Woot New Math…we are owned by Amazon but would charge $299 if it were full price. Please don’t check Amazon to see that this unit is $249 currently (and not on sale). So our claim of 33% off really is only 20% off. Oh, and we will charge you to ship. So less than 20%
Math people… Just do it!
The list price is MSRP, not Amazon’s price.
Also, if you have Prime, you get free shipping on woot by using the Login with Amazon button.
I purchased this battery pack from Amazon (without solar panel). I use it to power up my laptop and telescope/camera. The battery lasts several nights of astrophotography sessions. It’s light and small. I highly recommend.
Got this same deal in a 2018-06 Wooting as part of my effort to put together a good earthquake kit. (So I’m set for power…less so for food as I haven’t bothered doing that yet.)
I really like this system, but I was a bit disappointed in the battery life. It’s hard to say what should be expected though. I mean, how many hours of phone charging + some lamp + a little bit of router should I expect? Who can say!
I still think I’d recommend it though.
Question… how long does it take to charge the battery with this solar panel?
Can someone explain to me why the solar community labels its batteries as “generators”? This seems to confuse me every time.
I am no expert but the solar panel is rated at 50 watts and that usually means in normal use it will put out maybe 40 watts. The 50 watts is the max you will get under perfect conditions and under perfect conditions the solar panel will heat up and start degrading output or the angle of the sun changes as it moves etc. I tend to stick to brand name panels like Renogy and even their panels never put out the max.
So that being said if we say this puts out 40 watts and assuming the battery of 150 wH will get discharged to a max low of 20% before they disconnect it, (yes that’s right the battery is 150wH but you can’t use all of it without damaging the battery).you have to gather 120wH so that’s 3 hours but probably more like 4 hours in full sun
edit: so this just how solar hardware works, despite the negativity I am still considering this a decent deal and may buy it
- Because there is no word designed for their meaning.
- Under real-world conditions, you stick your solar panel outside and adjust its angle to the sun 2-3 time thru the day, and use one of the “generators” to collect and store the watts gathered. Then you use the inverter function to convert the 12v Ampere-hours (wattage) into 120 AC wattage. So it is performing the same function as a gas powered generator, except for turning Light->watts-> 120VAC instead of Gas(+ freq oil changes)->120VAC.
- Under real world usage, such as full-on extended power outage (IE temporary-permanent regional doomsday scenarios without bug-out), you would likely want two+ of the solar panel units and 3+ of the battery-inverter-units(generator, to be able to “conduct life” with one unit and have two at different stages of on-charge. (“One is none and two is one…”)
- “Power Station”
- “use one of those “generators” to collect”…i.e. = solar controller
Since this one does include the solar panels, i think the term might be ok, but most do not include the panels.
Yeah, most manufacturers use the incorrect term “Solar Generator”. Out of the 4 i own, only Rockpals does not use the term Solar Generator and uses the more correct term Power Station.
I have never heard the batteries labeled as generators… But if in some place they have done that, I’m quite sure it is no different from you(likely) calling, that device that you connect to your LAN to your cable modem to, a router… which it is not. It does have a router inside of it, along with a host of other devices that do things other than route… The “generator” has a battery in it.
Seems to be alittle cheaper on the mother ship since you checked.
However, it has ONE (1) rating. Not something I would depend on in an emergency but I agree with the use of power a telescope or deck lighting.
After the 15% descount, taxes,
but ACO power has good ratings (solar panels). The battery, which is pretty close to my GoalZero Yeti 150, It would be nice for someone living in an apartment, who has little storage space, to use for phone charging or laptop charging.
But for the sake of nick picking…
The MSRP is the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price . The List Price may or may not be the same amount. The MSRP is generally printed on the item, or at least in a published catalog somewhere. It doesn’t matter what the item is listed as, it’s the MSRP that Amazon uses to determine eligibility So, MSPR vs LIST. Seems to be the same or different. Still, ECO stuff is not cheap and gets decent feedback on youtube (the new goto Consumer Reports IMO). They are not the cheapest out of the gate and there are setups (not discounted) that are cheaper then the same setup from ECO.
They’re intended to replace portable gas-powered generators and people get lazy/dumb and parsed the initial versions’ label of “generator replacement” as “generator.”
I prefer “portable power station” or “portable battery with inverter,” but some people take umbridge with being corrected, so they continue to fight back.
$100 for a 150Wh SLA battery with included inverter isn’t bad, and $100 for a foldable 50w solar panel is the market standard.