Duracell Powersource 1440w 660wh Review
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- The Duracell Powersource has amazing reviews everywhere I look? Why? What makes it so amazing? Why are people raving about it? In this video, I get into the nitty-gritty about how good this unit really is.
Duracell Powersource 660: amzn.to/3AuQRXh
↓#1 Best Solar Generator = Titan ↓
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I've had mines for a year and a half and I don't regret buying it. During power outages it keeps my house well lit (led lights) and also my refrigerator and deep freezer. Most of us don't focus on the fancy technical words I just wanna make sure we're not in the dark, my fridge and deep freezer works, and the pump to my 180 gallon aquarium continues working. Hasn't failed me so far.
And how long does all that last connected?
I have rhe same question here. How many hours you get out of this. I'm looking to get one.
*I love the Input/Output wattage function along with the % of charge remaining. solar **Generater.Systems** Well done.*
With so much competition, they knew how this review would go. Not one in their office right now is scratching their head. Thank you so much for your true review and hard-work for this to be revealed. I personally need ppl like you to help me with these kinds of purchases.
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This review feels more about the specs than about the practical use. This unit has worked really well for my family and I. It gets the job done, and at about $100-$200 cheaper than the other options. Still a good review on the specs, but you’re under appreciating the lower cost and consistent performance. Still left a like, thanks for putting in the work.
I bought it and like it becuse it does run my whirlpool fridge 25cu ft for 5 hrs So it's better than nothing I got it for 499.00 at cost co it ran my kurig coffe maker too and my vita mix blender so I'm happy with IT
just got mine
Thank you for illustrating why a subjective review means absolutely squat.
Just got mine
I think he's note of a "price doesn't matter" kinda guy.
No... no it doesn’t
I bought one on sale at Costco for $399 but when I saw the SLA battery and not much other information on the side of the box, I returned it. Really glad now that I did. I have learned a whole lot from you and others regarding solar generators. I'm subscribed. Thank you for your information.
I think i bought yours lol I got mine at the Costco in Orland Park IL for $350 on clearance
Are SLA batteries bad? I just ordered this generator and wondering why you returned it because of that please educate me.
@@yamaldawadad7324 Sealed lead acid batteries can only be discharged to 50% and if they are not kept charged to a certain level they will die. There were no decent reviews and not much information. The other main issue is that it doesn't have a pure sine wave inverter. Running any computer equipment on it could damage your equipment. It's probably ok if you are just charging a DC refrigerator on it. I went with a lithium LifePo battery and a pure sine inverter. So many more cycles of life. I got the Bluetti EB70 for $500. 2000 cycles. It's not without issues but problems are minor in comparison.
@@pattya1679 thanks.
The battery can get changed out. Also you can add additional batteries for more power. Just use AGM batteries and not the lead acid. I'm using it for my fridge as a UPS .
Agm is lead acid technology just absorbed glass mat not flooded or gel
Great vid! And exactly the review I was looking for. So detailed and explained everything that’s really needed to know. Keep it up dude. You earned a new subscriber. 👍🏻
Thanks so much! =)
Thank you Ben for all your time and efforts in bringing us another honest review.
You're welcome =)
You hit it on the head. In Puerto Rico to by pass the Power time limitation We did the following to keep going. Priority 1-was running the refrigerator after dark until the sun rise about 8 Hr. 2- The need to be able to wash clothes. 3-TV , DVD, Dish, Radio and recharge Batteries. During the day. I ran a 24DVC Battery (2X12v at 100 AH) the charge controller 60 Amp was not a MPPT . 4 PV 200W connected parallel, collected 9 Hr Sun. During the Day the 2000w pure shine inverter at 120VAC charged the Duracell fore more than 12 Hours.. Turned off the Duracell UPS for 3 hr to conserve power and accelerate the morning sun charge. Did this for one long Year. When the batteries needed more time to charge all of electricity was shut down for 6 Hrs during the night.
I found this Duracell battery at Costco for $399 after returning the EcoFlow Powerstation (1800). I use the power station for my mobile office in my car. I run a Brother 5200DW printer (650 watt/1800watt when printing), laptop, and an Epson 300w. The Brother takes a lot of watts but it does the job with the Duracell. I'm a mobile notary and occasionally need to print real estate packages. I can print 4 real estate packages (130-150 pages each) consecutively before the battery dies. I'm interested to learn how the daisy chain option works. For the price I paid for the Duracell Powerstation, I'm happy with it.
