Harbor Freights New Predator 350 Power Station- Disappointed & Surprised!

[@ernest9606]

I ran mine and watched tv and charged 3 cordless tools batteries. And still had 79% power left. Definitely a must for shtf

[@bford1908]

For those who were wondering, the Predator 350 does have a built in MPPT solar controller! That information is on the Harbor Freight website in the product overview section!!!

[@bayoubees9447]

I have one of these. Paid $160 for it with a coupon. It does what I need it to do, and it does it well. It runs my TV and soundbar in my RV, charges our phones and tablets. It supplements my RV solar system and I know it's limits. It also can go on our tent camping trips and provide power for our needs. It works well with my Ham Radio excursions. I have larger power stations and use them when needed. When this is all I need, I use it.

[@talleysartstudio]

Yep, same here. I bought an expensive ecoflow river and it blew after 1 year and 1 week. Ecoflow has a one-year warranty and wouldn't honor their product even tho it wasn't my fault. The 5-year warranty is worth its weight in gold with this Predator unit. Its ALOT more durable too. The larger units will be out in January and I may buy one of those for larger wattage gadgets. I'm very happy with my unit.

[@millenium2003]

Where did you get the coupon. I am waiting for their 2000w to come out

[@bayoubees9447]

@@millenium2003 Inside Track Members regularly receive these coupons via email.

[@jacobdalton790]

@@millenium2003 the best way to keep her eye on the coupons is even look on their website or use their app. I prefer using their app. It’s super easy. Sometimes the coupons are for only itc members, but there are a bunch of coupons that are for everyone

[@AzraelsTear]

I bought one of these today. I have the Bluetti 268Wh that I bought to have on hand for emergency power outages or when I am out working and need to be able to charge the batteries on my power tools. The only thing I dont really like about the Bluetti is how it feels like I could break it if I sneezed on it. I wanted something to take camping with me and the Predator feels much tougher and well built. I think its going to work out for my limited use case. 🍻

[@craigv5704]

I appreciate all the information! I would like to add a little of my own experience if I may? I recently purchased this unit specifically as a backup power source for my CPAP. I use a ResMed Airsense 11. I do not use the humidity function, just air. I was able to get two 8 hour nights of sleep on a single charge using the 120v plug. At the end of the 2nd night, the unit was down to about 20% charge left and would not have made it a 3rd night, but this was adequate for my needs. You made a couple of references that this will not run a CPAP, i just wanted to share that i believe it will, at least under some circumstances! Thanks again for the review.

[@johnnysweekends]

Interesting m. So you have a predator 350 power station ? What is the watt draw on your cpap? Is it relatively new? I know the newer ones seem to be getting more efficient.

[@craigv5704]

@@johnnysweekends Yes, I just purchased the Predator 350 Power Station, just like the one you reviewed in this video. My AirSense 11 is a couple of years old. It is a little hard to tell the watt draw because it rapidly fluctuates with each breath in and out. It drops to roughly 7 watts breathing in and maybe as much as 25 watts on each breath out (or vice versa). This made the estimated run time a little hard for it to calculate. At the end of night one or 8 hours, it had 64% battery remaining and then at the end of night two, it had roughly 22% remaining. For me, this was exactly what I purchased it for. In the event of power failure at home, or if traveling by car, I can bring it along just in case as well to run a CPAP or anything else it is capable of. I am looking forward to Harbor Freight releasing the new matched solar panel to go with it. I am new to the power station world, but I have had Predator gas generators in the past and they are still running!

[@minaatta1592]

Agree, the the way CPAP works it pulses the power on and off in consistent base, so the power draw is not constant and that is why I also disagree with the video simulations for the CPAP expected runtime.

[@kylewest100]

I just bought one of these. I’m thinking I can plug a battery directly up to this. I have a huge 12v lifepo4 battery that I bought and stuck in a trolling motor box for camping, it has a 12v socket and usb on it. I use a dc to dc charger for my cpap on it. It’ll run my cpap for probably 5-7 days. My guess is I can take the supplied solar 12v socket from the predator and plug it into by big 12v trolling motor battery and get crazy run time with this.

