Using the Anker SOLIX F2000 Power Station During a REAL Blackout!

Anker 767 REAL WORLD test drive! It's a BIG chunk of electricity, but now on easy to roll wheels!
Anker is sponsoring this video to continue chatting about tech that can help in an emergency, and this time I actually got to use it during a REAL LIFE power outage! Power station batteries are awesome gadgets to keep in your home for fun AND for keeping your family safe.
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[@ledbea]

I live in Texas, and after the 2021 storm I got an ac200max and b300 battery. second storm happened last month and we were without power for a week. that system and heated blanket saved us after Texas failed us. weather you get this or something else, I can't recommend something like this enough. It was literally a life saver.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

So glad to hear those worked for you, and that you were ok.

[@roadrules3671]

Whether.

[@zerokiryu6330]

I know a couple of Ukrainians who could really use that. One of them said her town is only allowed 4 hours of power a day at the moment. This would be an epic game changer for them. Wish I was wealthy. :)

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's tough getting this tech out to different regions. ABSOLUTELY an area of privilege for people like me. Thankfully, the tech is falling in price DRAMATICALLY. A battery solution like this used to be significantly more expensive for poorer performance a couple years ago. Hopefully more folks will be able to use these kinds of solutions in the near future.

[@maxmakarchuk4945]

I'm in Ukraine now and will get one of Anker 767 next Wednesday. We currently have 2h of electricity after 2 h without electricity. So it looks like a pretty stern test drive for it.

[@zerokiryu6330]

@@maxmakarchuk4945 I'm glad you're getting one! Let us know how it goes. :)

[@FAT8893]

@@maxmakarchuk4945 Looking forward to your personal experience.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

@@maxmakarchuk4945 PLEASE report back if/when you can! I'm VERY privileged in how I can use products like this and I would LOVE to hear some feedback from someone putting harder use on a product like this. Hope you and your friends and family are doing well in these trying times.

[@Johnson13210]

Battery packs do have their uses, but mostly short term....very short term. There are also small displacement gas inverter generators that can easily run a cpap machine and never kick out of eco mode. I live in Florida, where a hurricane can easily knock out your power for a week. I promise you that after 24 hours, you will be connecting your power bank to a gas gen set to keep your food from spoiling. Experience talking here.

[@juniorgarcia5344]

Yes do a video about how to power this battery using the solar panels

[@TheTheShizzler]

The washers and dryers in my prefecture of Japan use that connector that you were unfamiliar with

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Good to know...

[@Oldvelocette]

Thanks for posting

[@George-nx8zu]

Is there a followup video in the works of solar panel suggestions?

[@hakualex]

You can power your fans, phones, TV and video games consoles during a hurricane power outrage.

[@Frodokeuh]

5:28 i use my bluetooth earbuds at work and leave my phone at my desk it can go over 50 meter without any issue so it's not a problem if you don't have to control the battery across the world

[@gregoryaul2005]

Very cool Juan👍👊

[@stephanied1028]

Will this power a typical sized refrigerator?

[@robertdaone]

Yes it will. It can power a 6000 BTU AC so will have an issue powering a fridge.

[@Atomicatom80]

You can use the rv connection to power your home with a transfer switch during an emergency like other youtubers have been doing

[@jlaw1901]

I want to put one of these in the bed of my truck with solar panels on the top of my roof rack and use it as power when camping

[@donaldstumpo9519]

Two solar related questions. Is there a way to get power directly from solar panels plugged into unit? (In other words, pass-by drawing power from battery) And… can I charge unit with solar while at the same time having unit plugged into AC? Reason I ask, I looked at the online manual and it said unit needs to be grounded, which I assume is via 3 prong ac plug. Thanks for informative video!

[@franknabuurs3401]

Love the review, thanks! I'm looking for moderate solar power on our motorhome, mainly to charge e bike batteries but would use excess power to boondock. I'm trying to calculate how much power I'd have left after charging ebike batteries. We have 2 Lectric 3.0 long range bikes. They are 48 volt and 13 ah batteries. I'm a newbie to all this and want to confirm that would total 1248 watts leaving me 800 watts to use for charging devices or tv or other things. Is that math right?

[@Richie5480]

What you have to watch is that dangle has electrify on those so you could get shocked by the dongle.

[@mcshreddy7125]

Awesome! One question, are you able to manual adjust the recharge rate of the battery? For example, if I want to charge the battery at a slower rate in order to avoid tripping a breaker, is that possible?

[@trutranx]

Yes you can. Using the bluetooth app, you can change the "AC Recharging Power" mode from "High-Speed Recharge" (default mode) which can draw up to a maximum of 1440W to "Silent Recharge" which will reduce the wattage draw to a maximum of 700W.

[@FAT8893]

Just when I thought the 757 is already wild enough, this comes in. I'm still not sure if any of Anker's PowerHouse units can cope with Malaysia's electricity supply voltage of 240V. Ngl, I'd so love to have one of those bad boys.