I'm glad it works for you. I would say at this point just consider other before upgrading the Duracell. I'm no expert but I have been learning and I would encourage more research. Janice
Hello, I am also a LSA with the same printer and a epson scanner, i was considering this option over the other ones I see on YT (Griffin) I see that your response was 7 months ago how is it going with it and should I go with it? Thank You!!
@@armandovaldez1800 it still works fine. No complaints here.
@@armandovaldez1800 this model is also on ebay for 299 obo as a refurb. it is very heavy, but feels like a capable unit for the lower
price point.
@@iamLaTonyac daisy chain is simple, just buy 3 glass, jell, or lead seal acid batteries, and 6 battery connection cables, connect them positive to positive, negative to negative, and connect the positive of the battery to the positive on the back of the power cell, and the negative to the negative on the negative of power cell, that's a parallel connection, you will get 3 times the power, and 7 times the usege hours but still the same 1800 Watts hours, if you buy 5 4oo Watts solar panels and 1 80 AH charge controller it ran day and night.
Thank you for your honest review. I thought I was going crazy when three of my electrical fans suddenly stopped working after running couple hours plugging in the Duracell battery. I also tried plugging in my 40 inches TV and kept getting a buzzy sound and flickering picture. I really want to keep it but after watching your review just confirm this battery is going back. Again, thank you for taking the time to explain why you don't recommend it.
You're welcome =). It definitely needs to go back.
Thank you for your time... I really wanted info on this. Saved me $$$$$
No problem.
Thank you, was planning to get this unit this week....I'll save the buck
I lived in the PNW for 30 years and wished I knew your channel before I left. Brutally honest FACTS, $100 and I would buy as backup until I can get a Titan...
You're welcome =)
Really glad I watched this review as I was seriously considering buying this.
Much respect. You got free goods and still gave an honest and factual review. Thank you for that. Now I can see why I was sold a basically new Duracell unit for 1/3 the cost.
I mean, at least I have a 50 pound phone charger on stand-by.
Every other people out there praising this thing. Thanks for telling the truth. The calculation is really appreciated ☺️
Thank you for this great review. Unfortunately, the Powersource is not going to meet my needs and I will be returning it.
Thank you for the honest review. I would agree with your assessment. However, to ensure you for all your "I's" and cross all your "T's", there is one test you need to do in order to give this a proper review. You need to test the feature that sets this unit apart; the expandable battery system. I hope you do this. And to pay for the extra batteries that you don't have on hand? Sell the broken one (as is). But before you do, open up the broken one and use the battery from it as one of your batteries in the array for your test. If the unit still fails miserably, sell it too.
I feel a lot of the issues (but by no means all of them) you encountered could be mitigated with a larger battery bank to draw from. The biggest issue is the slow charge rate when compared to the size of a fully expanded battery bank. And you would have to hack the electronics to get that to a proper level appropriate for the size of the bank.
Edit:
I will add that, regardless of what other tests you manage to perform, the only case-use I can see for the Duracell, assuming this is a true production model and not a pre-release, is as an UPS for an office computer system that would need up to maybe 30 minutes of powered time for saving/backing-up files before a hard/manual shutdown in a grid down scenario such as a storm. That's all it is really good for. And $600 for a 30 minute UPS seems pretty steep. This is, at best, a $300 unit.
🙏🏻 thank u for the honest helpful review. I purchased this brand new at a great deal, didn’t open box for months. Finally got around to it yesterday, plugged it in and there’s nothing, no sound, no display. I’m thinking there must be a main fuse inside possibly blown or it’s a bad deal for a massive paper weight lol
I was looking at it on Amazon, it looked exciting, but i saw some bad reviews on it, then i search this up and found your video and I can definitely say, I will not bother buying it and will rather look for something better.
That's a good choice
I think I have the duracell predecessor to this unit, I think mine is called powersource 1800. Anyways, what I really like about it, and wasn't really the focus of your review was that it acts similar to an uninterruptable power supply. Not fast enough or clean enough power supply for delicate electronics, but good enough for an existing AC sump pump, which has been my use case. I like that it can pass my utility's 120 VAC through it, and can pick up the load in case of an outage. I don't know if there is a similar product out there that is in this price range that can do that.
