Bluetti AC180 Portable Power Station (watch before you buy!) 

Check out our review of the Bluetti AC240 portable power station: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L8isEiy2r9s.html

as an electrician, with off grid design and installation experience, and living off grid for 20 years, i can say these units are a great idea. easy to read to know how much life left in battery. however, just know that you are likely to find their limits quickly with small storage battery. if you have a black out, the most important thing to run is your fridge/freezer and a couple of LED lights and you should get through the night no problem. Still, ask your local sparkie to install a change over switch to run your home off a generator if you need some grunt and charge Bluetti while it's on. 7kva generator minimum and a 32A outlet on generator and inlet on house.

I have one of these connected to a 400w house panel and it runs my second fridge. When I go camping it does the duties with a bluetti pv120 panel. Perfect quality and no problems whatsoever. Also can run an induction cooktop

Gotta say these have gotten vastly better over the years.

Good review mate. Would be really interested in seeing how it goes for you long term. Seen quite a few negative comments about these (and other similar products) in terms of QC and customer service/ warranty claims. Would love to hear more thoughts as you get to use it more!

I have added a comment from Bluetti, that buyers need to know. The product states 10 amps, I have an MP200 bluetti solar panels. In order to charge safely and prevent accidents, AC180 will limit the charging current of the car to about 8A. Therefore, AC180 will have an identification mechanism, that is, it will be judged as a car charger below 30V, and the current will be limited to about 8A. The open-circuit voltage of the PV200 is 26.1V, so it will also limit the charging current. I hope you understand. Your temperature tool can only measure the ambient temperature, not the temperature inside the battery pack. Bluetti's portable power stations have internal protection circuitry, and if the temperature inside the battery is too high, it will have a negative effect on the machine. So in order to protect the AC180, our machine will automatically control the charging power to reduce the heat generated inside our battery pack, so as to protect the equipment. If the temperature is too high, our machine will even cut off the input and output, and report an error, all to protect the battery. These measures are for your safety and to ensure the longevity of the power station. I hope you understand.

Thanks, have been looking at dual batteries or a battery box for my new ute. Something like this is a bit more but is so much more practical.

The whole battery life is so much better over the last 10 years . But it is a lot of money to run a hair dryer or microwave for 1/2an hour . But will run a big fridge for nearly 12 hours . Would definitely run the average camp site for a few days at least .

Thank you so much. I have no idea about powering anything, this helped a lot.

a m8 thought this model lacked juice but i think it'd suit me 2 a t. Initially wanted 2 experiment with solar powering everything over & above the essentials in the cottage. Would b ideal also as a backup generator during outage .. i'd keep the 180 charged from solar panels while drawing from it. Loox 2 have heaps outputs from mag-charging the iPhone 2 powering the stereo & home theatre. I think this model should power all my "toys", the grid powering all my essentials .. that's the nature of my "life-style" experiment. So I'd probably buy this AC180 & 200/300W solar panel. Fridge, microwave, hair-dryer demo was the deal-maker 4 me .. good job👍

I’m of the view of having this in combination with a Honda EU2200i petrol generator. In the event of long term power outage ( more than a week ), petrol for fridge/freezer, electronics and charging the power station during daylight hours, and the bluetti for silent use at night, people were losing it over toilet paper during the “pandemic”, I can easily imagine the insanity after just a week without power. *Queue everybody tearing each other apart. 🙄

I've been eyeing their portable solar panels for a while 👀

My bro has had one for a year or so, and it seems well made. I built my own with Lithium cells from China, and built 2 for less than this unit, sure it does not have the wireless charger, but than again my phone only charges via USB. I have one in my 4x4 with a dc to dc charger and the other one is used for camping or to power my electric boat motor. If money is not a problem buy the Bluetti, my bro loves his and has been faultless.

If this model had been available when I bought mine (I have the EB70) I would have absolutely bought this instead. At 1800w it can be used on induction cooktops which are a great way to cook in the bush on those total fire ban days. The EB70 with 1000w should be able to run it, but even on lower power modes the initial surge of the induction cooker trips out the EB70's 1400W peak, even if my induction cooker is only set at 600w or 800w.

Needs an Anderson plug output. I have recently looked at these versus building up a lithium battery box. There is a big difference in cost but as a tech, I am very impressed with the smarts ready built into this range of products.

