This seems like a great entry-level super-portable solution. As someone who has several Jackery Explorer 300's, the S200 is intriguing for the price, especially since it comes with its own 60W panel (a Jackery 300 and 60W panel will cost roughly 2x the current price of this). I may steer some of the folks that ask me about this kind of thing this way. I'd imagine it's not quite as rock-solid as a Jackery but in a pinch, it'd certainly do!
Pretty cool they sent you a unit to review. Thanks for sharing your opinion with us. Not a bad price with the discount but man I am so cheap these days. 😮💨 Edit: also I agree FedEx sucks. Maybe we have the same driver, lol. During the summer if it is a nice Friday afternoon the driver will mark the package delivered but not even drive through the neighborhood (doorbell camera). It will usually show up the following Mon/Tues. Sometimes it won't show for a week, though. Trash!
Ummm I presume the "200" refers to 200 watt hours of power from a fully charged battery. What was actually displayed in the video was a 3.8 hour load at 26 watts. That's about 100 watt hours of power. That's only half the 200 watt rating, if indeed the 200 refers to the power available. It might not. What would be useful would be to have the battery being easily replaced to multiply that power capacity. For my purposes, I would not want to goof around with a solar panel. I would simply want power when I want it, where I want it. I mostly use corded power tools, and this gadget would provide short duration use of light power tools like a drill, away from a mains power supply. Still, I'm pretty well equipped with extension cords for use around my house, which allows me to use heavy duty tools indefinitely. At my house, I've used a propane lantern hung on one of several hooks around the house to provide lighting in the event of a power outage. That provides easily portable lighting around the house, and by changing propane cartridges or using a tank of propane, it can provide lighting indefinitely. All in all, I don't see this as an improvement over what I have, for the purposes I describe. And.... no word on price in the video.
@@SeattlePioneer even I didn't mention the price intentionally. These things are always a bit pricey. That said, when compared to an inexpensive 3ah 12v battery, the price isn't too bad.
Pretty simple math says it isn't charging a car battery in 2 to 3 hours. Which puts into doubt all specs / claims. Three formulas is all you need in this DC world: P=IV V=IR Wh = V x Ah We assume it's a 12V (rather than 24V) battery. We have a car battery at 70Ah. Wh = 12 x 70 = 840 Wh We have a 60W panel. 3 hours @ 60W = 180W. 180 / 840 = ~21.4% of the batteries capacity in 3 hours. Ohhh sponsored review, aka, an ad.
@@saveitforparts that tends to be a major drawback on inexpensive power stations, like the Rockpals. If you can charge it and use it it's vastly superior. 👍
This seems like a great entry-level super-portable solution. As someone who has several Jackery Explorer 300's, the S200 is intriguing for the price, especially since it comes with its own 60W panel (a Jackery 300 and 60W panel will cost roughly 2x the current price of this). I may steer some of the folks that ask me about this kind of thing this way. I'd imagine it's not quite as rock-solid as a Jackery but in a pinch, it'd certainly do!
Seems pretty nice. I'm actually considering getting a big one of these.
Pretty cool they sent you a unit to review. Thanks for sharing your opinion with us.
Not a bad price with the discount but man I am so cheap these days. 😮💨
Edit: also I agree FedEx sucks. Maybe we have the same driver, lol. During the summer if it is a nice Friday afternoon the driver will mark the package delivered but not even drive through the neighborhood (doorbell camera). It will usually show up the following Mon/Tues. Sometimes it won't show for a week, though. Trash!
I try to use UPS or USPS whenever possible. I don't think Fedex pays their drivers enough to bother doing their job.
12.83ah @ 12v
Not bad at all for the size.
Ummm
I presume the "200" refers to 200 watt hours of power from a fully charged battery.
What was actually displayed in the video was a 3.8 hour load at 26 watts. That's about 100 watt hours of power. That's only half the 200 watt rating, if indeed the 200 refers to the power available. It might not.
What would be useful would be to have the battery being easily replaced to multiply that power capacity.
For my purposes, I would not want to goof around with a solar panel. I would simply want power when I want it, where I want it.
I mostly use corded power tools, and this gadget would provide short duration use of light power tools like a drill, away from a mains power supply. Still, I'm pretty well equipped with extension cords for use around my house, which allows me to use heavy duty tools indefinitely.
At my house, I've used a propane lantern hung on one of several hooks around the house to provide lighting in the event of a power outage. That provides easily portable lighting around the house, and by changing propane cartridges or using a tank of propane, it can provide lighting indefinitely.
All in all, I don't see this as an improvement over what I have, for the purposes I describe.
And.... no word on price in the video.
The specs say 154Wh on the battery, 200 might just be the model number.
@@SeattlePioneer even I didn't mention the price intentionally. These things are always a bit pricey. That said, when compared to an inexpensive 3ah 12v battery, the price isn't too bad.
if i had the dough, that's the way Id go.
Pretty simple math says it isn't charging a car battery in 2 to 3 hours.
Which puts into doubt all specs / claims.
Three formulas is all you need in this DC world:
P=IV
V=IR
Wh = V x Ah
We assume it's a 12V (rather than 24V) battery.
We have a car battery at 70Ah.
Wh = 12 x 70
= 840 Wh
We have a 60W panel.
3 hours @ 60W = 180W.
180 / 840 = ~21.4% of the batteries capacity in 3 hours.
Ohhh sponsored review, aka, an ad.
Can you use it while charging?
I believe so, the website says yes, and I think I saw that it can be used as a UPS or backup battery.
@@saveitforparts that tends to be a major drawback on inexpensive power stations, like the Rockpals. If you can charge it and use it it's vastly superior. 👍
Yes
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