Thanks for your review. I just bought one of these for the same thing, a sump pump backup. Reviews on this product seem to be overlooking one of the standout features of this which is the high load that it can handle. I have looked at reviews like this where reviewers have talked highly about other smaller lighter weight options but they have something like a 300 or 400 watt peak power. Who cares what its capacity is if the peak is too low to even run the vital things that need to be run? I expect this thing to spend nearly its whole life sitting in wait for a power outage to do its thing, and with the nifty solar panel inputs, I just might invest in some panels when I find a deal on them which would set me up in the even of a longer term catastrophic outage. Sure, it might not run my refrigerator day after day after day, but if power is out for that long, there are a lot of lower draw important things that I would be prioritizing and using my chest freezer to save frozen things which uses far less power than a refrigerator in constant use. I think he did a disservice in his review of this simply because it can't keep a full size refrigerator running indefinitely. with solar panels.
Thanks i will take your advices i was going to buy it al cosco now i will rethink it over
I am perplexed why Duracell is even bringing this to market? Are they banking on our parents buying one of these on a whim at Costco based on the Duracell name?
I feel attacked LOL
That was a whole lot of work sir, many thanks for your hard efforts. Greetings from sunny Jamaica.
Thanks for the honest opinion on this. I started to see ads for this today so it peaked my interest. I was thinking of something like this for things like computers and lower power (less than 300 watt) FM broadcast transmitters, but I am not sure how well those will behave with this, especially considering the other comments. Again, thanks for this informative video.
It would appear the old adage "You get what you pay for" certainly applies here! Thank you for this informative video - I blow through enough money as it is - you helped me save some of it...👍
Really don’t think giving honest review. AGM and SLA batteries are still very good. Just because it states 1440wh doesn’t mean run it at that, your vehicle red lines at a set rmp so telling me your going to max the RPMs and you blow the engine then say the vehicle is not worth getting. Please don’t get me wrong I enjoy your videos. For under 1k$ you could add a 100ah battery, 200w solar and mppt controller connected to the battery and have one very nice system. As for a pure sine wave needed just add one on the battery. Sorry still not convinced on lithium, way too many batteries failing from small to large, cold temps play issues and bms failure. For someone on a budget or not this unit would be much better then most solar generators and cheaper even with additional equipment. Keep up the good work, fine job fine job, my opinion the review was not fair.
As soon as you said "modified sine wave" I knew this wasn't for me. I'm curious how much money is saved by the manufacturer by not going with pure sine wave technology
Very helpful, I was pondering on buying it!!!
Thanks very good information about modified sine wave, pwm charge controller and lead sealed batteries Thanks have a nice day👍👍👍👍
Always helpful. Thanks for your effort and time. You save everyone from buying the dogs.
My only concern is a flooded basement. If it works during a power blackout and helps the sump pump then it’s fine for me
Minute Man, Great assessment and I am grateful to have found your channel since I am looking for a gasless generator for Church park events and camping trips and the Duracell was on the list. What unit would you recommend we buy having a budget of $500?
For $500, the best bet would be the EcoFlow River 600 Max: amzn.to/3ebdw1B For the price range you're looking for, this would be the best option.
Hi thank you for your review wish I would have saw it earlier in life. We have moved off grid and sad to say we bought this and the only it will actually do is charge our phones and power banks our plugs don’t work either thought it was something we were doing wrong. We’ve had it a year so I’m sure no replacement. So my question to you is what is the best solar generator out there that we can run some lights at night and other random little things it would be nice to run a dorm fridge any advice we would be grateful
Wow! I should have watched this video before I picked this up at Costco. This is the easiest return that I've ever made. Also that beeping, 9:00, makes me want to claw my ears out.
Damn good review. Subbed!
Thank you! =) I appreciate it.
Thank you for the review.
You're welcome =)
thanks for your input. I was thinking about picking one up and well that's a big old Neg.
State of the art, in 2012.
Yeah for a few G's lol. Janice
Thank you, I have x2 of 100W, intended to do parallel like your test. Electrically, I understand it is safe. Manual said don't because the engineer is sleeping, and let other who does not know, write the manual. When I do that, when the sun angle is not optimal, a bit cloudy etc. I hope to have 50W each, to have 100W power charging the battery
Also appreciate your Anderson connector cable, now I know, I can make one. The Mfger is so bad, no one answer my question.
Please ,if you have'nt already, do a top 5 or 10 best Portable Power Source 2022.
Thanks for your honest review ! I could not believe this specs !!😩it's a Joke.. Lifepo 4 Is what you want this time....ik build it myself for about the same price 12 volt 160 Amps..and a good Sinewave Inverter
Thanks for the information.
Would like to see output on an oscilloscope, other than than that, excellent review, thans for posting!
Glad I saw your video I almost bought one
Me too
Well Worth the Money!
