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Testing The Anker SOLIX C1000 - It's Super Compact, Yet Powerful! 1056wh LFP Power Station for $629!
Testing The Anker SOLIX C1000 - It's Super Compact, Yet Powerful! 1056wh LFP Power Station for $629!
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I love your chart for grading. I have the e2000lfp by pecron. Your chart says it can not charge from the wall in under 3 hours but it can. You can put 1200 watts by ac or 600 watts by ac. So its adjustable and will charge in 3 hours easily. It also had the 110 v fixed a year ago its 120v. The price is also been 899 for almost a year now not 1099. Food for thought. Great video as always.
I know you said the Renogy was the control but it seems to be the big name and they do have panels with more advanced tech so I am looking for people comparing their good stuff against other peoples good stuff. Hard to find it seems. Too many people in the market makes it hard to pick one unless I pick random. I kind of want Renogy because they sell full systems.
This fridge is $169 on Amazon
Nice price!
Hey @Jasonoid What do you think of the new Ecoflow Alternator Charger?
I think it's a cool product! The ability to have bi directional charging is neat. You can tell they really put time into the design. It's pricey though at $599
Maybe if you used to outlet on the far right (20A appearance) with the saws, that would have made a difference? It has some kind of "surge" word under it too....
Great question! I tested that again today just to confirm. Both saws wouldn't run on the far right "SurgePad" outlet either.
When I turn on the AC on my EcoFlow, the hours automatically drop to 50 hrs from 99 without any load. Is this defective? It's a new unit.
The inverter has its own load as it's running in the background. This is completely normal with any power station and inverter. The inverter is taking DC power from the battery and inverting it to AC power which requires a constant background load. Only use the inverter when you need it. Have it turned off when you aren't using it.
@Jasonoid I have a River Pro, and it doesn't do that. It's like when AC is on, on the River 2 Pro, the capacity is cut in half automatically. So you're saying if you turn the AC on yours, the run time also drops to 50 hours without any load, and that within seconds of switching to AC, not like I left it on AC without load for hours.
@@ytwatcher6020 the River Pro just doesn't calculate the power usage of the AC inverter. Do a test on the River Pro, it will burn through power by just leaving the inverter on with no load. The River 2 Pro just calculates the AC power usage and that's why the estimated time drops down when it's turned on.
@Jasonoid I ran a test, on the older River Pro a 34w load, the estimated running time is 22 hours, on the River 2 Pro, the same load only has 14 hours! And this is supposed to be 768WH! This thing is a piece of crap!
@@ytwatcher6020 🤦 how about you do an actual test vs just reading what the screen says. I never go off what the screen says since it's just an estimation. The older river pro AC inverter was not efficient at all. The new one is slightly better. Do an actual load test on both and measure the runtime to find the true performance.
can it be done with ac200p? wherwe to find power supply for 35+v and 12a?
Thumbs up for a good review but... IMO. Normal price at $999 for this box is way overpriced. The "discounted price" at $629 (about 60 cents per WH) is still too much for the capacity offered as compared to other boxes. I won't mention brands but think of a tried and true popular brand starting with O. Their 1800 watt/1488 WH unit (about 34 cents per WH) can be had for about $500 with the discount on Az. Maybe not as many bells and whistles but a WH is a WH period.
The Oupes 1800 is a very old design, yes the battery is larger but that's pretty much the only thing that's better. It has super low solar, a 110v inverter, no fast a charging, and no smart app. In my opinion you cant compare a budget unit head to head against a premium one. That's like saying a BMW sedan is the same as a Honda accord. Two different playing fields. The Anker will also last much longer
@@Jasonoid 1. If the Anker was that much better why the lowish score on your rating system? 2. A Honda Accord will get me there just as good as a BMW. Been driving them for decades 3. The less "smart app's" I have the better.. Again don't and never have needed them. Just me. 4. On lasting longer? Where is that data? Peace
@@bobjones9727 uhhhh, the Oupes 1800 got an F in my grading system and this got a B-... I burned through two Oupes 600 units in my testing back in the day. I burned through a mega 2 during my testing recently. 3 Oupes units dead. Never had a big brand unit break on me (Bluetti, Anker, Ecoflow). No pressure from me to buy an expensive unit but just be aware you do get what you pay for with these power stations. Peace. Ps. I drive a 2014 Honda Accord Sport manual daily.
