just sent. This basically means that you cannot “trust the device to charge unattended until they upgrade the firmware.
Thank you! Only video I’ve found to explain the differences between the C300 and the C300X. I kind of thought there was a “Plus” version too, but may be wrong. Still searching out the mystery of Anker products. Ridiculous they don’t have a one page comparison on web-site. Techies!
hi I got this unit works swell for me, wish Anker could make an expandable battery for this. Powers my mini fridge for 13 hours! Wanted to know if you could review the Dabbsson DBS1000 Pro.
@@johncontreras9225 You don’t need an specific expandable battery, any usb/solar battery bank will work. The Anker supports pass through charging so just plug into any free of the charging ports any good value bank. Ive been using the DC version (half the weight) throwing it into my rear bike trunk bag and running the usb-c cable to the e-bike battery charging while riding. I can double the KMs doing this, and the Anker not only recharges faster, but I can charge it while spending the night in a hotel even if they won’t let me bring the bike inside. The DC unit is perfect for e-bike camping as well. Next week I hope to have a chance to test a 200w portable solar panel as well.
I used to use a 250w vacuum cleaner, I used a cheapo unit similar to this (with NMC batteries, so light and small, but at the cost of longevity) which I carried in one hand. If I still had that vacuum I'd love this with the strap, just walk from room to room with it and clean everywhere!
I bought the C300 DC version and the USB-C cable that comes with it let me charge it at about 100W but I think I was limited to the port on the Anker C1000 I was charging it with. I have since purchased 2 of the 240 watt Anker power delivery USB-C cables, but I still don't have a charger that can put out that much (yet) lol.
Serious question here: why are companies putting the solar input at the front of the unit, where it's in the way, instead of the side where they already put the AC power input, where it's out of the way?
I got the older 60mah version of this and love it. Definitely buying this now. I want those AC outs. Sucks this is 10lbs, the Anker 60,000 mah version of this is half that. I use it for my bicycle touring trips and it rocks, but has no AC outs, which are useful.
The real problem is 300 W isn’t much of anything, let alone the storage to run it for any length of time! I wouldn’t use any power station under 1000 W of storage. I have two of the Anker 767 2k W systems.
It just sounds like the product isn't for you and that's why they make options with more power. I personally only need a unit that can power my laptop for 3 days and the rest of my electronics plus a fan if I need it. This does that exactly and doesn't take up a lot of room.
@@flymonk001 yeah but generally the pricing means more power for less added cost so its more cost efficient along with more options and time. one size certainly doesn't fit all for sure but just get the biggest wh you can afford :)
What would be enough to charge 2 cell phones, a Midland emergency radio, a small fan & a Baofeng UV-50 & 2 small rechargeable flashlights for 2 weeks of Hurricane Helene? Dead serious.
Take the watt hours of the power station, multiply that by 0.7. This number is what you should expect in reality. Now add up the watt hours of each battery you want to charge with the station, see if it fits in that number. If you only have amp hours or miliamp hours, you can multiply that number by the voltage of the battery in question to obtain watt hours
Love the video! Some owners (including me) are experiencing an issue where, if you connect to all the USBC port, and connect the unit to the wall, when the unit gets to 100 it shuts off the ports. Are you having this issue?
If your using for UPS, you should look into models that actually pass through the charging capacity, and only connect the battery when going above the input availability. Constantly cycling a battery between 95 and 100 like most models including the river 3 is not good for longevity @@viper04af
I'm looking to get one for my cpap machine during the night for a couple hours in case the power goes out. Is this good for that or should I look at a different midel?
I also have a CPAP and run it off an older model from a different brand. This Anker would be great for your needs. I'm thinking of upgrading to this myself. It could easily run the CPAP all night. My older one does and has less watt hours than this.
@3:54 you said that the cable is limiting the wattage.. u are using a wall charger that has a shared 120 W output.. so u are not even getting 120W from that one usbC charger .. its a shared 120W not a big issue. anker does sell a dedicated 140W usb charger.. and they also sell a usb cable that can send 140W to the device.
seems like a great product!! is it fast enough for using it connected to a 3D printer? Like if light goes down, 3D printer can continue working without noticing? Thanks!