Awesome! review --thank you.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Minute man prep , I found a great deal , early bird special on indiegogo for the new sungzu 2500 , with a new improved display , 2500 wh , 2000 watt inverter , 30 kg for $899.00 which I think is a steal , retail price is $1999. I would like for you to review this power station , great for emergency prep on a budget .
That's great I'll have to try and get one to test it out!
You gave some really good reviewing there. I watched a few others. One dude actually did an unboxing video of this thing. 😅
Thanks so much for the thorough review! I thought about purchasing, but decided not to! Great job!
Aloha...am a professional musician who often has a need for portable power to run a sound system for small outdoor events. Almost bought this at Costco until I saw it had an SLA battery. Would you be able to recommend a portable power source to run a 200watt sound system for approximately 6 hours? Thanks for sharing!
I'm glad the video helped. I would recommend Bluetti AC200P. It is a bit hefty but has a large enough battery to do what you're wanting. At the very minimum you need an EcoFlow Delta.
@@minutemanprep ... Great, thanks for the reply!
Don't forget this is a great system for people in subzero temperatures.
Sorry but I disagree. Even the user manual disagrees. According to the user manual on page 8 it says: Operating/Storage temperature 32-86 °F (0-30 °C)/32-104 °F (0-40 °C)" So it can't be stored or used below freezing. At least with lithium batteries they can be stored and used below freezing temps BUT NOT CHARGED below freezing. Duracell gives no info on charging the battery below freezing.
I just saw this at Costco. Watched the review while shopping. Hard pass. Subscribed. Thanks for your honest review
Be glad you passed! Thanks for subbing. I appreciate the feedback.
What would you recommend for a low price like this?
@@kimberlyd8252 I would go with this: amzn.to/3ebdw1B for about the same price. It doesn't have as big of an inverter but it has the same battery size and better solar input.
Let’s say this unit is in my budget. What other unit should I look at to stay in the same price range?
The cheapest unit that I have had okay success with is the Sungzu 1000: amzn.to/3i4wAyq That's still not a great unit but far better than the Duracell.
Thank you for your honesty
You're truly welcome.
It's an old video but sorry I didn't watch it before I bought one of these new from my local big box store. First one exploded when I plugged in a 1,000 watt load (flames etc.). Had it replaced but haven't tested it yet. Bought a solar panel to charge it and ordered the Anderson connector because it's not available locally. I live in the Caribbean, hurricane belt, so things not as readily available as in the US. Didn't know this was a lead acid unit. Really disappointed. Thanks to shipping and customs this thing cost me the equivalent of $650 which is insane considering what you don't get. Thanks for the review.
That’s all I would be concerned about in a power outage is my fridge
Man thank you I was just going to buy this because of the reviews on they website which is bullshit
Tssss.Duracell needs to fire that engineer.Im amazed that any1 would bother producing such a poor system.Who said"great idea,let's do it"? Did they do any research in the current market? Ridiculous.
So, what would you recommend for my dad who is very interested in running a fridge? Thanks for the review!! It was huge.
Great question. The #1 best option right now is the Titan: poweredportablesolar.com/shop/ the second-best option right now is the Bluetti AC200P: amzn.to/3s5HoB2. Other than that, there are really not too many systems that will truly run a fridge for multiple days with solar panels. These two units have enough battery and enough solar input capacity to truly run a fridge for a longer power outage.
@@minutemanprep Thank you so much for your response!!!
@@eddieimparato You're welcome. Happy to help.
Just add more batteries works fine. I would not spend $4000 dollars for a back up generator. I have a power source and a gas generator.
Great information, Thank you
Well I’m crossing this off my list I’m aiming for the big jackery 1000 or the pecron E1000
The Jackery 1000 will be the best bet between those two options but can I ask what you need to run and what you plan to use the solar generator for?
Can you help me with my set up..I have a reneogy inverter and would like help on how yo attach solar panels and batteries..as well as which batteries I should get for what I want to use it for
You have just one piece of the system. You'll need an mppt charge controller to go with your inverter. I like Lion Energy batteries or the Signature Solar batteries are amazing too. You will probably want to watch other videos from Will Prowse and David Poz.
THIS SOLAR GENERATOR IS AWSOME!!!!! In 2010, what a joke in today’s world. Duracell, are you developing a new cutting edge VCR to go with your so-gen?
