Just bought one of these after seeing many reviews and demos and this is an amazing looking thing! Can also be used as a UPS back up but isn't like a "normal" UPS....this was meant to be able to run things for a long time with no power. Off the grid so to speak. This can power a washing machine on regular wash and do 2+ loads on a single charge! My intent is to be able to run my station indefinitely if a power outage as the Decade/Procaster and the Schlockwood together with little computer may take less than 20 watts of power and it can run for days at this power level. Has full 120 volts and pure sine wave inverter same as the house power. Uses Lithium Phosphate batteries(LiFe PO4) that can be charged from full discharge 2500 times and still have 80% capacity left and 5000 times before capacity would diminish enough to need replacing. This can last you forever. And charge time with standard charge speed is 1 1/2 hours! Can also be charged from car or solar panel. That would last you 13 years if you charge it from discharge every day. but much longer if just charged from 50% or 60% down. But normal you wouldn't charge near that often. Has battery management to not allow over charge or too low discharge.
This is the entry level model but more than good enough for me. The 600W limit power draw can be switched to 1000 watts capable with surges to 1500 watts But I would never need that. Also the feature where at under 10 watts it shuts off after 4 hours can be disabled if you are running something less that you want to stay on, like a radio, or LED 60 watt replacement bulb using only 9 watts.
Great for back up for our stations... $299 Canadian on Amazon Canada. $205 as I saw on Amazon USA or directly from Bluetti. Everything always costs more in Canada. There's other much higher capacity ones but for me too much money/heavy and way more than I would need. This is small and light, around 10 lbs., less than a decent UPS with lead acid battery. Plan to get rid of the 900VA Cyber power UPS I have now. A 60 watt LED bulb actually uses 9 watts so you will have light for a long time, days.
I included a video that wasn't paid subscription, also good reviews on Amazon.
I should add you don't need a smartphone and APP for the functions/settings although an app can work it with a smartphone. Settings can be done on unit.
Changing watts capability and other things like turning off eco mode to run low power things without 4 hour shut down can also be done on the unit as per instruction manual. I asked about this by contacting the company.
I should get this by Friday and will post how it works.
So I got the Bluetti Power station and am using it and this thing is nice.
My whole station consisting of a mini 7" laptop, Sclockwood 200 processor, Decade MS-100 in total uses 12 watts of power. If the computer screen is on, the power consumption increases to 17 watts in total so screen lights use a lot of extra power so I have it set to go off after 3 minutes. If I take the computer off the power station and plug it in to a separate outlet as it has it's own back up battery that will last for something like 8 hours (longer with screen off). The wattage of just the Decade and the Schlockwood is 7 watts. Not much power needed to have a station on the air....same as one "100 watt" LED bulb and when the power goes out I don't. Station could work off the grid for a whole day or more and I hour to recharge to 80%. UPS mode disables the inverter and is just pass through from wall to outlets but if no power switches over in milliseconds.
Opening a 'power room' in the house is an extremely fascinating plan as a guard against losing grid power. The Bluetti offers a neat solution for keeping radio services alive, and other power generating methods are becoming more efficient and affordable for crucial human survival with heating, cooling and lighting. I trust that the Bluetti is quiet?
@carl-blare Yes there's a cooling fan but you only hear faintly across the room. 50 db on a sound meter held right against it and it only goes on periodically. Same as a computer. The model I have is an entry level model. You can get ones with way more capacity but are 1000s $$$ and not portable anymore and very heavy. Some need wheels to move them around and are big and weigh 70-80 lbs but those could power most of the stuff in your house...full size refrigerator, TV, lights, heater, electric fry pan, all at the same time. Even do a few washing machine loads as they have an output of over 3000 watts and also charge in one and a half hours.
They are like a battery powered version of a generator. For me this model EB3A is fine just for my station using no more than 12 watts to run. But this one as I demoed can also do a couple of quick washes in a machine on a charge.
Also with the power station if a storm is coming or predicted and you are using it as a UPS just unplugging it solves the problem of lightning and potential damage to your equipment.
It now works "off the grid" and continues to power your station. No need to go off the air.
So many times I've seen Carl having to shut the station off because of weather. It has exactly the same 120V A/C and pure sine wave you get from the wall.
I'd still need to shut down for storms because lightning could potentially strike my antenna or ground radials. The internet modem connected to the telephone pole could become fried, as a friends modem was. Another friend lost a public address amplifier to lightning, may have been through the speaker lines and not the power.
Update on the Bluetti power station. Working nice as UPS function. Running it alone, full charge, with a 26" Samsung LED TV and a 60watt LED replacement bulb(using 9 watts actually) total 50 watts power consumption with the lamp and the TV together it ran perfect for 10 hours. My station that consists of the Decade MS-100, Schlockwood processor and small laptop with screen off(set at 3 minutes to turn off) consuming 12 watts total at 120 volts A/C the power station delivers from it's inverter, it ran for 20 hours on the battery backup. If I took the computer off it as it has it's own back up battery my station could run for over 24 hours on the power station alone. Much longer than the computer's back up battery. But of course the computer is needed.
Not bad for power outages that typically last for less time. And the time to full charge is 1.5 hours from 0%. Can work while charging also. Also chargeable from car and solar. And I have the entry level model. It only goes up from here. Picture in lower resolution as this site won't accept larger than 64MB.
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