Looking for 2000Wh power station recommendation (not Jackery)

[oldnslow]

I see 2 reasons for buying a commercial or all in one power station:

1. You lack the tools or skills or time to build your own. This is an important issue for many people. You should not be messing around with big lithium batteries unless you know for sure what you are doing.
2. Portability is important to you. One could build a portable unit but it likely would not be quite as small or convenient as a commercially buillt unit unless you are really good.

Why would portability be desired? Maybe one has 2 or more vehicles and wants to easily switch between them. If one lives in a hot place like southern Arizona you really don't want to leave a lithium battery in a hot vehicle all week while you work. I wrecked an Ecoflow unit a few years ago that way. Now I store them in the house until I'm ready to go, and keep them in the air conditioned part of the truck until I get up aways in altitude.

On the other hand a custom built unit that does not need to be portable can use less space and be cheaper than a commercial unit, along with being seviceable. It all depends on your needs and skills.

 

[donmontalvo]

Good points.

 

[fourfa]

I started with a portable all-in-one (EcoFlow) powering everything in my pop-up camper, worked fine. After a couple years I installed a proper house battery system, properly wired and fused, lots more capable and expandable. I end up bringing the EcoFlow anyway (special needs maybe, as I do a lot of astrophotography stuff that needs to be powered all night, some distance away from the vehicle). The rest of the time it’s an emergency backup in the house (we live in earthquake country). There’s plenty of room for both

 

[Dirty Boy]

Im interested in this topic. I currently have individual components in my van with a 230 Ah LiFPo4 under the drivers seat. I have 640W of solar on the roof. I dont use gas and use a double plate induction cooker. It meets my needs but have been following discussions, new models and pricing of the solar generators. Ive become very skeptical of YT reviews of these product because it seems many have received the units for free and therefore give a biased review. I have heard of one manufacturer that was willing to pay reviewers as long as it was positive. feedback. For clarity, Im in the Uk and have watched equally US and UK YT reviews.