All I understand is milliamp hours. So when I hear Watts and all that it doesn’t mean anything to me. I know that it needs to have certain wattage to run certain things such as a refrigerator and so that’s cool but how many milliamps is it?
Watts and Watt Hours are far more important to understand in the bigger products such as a power station! mAh is not a way to properly adress larger systems, but its pretty easy to understand watts and how they convert Formula is (mAh)*(V)/1000 = (Wh). For example, if you have a 300mAh battery rated at 5V, the power is 300mAh * 5V / 1000 = 1.5Wh.
Can these things power more than 300W in pass through mode? My really critical stuff is on a custom system with 10KW. I ordered one for my server UPS (40-60w) but I would like to add the main PC which most of the time is under 150-200W. However, it will go to about 675W if I fire up a game.
I liked it until you mentioned it wouldn't handle a coffee maker. I'm looking for a powerbank that would run our coffee maker if we lose power. Do have a recommendation for another Anker that would?
Most coffee makers draw ~1500W, and the C1000 has an 1800W output, which should cover your needs. If you want some extra capacity and output, the F2000 or F2600 are also great options.
you can't really ask "will this power a refrigerator" because refrigerators are vastly different in power draw and how often they draw at peak. Older ones are obviously more inefficient in most cases, but you can expect less than an hour at peak draw from most refrigerators from this particular bank. It is simply not designed for that use case. I'd recommend a real generator, or a power station designed for home power like the anker solix.
I have a fourty watt charger and the heat involved at the end of the cord scares me it seems to be the limit for the cord so what do you think 140 watts will do to the cord or plug in, this whole senierio scares me.
Our code is only valid at Shop Solar for the model in this video. Looks like Anker has a $20 coupon on their website for the DC version, which would make the price $159! www.anker.com/products/a17260z1?ref=camping-battery-portable-power-station-a1726-a1722-pps
Hi, I really enjoy your videos they offer a lot of good information and your honesty is quite refreshing. I do however have a question if you please. I am looking into getting some backup power for my house that I can keep charged up for use during a power failure or god forbit soething worse. I have two freezers and a fridge as well as the normal househole electronics, nothing crazy. Which products should I be looking at in terms of vendors for battery back up that I can drag out for use and what foldable solar panels would you recommend? I also have a 5000 watt dual fuel generator if that matters. With so many choices out there a little advice to narrow it down would be a great help. Thank you in advance.
What is the voltage and amperage used by your freezers. To give you an idea I have a 26 cu. ft fridge/freezer that draws 115V and 7.2 amps which equates to 828 watts. When the compressor runs it uses between 120 to 137 watts and when it defrosts around 389 watts. I have an ecoflow Delta max 2000 which I bought about over 3 years ago, the first generation. It has a 2048 hour battery capacity and a 2400W inverter. This unit ran my fridge for 15 hours before needing to be recharged. I decided to build my own power bank using a 48V battery and inverter from EG4 easy to connect and cost about 2400 bucks including shipping to build. Will Prowse has a great video on this as I built mine on a hand truck too. But the 3KW inverter uses a lot of energy when on idle. This unit with the 5000w+ battery ran my fridge for 37 hours. It used 2.4KW running the Fridge and 2.7KW were used by the inverter. The problem I have with this set up is that I do not have enough solar panels required to run the inverter for solar charging . It requires 120V minimum. If you have enough solar panels than I would go with the EG4 route as the inverter has an MPPT solar charger and a charger you can charge from your a/c outlet at 30 amps. Personally I'm quite disappointed in this setup and I'm going to try a 12V 460AH battery from Epoch or Power queen with a 2000W inverter which will be more efficient. The larger the inverter the less efficient it is when idle. But for the MONEY you can't go wrong with the Pecron 1500 or 3600 or the Oupes Mega 3 . Just make sure your solar panels when connected in series meet the minimum voltage requirement without exceeding the maximum. If the maximum voltage is exceeded than you must connect them in parallel. I know you did not ask for my help but I saw no one else responding. I'm no expert as I have been learning from my mistakes. I love EcoFlow products because they stand behind their products and their customer service may be slow in the end they take care of you. I know from experience because I had to send 3 units back and they paid for shipping and replaced my units. Whereas with pecron I had to pay for shipping and don't know about Oupes.