Just plug in a lithium battery charger to the AC output of the unit if the DC doesn't support it, this is a great way to increase the capacity of any of these units with out buying a higher priced unit or optional add ons.
Would you mind giving your opinion on which you would choose between this and the Pecron E1500LFP? Primary use would be camping in a small RV. Thank you!
Probably the E1500LFP since it has the 30 amp DC output. They both a good options though.
@@Jasonoid thank you!
Something isnt right with either your multimeter or the display input on the anker. Basic knowledge is watts=V*amps. If you are showing 32 volts at 12 amps the watts would be over 380. Something isnt right and im only at the first panel of the video
I probably didn't zero out the clamp meter on that test. The power station display should be accurate and a good comparison between the other models.
It has a30 amp plug
The 30 amp RV plug is for convenience. It only allows 2400 watts or 20 amps max.
Can you renew dji 1000
I can try to get my hands on one 👍
In theory, for the cost of an add-on battery (roughly) you could buy 2 cheap Lifopo4 48v 100ah batteries (like the Chins) and 2 PowMr 48v 60amp Solar Charge Controllers and wire 1 SCC and 1 Battery to each XT-60 input giving you 10 Kwh of battery expansion and the capacity to connect up to 4.8 Kw worth of solar panels at up to 160v instead of 60v, you wouldn't be able to feed more then 2.4 Kw into the F3800 but the other 2.4 would go into the expansion batteries giving you 2.5 times the battery capacity of the expansion battery and doubling the size of your solar capacity, you would just only be able to ever charge the expansion batteries with Solar (or a 48v battery charger connected to grid power).
DIY is king, if you have the knowledge and skills to not burn the house down.
Wow! this seems to give Delta 2 a run for its money. I was wondering, as you mentioned it had that one outlet that is 20 amps for surges, would that have powered your saw had it been plugged in to that outlet? I'm wondering if you would ever consider doing long term views of after a couple of years of using your units just to see how they are holding up. As always you do a phenomenal job in your production and reviews.
It's called the Surge Pad port, but that's only for resistive loads like electric heaters. I don't think it helps with high current loads for startup. If you look closely at the video I tested one of the saws on that port and it still failed to start up.
Had an iceco VL45ProS and it broke early. Got sent a new one and the 2nd unit didn’t last either since it stopped going under 34 degrees and would drain my Detla 2 power station. They also aren’t very responsive with their warranty. Built quality isn’t that great. Would not buy an Iceco again.
How were you using them? Two of them broke?! I had friend who had his fridge just rolling around in the back of his truck on a bumpy dirt road and it stopped working too. I have tested and used like 10 of these and they are all still going strong with family I've given them to 🤷
Another "just fine"unit. Lots of them out there, so I really like the grading system. To be perfectly honest with you, since none of these devices have ever truly failed a test in years, I just check out the price per WH and your grading sheet. I mean honestly at this point if you just made a three minute video that basically said "This unit passed all my standard tests, and here's the grading sheet results", that would do the job for me. But your sponsors I bet would not be happy.
I'm still waiting for the perfect unit, one day! Haha
I have the c1000 too and ordered solar panels for my roof top tent. So glad they will start charging the battery from sunrise 👍
It's a nice PPS if one can tolerate its fan noise, I have it. It's not even the loudness of the fans, it's the quality of noise. At low speed it drones and at high speed it sounds like a hair dryer. Anker could have spent a bit more on fans and used larger ones.
That's a great description of the fan noise! Thank you for describing it for everyone.
