EF ECOFLOW RIVER Pro Portable Power Station 720Wh, Power Multiple Devices, Recharge 0-80% Within 1 Hour, for Camping, RV, Outdoors, Off-Grid

This unit came well packaged, and fast. We had been looking for a home solar generator to supplement our dual fuel generator in case of an outage.The pros: It charges extremely fast. My experience was 3% to 100% in about an hour plugged in. This was good because if I had to charge it up with my generator, that means less fuel used. I assume the solar charging capabilities would be the same .My first test, and the main reason I bought it was to keep my 7cu ft deep freezer running. I charged to 100% before use and then plugged it in. The unit took the load and ran it perfectly overnight, about 12 hours. You can see the voltage load from the freezer cycling off and on and our freezer stabilizes at about 550- 600 watts after a brief surge. The Ecoflow handled it perfectly. The next test I did was attach my surge protector power strip to it and plugged both of my freezers 7cu ft freezers into the power strip. The Ecoflow handled both perfectly again but for a shorter time, about 6-7 hours. I could have run it probably a bit longer, say 8-10 but I was about to go to sleep and didn't want it to die overnight.This test was pretty acceptable for me because I could potentially see using the solar gen in an emergency power outage overnight and charging it back up with my propane gen the next day. For a temporary outage, this would be fine for a few days to a few weeks if you have enough fuel or a big solar panel to recharge it.The price is also really good! I got a $30 instant savings coupon and got mine for about $540 us tax. For the money, this is a solid first of supplemental power system. If you combined this with a generator or even two of these, I think it would be very useful in a temporary power outage to keep most things going until the power comes back on.The drawback: It took me a bit of searching but I found the charge cycle stays which state this unit is good for about 500 charges from zero to 100% before it starts to degrade. That seems like a lot except if your looking at an extended power outage or if it's going to be used in an area with no power, that's a little over a year. I'm also pretty sure the max solar wattage it will take is 200 watts. That's kind of on the smaller side if you are a prepper or living off grid. But for most backyard preparedness minded people, that should be fine.Hopefully that helps, overall im very happy with the performance for the money. I will probably be looking I to buying either a second unit to rotate the charge/use cycles and extend the life of the units or possibly something bigger with a higher charge cycle life in the future.

The media could not be loaded. After doing much research on different portable power stations I chose the Ecoflow Pro and I'm happy I did.The main use I have for this power supply is to run my Iceco VL fridge. Our 7 year old son has Diabetes type 1, and keeping his medicine below 80 degrees F is our #1 priority on road trips.The Ecoflow Pro does what it says it will do. I also purchased the extra battery for added comfort and extra measures. I have equipped my truck with a 100 watt solar panel that is permanently mounted above the cab.On our last camping trip I made sure the Ecoflow Pro and extra battery were fully charged before we left. I stocked the Ice fridge fully and made sure it was at 36 degrees F before we left. After a two hour drive, because of the solar panel, I still had 100% of battery when we arrived to our camping destination.Because of the pass through charging capabilities of the Ecoflow Pro, the Iceco fridge was powered by the solar panel. When we lost sunlight is when the Ecoflow began to shine. With 5 people constantly opening and closing the cooler over night, our Ice fridge remained at 36-40 degrees F, which is perfect for our food, drinks, and most importantly diabetic medicine (insulin). By morning, before the solar charger started producing, the battery level of the Ecoflow pro only dropped to 78%! And by noon the same day, the solar panel had fully recharged the EF Pro to 100%, and once again, the sun powered our Ice for the remainder of the day.On our last day we had some clouds however the panel was still able to bring the EF Pro back to 100% before the sun started to fall. When we arrived home from our trip the EF Pro only fell to 78% at its lowest point during our entire camping trip and I was EXTREMELY impressed.I am so happy with my purchase that I also purchased the Ecoflow Max and I have the same enthusiasm as well with its performance.One of the features I like most about the EF Pro and Max is their charging capabilities. Both units will recharge from 0% to 100% in less than 2 hours, and to me that is important. Also, these have an "auto" feature for charging. My truck has a built in inverter that puts out 400 watts. I also have a "cigarette" style power supply in the bed of my truck, however I don't use it, but I could if I needed to. But the main point is that I can leave the AC charging port of the EF Pro plugged in to the inverter of my truck AND have the solar panel connected at the same time. If I'm driving on a cloudy day or at night, the unit will automatically charge from the AC plug and if I am parked and the vehicle is not running, the EF Pro will automatically switch to solar charging.I can't express the comfort, convenience, and safety I feel now that I have the EF Pro working for me and strongly feel that everyone else with this unit will experience the same "quality of life" feeling I have, knowing that their possession of an Ecoflow Pro will perform it's duties very well with a sense of security.Now the bad: there really isn't any bad, just one small annoyance and that is the wifi and app connection of these Ecoflow products. They connect to your device via wifi which if you are at home isn't much of an issue. BUT, if you are camping wifi doesn't really help you much. It would be nice to see a bluetooth feature in the future however there is one plus side of the wifi. If you are away from home and you have cell phone reception you can actually monitor the status of the EF Pro if it is at home and connected to wifi. This is actually a great feature if you are using the EF Pro as a UPS unit.Even with this minor annoyance of lack of bluetooth, I still give the EF Pro a 5 star rating and will probably purchase more of these just to have for backup reasons. I haven't even mentioned the 100w usb-c charging port, which works flawlessly. The AC ports worked great with our air pump for inflatable mattresses and boats. If you're an "outdoorsy" that needs to charge drones, cameras, phones, anything with a battery, look no further, the EcoFlow products are an excellent choice and money well spent.