@@shelley131 All great info, thank you for your advice. It is a lot to digest but makes a lot of sense. I watch Will as well, but he is not big on info like what you just gave. I will parous his library of videos to see what tidbits of knowledge I can apply to my situation. I am a beginner as well though I had an 8kw solar system put on my roof to offset a lot of the high costs of power in my state, not mentioning any names.......California. Well, I appreciate the interest in my question and am off to see if I can further educate myself. Thanks.
can this be used as a pc backup if the pc draw is less than 300w long term plugged into a surge protector for things like lighting or other electrical spikes
I'm going to get this C300. I can't live without my Solix 522. But I hate the handle. It just barely doesn't fit in my backpack with a gallon of water, cooking gear, change of clothes. 39L ascend backpack from bass pro shop.. . Will you do a wind turbine video. I can't find any good videos 😞
theres a guy on youtube that compares both of them. This has more capacity, the other one is cheaper better ups functionality. Even the the ecoflow has 2 ac ports you can only really use just one because it blocks the other. The light on this one is a plus. The ecoflow can charge faster. This has more and better DC options
I would rather see sub 1 kWh power stations focused on high efficiency rather than have high power AC inverters.I wouldn't even mind it if they were very efficient DC only. The parasitic drain on AC inverters and inefficient DC inverters is such that in order to get their max efficiency, you need to be drawing high power continuously. If you leave a power station on without powering a device, some of these high power AC inverters will drain your power station battery in 24 hours, and you aren't even powering anything. A 256 watt hour station typically won't even run a 300W device for more than 45 minutes in the real world. Where a 256 watt hour power station thrives, is being a massive bank for cell phones, tablets and other low power devices. Most of these can be recharged or powered via USB-C. Get rid of the AC ports unless you specifically need to power a fan all the time for 3 hours or less. Make the DC inverter highly efficient, at least 95%, so parasitic draw is not an issue. I'd especially love to see this high efficiency DC inverter power bank for portable fridge/freezers that require always being plugged in, but often have extended moments of very low power draw. I would love to see more innovation this way than some puny 256 Wh power station pretending like it's made to power your gaming laptop for 10 hours. If you have high power needs, such as a microwave, induction stove, high draw power tools, you are going to need the high power AC inverters and way more capacity, like a minimum of 2K Wh, and then shutting off the power station when done. This is real world use outside of these YT lab tests. If you want to run a portable AC continuously, you will need much more capacity and a good size solar power solution.
The 300W here isn't even that much though. A few phones and a couple laptops basically tops that out with how quickly modern devices charge these days. Going any lower vastly limits use options.
@@PazLeBon Starlink Mini will run on an Anker 737 for a little over 2 hours. Starlink sells the 5m Mini barrel to USB-C cable for $31. Use the 737, the 5m the cable, and the Mini and that's all you need. Router is built into the Mini and you connect via smart phone. Amazing tech.
@@TheSolarLab i was gonna use the Ecoflow DPU to charge this with its Anderson and USB c at the same time to avoid using ac but thanks for letting me know
despit all the features, it boils down to battery chemistry inside and the CAPACITY of the battery storage. anything that small has low capacity,and should not cost anthing over $120
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The Anker C300X... This thing is honestly pretty awesome. It's hands down our favorite little unit and would be a perfect gift this holiday season, especially considering the price. It's quick to charge, super quiet and quite capable for a ton of smaller scale applications like camping, power on the go and light home back up!
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Same thing.
Worked for me (maybe it was fixed)
I believed in you Robbie Fieri. Now you have %100 shown through you’re multiple channels, who the majority of youtubers really are. I wish I was never sucked into the para social bs but such is life, you’ll get learned.
