One Year Review: Is EcoFlow DELTA Pro Still Worth It?

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[@kenshores9900]

Kevin: Eco Flo was the only battery pack that advertised that it would support CPAP machines. I own a River Max and have solar panels to recharge it. We live in an area where electrical service can be listed for an extended period of time. Thank you for all the extra technical background.

[@kingrafa3938]

Thanks for the video Kevin!

[@johnnyharperscoutstable5386]

Rock and roll 🐸🍺🔪🔥

[@adamsisernik4556]

I bought EcoFlow balcony solar power plant with 3.600W Delta Pro storage, 800W inverter and 2 x 480W Bluesun (37.1V) solar panels. When the power plant is connected throw inverter to the network, can I connect the third panel, which is not part of the solar plant ,with a power of 480W (37.1V) directly in the XT60 input to the Delta Pro for extra charging?

[@bswift5]

Help please…….I live in the mountains and I work 12 hours a day. My van gets to cold for my delta pro. I thought of putting my heating blanket on it but don’t want my van to burn down if something goes wrong. What do you do to keep your system from freezing. It’s too cold to charge now

[@eatttherich4653]

Had any issues with defects? Ive had two bad DPs in a few months

[@mannyfragoza9652]

i have the Eco Flow Delta Mini and its been running 24/7 flawlessly. I plan on getting a bigger Ecoflow

[@russellwatters5891]

EcoFlow definitely has great power banks, just a tad expensive is all. Appreciate the info on the Pro, I have the River right now, and a Jackery. Love what you're doing 😊

[@austinw8079]

having both the Jackery and the River, which one do you prefer? what do you use them for?

[@russellwatters5891]

@austinw8079 I like the River moreso, they are both great power supplies, but the River is longer lasting in my applications. I use them for weekend stays in a couple different cabins. They handle lights, phone chargers, and a small water heater. Hope this helps.

[@vtran1082]

Honestly I should have went with the self builds done by will prowse. The solar input is incredibly limiting. This is ok for vanlife and can run a DC ac good enough if you have more batteries...but the self builds for solar allows up to 500v (vs 150v delta pro) of voc solar! I highly recommend people to consider the solar input which means the self builds are better.

[@StunnerAlpha]

A lot of errors were made in this video. The port you pointed to at the back of the device are for connecting to extra battery banks (can have up to 2). There is another port on the side of the device that connects to the bonding adapter that connects 2 delta pros together.

[@silverrefalopei6134]

How much is it?

[@lauriepearce8266]

What happens to a lightweight solar panel if and when its windy ?? They look so flimsy I suspect a good breeze will destroy them. But please let me know if | am wrong

[@pb7133]

They are not that flimsy. Would have to be some strong wind to blow over. Sure it’s possible but they are rugged. Btw I got the bigger one, not that little one.

[@lauriepearce8266]

@@pb7133 I have looked at the EcoFlow website. They do not give the physical dimensions of the charging panels. Have you ever tried carrying a piece of sheet material in a strong breeze? Difficult to say the least. For a solar panel to be efficient it needs to be facing the sun. I have noted other narrowboat Utube contributors saying they need to be in the open for their fixed panels to charge their onboard battery. Some years back I decided to fix solar panels to our touring caravan and added a additional battery . Our idea was to be independent of site power supplies. It was a expensive failure. The current drawn by the fridge soon flattened both batteries especially if it had been a over cast day. I am not saying that these units are not useful but all the uses of them I have seen are either low currents draws or intermittent loads. . Some of the other Utube canal boats channels also have similar units one being the Jackery. The latest video was by Ben and Emily with a larger Jackery unit. They stress recharging from either shore power, or their boat or vehicle engine, using solar is tacked on the end . I would enjoy having the use of any brand of one of these units and subjecting it to a test charge discharge cycle and producing some realistic real world figures. A process I am very familiar with having installed hundreds of battery banks along with charging and testing and checking their efficiency during their lifetime. Taking into their cost if I needed portable power I would invest in one of the small suitcase generators. Far less initial cost and dependable day or night.