[@ernest9606]

I put mine to the test. I watched 4 movies and charged 3 cordless batteries at the same time. Yeah definitely a must for power outages

[@fuzz1500]

This must be why HF is phasing out there special Jackery options... Replacing them with there own Predator options. . Look forward to seeing the improvements they make ! Big fan of the Predator gas generators..so fingers crossed !

[@MrZorbatron]

@@fuzz1500 harbor freight frequently sells branded products when they are testing a market. They don't know if they should put the time and effort into developing their own product, so they sell someone else's product. If it sells well enough to warrant developing their own in-house product, they do that and then stop selling the other one. If it doesn't, but there is enough demand to justify selling the product that currently are, they just do that.

[@petes9878]

Right down to the points review. Learned quite a bit. Thanks. I picked up one of these units, although my initial intention was to get a Jackery. However, trying to get one of them seemed impossible, especially if you're on a trip without current ship to address. Outfits like Lowe and Best Buy 'can get them for you, by a certain date'. (By then my trip would be over). Harbor Freight had the Predator 350 in stock, got my business and made my extended weekend more fun.

[@72vespa]

It may not be the best power to $$, but it does have two features I don't see on other unit, one that you mentioned, the ease of warranty and the other is that the AC charger in built-in, so no power brick to keep track of. The can use a standard IEC pow cord available everywhere .....

[@jamesfalvey77]

Serviceability is why I built my own power station. You're right, being able to replace parts goes a long way. If your fancy power station loses a button.......... Oh well.......

[@Jasonoid]

Good to see them allowing more than 160 watts from the 12v socket.... I wish Bluetti Anker and Ecoflow would do the same! Been asking them for years to allow enough wattage to power a diesel heater (150 watts). This is a good model for a first gen, them testing the waters 👍 next gen will get better!

[@johnnysweekends]

Yup a few changes and they could really get in the game. Especially with the parts listings and parts diagram. That’s cool!

[@Jasonoid]

@johnnysweekends and in person warranty support!

[@tluva1020]

CPAPs are DC powered w/ an AC adapter. You can bypass the AC & splice a USB-C plug & run for 3-4 nights on DC if you don't use the humidifier

[@AdotFenderson]

You mentioned the ability to purchase the extended warranty and swap it out in-store during the coverage period, but having purchased two units already, I can tell you that at the moment, that is not an option: the cashier mentioned each time that no extended warranty was available, but that it does have a 5-year limited warranty. Of course they may change that in future, but as of yesterday no extended warranty is available. Considering, though, that they still don't have these on the shelf and they haven't received any planogram for these, it's possible they were rushed out in time for the holidays without all the extras in place in their systems. It's worth mentioning that today (12/15/'24) anyone can get 10% off (or Inside Track Club members can get 20%) off any single item such as this--just ask an employee to check the system and/or stockroom because you won't find them on the sales floor.

[@Kaliburz]

@@AdotFenderson I just got one today (30DEC24) with an end of the year promo of 15% off one item....

[@bford1908]

I don't know about a month ago but now they can't keep them on the shelves because everybody is buying one and likes them!

[@land0mancapt.stupid857]

Can't wait for you to test the bigger boys. So far.. I'm not impressed with other brands much more superior, but I know this unit is like the EcoFlow River. Regarding parts replacement. A word of caution, HB a lot of times DO NOT carry many of the parts on those parts lists. I once bought a compactor from them. I had to get some replacement parts for it. All they had available for parts was the throttle cable assembly, and nothing else. So you might be SOL if you need parts for this.

[@hlm34]

I used BLUETTI EB3A, but later changed to Anker C300x because they have both Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities. I use 3 for rebooting my modem, access point and WiFi extender. The modem I set do it with BT because when rebooting the modem, the WiFi is not available and the ac button doesn’t happen after losing WiFi. The Anker is a small tank!

[@johnnysweekends]

The cx300 is nice

[@jmljml5065]

Don't be too critical...those Chinese preschoolers who assemble this stuff are doing the best they can.