Standard USB C cables that support USB PD 1.0 are limited to 60W max, however, special cables with E-Marker chips are required for 100w. USB PD 3.1 added 140W - 240W profiles which require their own special cables. It is not just the thickness of the cable as implied in the video. The E-Marker chip is required for the higher wattages and communicates with the charger the capabilities of the cable.
No idea what you just said but thanks
Yup, they're clueless. They seriously don't have an EPR cable around?
The first cables under the new USB4 2.0 standard were just announced (probably after your comment) and will be released in December. There is one capable of 240W at 48V/5A
@@jeremydunn9817 I did see that recently. One cable was 60W and one was 240W. The naming is getting totally out of hand in my opinion. I think something that could help is requiring the max Wattage and the Max Throughput on the cable itself.
@@thelinuxcat The naming is definitely out of hand when cables that are built to the same protocol standards can vary so much in specs.
Anker has always had super solid customer service as well.
Got the DC version. Small inconvenience with the dual direction USBC port: unlike the Anker Prime, the software for this unit doesn’t permit forcing one direction charging on that 140 w port. So what happens, if you are charging the unit from an external battery or charging another battery, once the Anker runs down it reverses and takes back the charge it just sent. This basically means that you cannot “trust the device to charge unattended until they upgrade the firmware.
Anker products are some of the top stuff i have their power strips and power banks and will soon own one of these dudes
I have both versions and they are great. I’m camping with them now.
I always choose the weather for my camping trip. I just use the weather control device MTG is always going on about.
I am looking forward to you guys doing River 3 vs Anker C300X
also vs Bluetti AC2A please!
Thank you! Only video I’ve found to explain the differences between the C300 and the C300X. I kind of thought there was a “Plus” version too, but may be wrong. Still searching out the mystery of Anker products. Ridiculous they don’t have a one page comparison on web-site. Techies!
For one week camping for 3 people what power station do you recommend thank for for infos👍👍
Depends how much you guys want to power! If you can let us know, we can provide you with our recommendation!
1000 watt
@@noway57 72kw then lol
$179 on Prime Day I had to pick one up
Amazing!
hi I got this unit works swell for me, wish Anker could make an expandable battery for this. Powers my mini fridge for 13 hours!
Wanted to know if you could review the Dabbsson DBS1000 Pro.
@@johncontreras9225 You don’t need an specific expandable battery, any usb/solar battery bank will work. The Anker supports pass through charging so just plug into any free of the charging ports any good value bank. Ive been using the DC version (half the weight) throwing it into my rear bike trunk bag and running the usb-c cable to the e-bike battery charging while riding. I can double the KMs doing this, and the Anker not only recharges faster, but I can charge it while spending the night in a hotel even if they won’t let me bring the bike inside. The DC unit is perfect for e-bike camping as well. Next week I hope to have a chance to test a 200w portable solar panel as well.
USBC at 60 watts gets pretty warm. At 100+ I wouldn’t leave it unattended.
Not all cables are created equal
Anker does sell 100 w rated type c cables. Have 2 they work well.
Can you give electricity to a podcast studio and Wi-Fi with the Anker C300x and how long does it last?
I used to use a 250w vacuum cleaner, I used a cheapo unit similar to this (with NMC batteries, so light and small, but at the cost of longevity) which I carried in one hand. If I still had that vacuum I'd love this with the strap, just walk from room to room with it and clean everywhere!
Really wish people would put power station in their titles so when you search it comes up.
Or even just in there hashtags like don’t y’all want more views.
I bought the C300 DC version and the USB-C cable that comes with it let me charge it at about 100W but I think I was limited to the port on the Anker C1000 I was charging it with. I have since purchased 2 of the 240 watt Anker power delivery USB-C cables, but I still don't have a charger that can put out that much (yet) lol.
I may have missed your comment, does it have UPS functionality to use with, say, my router?
He didn’t say but the website says it’s a 10ms UPS.
Alway been a fan of Anker, would love to see them incorporate a built-in Bluetooth speaker. I think this would be a game changer for them .
Wow. I do a little on-site photo shoots and I wonder if this would be perfect to run three smaller lights. I’m intrigued.
Serious question here: why are companies putting the solar input at the front of the unit, where it's in the way, instead of the side where they already put the AC power input, where it's out of the way?
