BLUETTI AC180 Solar Generator with 200W Solar Panel (Ships Separately), 1152Wh Portable Power Station w/ 4 1800W (2700W Surge) AC Outlets, LFP Power for Outdoor Camping, Trip, Power Outage

I love the quality of Bluetti products. They just work! I like how this unit shows you exactly how much power is coming in, and how much power is going out. It has an easy to understand display, and the operation of the unit is simple, with 3 easy to understand buttons:- Unit ON- DC Output ON- AC Output ONThe unit charges in just a few hours when attached to home power, and should get a full charge during a day attached to the included 200W solar panel.It is important to note that in real life, you will not get 200W of charging from your solar panels! That is their theoretical limit, and any slight deviation from perfect sunlight will cause the output power to be lower. (This includes, clouds, humidity, pollution, latitude, altitude, time of year, angle of the panels)In my case, I did some tests using the included stands set to a "good" angle trying to get the sun exactly perpendicular to to the solar panels and got the following results:- Fully cloudy day with slight rain - 57 W- Clear day - 161 W(Early April, 40 degrees latitude, 4200 feet elevation)*The reason date/latitude/altitude matter is because the amount of solar power you receive is dependent on upon how much atmosphere the light must travel through, and the angle it hits from the sun (because more energy from the sun bounces off to the side, the larger the angle it hits the atmosphere. Part of why it's colder at the poles and in winter because that angle is larger.)All this to say that you shouldn't be angry and think your unit is defective if you don't get the full 200W advertised.The unit uses up to 20 W of power when turned on, for running the display/bluetooth/power conversion circuitry, so keep it off when not in use. Also, only turn on the AC/DC buttons when actually using that output, so it doesn't waste power trying to convert when nothing is using it. Thankfully, it has an auto power off function to keep from wasting power. And the display shuts off after a few seconds to preserve electricity as well.Speaking of bluetooth, the system has an accompanying app which uses bluetooth to connect your phone to the unit from up to 100 feet away. Using this, you can do 4 important things:- Check how much power is coming in and how much power is going out (on both DC and AC)- See what % of the battery is left- Turn on/off the AC and DC outputs- Turn on/off the whole unitIn short, everything you can do from the box itself can be done via the app, from the cozy comfort of your tent on a cold morning when you want to start the water boiling before you get up out of your warm sleeping bag.

TL; DR: Easy to use, right out of the box, 200w solar charging at 140w in full sun.The unit arrived at 28% SOC and I immediately tested all the outlets and controls, and everything worked flawlessly. You barely need directions. I guess eventually I'll hook it to my phone but have not yet.Next day I put it out in the sun with the solar panels, and the hookup was very quick and simple. There is only one way the plugs go together, so virtually impossible to bork this up. In full sun it is hitting a little over 140w on the charging rate, and I suspect about 8 hours of sun would fully charge this. In the shade or overcast, this can drop by 90%, which is simply the way solar goes. You need direct sun.I'm going to hook this to the EV eventually, just out of curiosity on how well that works. At the rated capacity, it should recharge it for about 3-4 miles of use. This isn't practical but it is a mitigation for an extraordinary outage of power or such.Can it be used for job sites, for tools, or camping or such? Sure, but that's sort of secondary for my purposes. I wanted a backup for if (when?) the grid has a big disruption. Fueled generators have their limitations and safety considerations (I had 77 of them when I was in the Army - I'm well aware of how they perform) and I wanted something with more resilience.

This is amazing! We go to more rustic campsites but needed something to charge stuff and run a cpap at night. It charges so fast when plugged in a regular outlet. We used the solar panels and only took a couple hours to charge and could also charge devices at the same time! Super user friendly. Drains decently fast when using the AC but we got a DC adapter and it works beautifully. Could use for 3 nights for running cpap (with dc adapter) and charging phones on one full charge. Wish we would have gotten this way sooner. Bought a travel case to make it easier to carry. If looking for power station I would recommend over and over again!!!

This thing is I ovative and really convenient to use, I spent a week in a shaded area with a 200w panel and it charged up just fine, I have three of the swappable batteries one for my fridge and two for this power bank and it is incredibly convenient. The sone inverter could be a tad bit more efficient but other than that it works like a charm and I can expand it's energy storage by buying more b10 batteries. It is heavy, but it feels well made and durable.