Amazing review
This is a great unit for the money. And as always another fantastic review
It would be good to know for this old man what the weight is
It only weighs 28 lbs :)
Can you recommend an extension cable for that panel to the ac180 from renogy? I’m setting up an overland vehicle for the first time and will probably have a lot of questions regarding electrical needs. Is there a good book you can recommend for vehicle electronics? Also saw that you can ask a question to your new service but it would probably be a very long winded question.
Learning about solar takes time and the best way to learn is by watching videos about what you want to accomplish. Theres a large learning curve for sure and a bunch of new jargon. You can purchase a 12awg MC4 extension cable like this for a good price that will connect to the Renogy 400w panel and then into your AC180 solar cable: amzn.to/4belmBS
Was there any max AC testing on the outlet on the far right? Looks like a 20A outlet.
The SurgePad outlet will allow 1800 watts, and then if the load is above 1800 watts it drops the voltage down to run larger loads up to 2400 watts. It's only meant for resistive loads like an electric heater. It doesn't work with electrical motors or other electronics.
Thank you so much! Just ordered both today.
But bluetti said that this suitcase was compatible with the 180?
It sure is compatible with the AC180! You only have to worry about voltage when picking a solar panel for your power station. The voltage can't go over 60v with your AC180 and this panel is far from that.
Good call on reviewing this "Jack of all" Jason, and top job as always. Compact, powerful, efficient, fast charging - I like it. BUT... I do find myself growing ever more curious as to whether a 100Ah battery (i.e. 1280Wh usable capacity) coming in at around half the price, half the size and several kg lighter than a power station in this category, is the better deal in most cases and where most people don't know enough about how easy a DIY option might be (I'm referring to the "mini" versions of these batteries - I believe you reviewed one not long ago). Perhaps you've discussed or touched upon this before (and not the most lucrative idea for review channels on youtube...) but I'd be interested in a dedicated video comparing the two options, given the added considerations involved with DIY (charger, inverter, cables etc.)
Great thoughts here, Andrew. 5 years ago DIY was ALWAYS cheaper. Going with a DIY solution now is usually cheaper for the battery by itself, but by the time you add a high quality 1800w pure sine inverter ($400), a 40amp MPPT charge controller ($300), and some high quality USBc 100w ports ($75) the price quickly gets above what this power station is currently set at near $629. It's pretty interesting how things have changed in the last year or so as these power stations have gotten more advanced and cheaper. I think on a large scale for large home backup systems, DIY is still king but for a small system like this it's hard to beat how compact the unit is and what it's capable of. If space and organization is a consideration, power stations usually win at that as well since they are an 'all in one' solution vs having multiple components with wires and such.
@@Jasonoid I appreciate the detailed reply Jason, good to learn that the value gap has narrowed in recent years.
Sorry amps
Understood.
Hi Jason, I was going to order this suitcase to charge a bluetti ac180 but renogy said it wasn’t compatible because it charges at 11 volts and the ac180 only accepts 10 volts. Is this true?
It sure is compatible with the AC180! You only have to worry about voltage when picking a solar panel for your power station. The voltage can't go over 60v with your AC180 and this panel is far from that.
Great review! Startling combo of features, warranty, and price per watt. Very tempted. One question: It charges at 130 watts through the car charger. My cigarette lighter can only handle 100 watts. Does the power station have a way to limit the input? Thanks!
I don't think I have ever seen a car port limited to only 100 watts. There is not a way to limit the DC charging speed, just the AC charging speed.
Great review! Would this charge a PHEV? Namely Volvo XC40.
If your EV charger pulls 1800 watts or less, it could charge it. But it's only 1056wh of battery capacity. That's not much range for a car.
Love these little devices. Hard to not be prepared for power outages with this price and watt combo!
It's a crazy price for a big brand name.
seems like a nice little unit, one small point it doesn't have dc charging priority. and maybe the battery is a bit small, but at least they have an external battery that can be added for more capacity. scratch all of this, just forwarding my rant. i should just delete it? --- of note at 7:11 you mention you will test the voltage, but i listened to the segment 3 times and didn't hear you mention the voltage. - oh i found it on my 4th run 13:15 you mention 121v - at 10:04 your oscilloscope shows 121v Rms and it sounds like you are testing it on the inverter, so perhaps it is 120v output? however at 11:34 it shows 102v RMs so not quite sure, although it is missing part of the signal due to the ups cut over time so? maybe the mention of the voltage could have been a bit sooner, ok nit picking definitely --- thanks for another great review video.