Wait... Robbie... this is where you've been at?!
Right?!
I was like wow this guy looks and sounds so familiar then it kicked in
I got the older 60mah version of this and love it. Definitely buying this now. I want those AC outs. Sucks this is 10lbs, the Anker 60,000 mah version of this is half that. I use it for my bicycle touring trips and it rocks, but has no AC outs, which are useful.
Their speakers are the best bang for buck out there.
I like the size I mean it’s easy to put in a back pack to get a Therma Zone Hot/ Cold pad at work when in need
The real problem is 300 W isn’t much of anything, let alone the storage to run it for any length of time! I wouldn’t use any power station under 1000 W of storage.
I have two of the Anker 767 2k W systems.
for real
It just sounds like the product isn't for you and that's why they make options with more power. I personally only need a unit that can power my laptop for 3 days and the rest of my electronics plus a fan if I need it. This does that exactly and doesn't take up a lot of room.
@@flymonk001 yeah but generally the pricing means more power for less added cost so its more cost efficient along with more options and time. one size certainly doesn't fit all for sure but just get the biggest wh you can afford :)
@@PazLeBonnot if you have to carry it around- then smaller is handy.
@@PeterAlanJohnson its just an expensive way to do it, not a wrong way :)
1-2 hours of sun light? Where do you camp, the north pole?
Generally in an area with some trees.. sometimes you only get a few hours of light through the trees🤷🏼♀️
Is this better than the jackery 300?
What would be enough to charge 2 cell phones, a Midland emergency radio, a small fan & a Baofeng UV-50 & 2 small rechargeable flashlights for 2 weeks of Hurricane Helene? Dead serious.
Add up all the mAH of all devices and find a battery pack of that capacity. I'm lazy and ask Ai to do the math ..
Take the watt hours of the power station, multiply that by 0.7. This number is what you should expect in reality. Now add up the watt hours of each battery you want to charge with the station, see if it fits in that number. If you only have amp hours or miliamp hours, you can multiply that number by the voltage of the battery in question to obtain watt hours
A small Honda lunchbox generator.
Boomer thinks he is at Best Buy lmao
@@bblwarrantydepartment981and he is dead serious 😅😂
charging it via usb c is a win.
this alone just beat the river series and bluetti eb3a
Can the DC charge off of AC directly?
Thank you for this review. Can this be used to charge or recharge the Anker Solix C1000?
Love the video! Some owners (including me) are experiencing an issue where, if you connect to all the USBC port, and connect the unit to the wall, when the unit gets to 100 it shuts off the ports. Are you having this issue?
Dude when this dropped I was so happy ! I’m torn between gettin this and the new Ecoflow river 3 max series 😭😭😭😭
You'll be happy with either, but the C300X has more versatility with extra ports and a few additional features that we really like!
@@TheSolarLabreally ? Even with the extra battery for The river 3 max ? Will you guys be doing a video on it once it drops ?
i have 4 of the river 3 - I use these for UPS LOL only had week but man they nice - kids like seeing the watts change too :)
If your using for UPS, you should look into models that actually pass through the charging capacity, and only connect the battery when going above the input availability. Constantly cycling a battery between 95 and 100 like most models including the river 3 is not good for longevity @@viper04af
@@viper04af can you charge them via usb c?
Cool how about the c1000?? Think you have done them all but that one.
Yeah we have yet to do the C1000. We trust that it's a solid unit though! Similar to the F1500 just a little smaller.
I'm looking to get one for my cpap machine during the night for a couple hours in case the power goes out. Is this good for that or should I look at a different midel?
I also have a CPAP and run it off an older model from a different brand. This Anker would be great for your needs. I'm thinking of upgrading to this myself. It could easily run the CPAP all night. My older one does and has less watt hours than this.
anker sells 140-240 watt usb cables for pretty cheap!
What happens after the 300 cycles?
@3:54 you said that the cable is limiting the wattage.. u are using a wall charger that has a shared 120 W output.. so u are not even getting 120W from that one usbC charger .. its a shared 120W not a big issue. anker does sell a dedicated 140W usb charger.. and they also sell a usb cable that can send 140W to the device.