[@solarcharging9743]

This EcoFlow unit is NOT certified to IEC 60601-1 or EN60601-1-2:2015, 4th Ed. This thing is not even certified to UL-1741 standards. So it should never be used to safely power CPAP devices or any medical device for that matter.

[@bw3506]

Interesting, what are you supposed to use? A whole home generator maybe?

[@johnnyharperscoutstable5386]

I’ve got the river pro. These things are awesome. Expensive and hard to get out here though.🐸🍺🔪🔥

[@Dav3Campb3ll]

Definitely trust your opinion dude Love to get one for the cabin im building

[@MiscMitz]

Thank you sir

[@johnnyharperscoutstable5386]

Yeah buddy 🐸🍺🔪🔥

[@MiscMitz]

@@johnnyharperscoutstable5386 👋

[@demonhogo]

i love mine. I would not have survived in my van without one

[@Grazell]

I'm disappointed with my Delta Pro. KZbinrs never test sustained solar at 1.6kW input. They tend to focus on the output. My unit accepts the max input for a little while, but then drops to 900W of input. It apparently can't handle sustained 1.6kW solar input. For someone with a single 400w mobile solar panel, this unit would be fine. Someone with a larger solar array should look elsewhere.

[@tundeganiyu3319]

Kindly look around internet, I have once watched a clip where this kinda problem is solved with just the way the solar panel should be connected to achieve the said 1.6kva

[@devinmadison8312]

sounds like a paid promotion to me.

[@user-ws6ip1pp8d]

dont waste your money. bought a delta pro 3 months ago. it is now a boat anchor. very common problem, has overload problem with 50hrtz flashing.. reinstalled update and everything. customer service sucks.

[@desert-walker]

interesting😎😎🌵🌵😎

[@reginaldknight7034]

Full stop

[@metalmyke1]

Next video be it will be a comparison between them all

[@jwyllor]

I hope so. I have learned more about these systems from Kevin than in my own research online. Thanks, Kevin!

[@VanillaAttila]

Did ecoflow write the script? These ads seem so scripted. And are the demographics here dense or why do you have to plug in a bunch of different power tools on their own, it's just wattage rating that matters.

[@wesmains]

Most KZbinrs you people who record themselves talking to a camera write scripts for themselves so they don’t cut the footage a lot or sound like a rookie. It sounds scripted because it is but not by the company. If you like a product wouldn’t you want to get your message across?

[@davidlintin]

Yeah was thinking the same. Didn’t catch if he disclosed it was an ad.

[@DJ-mj8sd]

🤡

[@GeorgeMaslen]

Ecoflow is decent, but their customer service is horrible. Buyer beware!

[@SuperPenguin5495]

Hey kevin your last video, when you stated you can't live on the income from youtube. Well, if you have a life, family, kids, land, vehicles, taxes, etc... well yeah you can't IF you are a single guy, living out of your car... well it's more then enough. You just kinda omitted that part in your vid

[@MiscMitz]

So he should leave his family? 😆 🤣 😂 I am sorry, but I am not sure what your point is. I'm not trying to be rude.

[@ModernSelfReliance]

It's true. You must adapt and overcome.

[@mcbnj]

Considering they cost 1000s of dollars, I'd rather just keep staying inside paying my PSEG bill

[@MiscMitz]

PNW? Western Washington here. Solar is working well for me. Instead of giving money to someone else, I invested in something I own. To each their own. Lol

[@metalmyke1]

And it power goes out due to weather then what?

[@MiscMitz]

@metalmyke1 yup. We did have to use our system much, but it really saved us a couple of winters ago. Was not fun keeping the snow off the panels, but we were warm and eating hot food...

[@MiscMitz]

Never mind about the PNW question. We have PGE. Lol

[@mcbnj]

settle down guys just trolling