[@ThePaperBoy187]

@@jmljml5065 I'm dead 🤣

[@bford1908]

@@jmljml5065 Eco Flo power stations are made in China, in the city of Shenzhen so the jokes on you!!! The force is strong with these Eco Flo, Anker, Bluetti and the like puppets!!!

[@bford1908]

@@ThePaperBoy187 Eco Flo is made in China dude!!!

[@dr.dolittle6363]

What I'm trying to figure out is will it work to charge an ebike battery while bike packing.

[@peepersxpd8]

I’m sure it’s fine for most things. I have the EcoFlow River 2 and I like that I have the app and I can change the time that the inverter turns off. We just had our power out for about a week and I ran my daughter’s monitor off of it, which takes very little power And it kept thinking it was off in the middle of the night so I just changed it to turn off at 12 hours instead of six and it worked perfectly

[@SOLDOZER]

"App feature" = Spyware

[@kevinholland4156]

I use the Bluetti App all the time, especially for charging. When the sun is out, I usually charge several power stations, one right after the other. Faster charging is better. I own three EB3as and two AC180s.

[@turtle1723]

Love my EB3A for ups on my pellet stoves. I get 2hrs run time, covers most outages. But, now added 12v 100ah battery and get over 10hrs.

[@SOLDOZER]

Bluetti App = Spyware

[@mrheart4242]

I was wondering. Can you attach this to a battery bank? Extend application. Say attatch it to 2 100ah external batteries that it would charge the use them with its internal to extend operation? I have 4 100 ah lipo4 batteries in my truck for emergency operation. They charge from the 12v alternatior via the 12v to 12v charger. This would this make a link to use it and produce 110v and still be a 12v source? Or is it solely a stand alone?

[@The_vincepryor]

I see devices like these as fancy APC's this is something that you plug Your cable router into so your Zoom meeting keeps working during a power surge/power outage. Heck buy a few places them in your kids rooms for emergency backup. Not primary.

[@violentdawg]

Anyway you could have someone do a real test with a Cpap overnight? I noticed on the box it says Cpap (60W) 6.5hrs. If someone could do a real test (obviously those of us on one stop breathing causing it to amp up) that would be the best video for those of us that camp!

[@SOLDOZER]

Well maybe you should just buy a larger unit instead of flirting with disaster?

[@violentdawg]

@@SOLDOZER What in the hell kind of reply is that? Seriously lol... What disaster are we talking about and how am I flirting with it? Think you may need to seek therapy bud, I just asked for a field test as that's always different than desk testing at all solid numbers. Cpaps range in power usage. Once we know on a real test how long it actually last dipshit, that will then tell me how "larger a unit" I should go. Thanks for stopping by, I guess...

[@violentdawg]

@@SOLDOZER Well maybe you should figure out where I mentioned a disaster first and foremost... You're reply makes absolutely no sense at all. A field test is much more reliable than a paper/numbers test at solid/best outcome. Think about this for a moment (I know it's apparently hard for you), a field test would then inform me just how much "larger" I should go seeing as there's 4 models atm! Bye now

[@GCGomez]

Appreciate your review on this product. Not really surprised these days.

[@pasolesoup7430]

My cpap uses 130 WH per night (8 hours) so this thing can run my cpap for 2 days?

[@Jthumper]

My Anker 300w takes 320w of power to charge and charges super fast.....but batteries last longer if charged slower. In a strange way, id prefer 100W charging.

[@vevenaneathna]

huh, i made my own power station for 60 bucks. fits inside of a mini ammo can, and has 420wh of capacity, about double this. the 12v port is unregulated and runs a diesel heater just fine without issue. has 2 100w bidirectional charging ports, and its passivly cooled with big heat sinks inside. the top opens and you can store cables and a 100w 20v boost "car charger" plug so you can expand the ports available. all these power station brands are still using bottom tier cylendrical lfp cells. there is so much more you can do if you spend a couple extra dollars per cell and use 4x 32ah lifepo4 prismatic cells, theyre about 8usd each if you buy more than a couple of them. I use mine to power a heated blanket all night, or my 12v rice cooker/12v fridge when im camping in my car. can fast charge in about 2 hrs and the bidirectional usb-c ports work as somewhat efficient solar chargers from 2 of my 4$ 10w usb-c solar panels, which keeps it topped off. its crazy how much money you can save if you make things yourself and learn about elicitricty and buy the parts directly from china instead of scamazon. one of these powerstation things i have used for the last year and a half as the 12v battery in my phev. it saves about 50lb of weight and cost a fraction of the price. battery will probably last longer than I do.