Compare it to an AllPowers R600 with a 10-ms UPS transfer mode. Pretty easy decision.
We don't need another AllPowers unit in our life haha
R600 is same price with under 10-ms transfer time. Did you get a bad one?
@@TheSolarLab Why?
Can it charge a laptop with 170w charger?
seems like a great product!! is it fast enough for using it connected to a 3D printer? Like if light goes down, 3D printer can continue working without noticing? Thanks!
i just bought mine. cant wait til it arrives
This or the Ecoflow River 2?
What is better or last longer,these or gas generator for 1k?still recovering from hurricane helene
You would have both and use the generator to store energy from the generator. Ffs.
All I understand is milliamp hours. So when I hear Watts and all that it doesn’t mean anything to me. I know that it needs to have certain wattage to run certain things such as a refrigerator and so that’s cool but how many milliamps is it?
Watts and Watt Hours are far more important to understand in the bigger products such as a power station! mAh is not a way to properly adress larger systems, but its pretty easy to understand watts and how they convert
Formula is (mAh)*(V)/1000 = (Wh). For example, if you have a 300mAh battery rated at 5V, the power is 300mAh * 5V / 1000 = 1.5Wh.
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If I have a 400w solar panel will it blow this thing up or does it regulate and just take the power out needs?
You have to confirm the allowable voltage and amps range of the power station and compare it to what your panel is rated for
Can these things power more than 300W in pass through mode? My really critical stuff is on a custom system with 10KW. I ordered one for my server UPS (40-60w) but I would like to add the main PC which most of the time is under 150-200W. However, it will go to about 675W if I fire up a game.
I liked it until you mentioned it wouldn't handle a coffee maker. I'm looking for a powerbank that would run our coffee maker if we lose power. Do have a recommendation for another Anker that would?
C1000 is equivalent to a 15amp plug, C800 is around 10amp (might work)
Most coffee makers draw ~1500W, and the C1000 has an 1800W output, which should cover your needs.
If you want some extra capacity and output, the F2000 or F2600 are also great options.
10 years working at GrimmSpeed, I cant not notice a hat when im scrolling thumbnails🤣
Wireless charging at the top for iphone would be a great table
Club 3D CAC-1578 consistently gets me over 140W!
Miss information and click bait.
Doesn't come with the strap.
MSRP is 249.99 USD.
Link to the website does not work.
Is the ecoflow river/delta 3 on the radar? Please and thank you!
We may or may not be testing those units right now 🤫
@@TheSolarLab- LOL! 🤷🏽♂️ is an answer I guess. 😂
Will this work in India? Or with 220V?
Video idea 💡 trying out different panels from different brands and see which works the best or has the best features
Can I ask what microphone boom arm that is?
How long would this run a trickle charger?
I live in Orlando Florida, we continually are getting Severe Hurricanes will this unit Power a refrigerator and for how long??
you can't really ask "will this power a refrigerator" because refrigerators are vastly different in power draw and how often they draw at peak. Older ones are obviously more inefficient in most cases, but you can expect less than an hour at peak draw from most refrigerators from this particular bank. It is simply not designed for that use case. I'd recommend a real generator, or a power station designed for home power like the anker solix.
@@BeetleBuns Thanks!
50-75c per kwh is pretty standard even for the 'brands'
Lisen has some really affordable 240w cables on Amazon
I have a fourty watt charger and the heat involved at the end of the cord scares me it seems to be the limit for the cord so what do you think 140 watts will do to the cord or plug in, this whole senierio scares me.
are you going to carry the non inverter version of this in your shop?
thanks for the video. i wish they had made it more than 288.
Does your discount code work for the 12v system?
