BLUETTI AC180 HONEST REVIEW & TESTING TO THE LIMITS

[@cdonuts7335]

People are slowly realising how powerful and convenient power stations are, especially caravan people that are slow to the party! Better late than never. But they still don't understand the solar aspect of off grid living and under panel them as they do with charging their lithium batteries. Basically trickle charging! Also you don't plug a panel into any power station through another mppt controller. As you said it has its own controller. You can get a Bluetti units big enough that can backup power a house so running a van including the air con, microwave and other stuff the same time no problem you can also get a 530 watt alternator charger as well.

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

True true! We’ve been late to the party that’s for sure but converted no doubt! 🤙🏽 We’ve got the alternator charger on back order so will have to test & review that when it comes in! 🙌🏾 Thanks for checking us out legend!👊🏽

[@glmaguire]

Thanks for the review and discount code. Ordered one because of you guys

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

That’s so awesome! We were pretty impressed with it and use it daily because I, Jez stay up late editing! 😂 Plus if you don’t have a dual battery setup in your car, it’s easy to run your fridge/freezer etc without installing anything! 🙌🏾

[@hillieg]

A word of advice is to not use power lifting mode to power sensitive electrical equipment such as aircons. Power lifting mode works by dropping the volts which can damage electrical equipment. It’s fine for drills and toasters.

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

Good to know! 🤙🏽We used the power lifting mode on the air fryer as it tripped out in normal mode which I think draws more than our aircon. I just tried the aircon without it in power lifting mode and it worked fine though our particular model has a soft start which doesn’t draw as much! 🙌🏾

[@zoezoe610]

Power packs are the future for rear in car or canopy power. Simple and efficient.

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

True, it is easy, simple and so handy! We have ours in the car too for a bit of extra plus the car charges it while we drive!🙌🏽

[@davidharnett5640]

Bought a different brand which does not boil kettle. Does this one? Cheers

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

Boiling the kettle will depend on the limits of your battery power station and of course your kettle! We have a cheap black Kmart kettle which is rated 1850w - 2200w and we can boil it on the Bluetti when we use power lifting mode which is 2400w. Every power station will have their limits of course, you just have to know yours. What do you have if you don’t mind me asking?

[@davidharnett5640]

I purchased a Jackery, haven’t really put it through its full paces as yet. It did run toaster easily but kettle stumped it, not sure if it has power lifting mode. Thanks Dave

[@peterreeve3030]

Great review thank you for your honest opinion. Happy and safe travels 😀😀😀

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

Thanks legend! We are super impressed with it and was surprised it ran the caravan aircon! Obviously it has it's limits which we did push! 😬😂

[@kimwilliams2557]

Hey guys did you just make the solar blanket cable yourself as I have a solar blanket with a Anderson plug which I wanted to use to charge cheers

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@kimwilliams2557 hey legend, yeah we made our own Anderson to solar plug cable as we already had the spare parts but you can always pick up one on Amazon for cheap!🤙🏽 amzn.to/3AQXwix

[@iancamden-smith5984]

Hey guys, enjoying your videos. Just wanted to check with the bluetti you have, on your video you said it’s equivalent to 96Ah, but on the website it says 36Ah. Not sure if I am getting it right. Are you able to clear it up for me. Thanks so much 😊

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

Hey legend, that is a really good question as it can be quite confusing when looking at the specs! Bluetti have the AC180 battery capacity at 1152Wh (watt hours) which is indeed 36Ah but at 32V which is the equivalent to 96Ah if you convert it to 12V equivalent. Most people understand 12V sizing/capacity. The thing with 12V is that you need thicker cabling which adds more weight. It’s like your household appliances don’t use thick cable to run them even if they draw a lot, like the Air fryer we tested! 😂 I hope that kinda explains it. Another company Safiery do 48V battery systems for caravans, 4WDs, boats, buses etc which are amazing and don’t need thick cabling like the 12V systems which saves heaps of weight!🙌🏾 I was doubtful prior to testing the AC180 with running our caravan and air conditioner but it smashed it! We’re off grid at the moment and ended up plugging the Bluetti into the caravan to charge it up as we didn’t get as much solar ☀️ as we hoped today. 🙌🏾

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@iancamden-smith5984 also, thanks for tuning in, we really appreciate it!👊🏽

[@iancamden-smith5984]

@@GrabLifeByTheGourlays thanks for that information. It’s really helpful.

[@iancamden-smith5984]

@@GrabLifeByTheGourlays we are really enjoying your episodes. Felt so bad for you when you had so much trouble but you handled it like a champ. Good on you. 😊

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@iancamden-smith5984 thanks mate for the support, you rock!👊🏽

[@glmaguire]

Brilliant review

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@glmaguire thanks legend!👊🏽

[@gettingaroundaus]

Great video guys 👌🍻

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@gettingaroundaus thanks Diesel, really appreciate it mate! 👊🏽

[@stevelunday-x2v]

worst company ever cannot return

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@stevelunday-x2v that’s no good, what happened?

[@stevelunday-x2v]

brutal bbb

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

@@stevelunday-x2v it was brutal what I put it through! 🤙🏽