[@xxskizzumxx]

Maybe i missed it, but did you say if it has passthrough charging or not?

[@miespost]

No it doesn’t, this thing is kinda junk ngl

[@jeffnorbert1871]

It does according to the instructions and everything else.. charge it while you are using it.

[@bford1908]

It does, some people want to hate on products because they have a preference for another brand and I guess that's OK!

[@v0n1b0]

Why Anderson Powerpoles instead of XT60 connectors which have become the defacto industry standard?

[@JayHarrisonGoogle]

What a great review! [Subscribed] I wanted to see if this had AC power pass thru and you nailed it! I hope you review all the other models just as thoroughly as you did this one. Great job! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@johnnysweekends]

😀👍🏼👊🏼

[@captn3x]

With pass through charging, will this work as a UPS? Looking to plug my fishtank into it. I need it to automatically power my fish tank during a power outage.

[@miespost]

No it doesn’t, it will kill it self after a few hours like this and only actually charges at 70 watts from ac, i returned mine because the inverter is a lie and can only actually handle 250watts. I would seriously recommend the new eco flow river 3 plus for $209 with an included solar panel on amazon. That eco flow handles 1200 watts has a ups mode and includes solar for the same price 🤯

[@MrZorbatron]

Harbor freight has a 1000 and 2000 watt version on the way, and they will have backup power functionality.

[@geremi140]

Can it be used as a uninterruptible power supply

[@OurDee]

I run my CPAP on that size unit. But it is a RockPals with a 24v outlet.

[@SolarizeYourLife]

I need something for security camera system and routers/wifi...

[@A314000]

Will this power a mini space heater OR a heated blanket?

[@ssteele1812]

@@A314000 it will if those items draw less than 350 watts. Check the sticker on the device. They all state max watts or max amps at 110vac

[@SOLDOZER]

Space heater? No. Blanket? Maybe but not for long.

[@A314000]

I got a My Heat from Lasko. It works but only for a little over an hour. The blanket works for way longer, obviously

[@nutbastard]

As said by others, depends on the draw. I have a 10W heated blanket which only really works when stuffed into a sleeping bag, but doing the math this thing would run it for 30 hours. I will say though that 10W is really weak. Far better than nothing, but if you wanted a better solution you should aim for 20-40W and even then you'll need a sleeping bag or some decent heavy blankets to put it under.

[@Morpheusone1]

Is the voltage 120?

[@davidcummings2188]

I want to see a review on a predator 600 inverter power station.

[@antonwearsakilt5209]

Kudos to Harbor Freight for upping their game. It's great to see they've entered the market with a good all around unit. I do a lot of off grid solar and these small portable units are great to have, they're easy to carry and offer better functionality overall than large sketchy lithium ion battery banks. Additionally unlike some units that use lithium ion this has lifepo4 batteries, virtually 10 year plus lifespan to 80% dod, nice feature. The only negative is it's slightly higher price tag vs one's on that jungle place. However being able to buy it in person and having the excellent customer service of Harbor Freight spending a little extra goes a long way. I look forward to getting a couple of these.

[@johnmal5975]

Being fixable thats huge!!!! I looked at these predators I wonder if you could upgrade those mppt charge controllers? Its the only thing I don't like about them.

[@johnnysweekends]

The parts diagram and break down is crazy!! Others better pay attention because that could be game changing

[@johnmal5975]

@@johnnysweekends Yup people get so caught up with the battery life aspect however other things can break as well. Especially when you buy bigger systems that really cost this means a lot. I am not buying a 20,000 dollar system and not being able to replace parts.