[@GedandMichele]

230/240v in UK so maybe it would

[@Studio-Ess-]

Dose anyone know if Anker sell other outlets (like the ones used in Aus) versions of their Powerhouses, or is it just the NA poweroutlet

[@joshiereviewsthings962]

What do you think about this compared to the Delta Pro?

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Oh man... That EcoFlow looks SO good. I haven't used on yet, but ABSOLUTELY on the list of competitors to shop in this space.

[@bradymckinney1712]

I’m glad my electric company doesn’t do schedules power outages. I sort of understand why they do it but is still think it’s stupid.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

For our area, it's LOTS of hills and old OLD wiring, so if the weather is windy through the canyons, best to just shut it down.

[@Mobiltelekomnet]

Be careful it does not have simultanisly charching from ac and solar

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Good heads up on that👍

[@RDJ1SS]

I'ma edc this as a phone battery backup

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

The perfect backup to a an iPhone 12 👍 😉

[@billyfolse1316]

It's a dummy plug so u can't plug to the wrong outlet

[@MrMonero]

Hmmmm everyone is turning out bigger and bigger batteries these days

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

This tech is maturing and making a power back up solution is getting more accessible. This is a NICE upgrade in capacity where we used to be with "generator" style portable batteries.

[@MrMonero]

@@SomeGadgetGuy yea I was just about to buy the EcoFlow Delta Pro after ruling out a Bluetti. Now this has come along and I am considering a 767 along with the expansion battery. It comes in £300 cheaper here in the UK than the Delta Pro and gives 4,100 kWh instead of the Delta Pro’s 3,600 kWh. Slightly more power and hundreds of pounds cheaper. I have also used plenty of Anker power banks over the years and been pretty happy.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's nice to see that competition. 👍

[@brutusmcangus4509]

What no one knows or hears about is how much power this unit as well as most all the major brands, like delta and bluetti, is simply turning on the AC ports drains your battery at 20 to 30 watt hours. Utter waste. Plug nothing in this anker, turn on the AC port and ut will drain in 2.4 days. The ONLY generator that uses less than 3 watts is the Jackery 2000 pro and 20 pounds lighter. Anker is probably better than the others although over priced, except the Jackery. If you are only running high watt appliances, then adding 30 watts more may not seem like much but I used this to run a 10 watt router for wifi and it shows it can run it for 52hours. The jackery showed 99 hrs because that's the max the displays shows, but ran it for over 175 hrs. 3 times longer than anker. Ankers flaws are weight and high draw inverters. Pros are RV outlet and lifepo4 batteries. Jackery flaws are batteries, no rv outlet and over priced solar panels, pros are it runs longer, especially for low watt items. Has the best inverter even though it's a single.

[@lukelloyd8976]

Smol observation: I know what a UPS is, and could probably work it out from context clues...but I'm not sure if everyone would Or maybe I'm totally misjudging the knowledge base of the audience?? *GIF of Zoidberg scuttling back into the ocean*

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Well if anyone has questions, that's why I hang out in the comments.

[@zfontain1975]

60 volts PV makes no sense for a unit that big.

[@Big_Dog87]

After the whole Eufy thing why is anyone still supporting Anker?

[@FAT8893]

@shinigamilord86 THIS!

[@traceykelly2603]

Not an independent review. Sponsored is paid.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Who said it was a review?

[@traceykelly2603]

@@SomeGadgetGuy must have been me : A review is a critique of something-a look at something's good and bad points.

[@Blidden]

67 lbs I think you should roll it

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

But I gotta show folks how I'm a tough guy who can lift heavy things ... Sorta ...

[@Speed00007]

I have a Bluetti AC300 with 9 kilowatt hours of batteries. Just made it through the Austin, TX ice storm very comfortably compared to most. We went three days without power. I'm posting this because the batteries only held up for 2 days so on day 3 I turned on my propane generator to charge the batteries back to full. Moral of the story? Have DIFFERENT energy sources ladies and gentlemen. I have a solar generator (with expansion batteries), a propane generator and a regular gas generator. Have as many energy sources as you can afford.

[@fresheeee]

Now THAT is a big battery

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

It's pretty THICC...

[@stever6986]

That funky plug is a 30 amp RV plug...you could plug an entire RV into it (assuming its a smaller 30 amp rig and not a large 50 amp RV).

[@YounesLayachi]

one of my fav kind of tech ! hope you can show off more of these Anker powerhouses

[@leokolev]

Yep, this is way I expected... They sent you free battery and script... Sweet and honey... Just don't call it review... We can read it all from the Anker website...

[@thetechboyorg]

That would have been nice in the freeze in TX. I live in Houston TX. No power outages during the Christmas freeze except from downed power lines from the wind.

[@ELJefeReviews]

I really need to go ahead and get one of these ASAP.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Yeah man. This is EXACTLY the kind of solution we need where generators are harder to use.

[@propeto13]

That dongle and all ports are LIVE when plugged. I have spoken!

[@JodyCarbone]

Do you know the wattage or amperage of your fridge? I'm in the middle of calculating & dreaming!

