EcoFlow RIVER Pro - Will it change the way we CARAVAN? Portable Power station.

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Hey Guys,
This week we run you through the specs on the EcoFlow RIVER Pro and put it to the test with a few of our newest appliances. Hopefully this gives you anoher option to consider to power your gear as you travel.
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[@WhileWereYoung.]

Hey guys the EcoFlow River Pro doesn't come standard with a solar panel. It comes with a solar cable to connect one to 👌 cheers!

[@davidmanning8329]

How do you charge it? Is it just when you have power available?

[@WhileWereYoung.]

@@davidmanning8329 we charge the EcoFlow either off our caravan solar or we have a little solar blanket in our truck that also charges it. When ur in the car u can just plug it into the cig lighter socket too. But a solar panel charges it up pretty fast 👌

[@davidmanning8329]

Being able to charge off solar or just a cig lighter plug (when was the last time you saw someone light a cigarette off one???) is very useful. Was worried about the lack of dcdc charger, but these, while slower, will do the job fine.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

@@davidmanning8329 hahaa yeah I'd love to see someone light a cig off one just for the nostalgia 😂 Yeah it's accualy pretty easy to charge up which is good weve got a little cheap inverter in our caravan so we plug it into that through the day while we are getting solar in from the roof and that charges it up super quick 👌

[@shelley131]

Howdy from Texas. I too have the river pro with the extension battery. Your river pro will put out the 600 watts because what it does is use the boost mode which might be on in your battery. I must warn you that the appliances you run may eventually get ruined because the boost app on the river pro lowers the voltage. That is why some of your appliances might take longer to heat up your coffee or make your toast or fry your eggs. and bacon. So be careful. I'm an ecoflow fanatic and I just bought the delta 2 that has 1042 watts of capacity and a massive 1800 watt inverter . During prime time this delta 2 would run your appliance without any danger of ruining them. If you wait to buy during prime time I bought my delta 2 for only $679 U.S. Cheers mate.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Cheers Shelley, we have the Delta Max now and love it!

[@jeep2701]

Hi guys, love the channel and watching your adventures. My wife are starting to plan our retirement journey and I have absolutely no right to say what I am about to say but it comes from someone who means well. Please be careful with endorsements, its great your being recognised and rewarded but caution is needed. I have watched other channels start like yours, genuine people on a journey who have just become “influencers” and brand marketers without the appropriate knowledge to influence. I am in no way saying you dont have experience but it is tricky. Anyway good luck with your journey and we love watching the channel and hope the power station works for you…..PS you mentioned it comes with a solar panel it does but is an additional $499. Cheers Mark

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Hey mate cheers for watching 👌 Completely understand your opinion, but we accualy get approached by a fair few different companies (this happens as soon as u start putting ur face on the internet) and 9 times out of 10 we arnt interested as there often products we wouldnt go out and buy ourselves. Where as EcoFlows products were definitely somthing we were keen to try out and also to show to our audience as we hadn't really seen anything like this used in caravans and if we had of before we left for our trip we potentially would have bought one from the start. We also reserved our rights to say whatever we feel about the river pro and will be doing a video later down the track to see if our opinion of it is the same. So far we absolutely love it. 👌 But yeah I understand what your talking about as iv seen it too and don't plan on talking up a product that I don't believe is good. Yeah I'll pin a comment about the solar panel when I said it comes with a solar charger I ment a solar charger cable 🫣 Cheers!

[@jeep2701]

@@WhileWereYoung. thanks for the reply cheers

[@davidmanning8329]

Very cool! We've been very tempted by an induction cooker for those windy days. The really simple way of testing compatibility for induction compatible saucepans is using a magnet - if a fridge magnet sticks to the bottom of the pan, it's all good.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Mate they are really good! Oh true that's good to know! Not all of our oans work with it, but we've had it in the beach a few times now and it's worked soo well 👌👌

[@burgipilgrim6107]

What an improvement for your time in the van. Such a small box for such a lot of electricity that can be charged again and again with your own solar panels. I'm looking forward to the next instalment of your trial.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Thanks Burgi! We are super happy with it so far. Loving the coffees 😂

[@tashuntka]

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[@tashuntka]

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[@WhileWereYoung.]

Thanks so much Mark! Absolute legend 🙏 we really appreciate you going out of your way to get our Gopro back to us! Thanks mate!

[@ataglance556]

Hey Rhys, Sarah nd Ly 🙂!!!, glad to see you frothing about the Eco-Flow River Pro Rhys lol hope it make everything much easier, loved the video as usual and as always stay safe, stay awesome out there 🙂

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Cheers mate! Hahaa we've definitely realised easier is better with Lyla! 😅 She's flat out at the moment hahaa keeping us very busy. Thanks for watching and have a great day 👌

[@ataglance556]

@@WhileWereYoung. Thanks Rhys and Sarah lol, the lil munchkin all tuckered out lol 🙂

[@garymorris6819]

I think that River Pro is perfect for any RV because it is small, portable and powerful.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

We just store ours on our bench and it fits perfect 👌 super handy little unit!