[@dblack8262]

Does it have pass through charging?

[@xxskizzumxx]

He said it did....but I'm curious if that's true. I want a small station that I can use as a UPS and not have to unplug everything Everytime I switch from mains to battery

[@dblack8262]

I can confirm since my posted question that it does in fact have pass thru…. We had a planned power outage and I went to bed with my cpap hooked up. It took over powering the cpap when the power went out just as I had hoped

[@johnnysweekends]

As stated yes it does 👍🏼

[@DrDennis]

Has a 5 yr warranty so why buy an ext warranty and pay more?

[@SOLDOZER]

At $200 is basically a disposable power supply.

[@bford1908]

Sometimes the extended warranty doesn't kick in until after the manufacturer warranty ends, so you would get 7 years!

[@alanthompson723]

Bought it run a trickle charger for a Harley in a storage through the winter. Good choice?

[@earlgeary8880]

@@alanthompson723 for a few days if you can recharge it during the day, I had a trailer that was not charging. It’s 12 V system from the truck. I threw a jackery about the size in the box and plugged my maintainer into it. It lasted the day with running the dump bed three or four times. I would say that you would be better off just putting one of those small solar maintainers directly to the battery if you have any way to access a little bit of sunshine.

[@alanthompson723]

@ thanks for the reply. If I can just trickle it a day or too to start it. I’ll start it more often.

[@earlgeary8880]

@@alanthompson723 the problem with a standard battery is if the batteries continually running dead, the trickle charger will eventually not bring it back. Probably want to look into a deep cycle battery for storage if that’s your plan.

[@alanthompson723]

@ I’m using a battery maintainer not really a trickle charger. It doesn’t go dead. Just not enough to start that big a motor when it’s super cold.

[@GunGuysLLC]

Would this run a starlink mobile ? I’m debating on getting one of these to be a quieter option than my gas generator

[@johnnysweekends]

Yes

[@SOLDOZER]

Yes, but only for about 6 hours.

[@whochecksthis]

I like the 350W capability vs. all the 300W options out there, but I REALLY wish it was 500Wh instead of 294… so odd to build a unit with such a small bank to inverter output ratio…

[@SOLDOZER]

Just buy a 100Ah lithium battery and expand it to 125Ah.

[@GranAcres]

Can this used inside of the home or does it have to be left outside

[@ssteele1812]

It's all electric you can use it indoors.

[@GranAcres]

@ thank you so much

[@darronwatson730]

Do you think it can run a pellet grill for 4-5 hours?

[@johnnysweekends]

Depends on the grill or would be close

[@talleysartstudio]

They are late as they watched what the competitors offered. My ecoflow blew afrer 1 year and 1 week and they would NOT honor a replacement. The 5 year warranty is worth it! I bought mine for $160. $70 less than my ecoflow unit that is approximately the same size.

[@Totogita]

Why isn't there a company out there who makes a power station with replaceable lifepo4 batteries? Is it against some kind of invisible law.

[@chancejensen9324]

As always, awesome video. This gives me Jackery 290 vibes with the lack of features and slow charging.

[@ThisisForTheTV]

@@chancejensen9324 my immediate thought was that they repackaged the 290 go try and sell under a different name. With HF selling both.

[@whochecksthis]

@@chancejensen9324 except the jackery is LiNMC, where the predator is LiFePO4, so a far superior battery life, as long as not charged below 0C

[@jeffnorbert1871]

​@@whochecksthisI have the 290. Limited to 200watt ac output. This Predator claims 350watt ac output. That's quite a difference right there.

[@whochecksthis]

@@jeffnorbert1871 agreed. I just wish they had upped the Wh as well as the output.

[@johnnysweekends]

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[@briandolata3466]

220v where it says 120 buddy

[@SaabAholic]

I get 3 Harbor Freight coupons emailed to me every day. If they had a huge discount on this little guy, I might consider it. Maybe. 🤔. Nice review, Johnny!

