Portable Power Station

[Geek]

Vtoman for me I also have a jackory but prefer the Vtoman as it can recharge in under a hour but fans are a bit noisy but have came down in price since my purchase also have the solars but big n heavy

1500 watt hours, at 12v is 125Ah.

So it is presumably a 125Ah lithium battery, an 1500watt inverter and 125A charger, all in a handy carrying case.

If the kit is of decent quality, £500-odd is quite a good price for that.

The downside is that is an 'eggs in one basket' solution.

The advantage is portability.

 

[merl]

1500 watt hours, at 12v is 125Ah.

So it is presumably a 125Ah lithium battery, an 1500watt inverter and 125A charger, all in a handy carrying case.

If the kit is of decent quality, £500-odd is quite a good price for that.

The downside is that is an 'eggs in one basket' solution.

The advantage is portability.

I can't be sure but I think most of these power banks use a higher voltage at the battery than 12V? This would make sense and obviously means lower currents less stress and cable gauges etc. Can't find any reliable info on the net anywhere mind but if I were designing a power bank I'd probably be using 48V especially when you're going to be adding an additional battery.
The 12v outlet would then be supplied by a buck converter and not directly from the main battery.
That's my hunch anyway?

 

[Nabsim]

I can't be sure but I think most of these power banks use a higher voltage at the battery than 12V? This would make sense and obviously means lower currents less stress and cable gauges etc. Can't find any reliable info on the net anywhere mind but if I were designing a power bank I'd probably be using 48V especially when you're going to be adding an additional battery.
The 12v outlet would then be supplied by a buck converter and not directly from the main battery.
That's my hunch anyway?

When I looked a year or two back the ones I checked were all high 30 volt native and above.

 

[Geek]

I can't be sure but I think most of these power banks use a higher voltage at the battery than 12V?

Yes, you are probably right, but that doesn't really make any difference. The cost and end result are much the same, aren't they?

 

[merl]

Yep same end result but when you think about it the higher voltage is bound to help them to build them to that low price you mentioned.
25A 48v charger would be considerably cheaper to build than a 12V 100A one and probably wouldn't want fan cooling either. Same story with the inverter. Thinner interconnecting wiring needed too, I think it would save quite a lot all told TBF. Less strain and better reliability too.
100A can be a difficult beast to tame....just ask Battle Born

 

[runnach]

Vtoman for me I also have a jackory but prefer the Vtoman as it can recharge in under a hour but fans are a bit noisy but have came down in price since my purchase also have the solars but big n heavy

VTOMAN Jump 2200 Portable Power Station​

I bit the bullet Gordon. I won't say how much, as I do not want to upset you.

 

[The laird]

I wouldn't buy one o them they're crap

 

[runnach]

I wouldn't buy one o them they're crap

F**, now you tell me, I bought two

 

[Fazerloz]

It`s only for days out so it`ll be cooled down at home first and probably overnight before we go.

If its only for days out I would just get a good quality standard coolbox. Our Colemans will keep milk on ice for 3 days if not opened and the milk is straight out of the fridge.

 

[Boris7]

I wouldn't buy one o them they're crap

Sorry Gordon, could you be a bit clearer on this please

 

[runnach]

Sorry Gordon, could you be a bit clearer on this please

What he meant was, “crap, I paid more than double”.
Than what I paid for mine today. He won’t sleep tonight.

 

[Boris7]

They should be good they got a 2.7 star rating on Trustpilot

 

[runnach]

They should be good they got a 2.7 star rating on Trustpilot

These ratings are all subjective IMO. I’ve always been a pay your money and take your chances kinda a guy.

 

[Wooie1958]

Thank you for all the replies so far

Couple of makes i`ve never even thought of have popped up, Vtoman and Aferiy and this is precisely why i asked the question in the first place.

The vehicle and power station will be our last buy hopefully and just purely to give us some nice days out so i`d like to get it right, keeping the milk and meats etc. cool, freshly made brews and being able to cook part-baked baguettes and fry bacon is a must for us.

Sadly our motorhome days are over plus there is a clause to stop motorhome / caravans permanatly being parked at the properties and i don`t think i would be able to settle with one in storage after incidents with a couple of mates motorhomes and the trouble they had trying to sort it out afterwards.

A VW Caravelle / Ford Tourneo Custom type vehicle will be perfect and allowed here so the portable power station will work best

The other option is to just sit here vegitating here in our new house.

 

[Boris7]

"The other option is to just sit here vegitating here in our new house"

Don't do that Wooie.

 

[ricc]

We've got a Dartmoor camping fridge/freezer. Van has a 50amp hour battery with b tob charger. Fridge is normally off. If using as day van we can connect the mains to pre cool. Or on summer supermarket trips the battery gets it down to temp on the drive to the shop running off the bto b and battery whilst were in the shop..... Xmas time the fridge can sit indoors plugged into mains for extra fridge and freezer space. When were camping we normally drive somewhere every day which even with our small battery seems to be enough tokeepthefridge happy. Only other leccy use is a few led lights which we rarely use. Tablets and phones are charged from the in cab usb sockets whenever we're driving.
The Dartmoor fridge is a two compartment chest type, compressor type. 12or240 volt. There's a temp readout on both compartments and either can be set to fridge or freeze...