Tempting at this price, but no reviews.
Hmmm.
Did anyone get during the previous offers?
No experience with this unit. Going by the front panel and outlets location, I won’t be surprised if it’s all the same guts as these units:
https://www.amazon.com/FFpower-Portable-Generator-Outdoors-Emergency/dp/B09N7744M8/
https://www.amazon.com/OUKITEL-Generator-Battery-Portable-Emergency/dp/B09SB4ZD9P/
https://www.amazon.com/Shell-Portable-Generator-Optional-Emergency/dp/B0B74WSNMZ/
https://www.amazon.com/VDL-Portable-Station-Generator-Emergency/dp/B0BG2V63WM/
(Note that I am not staff. I just volunteer to help out on the forums.)
Thanks. Yeah, I agree, at least the case is essentially identical. The cells though, who knows.
Decisions…
@wootybot fortune
As I see it, yes
As for the other question:
Alas, the automatic redirect prevented me from looking up the prior sale listing. In the forums, @Wooter814042327 was hoping the offer would come back and for under $700, so my guess was the price was higher.
Did you check Wootstalker?
No personal experience with this brand or its apparent twin branded power stations.
But at least it checks off the following boxes:
- Pure sine wave inverter.
- UL rating.
- LiFePO4 (“lithium phosphate”) battery technology, with a charge cycle claim in the specs. More durable, higher charge cycle durability and safer vs. cheaper, older lithium battery technology.
Dang. If the government wasn’t likely to shutdown this week, I might have actually bought this. It seems to check all the boxes.
Something that’d search Woot?
But yes, the previous offer was at $769.99.
Now let’s see if the bot is telling me to buy this or not.
@wootybot fortune
Or fairy.
Yes. I commented before about being ready to snatch one of these up if Woot ever lowered the price nearing $700, and they clearly took me up on that because they brought it back with a price that is over $100 lower than it’s previous Woot listing.
This thing is boss. And clearly the one to get at this price point. Bottom line. You could spend twice as much with big brands like Jackery, Goal Zero, Bluetti, and others to get the same basic device. I have been shoping these and kicking the proverbial tire for many months. This device has specs like the $1000-$1,200 models. It is boss as hell. But be prepared to shell out another $400-$500 if you want the solar panels to complete the package. But I would argue that this is pretty much THE ONE to get. It has everything and the price is as good as you are going to find.
I took a risk and got this last time it was offered on Woot. Love this power station and just picked up another one since it’s priced $140 lower than last time. For this price it’s a steal! It is identical to Shell 2000W offered on Amazon for a lot more $$$. The only gripe I have with it is that when solar panels don’t generate enough juice (dusk or dawn) the relay inside of this power station keeps clicking on and off constantly, which is really annoying. Also wish I could adjust (lower) the rate of charge when plugged into 120V, it charges at a constant 1100W which is not good for the longevity of batteries past 80% state of charge.
I had purchased this almost 1 year ago. We had a 3 hour blackout in my neighborhood and even though I could have used my gas oven to bake, I decided to use the portable power station with my air fryer. I set it at 450° for 20 minutes and the generator used 15% battery power. When i had purchased this a year ago it cost me $939.00. I will probably purchase another one.