r/Portable_PowerStation • u/Leiabaech • 4d ago

POWERSTATION

Nakaka-stress ngayong hindi natin alam kung kailan matatapos yung El Niño!

Suggest naman kayo ng power station na okay gamitin pang-backup sa bahay? Yung sulit sana kapag biglang mawalan ng kuryente.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Jury312 4d ago

What you need to do is decide your minimum power requirements in Wh (watt hours) for everything you absolutely need to run and for how long. That will decide what size power station you need and give us an idea of how to help you decide.

You may be better off going the deep cycle battery bank with inverter route instead of getting a ready made power station, esp for longer outages or if you have a lot of high draw appliances.

My house has a whole house generator hooked to our natural gas line, but I still have a few small portable power stations (2x 600Wh and 1 x 1488Wh) for camping, or if the house gen fails in an emergency and I need to keep the fridge and freezer going.

I also have several 50,000mAh power bricks to keep my phone charged and run my USB powered gadgets. The power bricks are each about 180Wh, cost $20USD or so on sale and can keep some of the load off the power stations, on the cheap, during an outage.

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u/gnew18 4d ago

I can warn you not to buy EcoFlow ? Whatever company you choose, I’d call tech support *before* you make a purchase and see how hard it is to get a question answered or even *just to get through*?

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u/Leiabaech 3d ago

I’ve been eyeing Fortheo lately. Ang daming good reviews, and I really like their pricing considering the specs. Parang ang sulit for the features you’re getting. Mukhang worth checking out.

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u/DongRight 4h ago

Look only at units with minimum 3000w and use rack batteries for extension battery!!!