[@johnnysweekends]

Oh they will have discounts for this for sure. I bet we see $149 easy 👍🏼

[@bford1908]

I just used a coupon that saved me $30 dollars on mine I bought 1/12/25!!

[@worldcomicsreview354]

While it looks like any other cheapie you could get off Amazon if you didn't want to spring for the bigger brands (who usually don't cost much more anyway), I'm loving the exploded diagram and (maybe) ability to get spares. What is this, the 70's? I didn't think things like that existed any more!

[@jnmc-vx4fw]

Evoflow river 2 w solar panel $179….1 hr charge , 10 yr warranty, and the best company on the market. Only people that are regularly buying HF junk will want this and claim it’s great.

[@SOLDOZER]

Then why are you watching Harbor Freight videos? LOL

[@jnmc-vx4fw]

@ entertainment like family guy

[@SOLDOZER]

@ I bought one. Its great.

[@jnmc-vx4fw]

@@SOLDOZER that’s because your a communist, and want your cheap HF products made by kids in sweat shops

[@mmingle57]

They don’t have them in WNY? As a matter of fact,the ppl they have working at the harbor freight in WNY have NO idea about these power stations?? Go figure!!

[@johnnysweekends]

Weird !!

[@bford1908]

That shouldn't be a problem since you can order one on the HF website!!

[@deltabravo1257]

Looking forward to the bigger units

[@HorseRadish403]

There are better ones out there

[@oneisnone7350]

I returned mine. It said 2 hours charge time, but it’s actually 4 hours. It even says 4 hours in the manual.

[@johnnysweekends]

Correct ! It does say 4 hours hence when I tested that I was disappointed in such a slow AC charge speed Not bad for a first run but now they know they have to improve some things if they wanna keep up

[@oneisnone7350]

@ yeah. It just really annoyed me that it said 2 hours on the box.

[@SOLDOZER]

@@oneisnone7350 It says "2 HOURS*" Gotta read the fine print ya donut.

[@oneisnone7350]

@@SOLDOZER it’s misleading. Plain and simple. I should have a reasonable expectation that I can plug it in and charge in two hours. They know what they’re doing to their customers.

[@1EliteLady]

I wish I would have seen this before purchasing. The reviews say it can power a cpap or a medical bed & was great for tail gating and camping. I plugged in a small space heater, and it stopped working immediately. I'll go get something more powerful.

[@MrZorbatron]

A space heater?! Seriously? The smallest space heater I have ever seen was 700 watts. Read your product labels.

[@SOLDOZER]

Hahaha! What on earth made you think it would power a space heater? Its for charging cell phones and small lights.

[@bford1908]

I have the 350 and I can't wait until the larger capacity models come out in the spring!

[@adamburns2452]

Smaller ones biggest waste of money

[@johnnysweekends]

1kwh minimum

[@SOLDOZER]

Actually great if you dont need more than the 350W. Buy a Lithium battery and you have a small and light unit with 125Ah.

[@1FAST91SONOMA]

So much happier with my Ecoflow River Pro. Just $60 more got me 720WH, 600W AC output, 660W AC charging, 200W solar input, app control, and an expansion port that allows it to double the capacity for a total of 1440WH. It's one of 7 Ecoflow devices I have now and one of my favorite options on the market. This just doesn't compare

[@miespost]

I’m with you, I bought and returned this it was junk and the inverter is a lie

[@SOLDOZER]

You dont seem to understand the purpose of this unit. Small, light, portable for small electronic demands.

[@1FAST91SONOMA]

@@SOLDOZER you dont seem to understand the device I mentioned fills the same role, being light, being small, and being portable while offering much greater capacity and capability for a tiny amount more money, making it the significantly better value for the majority of the population. If you just enjoying spending more for less or just insist on hitting a very specific target size/weight then I guess this is a good option worthy of considering but there are smaller, lighter, cheaper options that offer the same or better specs. This product stands out in only 1 way - being a terrible value.

[@bford1908]

Did you ever own a Predator 350 or no?

[@1FAST91SONOMA]

@ no, i try not to waste my money on inferior products.

