The Off-Grid PowerHouse! | We Review the Bluetti AC200MAX!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- We take a detailed look at the powerhouse that is the Bluetti AC200MAX portable power station.
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I think back a few years ago when we looked at a van set up for off grid living. It had solar and five car batteries and was fairly limited in what you could run. The progress has neen amazing.
Love the way you explain, my language haha, very interesting video thanks 😊
Thank you! 😃
Great system. I hope they develop the pack power connectors to 90 degree low profile ones specically designed for a stacked install. Impressive though.
Very good video, again and well demo'ed. I have the Ecoflow Delta Max 2k, which at 22kg I thought was fairly heavy, but your 'mini me' expansion is much smaller than my equivalent (which I have not needed, yet). These batteries are great for on the move, off grid or even for garden events. By the way, you unintentionally cracked a pun, when you said 'the app tells you Watt is going on' 🤣
Ahhh I wish I could’ve said I planned that pun 😂
Nice video. Very informative. 😊
If you think that’s sad then so am I , found it very informative and interesting . 👍👏👏👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Do the inverter and extra batteries charge at the same time when you plug the system into the grid to charge ?????????
No one can answer me 😢
Nicholas , 🇿🇦 South Africa
I am thinking about getting one of these I have the eb70
Not a bad unit. Will happily power a tumble dryer. But could do with a bigger mppt. To take 2000 watts of solar
I liked your old video music intro
I can't find the 420 on there site
Very good review, Unfortunately my AC200Max + B230 is not synchronous. What do you think is the problem?
Ours did that for a bit but seems to be back in sync again now so maybe just run a few more cycles of them plugged in together
@@ABusAndBeyond thanks for reply, but just wondering. At what percentage do you let drain most of the time? To zero both plugged in together and charge together at the same time too?
Do they offer a shorter cable to link to the additional battery?
I don’t think they do. I think it’s the same cable so if you had two additional batteries the run between the two devices would be longer
@@ABusAndBeyond just worried about crushing it in a confined space
Can you plug a hook up cable that has a 3 pin plug on it it on a camper to run the leisure battery
Yes you could do that 👍
quicke question i have abluetti 200 max which i havent used for over 6 months do i need to discharge and charge it up every6 months ..?
yes every 3 months
I assume that the solar panels need to be matched if they are going onto the same solar controller
Nah. Use any panels ya like. 👍🏻
Blimey! A lot of off grid power options… are you getting into Hydroponics?
😂
Does it have a car charging cable and is it aine wave for computers?
No it doesn’t come with a car charging cable but it is a pure sine wave inverter
If the electricity in the house goes out for whatever reason and it's cloudy outside then the power station is only going to charge your camping fridge, tv and fan for about an hour right? I don't think I want to drag that heavy battery out to my car to charge it there, even if it is sunny outside where I live we have shared backyards and I'm sure my solar panels would disappear in no time at all lol so I don't think this is for me.
It runs our Camping fridge for over a week. TVs and fans are very low power users so it would last for a few days running all those items continuously
Lots of info
Which is better this or eco flow equivalent?
We haven’t had hands on the EcoFlow I’m afraid so I couldn’t comment unfortunately
Just a couple of points you cannot actually use all 2048Wh there will be some losses to the inverter and the battery cannot go to 0% probably 1650 to 1700 is realistic. Also if you are charging wireless there will be additional losses so closer to 75-80 hours for the iPhone at 15W. These conditions apply to all power stations so still fair to use the topline figure for comparison.
This is a bit disappointing news that you can only run a fryer for 1 hour. This thing cost $2,000 here in Canada and it seems like I could only cook a single breakfast with this and I just bought one. I thought there was more power than that.
It's not the batteries fault, it's just that type of heating/cooking method is wildly power hungry. You should look into the Instant Pot. The 3l basic one is 700w peak (just to get to temp, then it drops massively to maintain), while the full & XL sizes are 1500w peak. There are many ways to cook with these devices. Lots of UA-cam recipes and reviews showing what's possible. Instant Pot also make an Air Fryer lid for their pots, so you can cook a chicken - for example - in the pressure cooker on low power, and then use the air fryer lid for the last 15 mins or so to make the skin crispy.
It takes you an hour to cook breakfast blimey you must cremate you're food.
I could cook a full English breakfast in quarter of that time.
Air fryers are very economical on power.
And an low wattage induction hob. Sorted.
This will power my caravan easy for wild camping
Another one
That was more a list of features than a review
Isn't it strange that when items are provided for review to any UA-cam channel it is rare for any criticism of the items to be offered
If you had to pay for the items "reviewed" would you buy them ?
agreed if i get anything free i wont criticise the product , Seems to be a you tube thing. I have a power bank ie no names (ECOFLOW)but they do the same boring review .seems every you tuber channel is doing the same boring S**t as free gift . If they buy it then yes i will listen let em spend £500 plus on a power bank without the solar panel!!!!!! working on the van in you drive way NICE good use. Im not anti you tube creator but oh my god!!!
Agreed. The set up shown is currently just under £4k in total on the manufacturers website, the two boxes plus solar panels. How's that compare in functionality, space taken up, weight, and price, to a lithium battery off grid set up currently available for camper vans?
If you don’t like the free content these guys make why watch it. Go watch something else and leave these guys alone
@@simontree317 How do I know whether I like it unless I watch it ?
The title of the video say that it is a review but it is nothing of the sort. I expected to find out whether the products were worth buying and especially whether they behaved as advertised. Instead what I got las a list of features
I would have been more impressed if the products had been used over a period of time in real situations but as it was I could have found out everything that was said from the manufacturers website. I am willing to bet that in the real world the products do not perform as well as advertised in this video unless used in perfect conditions but I will probably never know
As a result of this video I have unsubscribed from this channel
I have watched quite few videos on this channel and I think there are a lot that contain gifts from these companies so I can't see anything negative being said which is a shame really.
I can't help thinking they would have more subscribers if they didn't promote the thousands of pounds worth of kit they receive.
I'm sure I will be classed as a hater but it's just an honest opinion as a viewer.
What do you get out of promoting the bluetti, the last video I watched you we’re installing a battery system to your van………… what has changed?
Nothing has changed. We got in touch with Bluetti way back before we had installed the electrics and knew it would be great for the interim period but also knew that it would allow us to expand our off grid capabilities in the van. If we know we are going to a campsite with electrical hookup we can leave it at home but if we plan to be off grid we can take it with us.