Our Bluetti AC200L Solar Power Generator! Off Grid Power! Keeping Up With Papa - Life After Work

[@robertforget6369]

great video i also have a smaller bluetti the biggest problem is the cost per watt the $5,000 that you spend on a system would power your house year round with full usage for 4 years and solar and wind is pain in the butt for what you get from them / somebody needs to work on a propane thermal electric generator ?

[@henrypretz]

Well done, Rick/Papa. I look forward to your updates in the future. Happy New Year to you!

[@KUWP]

Thanks Henry! Working on the trip plan now. Likely leaving mid-April. At least 3 Harvest Hosts stops planned on the way to Utah. We will give it a good workout and report back!

[@SKSK-rz7br]

Watching on from UK - Nice vid

[@KUWP]

Thanks! It is performing as expected.

[@YELLTELL]

Finally bought my first solar generator. The200L with 200w panel for $1150 Amazon prime days couple days ago! Couldnt pass it up. Hope i made a good choice for my first one!

[@KUWP]

I expect you will love it!

[@mattstudy9033]

Great video. I am looking at the exact same unit to take for dry cam[ping to make coffee on my 18 foot trailer.

[@KUWP]

Glad you liked it. I still haven't real world tested. Our trip starts mid-April. I'll report back then.

[@lorihutchinson7883]

Very good review! ❤

[@KUWP]

Thanks!

[@baranduda]

I have had my AC200L for two weeks now and it is a great product. However, in Australia at least, the support is almost non existent.

[@markveerman3732]

Thanks for your review of this unit. We have not bought a solar generator equivalent yet, but getting closer. My question if you know the answer, if the battery goes bad after the warranty expires, can you replace the battery? Things break as we all know when camping, so having the option to replace the battery would be important to me. We are having the same delimenia about installing an inverter in our Lance as well. I have not pulled the trigger as well to install inverter for the same reasons as you mentioned. BTW, as a followup to the Equalizer hitch and trailer chain problems with the Lance trailers, using the setup you suggested in your previous video, we drove over 7K miles this last year without any problems. Thanks again for your insight on this topic.

[@KUWP]

On the battery, I can't say for sure, but I would doubt they would be replaceable. Bluetti responds pretty quickly to questions, so you might send them an email to ask. Warranty on the AC200L is 60 months. On the hitch, glad that worked for you. We leave in April for several months. That will be my first real test.

[@markveerman3732]

Good idea to clarify with Bluetti.@@KUWP

[@2bz2ranch45]

Nice @CampNanaPapa! My brother is thinking of a solar genset and this might push him over the edge. @Roadie

[@KUWP]

Glad to hear it!

[@KUWP]

Update: We had an odd glitch with the unit. At times when you turned it on, you woud hit the source buttons, AC, DC, USB, they would not light up. At other times it worked as normal. You could turn them on with the App. Still under warranty. I contacted Bluetti and they said return it and we will fix it. They supplied both a shipping label and a box! Two weeks later, returned to me, but rather than repair it they just sent me a new unit! Regular communication via email. Very impressed with their service after the sale.

[@Mikey196601]

Did you do the firmware update, the AC200 I bought came a few days ago, it had two available firmware updates, you’ll need to get the app for your phone

[@KUWP]

@@Mikey196601 I did! At least one firmware update downloaded. And used the App. The App would actually turn the AC, USB, etc. on and off. Buttons wouldn't. Now that you mention it, I should probably update the firmware on the replacement.

[@Mikey196601]

@@KUWP , mine came in the other day brand new without the two update , one was ARM and I don’t remember the second one , when the update starts it will turn off the inverter and turn back on after it’s completed