I Wanted to Love This Solar Power Station... But Here’s What Happened

[@everydaysolar]

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[@Kamodomon]

I wonder if the panels that fold out are actually connected to anything with those hinges. Would love to see a teardown.

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks for the idea, I think a teardown would be cool. I am interested if we actually were collecting that much solar and a parasitic load was basically canceling out energy being added to the batttery.

[@MrAgility888]

Your videos are so helpful. I have an Anker c1000 and we’re having a scheduled outage tomorrow for power line upgrades. I know I’ll be able to have my fridge plugged into the power station and not have to worry.

[@everydaysolar]

Nice, I think that size of power station is a great mix of pricing and functionality 👍

[@MrAgility888]

@@everydaysolar I agree. The weight on it is also the right spot for being easy to carry.

[@aussie2uGA]

Thanks for actually buying this! So many channels make their living off getting stuff for free and telling you how great the product is.

[@everydaysolar]

You bet!

[@rickrasmussen5637]

Thank you so much. I'm just starting to look into solar power and this information is awesome. I always worry about buying junk and learning from mistakes. You Rock. God Bless.

[@everydaysolar]

Thanks for the kind words 👍

[@shelley131]

Always love your videos. I love my Delta 2's, simply put they are beasts. I believe during Black Fridays they were $399 almost bought 2 more but instead oped for the Delta 2 Max when it dropped to $899. Too bad the little unit did not work Would have been a great system to use with my 12V fridge while fishing. It would charge all day long and run the fridge. Thanks for posting this video.

[@everydaysolar]

You bet! Thanks for the support and feedback.

[@neagoecatalin879]

Thank you for the knowledge!

[@everydaysolar]

My pleasure!

[@Right_Hand_Watch]

The Renogy 300W suitcase which is discontinued do works as a UPC.

[@hansdenotter7376]

This is a honest, well explained reaction!

[@everydaysolar]

Thx 👍

[@theboo222]

Since you already own Browey, i'd probably just buy a SunJack 40W portable solar panels and use those as an input for it. I have several versions of the SunJacks and they all perform pretty good.

[@JB-eg1tb]

This was helpful! Thank you,

[@everydaysolar]

You bet!

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the review. Almost every battery manual has a warning about leaving them in direct sun. Cant see where this is a good idea.

[@everydaysolar]

Yeah, kind of a major flaw with the overall concept. Since it was 50F that day it was a pretty easy test the unit should have passed. Image if I did the test on a 100F day 😬

[@shawnr771]

@everydaysolar I had a handheld solar battery bank. On a very cool day it was on the front seat of my truck. The windows were open. Within an hour the battery had swelled and was hot. After that no more batteries in the sun.

[@junkerzn7312]

Oh yah, this company. They had the smaller version of this thing on Amazon for ages but the specs were really lackluster for the high price. Too bad that this newer unit isn't cutting it either. One thing that I would do is take the thing apart, find the solar panel wiring, and if there is no convenient connector to disconnect, clip clip clip... try connecting the unit's solar panels to a different power station or charge controller to see what they are actually able to produce. -Matt

[@BruceKimble-1970]

I have to wonder if instead of an MPPT solar charge controller built in it's using a PWM charge controller which will yield the lower charging numbers.

[@everydaysolar]

Good question. Not sure what was going on. Seems like there was some large parasitic draw on the batteries that consumed most of the solar coming in. Not ideal for sure.

[@DanielRichards644]

Even under IDEAL conditions, that panel would NEVER cut it, you would need 10 hours of PERFECT SUNLIGHT to recharge the unit, so it's already a non-starter just from the math, let alone the real world results.

[@AskIveSolar]

I wonder if the screen is just poorly calibrated. They wanted to send me one. I might take them up on it just to see.

[@everydaysolar]

I would be interested to see if you get similar results. The Amazon reviews make me think some people are having good luck with the units.

[@viyusavery248]

Hey scott, there are fire stove fans , that have no batteries and turn on based on heat alone... What if you tried using some of those for an updated experiment for "cooling" solar panels?

[@ApertureWarrior]

Interesting idea, i always thaught they needed to be ridiculously hot to work though?

[@viyusavery248]

@ApertureWarrior yeah maybe it won't work

[@mikebonney1462]

Did you move out of Illinois?

[@everydaysolar]

Yeah, we are down in Georgia now. Trying to get away from those cold winters 🥶

[@f.demascio1857]

@@everydaysolar How is that working out? Here in VA, we haven't been above freezing for over a week. Not much snow, so I'"ll shut up now.