[@morallytainted1]

Plenty of competition around with the same lack of features that comes in with a far less entry price.

[@leokolev]

Right, Anker c300 AC is much better and cheaper...

[@leokolev]

Look like very good station except it have only one USB-C port and 2 old style USB-A...

[@SOLDOZER]

What are you expecting for $200????

[@Firephosure]

Overpriced. Pecron e300 is $149 and is 600w/288wh and has wifi/BT.

[@D2O2]

where? currently 200 on Amazon and 159 off the Pecron website.

[@Firephosure]

@@D2O2 $159 is not close to $149 ? Pecron have sales all the time. They always have 5% off coupons so that knocks the $159 down to $151. Pecron do not charge tax(last time I looked) so that's already under $149.

[@bford1908]

@@Firephosure I got my Predator 350 for $169.99 with the HF coupon and I could have save $15 more dollars if I had remembered to use my Inside Track Club coupons!

[@missreynolds3637]

I thought your review was fair and to the point. You're not telling anyone to buy one, you are just showing them other options. Weather they buy one, or not, is on them. People should never take a you tubers "opinion" and just go with it, they should do their own dang research. I appreciated seeing it, as I didn't even know they had these? We got a great deal, on the eco flow delta 2 on Blk Friday @ $399.00 which was a 60% savings, so I felt we got a great deal for the money.

[@johnnysweekends]

Thank you. I try to just give real world info and hopefully it helps in your choice of wanting to buy one or not.

[@whochecksthis]

0:45 In your description you say twohundredandtwenty ac outlets.. you should try to speak a tad slower, and think about how that sounds. You might ought to say a pair of 120V outlets, or two one hundred and twenty volt…

[@samholdsworth420]

Omg no one cares

[@rodolforojas5839]

Ecoflow is 10 years warranty

[@coryohanlan194]

Nightmare stories about getting it replaced tho

[@JoeBLOWFHB]

Ten years is only for one of their products which is a solar panel. Their standard warranty for power stations is 2 years with a three year extension if you register your product. Look up "Ecoflow warranty nightmare" to see how they treat their customers. HF is a no questions asked 5 year warranty that I can do in store

[@SOLDOZER]

Customer service is worse than the Saddam Hussein regime.

[@Galactictreasurehunter]

Ecoflow is 5 year warranty. Good luck getting them to replace anything. Customer service call goes directly to india.

[@Bobster986]

Sorry, at this priced I’d buy the EcoFlow River 3, which I did, and has a lot better features. 😊

[@coryohanlan194]

@@Bobster986 eco flow is great until it breaks after 1 year and you’re out of luck getting it replaced

[@Bobster986]

@ most EcoFlow products come with a 3 year warranty. What does Harbor Freight offering, 90 days? 😂

[@chrisoliver560]

@bobster986 pay attention HF unit has a 5 year warranty

[@Bobster986]

That’s only for the battery, the EcoFlow comes with a 10 year battery life. 🎉

[@SSSniperGhost]

@@Bobster986 HF replaces the whole thing😒 dont start getting all mad little man😂

[@minibikemadman]

floating natural ftw..I have to float it on my predator 9500 watt gen before I wire it into the house.

[@solinvictus6424]

Price should be around $80.

[@coldfront7914]

@@solinvictus6424 don't forget: if you pay full price at harbor freight you're a fool. That said, personally I think these little generators are meh at best.

[@mr.c6674]

Ok

[@variousrebuilds]

@@coldfront7914 How do you get cheaper pricing?

[@millenium2003]

No way you'll get a 350w generator for $80

[@HorseRadish403]

150

[@Ben-bd8yf]

why anyone would buy this is beyond me at this price point. I wanted to buy this until i found out the recharge time, i ended up buying a factory refurbished ecoflow 2 for $109 with a 2 year warranty.

[@jacobdalton790]

@@Ben-bd8yf I kind of agree with you. But Harbor Freight has a bunch of coupons all the time like 15% off 20% off and such. So if you wait to get it until you get one of those coupons then you’ll get a better deal also it comes with a five year warranty. So I think it’s a pretty good deal now that being said the charging does suck. So it has pros and cons. But everything does.