Great video

I’m going to get one of these units for my off-road adventures I have a teardrop trailer and I do a lot of back country travel and off grid camping and I think something like this would be great, I could run my refrigerator which is tiny little thing off a unit like this and then connect the solar charger to it it would be awesome then I wouldn’t have to worry about my battery draining, I don’t know if it would run my tiny air conditioner it only takes about six minutes to cool down my trailer but I also carry a gas generator but something like this would be great I also carry an electric chainsaw because there’s a lot of Fallentimber from the fires in the area that I go and I’m constantly cutting timber so I wonder if this would charge the batteries on my chainsaw? Thanks for the review, I have a tough time with electricity I can pretty much do everything else but when it comes to electronics I’m terrible. 👍🇺🇸

The AC180 is 16Kg.....The AC200Max is 28Kg ... Not "just a few Kg more".... LOL! I have both and the AC180 is the one you want for real portable use. Use the AC200Max for longer operating time and where you have a place to put out of the way. Update to a minimum of 200W solar panel, more for the 200Max.

I appreciated your review. I’ve been reaching a few similar generations. One that impressed me especially with all the options they offer, “The Patriot”, have researched it?

Here is a free piece of advice for your Bluetti (DONT THROW THE BOX OUT!) your going to need it! Shipping weight about 65lbs UPS shipping over $100 your cost - EVEN UNDER WARRANTY! Since nobody can fix it but them (Proprietary parts). Wait till the battery starts failing like a laptop, you know the meter says 95% - 5 hours left, and in 10 minutes it says 6% left charge battery or shut down. Me, Ill just put more gas in but not in near 10 minutes. How much will they charge you to replace that battery that didnt last as long as they said but its just outside the warranty period? You might as well buy a new unit, (If you havent learned your lesson) Ill just put a little fuel stabilizer in the gas, change the oil once a year maybe the air filter, possibly a spark plug every 10 years. It will probably run forever, if not - anybody local can fix it. Good luck with it

Funny lil' pluggies you have there brother. ;)

1:03 Funny that you should have a chuckle at the idea of charging this from a generator because I am currently researching that very idea. The scenario I am looking into is in the event of a prolonged power outage during a storm. I currently use a generator. But I am investigating the idea of using one of these units to run the fridge/freezer, then using the generator to recharge the battery bank. Even if the generator is running on Eco ie it powers down a little when the current being pulled lowers, it still needs to be running constantly. But I now think it would be better to use the power bank and then only have to run the generator for a couple of hours to recharge the power bank. Thought, anyone . . . . . .

I havent gone camping have it mostly for power outages certain to happen if Biden gets another 4 years but until then will use for everyday items TV kitchen etc then chg it up w/solar so to save on daily monthly electric bills.

Looks like a good unit and well thought out but the price is a bit steep unless it’s something you use frequently..

Similar thoughts & conclusion here, I like the concept within this Bluetti AC180, but am waiting a bit longer for a 2000W / 2400Wh variant, that would be more storage for off-grid cooking plus charging option, where 900Wh of useful energy just doesn't quite cut it, yet.

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The AC180 can handle more than one PV120 when you can use 2 PV 200w panels in series.

no Anderson plug as well as a cig pug ?

How long will it run a 45 litre camping fridge

Now do a realistic review against a honda eu2000i with a hair dryer, kettle, or microwave.

Hi these are a great idea and we have bought one for our van. It came with no charge at all and we have charged with all the options and it is not charging. What are we doing wrong. I thought it was plug and play and not rocket science. I have emailed and tried calling Bluetti and no answer so far. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Does somebody know how Turbo Charging works ? I can't figure out if it has a 1440W charger, or a smaller one with a special feature able to deliver more power...

Can you use your Bluetti Solar panels to charge a non Bluetti battery?

Can you charge this with a 12v car cig socket ?

Would of liked too see it boil a kettle

10:15 When the power is out because of a storm: "What have you got usually . . . . . The sun." I would argue that power outage due to a storm probably means there is not much sun to be had.

What's better the ac180 or ac180p ?

(1) negative = the price.

If you don't run a petrol generator someone else will be...

I bought the ac200p it turn up with faults on pv/car and ac output it's been over 2 weeks and still getting the run around,there is no customer service,I seriously wouldn't buy anything from this company

You didn't check it on the most important thing of all? The 'coffee' machine??? Aldi of course...