Lol, harsh lol. Janice
@@jksatte what’s harsh is selling something I can put together for a few hundred bucks at 300% markup. Made to take advantage of people who don’t know any better
@@rogerpilon2588 Well honestly that's the case with most of them. There is something to be said for paying for a professional to do it. I'm not mad at anyone for making money. They are just trading on the Duracell name and for some it will work just fine. They know whats up. Look at the other comments. Some people are fine with it. Others...lol, not so much. In this day and age the research is kinda easy so I wouldn't do that. I did, however, do something that others could call foolish as well. I am fund restricted and I wanted the most bang for the buck and I bought a Leoch. There is not a lot of history, or none at all, for the Leoch. So I am sure some would say you dummy lol. Hopefully it is ok. I feel it will be fine. Just saying. Janice
Thank you. Very informative from a well knowledgeable presenter.
Glad I saw this presentation before making a decision to buy a unit from Costco.
PS
I had bought a "Goal Zero Yeti 1440" years ago, tried to use it when PGE started a power grid shutoff during a major fire in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite.
From my experience "Goal Zero Yeti" was a total waste of money as it performed in a horrible poor manner like the Duracell, add to it the very heavy weight and foot print of the unit.
Absolutely, both are not great at all.
Duracell discontinued this unit? The inverter on mine failed after 12 months. It was OK for powering lights, but now not even that.
What solar generator do you recommend minute man?
My favorite one that I have used and has been the reigning king of solar generators for 2 years now is the Titan: poweredportablesolar.com/shop/ But they take a little while to get. They are 100% worth the wait since no one else has come close to beating the Titan.
Alaska Prepper really seems to like his, but if you go look at his reviews they're not good at all really tbh. The only way I would buy one would be if they had them on sale for like say $200 maybe, and even then I would probably think very hard about making that purchase. I mean even at the Costco price of $499.99 it seems overpriced. Let alone the Amazon price of $699.
what brand is the watt meter?
poweredportablesolar.com/product/mc4-solar-panel-watt-meter/
Wife bought this for a Christmas present. After it failed us in the last power outage, I scrambled and bought a champion 7500w running generator with 50amp service to run everything which ran all night on just under a tank (5.7 gal) and still had some left in the morning. I decided to get solar panels anyway since they can be used for anything and an extra marine deep cycle battery to run in parallel so we have 120ah total on the Duracell. Seeing if it can run backyard rope lights each evening for free, but yea pretty much not of any use for household stuff/sensitive electronics. Just some LED tabletop lamps or phone chargers in an outage. Can anyone tell me common devices that can/cannot be run on modified sine wave just for future use of this machine?
So basically heat guns murder most appliances, heaters draw the next most and then air conditioners followed by refrigerators. The side of the Duracell box shows many items that can be run in how many hours they will last
Did you recharge it prior to it saying it was depleted and then it shows 3/4 the way charged? What gives?
What what would be equivalent price wise to the duracell
This unit: amzn.to/3ebdw1B It has similar sized battery, larger solar input, but smaller inverter. Other than that there really isn't anything else I'd recommend.
What can you say about the Duracell PowerBlock 500?, saw it on sell at Costco for $399 from $549
SLA - PWM - MSW - No USB-C - 250 cycles - Crazy heavy for the rated watt-hours. Does "for the price" mean get 2nd best on absolutely every important feature? That looks more like a one-way boat anchor. You should never discharge SLA more than about 50-60% of rated capacity. My guess is the 660 watt-hours is what they are claiming is the "usable" power capacity, with the actual battery being much larger than that. It wouldn't surprise me if it's a 1300 watt-hour battery, giving you 660 usable.
I've heard polar opposite of what your compaints are about. I guess it depends on the person & what they want or looking for. I can not find this unit on sale like everyone else has found it way under $500. Smh, figures.
Anyone know the solar panel used for this unit? I thought i heard 100 watt, but, i could be wrong.
If you use a power inverter to charge this unit from the plug. You can use other solar panels to charge this unit from an mppt solar charger.
can I connect my solar panel (120w) to charge the daisy chain behind the battery (power source) since the solar controller only can 100w?
Runs my welder so it works for me
Good morning, I have charged my Duracell 1440 for the first time, the green flash stopped blinking before 24 hours. Should I continue charging it this first time until completing that time or is it enough to have already charged it?
I appreciate the honest review. Unfortunately, I live on Maui and no one here sells a lithium-ion solar generator/powersource. like the Jackery. The Durcel is my only option right now.
poweredportablesolar.com/shop/ we ship to Hawaii =)
@@minutemanprep Who wants to spend $3000 for a backup generator.