Our code is only valid at Shop Solar for the model in this video. Looks like Anker has a $20 coupon on their website for the DC version, which would make the price $159! www.anker.com/products/a17260z1?ref=camping-battery-portable-power-station-a1726-a1722-pps
Hi, I really enjoy your videos they offer a lot of good information and your honesty is quite refreshing. I do however have a question if you please. I am looking into getting some backup power for my house that I can keep charged up for use during a power failure or god forbit soething worse. I have two freezers and a fridge as well as the normal househole electronics, nothing crazy. Which products should I be looking at in terms of vendors for battery back up that I can drag out for use and what foldable solar panels would you recommend? I also have a 5000 watt dual fuel generator if that matters. With so many choices out there a little advice to narrow it down would be a great help. Thank you in advance.
You may need the 5K generator to power two freezers. Get at least a Bluetti AC180 or equivalent to run a TV and power rechargeable electronics.
What is the voltage and amperage used by your freezers. To give you an idea I have a 26 cu. ft fridge/freezer that draws 115V and 7.2 amps which equates to 828 watts. When the compressor runs it uses between 120 to 137 watts and when it defrosts around 389 watts. I have an ecoflow Delta max 2000 which I bought about over 3 years ago, the first generation. It has a 2048 hour battery capacity and a 2400W inverter. This unit ran my fridge for 15 hours before needing to be recharged. I decided to build my own power bank using a 48V battery and inverter from EG4 easy to connect and cost about 2400 bucks including shipping to build. Will Prowse has a great video on this as I built mine on a hand truck too. But the 3KW inverter uses a lot of energy when on idle. This unit with the 5000w+ battery ran my fridge for 37 hours. It used 2.4KW running the Fridge and 2.7KW were used by the inverter. The problem I have with this set up is that I do not have enough solar panels required to run the inverter for solar charging . It requires 120V minimum. If you have enough solar panels than I would go with the EG4 route as the inverter has an MPPT solar charger and a charger you can charge from your a/c outlet at 30 amps. Personally I'm quite disappointed in this setup and I'm going to try a 12V 460AH battery from Epoch or Power queen with a 2000W inverter which will be more efficient. The larger the inverter the less efficient it is when idle. But for the MONEY you can't go wrong with the Pecron 1500 or 3600 or the Oupes Mega 3 . Just make sure your solar panels when connected in series meet the minimum voltage requirement without exceeding the maximum. If the maximum voltage is exceeded than you must connect them in parallel. I know you did not ask for my help but I saw no one else responding. I'm no expert as I have been learning from my mistakes. I love EcoFlow products because they stand behind their products and their customer service may be slow in the end they take care of you. I know from experience because I had to send 3 units back and they paid for shipping and replaced my units. Whereas with pecron I had to pay for shipping and don't know about Oupes.
@@shelley131Stay clear of Pecron! I don't know about OUPES but I have a lovely Pecron anchor because of their warranty and their service.
@@shelley131 All great info, thank you for your advice. It is a lot to digest but makes a lot of sense. I watch Will as well, but he is not big on info like what you just gave. I will parous his library of videos to see what tidbits of knowledge I can apply to my situation. I am a beginner as well though I had an 8kw solar system put on my roof to offset a lot of the high costs of power in my state, not mentioning any names.......California. Well, I appreciate the interest in my question and am off to see if I can further educate myself. Thanks.
how long would something like this be able to run a standard CPAP machine?
Maths...
Will this power a gen 3 Starlink
can this be used as a pc backup if the pc draw is less than 300w long term plugged into a surge protector for things like lighting or other electrical spikes
I'm going to get this C300. I can't live without my Solix 522. But I hate the handle. It just barely doesn't fit in my backpack with a gallon of water, cooking gear, change of clothes. 39L ascend backpack from bass pro shop..
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Will you do a wind turbine video. I can't find any good videos 😞
lol we don't care 🐒 😂
how would this do as a UPS? ie will it switch quietly?
Link for this (page not found )
add a "/" after c300x
Sorry guys! We fixed this: shopsolarkits.com/products/anker-solix-c300x?ref=TheSolarLab&variant=43420172419212
@@TheSolarLabStill not fixed.
FYI $189 on Anker site at moment. Of course no routing fee for you
different model, Anker site is C300, this is 300X. Also this has strap
220v ok?
But no wireless phone charging pad?