[@user-or1lu3ku3m]

Smells like a bunch of undisclosed paid promotions to me

[@johnnysweekends]

😂😂😂that’s great! Can you tell me where the check is 😂😂 I don’t even have it listed to buy as I recommend others 😂

[@abelincoln3261]

Super low WH aka Amp Hour battery,. A power source... such as a power bank in this price range should be no less then 50 amp hours . It is really not much use at 50mp hours, you really need a minimum of 100 amp hours in a small power station,,, and 200 watts worth of 100 watt solar panels... that's a nice little week end power source if you want to do a camping and or VanLife setup you need at least 4oo watts solar and a 300 amp hour battery.... supply at minimum.., and no not to run hot plates or ac units... for that you need at least 600 watts in panels and 500 amp hours lipof4s... You can run 12 volt DC fridge on a 100 amp hour if the fridge has an efficient compressor and insulation,,

[@SOLDOZER]

You dont get it.

[@z50king29]

That's louder than my generator at 49dB....wow

[@johnnysweekends]

Actually a generator is much louder All of them

[@junkerzn7312]

Its ok. A bit late to the game (by a couple of years). Price is decent for the feature set.

[@workinonhouse]

Unbelievable, literally said the exhaust is on the side. 😂

[@jimthvac100]

The bad thing is none of these Predator power stations have MPPT solar tracking on the solar charge input. Most of the competition does... because of this 30% of the solar panels power is wasted. It was cheaper to manufacture. They are hoping nobody notices. I will never buy one.

[@johnnysweekends]

I dont think is correct according to the reps and the specs hence I mention it has maximum power point tracking.

[@SOLDOZER]

Everything in the owners manual says its MPPT. You obviously just ran your mouth without knowing the facts.

[@bford1908]

The jokes on you buddy, it says it in the product overview section, here is some information you may have overlooked, -350 running watts of continuous power with 700 starting watts of AC output -Run as many as 6 devices at once using the (2) AC outlets, (1) USB-C outlet, (2) USB-A outlets, and (1) 12V DC outlet -High-efficiency maximum power point tracking (MPPT) solar controller for fast solar charging -Battery Management System (BMS) with double-protection design prevents overheating, overcharging, and overloading -Pass-through charging allows your devices to run while power station is charging -Clean, super-quiet operation with no fumes for inside or outside use -Pure sine wave inverter power for sensitive AC electronics -Easily connect PREDATOR™ and most major brands** of solar panels with the included solar charging cable -5 charging methods: solar, car, AC, USB-C***, or combination of AC and USB-C

[@thefpvlife7785]

A it overpriced vs many others.

[@SOLDOZER]

But here you are watching the videos instead of "the others"

[@thefpvlife7785]

@ you have no clue how dumb your rebuttal is. Of course I watch others as that’s how I’m able to make my comment you pigeon head.

[@z50king29]

Wow only 100 watts charging.... Oof 4 hours

[@johnnysweekends]

Yea not sure what they were thinking

[@andrievbastichy8551]

wow terribly underwhelmng. better to nab a oupes.

[@rednecktek2873]

And still not compatible with any harbor freight solar panels.

[@johnnysweekends]

They have new panels coming

[@SOLDOZER]

An SAE to Anderson adapter is $10 on Amazon.

[@bford1908]

Not true!!!

[@HorseRadish403]

These are for the normies that never had a solar generator

[@kenneth6731]

No thanks. The failure rate I have experienced with their tools and batteries (chargers also) are too high. I'm going back to Makita. Buy once, cry once.

[@SOLDOZER]

OK bye.

[@bford1908]

Harbor Freight's Predator line of products are probably the things that are keeping HF in business! They get excellent reviews on everything!!

[@michaelatwood6659]

Definitely less than impressive.

[@Totogita]

I would never buy solar anything at Harbor because they don't last.

[@SOLDOZER]

I have been sailing oceans for 3 years in salt water, storms, cold front and heat waves with HF solar panels.