[@kesrogers4559]

Rhys and Sarah, great video. I was tossing what to do. My caravan is 0lder one and I didn't want to put solar panels on yet. Just want to see if I like caravaning first be for I put solar on. Thankyou

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Thanks Kes! Yeah it's hard to know, it's always a big investment powering a caravan. So far we still are just using the EcoFlow and it's doing everything we need! 😊

[@coachjohn2190]

Bluetti offers better Power Stations, with more wattage and output for the same or cheaper price. Might be a few other brands out there also. Shop around a bit

[@cruisin_our_country]

A game changer for travellers in your situation for sure. One thing to check though, when plugged into you 240v van socket make sure your battery charger is turned off as this will make the Ecoflow power last longer

[@WhileWereYoung.]

We are stoked with it soo far! Will see how it goes over the next few months 👌 Yeah I was onto that pretty quick! Iv accualy been charging the EcoFlow through the day off our little inverter we have for our agm battery while our solar on the roof is charging it. It's working a treat! Cheers mate 🍻

[@cruisin_our_country]

@@WhileWereYoung. your all over it mate👌 We really enjoy your channel guys. We found it by accident a few weeks ago and spent a day binge watching all your episodes😂 Look forward to your future episodes. Cheers for keepin it real

[@WhileWereYoung.]

@@cruisin_our_country haha thanks mate! We really appreciate it 👌 it's all still pretty new to us but we are loving posting vids 😊 Glad you guys are enjoying them! Cheers

[@markjob6354]

@11:00 I also own an EcoFlow River 600. I have the (MAX) version. Clearly you are using the unit in its X-Boost Mode. I have turned off X-Boost, and I only use it with devices that don't pull more than 600 Watts. X-Boost is a dangerous feature to use, as it can slowly destroy electrical devices which contain IC's (Integrated Circuit Chips). It's OK for hair dryers and heat guns, but the problem with X-Boost is how it works - It lowers the AC voltage and ups the current output (Read Amps) to compensate for the nominal voltage drop in order to run your device which is demanding far more Watts of electrical energy than the unit's AC Inverter is rated to output. This solution can kill sensitive electronics, such as table top computers, some food processors, and some coffee makers. Coffee makers are a little more durable, and many of them seem less affected by X-Boost, but be aware most coffee makers do contain IC's in them, which can be blown out by sudden increases in amperage and drops in nominal AC voltage, which X-Boost uses to function.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Ahh true we didn't know that! We actually just recently upgraded to the delta Max 2000 which has been working alot better for our needs! It is quite a big unit though. Cheers mate

[@runaway9492]

What I really appreciate in the River Pro is that I can get an extra battery and expand the capacity to 1440Wh in a matter or minutes.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Yeah they are a super versatile little unit, thats for sure!

[@steverogers427]

That River Pro is the right power station for me because I can fully charge it in less than 2 hours.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Yeah it charges up pretty fast which is great! We've been using it everyday and just using solar to charge it 👌

[@ronrogers9610]

Interesting video guys can you charge it from the solar at the same time as using it that would make the battery last longer all the best Ron

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Cheers Ron Yeah we've been plugging it into our caravan solar while we use it. Hasn't gone flat yet which has been really good. Eventually we will probly sort our caravan system out but for now we don't really need too which is good. A few weeks of rain could he an issue tho! Probly back to stove top coffees in that situation lol Thanks mate

[@shawnjoy6706]

The best part about the River Pro is that it has 720Wh of capacity at the ready.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Yeah we are super happy with it so far! 👌

[@davidmanning8329]

My van had the option to put in a big enerdrive lithium battery. It powers the van fine, but aircon doesn't run off it - only works when you're on mains - just too much power draw. The aircon isn't that big either.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Yeah a big lithium setup would be super nice! we dont have much to run off one tho so we could never really justify it. If we ever did put one in we would probably swap out our fridge for a 12v one ect, we would love to be able to run the aircon offgrid! we struggle a bit with Lyla's day naps when its hot because the van heats up through the day and its really hard to cool it down if theres no breeze

[@davidmanning8329]

Aircon would be nice, but a 12v fan liken the sirocco ones at least keeps the air moving, and needs way less power to run!

[@WhileWereYoung.]

@@davidmanning8329 yeah for sure and at the end of the day a few fans is all that's really needed 👌

[@robertjunko5234]

I do find the River Pro quite powerful for its size since it has 720Wh of capacity.

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Yeah we are defenitely impressed with what it can do so far! 👌

[@coachjohn2190]

Bluetti offers better Power Stations, with more wattage and output for the same or cheaper price. Might be a few other brands out there also. Shop around a bit

[@stephendimech2802]

Nothing beats a generator I reckon

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Yeah they are good, they are just banned in alot of places around Aus which is a pain!

[@muanjai2012]

Screen 600 watt limit

[@tonywilson8383]

One big covert advertisement . Probably that’s about the end of my subscription with you guys. Not cool…

[@WhileWereYoung.]

Fair enough mate 👍 the od sponsored video is one small way we can try and sustain doing KZbin. No dramas if thats an issue.. It's also not really covert, it clearly states its a "paid promotion" at the top of the video. 👍