This is the same as the C300 AC not sure why its listed as C300X 🤔
X comes with the strap
wish it has a bigger wattage inverter
Ev on LV 1 pass-through?
How does this compare with the ecoflow river 3 ?
theres a guy on youtube that compares both of them. This has more capacity, the other one is cheaper better ups functionality. Even the the ecoflow has 2 ac ports you can only really use just one because it blocks the other. The light on this one is a plus. The ecoflow can charge faster. This has more and better DC options
I would rather see sub 1 kWh power stations focused on high efficiency rather than have high power AC inverters.I wouldn't even mind it if they were very efficient DC only.
The parasitic drain on AC inverters and inefficient DC inverters is such that in order to get their max efficiency, you need to be drawing high power continuously. If you leave a power station on without powering a device, some of these high power AC inverters will drain your power station battery in 24 hours, and you aren't even powering anything.
A 256 watt hour station typically won't even run a 300W device for more than 45 minutes in the real world. Where a 256 watt hour power station thrives, is being a massive bank for cell phones, tablets and other low power devices. Most of these can be recharged or powered via USB-C.
Get rid of the AC ports unless you specifically need to power a fan all the time for 3 hours or less. Make the DC inverter highly efficient, at least 95%, so parasitic draw is not an issue.
I'd especially love to see this high efficiency DC inverter power bank for portable fridge/freezers that require always being plugged in, but often have extended moments of very low power draw. I would love to see more innovation this way than some puny 256 Wh power station pretending like it's made to power your gaming laptop for 10 hours.
If you have high power needs, such as a microwave, induction stove, high draw power tools, you are going to need the high power AC inverters and way more capacity, like a minimum of 2K Wh, and then shutting off the power station when done. This is real world use outside of these YT lab tests. If you want to run a portable AC continuously, you will need much more capacity and a good size solar power solution.
The 300W here isn't even that much though. A few phones and a couple laptops basically tops that out with how quickly modern devices charge these days. Going any lower vastly limits use options.
can this run Jasmine?
only we did the ol Tesla swap 😂
3:12 It can charge itself up in an hour. Strange choice of words or laws of physics breaking technology.
river 3 or the anker c300x? I got the river 3 for $169.
it has less battery capacity, less dc ports. You really cant use both ac ports at the same time unless you have really thin plugs
I went on amazon and their account doesnt have the C300x only the C300 , without the x
same thing
Can it run the “backpack” version of the StarLink ?
I’m looking for a portable power bank that can run it for at least 30 min or more. Thanks!
yep
@@PazLeBon Starlink Mini will run on an Anker 737 for a little over 2 hours. Starlink sells the 5m Mini barrel to USB-C cable for $31. Use the 737, the 5m the cable, and the Mini and that's all you need. Router is built into the Mini and you connect via smart phone. Amazing tech.
@@gregbrown1770 sure, cool ;)
Can you charge with solar and usb at the same time?
No there’s a weird door that block off one or the other. Should have showed that better in the video
@@TheSolarLab i was gonna use the Ecoflow DPU to charge this with its Anderson and USB c at the same time to avoid using ac but thanks for letting me know
Link isn't working. Pls fix. Also, can you link to the DC only version?
Fixed! Thank you for letting us know. Shop Solar doesn't sell the DC version, but you can get it on Anker's website: shrsl.com/4pa4a
@@TheSolarLabStill not fixed.
People in Florida couldve definitely used this.
Link doesn’t work….
These in the UK are £200 plus, we get ripped off in the UK.
can it rub a 65 inch tv and a ps5
Are you Robbie Ferreira?
despit all the features, it boils down to battery chemistry inside and the CAPACITY of the battery storage.
anything that small has low capacity,and should not cost anthing over $120
Heeey!!! I hit the thumbs up @420 😂 not a bad deal but for $100 more you can get 1200w 614wh
Where?
@curtisjames67 pecron E600lfp it was $300, $284 with a code, but now it's $329
As soon as he said cpap machine I subscribed lol
Please review the new jackery 2000 v2
5:40 the older format is WAY better
How safe are these batteries in a HOT camper or being outside in the hot sun
make sure its lithium ion phosphate not just lithium ion