When testing during the max load test, the voltage was great at 121v for the inverter output. The UPS RMS voltage is definitely adjusted due to the missing wavelength and that's why it's showing lower during that segment of the video.
Nice unit. When you do the UPS test with the desktop computer that has no backup battery it would be interesting to see if the UPS still performs as well if say another device is plugged to another outlet on the device at the same time using will say 60 or 70 percent of the wattage of the rated inverter at the same time while the computer is connected. Will the computer stay on while the power switches over or will there be enough flicker to shut the computer down? Who knows? Still a great and thorough review of this power station.
To confirm what you are asking, you are thinking that if there's a large load on the inverter, the UPS time may be slower due to the larger load? Good question, I haven't tested that before.
@@Jasonoid That is exactly what I am wondering.
Nicely done Jason!
This thing is so lightweight, I wonder if you can manually change the charging speed without the app like you can on the Bluetti 180p, also the fan is not loud at all,,, I have other stations and this is very quiet,,, all of them are loud when maxing out at 1400-1500 watts
I am not aware of any button presses that allow you to change the charging speed. You'll have to use the smart app to do that. I test the fans of all the power stations in my videos under max load. Some models at full load are under 48db and some are near 60db. There is a HUGE difference between 48db and 60db. It all depends on how the manufacturer wants to design the cooling system.
No need for the shunt if you would have purchased the smart battery version of this. It's actually really cool it's got all the data on the app in real time but the one downside to it is they only offer that in the heated version and if this is for indoor use there's no need for the heated version and the heated version is almost double the price.
Another great review Jason! I purchased this power station when it first launched, and have been very pleased with it. Glad to see your tests validate my experience. Hypothetical question - do you think if they used a 1200W inverter instead of 1800W that would have eliminated the inverter noise and kept the fan dB to an acceptable level, thus getting it an A- score?
Glad to hear your experience has been positive. I really like this model. It's possible the fans would be more quiet if they didn't have such a powerful inverter. However, the inverter noise appears while AC charging and while running the inverter at any load so I don't think that would go away.
Thanks for the reply, that helps me understand better! Also, thanks for all your IceCo testing! They gave me the confidence to go with them over other brands. Just got the JP40 Pro Dual zone and it’s the perfect blend of size and features for my use!
You have solar panels under your roof drip line. Even with gutters it is not good. That is the something weird here
Anker is a good company. I hope this cost per watt hour continues to fall. It used to be $1+ per wh. Getting 0.50/wh or 0.25/wh would be a game changer for users of these sort of devices.
Prices that low would be amazing!
Another great video and a great little power station! I think the grading system you use is a fantastic service to the community, because it provides a common baseline with which to judge power stations against one another. However, I think giving each of the 20 line items in the grading system a half of a point fails to weight the outcome for factors which matter most to consumers. You might consider giving each of the two "price per watt-hour" line items a full point, along with the ability to charge in less than 5 hours via solar and maybe the pure sine wave - 115-120v output. Those are much more important than some of the other factors, in my opinion. Other things could be just .25 points, like dual charging, a noisy inverter or 150w of DC output. While those could be very important to some users, I think most are going to be focused on the price point, charging and inverter type/output. To put it another way, this is a solid A- power station, but due to the equal weighting of the grading system, it gets a much lower grade than it deserves. With that said, users can easily make their own evaluation or "grade", based on the consistent and extensive testing you do, so probably best to just keep doing what you're doing! :)
I've thought about weighing certain aspects of the grading system but each person's use case is different. I think keeping them all weighed the same allows people to take the information and apply it personally to how they will use the power station. I appreciate you providing feedback. I always enjoy hearing your thoughts and opinion. Thanks for being a long time viewer!