[@Zaku186]

@@f.demascio1857 im near covington ga and all this cold is gettin old

[@SolarizeYourLife]

A built-in solar panel on the unit won't be bad IF you have insulation on the back side of it...

[@chaon93]

Man, why do companies keep trying to add solar panels directly on things. We already knew from usb battery banks with inbuilt panels that their solar panels are near useless, this just takes the same problems and amplifies them. Putting the thing that generates power from being in the sun directly on the thing you don't want to get hot because of the sun is a bad idea. Meanwhile this power station costs more than a reputable ~300w power station of similar size plus a larger foldable. I don't think comparing this to an ecoflow delta 2 + rigid panels like you did is fair (more expensive and higher weight class), but it IS fair to compare it to say a ecoflow river + 60w or even 100w foldable panel, which of course will beat this by a large margin while being cheaper.

[@everydaysolar]

Fair on the comparison. I just usually recommend homeowners to step up to the 1kWh range for a little more capability for appliance backup power. Thanks for the feedback.

[@SteffenBoserup]

@@everydaysolar While You talk to Your customer about a backup system, then sell them Your solution + a generator and a high power charger, so they can top up their batteries, if they forget to turn off high load appliances - they can allways get a little gasoline during a power outage, and they only need to listen to the noise an hour or two, to keep their system until the sun returns 🙂. This is the system I use on My cabin, and trust me! There's not a lot of sunlight these days. Have a nice day

[@movingkindaslow]

5:29 So you’re saying if you were sent the unit for free and were paid to endorse it, you wouldn’t be honest and say it sucks?

[@jahquanfoster6974]

yep thats exactly what he meant. if the review is honest it doesn't matter if they sent it to you or not.

[@everydaysolar]

I have never been in this type of situation but it would be tricky. If a creator is partnering with a company and then product completely fails like this that would create a bit of an interesting situation. What would you do?

[@movingkindaslow]

@@everydaysolar I would put out the same video, saying the product is not good, and potentially lose the partnership. Integrity comes before profit in my book.

[@jahquanfoster6974]

@@everydaysolar Is the point of a review to provide honest feedback that benefits both us and the company? The company can make improvements and we know which units or models to stay away from. If not you would just be a con man pushing products

[@EverydayHomeRepairs]

@@movingkindaslow sounds like a good policy.

[@MrTrevorkemp]

I was thinking that if this thing actually worked, it's basically just a portable cell phone charger if you're out with a group of people doing like a camping trip. Considering that the high-end phones you get nowaday can all charge at at least 25 w and some even up to 60 w. So depending on the phone you have, it might actually be able to charge at a higher wattage than the solar panels can actually provide and bring in but yes, that one is definitely a gimmick, especially at that price point cuz a power station that small. You can typically heath a power station of that rating and a 100 w solar panel for about the same. Maybe even a little bit cheaper than that little briefcase unit that only comes with 30 w of built-in solar also something else they might have done is they might have gotten solar panels that do not have a good low light rating which is also a bad idea on a unit like that. I would almost sacrifice having 30 Worth of solar for amorphous panels instead because at least the amorphous panels are going to give you good low light performance and basically they outperform just about any of the non -amorphous panels per square foot in the low light or per square meter and a low light situation.

[@johnmal5975]

I picked up my pecron E600 for 300 bucks. It has 1200 w pure sin wave inverter, 614 wh lifepo4, and can take in 400 watts of solar and its a 100 bucks less then this. This thing is a overpriced gimmick. Thanks for your honesty.

[@GregNTech]

My guess is 25w

[@everydaysolar]

That is what the display was telling me but didn’t translate to energy added to the battery or at least the net energy added.

[@gregpochet4812]

15watts

[@Arwing-t3r]

I really don't like that this thing charges at only around 25watts. That couldn't keep ahead of anything except for cellphones or low power laptops like surface. It would absolutely suck for handheld gaming devices. Those require bare minimum 100 watt input and I'd say it's better to shoot for upwards of 150-160 watt input to get a better charge when conditions aren't perfect. But then again I'm just a dabbler at solar power with my Anker 300 DC, a 100 watt Renogy panel and a more portable 60 Watt solar panel set. Seems to me that this kind of a setup would keep much anything I care about charged all day long, including the power bank unless the day is really overcast. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@richardschaffling9882]

It’s a shame it’s a good idea

[@Moes_Prep_and_Tech]

I guess this would classify as a SOLAR GENERATOR, lol

[@jasonbroom7147]

Gimmick...no, wait...GIMMICK! C'mon, man. A decent power station, set in the shade, with a reasonable portable panel connected to it. Far better solution.

[@f.demascio1857]

Anyone with a brain knows anything that looks like it came from Temu is garbage.