[@nerovanguard846]

I love in a place where tropical storms are a part of living. It's no surprise when the typhoon season comes, power outages occur. I can clearly see this as a massive help to places like ours and others

[@kevinneuendorf3674]

I really want to perform live music in downtown cities! I have a full size keyboard, a mixing board, powered speaker and microphone. I was hoping you would show us how quiet this generator is. Obviously better than the gas powered generators I have used, but still curious because I am considering purchasing the Anker 767. It does seem like I could perform for many hours running my equipment, so that is epic! Probably the quietest generator I can get for my concert in the city performances I’m thinking. But maybe I could manage fine with the 757? That would be more affordable and quieter? It’s a hard call, but I truly want to do this jamming downtown idea! So any advice would be amazing, thanks!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Fan noise is pretty close between the two. Think a couple gaming laptops at full fan speed.

[@FBall-im8ui]

Anker is sending these to everyone on KZbin for free therefore most will give a biased opinion, their client service stinks! Anker is so involved in marketing and mush less on helping clients. My experience so i am going to buy an Zendure instead

[@kcgunesq]

I remain completely convinced that these types of devices have very limited appeal for those living in detached, single-family housing unless they have some very specific needs. For high-rise dwellers, RVers and tent campers, this looks like an intriguing option.

[@A_Well_Traveled_Man]

Okay this is not the best review of this device and actually that big port on the front is a 30 amp charger which you can actually plug directly into your electrical box or panel in your garage or wherever you have your main electrical panel and it can actually run your entire house just look at some of the other reviews of this and they will tell you this is in comparison to the eco flow-. As you can tell he's really big into computers I've been following this guy for a long time so this is a complete different segment so he doesn't know as much about it but being a person that lives with consistent blackouts this is a game changer because it's a lot smaller and it has the battery technology that retains the battery cells for a lot longer

[@MohamedSalem-le5jt]

Can I use this Anker power station while changing it?

[@BrianGlaze]

👀

[@rklein]

You could plug a dryer, oven, or even an EV in that TT-30R. I have the 757 and live in a hurricane prone area. I built my own power outage kit (small fridge and electric hotpot) when the power dies. The 757 keeps those going for days even with the occasional fan, phone, computer, TV, or light plugged in. I use my Tesla to keep it topped off. Great video and enjoyed your voice work!

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

We really need to get a small fridge for medications.

[@corysloan4620]

No you can’t, this plug is 110v, not 220v

[@DivyangM]

You said it'll cut off the power to connected devices if the battery is depleted when it's a power outage and we have to push a button when power restores. But what if power comes back before the battery is drained! does it auto-pass-through power to connected devices?

[@rileyexplainsalltoysandgam9625]

Would you be able to give the dimensions of the 767? Interested in the width and length not bothered about the height 👍👌 thanks in advance

[@N8TURES]

anker powerhouse 767 vs ecoflow delta pro which one do you recommend or off grid ?

[@Mister.Carroll]

Wonder if it could handle a gaming laptop more than 4 hours lol 😆 😅 😂

[@SeptienPatterson]

Anker doesn't rest on their laurels that's for sure. Impressive

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

LOL they keep going bigger...

[@antoniogarcia7763]

What's the cost of that 767

[@tubewatcher8330]

One owner on Amazon reported that the 20a sockets on his 767 are wired backwards. That the hot was connected to the "T" shaped hole while the neutral was connected to the short slot. This is bass-ackwards from any code you care to reference. Further the 30a socket was correctly wired. I know that these things are non-bonded BUT if the 20a sockets are not wired according to code.... Have any of you that own one of these tested the sockets on your 767 to check for correct wiring? Quote from Amazon " I purchased my unit directly from Anker. When I received my unit, I did a basic functional test of the features and discovered that all four NEMA 5-20R receptacles (the 4 AC plugs) on the front of my unit were mis-wired, and that hot and neutral are swapped. The "T" slot should be neutral, and the regular slot should be hot. They're all backwards on my unit. The TT-30R (RV plug) is wired correctly, however. This is a significant safety concern, because ground is often left floating on DC-to-AC power supplies because there is no connection to Earth. As a result, some people will use a plug that shorts neutral to ground to allow certain types of devices to work correctly (like portable car chargers). In my case, if I plug one of the neutral-to-ground adapters in my unit, it will blow the breaker because it shorts the neutral to hot, instead of the neutral to ground."

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

Yeesh! I need to take a closer look at that. Thanks for the heads up.

[@brucey5585]

Ask all the guys with one of those during this week freezing rain blackout in michigan how it workout. You can get a 2000 watt gas power generator for $350.

[@SomeGadgetGuy]

They'd probably say "hey it's great to have options where I might need local power in a limited fashion that doesn't require a generator, and can be used indoors, and it's quieter."

[@princevegeta7189]

The 767 how much does it cost ?

[@FAT8893]

$2,199 or $3,299 with an expansion battery combo. There's also another combo with solar generator for $3,099.