Another extremely thorough review with all the details and information that I want to know! I love the grading system - it really is helping me decide on the next power station that I buy! Thanks for all your hard work! - Katy
Glad it was helpful! I appreciate you being a member of the channel, Katy!
Very thorough review! Anker has some really interesting products and $629 is a great price! That is what i paid for my AC180. Having 600 watts of solar is also good, but the trade-off is not being able to dual charge, just like the EcoFlow Delta 2. Anker also makes some pretty decent bluetooth speakers. With all the gripes about 12 DC limitations, you show try and get one of the upcoming EcoFlow smart alternator accessories that plugs into their external battery connectors that allows the EcoFlow to charge directly from the alternator, and conversely, charge the vehicle battery if necessary and it's all pretty seamless using the EcoFlow app. Then, you have all the DC you will ever need from the vehicle battery with the EcoFlow power station ensuring that the vehicle battery remains charged.
That new EcoFlow DC to DC charger is a bit expensive at $599. I mean it does do some pretty cool stuff so maybe the cost is justified? I guess it just depends on if you'll use all the features or not. Charging house batteries with it is pretty cool! I recently found a really good budget DC to DC charger for power stations that is priced really well @ $149. It's durable and completely 'plug n play' with active cooling so I'm working to test that here shortly and make a video on it. It should be compatible with any brand of power station!
@@Jasonoid Wow! Just checked it out and you can get a Delta 2, the alternator charger and a 110 watt solar panel for $999! Now that's a pretty good deal
Great info! How about mounting them under the vehicle in a passive ventilated box? Do you see any issue with this such as overheating or water intrusion?
I'd recommend using the Victron for the best long term reliability but that model is not waterproof and does need good airflow. Maybe something in the engine bay would work but probably not underneath the vehicle.
Only $629! Thanks for the discount code and the AWESOME video. That's cheaper than the Bluetti AC180 and the EcoFlow Delta 2. Decisions decisions....I like how compact this model is.
Bluetti ac180 is on sale for $469 now.
I’ve seen delta 2 on Amazon for $610, but I’ll still take the Anker for the 5 year warranty and light
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Another great review. Anger is stepping up. If only it had dual charging.
Thanks for checking out the video!
Thank you Jason, I've been waiting for this review
Let me know what you think!
Does this run through the original 12v throttle controller?
I live in SW Florida and the last hurricane I was in power was out for 11 days. With a few solar panels would this system power a small in window roll around AC unit and the fridge and freezer? and how many solar panels would I need to get to recharge in timely manner?
This setup would power your fridge and freezer just fine. I'd recommend around 400 to 500 watts of solar for the setup in the video. If you wanted to power a window AC unit you'd want a larger battery and double the solar.
@@Jasonoid thanks Jason, would love a video simulated 4-5 days of power outage and what essentials you could power. There are like none of them on youtube that I could find. Most of it is peace of mind, food storage and the ability to sleep comfortably at night.
@@mobius6772 I have a wife and kids so a long term simulated power outage is pretty hard to do with all the requirements of normal life. If it was just me at home, totally! I am currently running my Ecoflow Delta Ultra with a reliance controls 10 circuit transfer switch and it's powering critical loads non stop. That test has been going for about 1.5 months now running 10 circuits. This setup does require a bit of solar and batteries but it's possible. I have about 20kwh of batteries and 2400 watts of solar. I see a constant load of about 500 watts. During the day it's no problem when the sun is shining. It's getting through the night and cloudy days that's difficult.
@@Jasonoid Sorry Jason I was a little vague, I was just interested in a setup that could run a inside (Fridge Freezer Combo) a (garage stand up freezer), and (a roll around AC unit) to sleep at night. All of this that could be recharged the next day from portable solar panels if it was a sunny day. I am new to solar and battery system so forgive my ignorance. These are all for emergencies to go 5-10 days without power.
@@mobius6772 I got lots of videos showing options that will work for you. An air conditioner is a large power consuming device so just be aware of that. One thing you could do is purchase a watt meter and track how many kilowatt hours each device pulls for 24 hours.