@@elmerwaltermeyer8340 people who have been through hurricanes and natural disasters and have experienced first hand that gasoline runs out from the gas station during those situations but the sun doesn't
Same here man, stay huelo this thing was great for about 3 months now its pau and sitting back at Costco wen return it lol let me know if you find anything better! Been looking too.
Oh no! I just bought one my husband needs it for his Cpap machine our camping trip is tomorrow :/ any idea if this will hold up at lease for this trip?
I bought it at Costco for $500 I will be returning ASAP
Ya for the trip you should be alright but I would personally return it and get this: amzn.to/3ebdw1B it has a smaller inverter but is plenty big enough to run the CPAP machine no problem. It has a similar sized battery but twice as good of a solar input.
You're not going to run it continuous if you're just trying to keep your freezer items frozen. 8 on at night and 10 off during the day while it recharges.
I have one of these units I use for an off-grid garage and recharge with solar. I agree the votlage meter is silly, it should be amp hours to show capacity. The under voltage alarm is also annoying as it will trip at just under 11volts. I bought a separate inverter and just use this unit as an expensive battery for now to get past all the annoying alarms. In the winter, I will keep it plugged into an extension cord from the house when there's not enough solar energy. I ran two 100 watt panels as you did here and given enough time and a PWM controller, it will give an over voltage alarm. I swapped my contoller for an MPPT that has over-voltage control. Some ability to customize these alarms for low sun/voltage days would be nice. Overall, it's not worth the price at $700. If you can find them in the $3-400 range, it's a good buy, and Duracell does sell their B stock units for $300.
There is small newer lithium version available at Costco store. It call Duracell Powerblock 500 gasless generator.
What kind of solar power panels you got?
Rigid 100: poweredportablesolar.com/product/rigid-100-solar-panel/ They're the best I've used.
Duracel budget goes perhaps like 50% on marketing, 5% on material, and 45% profit.
#thanks
You're welcome
Can you please tell me what kind of fan I can use with my battery?
Can you please tell us which one to buy that is better for a power outage??
Titan, Delta Pro or MPS3K. The recommended units can all be found here: poweredportablesolar.com/shop/
@@minutemanprep thank you for your channel and all of your information! So with solar panels and everything I'm looking at spending 7k? We have a well to power as well...
@@Kkellyd1 I'm happy to help. Shoot me an email to info@poweredportablesolar.com and I can tell you what will work best
Are you able to charge this device while simultaneously using it?
These are on sale for $299 from Duracell. I'm looking for a battery backup for my sump pump and wifi for when I'm away from home. Idea is I would use it as a UPS. Have it plugged in/charging continuously with my sump and wifi plugged into it.
I am unsure on that, I believe yes.
@@minutemanprep I actually looked over the specs while I was waiting.
This is where this device is unique to most other systems. The Duracell can perform as a traditional UPS. While it's plugged into an AC power source, the outlets will run on AC power. Once the AC power source is lost, the Duracell kicks over to the inverter automatically within 20ms so you get uninterrupted power.
Pretty cool and worth the price for this feature, I'm not aware of any other systems that have this feature at this price point.
Greetings, can I use it as a backup and leave it on with my computer in case the power goes out?
I can see the problem right off: no 'Copper Top'. Duh. Rookie manufacturing mistake! /s
lol
Just bought one at costco for like $480 thinking its a real bargain, ... after this video, gona return it for a gas generator instead.
Can you use it while charging to a wall outlet?
Thankfully 😅
You can as many solar panels as you like by adding batteries to the Duracell and connecting the solar to the batteries.
I picked a brand new one at auction for $100 bucks , so not bad fir that price!!!
The box says it charges in 10 hours with the charger. How did yours fair at 87w-90w? I think i made a really poor decision when buying this. I anticipated a long charge time. But seeing that it only accepts a 100w solar input, i can see it taking much longer to charge.
Hell no I wouldn't waste my time thanks for the review great review and come on duracell keep up with technology of the time lead acid is a thing of the past nobody uses it oh I still have a deep cycle duracell ultra battery I use if everything else dies. Thanks have a great day
This is hilarious review. Everyone wants it to be $700 for a $5K price tag. Such a joke. If we wanted him to truly review it, then do it. Dollar for dollar, this blows the others away.
Be honest, Ben. Stop being paid for your reviews.
That’s just my two cents.
Minute Man Prep...please, I need a better alternative than that. Which unit have you reviewed and recommend? Thank you!
I have reviewed many. The question is truly what do you need to run? Let me know and I can help guide you.