Bluetti EB3A Power Station Review: Feature Packed / Ultra Compact / Low Price! Bluetti Power Week 

Thanks for the kind words, and yeah, that's an excellent suggestion. The thing that I worry about with that is results are going to vary heavily from day to day and region to region, so it's very hard to get a sense of what your actual experience will be on any given day. But I take your point. Still might be good to show real world from my location. I'll keep that in mind on the next power station video. :)

​@@ReeWrayOutdoors​- Well, if it helps any, no one ever really/truly knows what kind of weather they are going to encounter when they take their solar charge station/s on vacation + campers don't typically/always know if their campsite is going to be free, partially free or totally shaded by canopy. That said, running the test under a weeks worth of cloud cover and/or a few day of non-stop rain would, of course, make little sense but it would technically still provide some interesting data :^)

@@ReeWrayOutdoorsWill it power a 900 watt microwave for a few mins once activating the surge feature??

Is it possible to connect an inverter having a high wattage of 2000W from the 12v cigarette socket inorder to run a devices having a wattage of 1200w to 2000W?

Yeah, I initially didn't even realize it had App control! Once I realized that, I immediately installed it was super impressed with the functionality. Updated the FW that same session. Good stuff!

Glad I could help!

Will it power a 900 watt microwave for a few mins once activating the surge feature??

Great to hear!

Glad I could help

@@ReeWrayOutdoors Just to check and make sure I went back to the site I ordered mine from (paid $209) and here in the description it said "ask seller about free solar charging cable". So I did so. I guess b-c the price was so cheap they did it that way. Again, glad I saw your review otherwise I would not have even thought about it. Saved me $22. Thanks!

Hi, im new to these and just ordered this one, how would you hook up another battery to it? Mines pretty much going to live in a camping trailer, so a larger battery next to it would work great.

@@timheilig6091 The solar/ DC input on the Bluetti is type DC7909. You could create a cable with that connector, or modify an available Bluetti solar cable ($10) by cutting off the MC4 connectors and splicing on alligator clips or ring terminals. Might want to get inexpensive cable with those ends and splice them together for a long enough cable. Adding an in line fuse on the positive (red) side recommended. The Bluetti would accept 200w from the battery this way. Simplest (though not necessarily most efficient) way to charge the outboard battery would be to get a 110v charger appropriate for the battery type (eg LiFePo4) and use excess capacity from your panels and Bluetti on good sunny charging days to flow through charge via the 110v inverter of the Bluetti. You could also charge the outboard battery (and the Bluetti) from the mains when that source is what is available. This could greatly expand the overall capacity of the Bluetti. Only caveat is, the Bluetti puts out 600w max watts and can only draw in 200w through the port. So the outboard power is limited in how much can flow into the system. But for light draws, it will greatly expand the storage capacity. Also you may want to separately monitor the voltage of the outboard battery to insure it does not get drawn down too far, as the only limiting factor will be the Bluetti's requirement for 12v input. Would damage the battery to overdraw. With LiFePo4, for example, 12.5v might be a safe lower limit of discharge. So you will want to monitor that voltage and not allow it to get too low before disconnect/ recharging. If I were doing this, I'd probably look to use a 100ah LiFePo4 battery. 3-4X the capacity of the Bluetti battery added power storage. Quite a lot relatively, but since the Bluetti can handle 200w solar input, it can charge its own battery very quickly and have excess capacity to charge the outboard. The solar port can accept up to 28v, so a 24v battery would also work, as long as your charger for the outboard is also 24v. . You could also opt to input power through the Bluetti's AC charge port to get higher current flow in, by using an inverter on the outboard battery and outputting through that to the Bluetti's AC charge port. But that would be less efficient due to loss through the inverter. In theory, the Bluetti could actually accept both inputs, AC and DC simultaneously for 430w total input, but IMHO, higher input risks shortening the battery life of the Bluetti. I'd not do that often. Personally, I'd keep it simple and moderate my draw to avoid taxing the system. Hope this helps and not TMI. Full disclosure, have not done this myself. But in theory, should work.

Will it power a 900 watt microwave for a few mins once activating the surge feature??

@@Bizzare77777 Too much load for the 600w EB3a. Instinct is, larger capacity power station with higher inverter output called for in the application; preferably with headroom well above the 900 watt demand.

I appreciate the constructive feedback! I'll have to pay more attention to how the ads are being implemented. That's not something I've paid all that much attention to up to this point. I do always uncheck the 'non-skippable' ads because I definitely don't want to force people to sit through them if they don't want to. But I'll try and look further into how they're being inserted (I haven't seen them for months now because I pay for RU-vid Premium).

The wifi thing is a con for a lot of people, they do not want to sign up for an app and give away their information. It is interesting to hear people talk about how they hate the wifi/internet needed aspect of Ecoflow, such as in a power outage or just giving away their information and they would rather have bluetooth only, then I come on bluetti reviews and I see people complain about bluetooth only and want wifi.

Thanks for the kind words! All the Bluetti app seems to need is "Location and Nearby Devices" permission, which didn't strike me as unreasonable.

@@ReeWrayOutdoors that sound very reasonable. The ecoflow wanted full permissions including contacts, files and cameras... seems strange and when I questioned them, they expedited my refund... ✌

It's remains on when grid power is connected, as I recall.

I plan on using my 48v ebike battery with a buck converter to do just that...I think most any battery or power bank could be adapted

I would not connect those 12v panels in series to this power station as the open circuit voltage is probably over 20V each...and 40V could damage the charge controller on the EB3A. Putting them in parallel will exceed the Isc rating slightly but that will only limit your input power and not damage the EB3A.

@@ReeWrayOutdoors ok thanks 👍 maybe I’ll just stick with One 100 W panel until I can get a 200 W panel and use it primarily just for that power station?

@@william38022 You could certainly do that. Putting those 2 100W panels parallel will also work, but you'd probably top out somewhere around 120-140W due to the 8A cap. But on this power station, even a 100W solar panel will fully charge it in a 1/2 day of good sun.

@@ReeWrayOutdoors thanks 👍

Yes, it does have 12V charging and includes a cable for that so you can charge it from a vehicle. Should be perfect for a pellet stove feeder and and some blowers.

Ecoflow will recharging 80% in 1h , Bluetti in 30 mins. Otherwise, the soecs are identicals

Did you reach out to Bluetti about it? I'd be curious to know how they handle your situation.

@@ReeWrayOutdoors They tell you tier2 will e-mail you within 48 hours. But it never happens. They have told me this lie 3 times so far. But today i found out tier2 is in china. So its seems i was screwed with a sandpaper condom. DO NOT BUY FROM THESE SCAMMERS!!!!!!

Right now, about $240 in the US

@@ReeWrayOutdoors Not bad, Thanks.

You can easily do it yourself with any expansion battery

You're right about the fans. When they DO come on, they ARE noisy and I should have mentioned that as a 'con'. But your claim about people who stick their tongues out in photos being rude...seems a little...presumptuous. haha Maybe many people who do that are simply being playful and don't take themselves too seriously. :-P

Hi Katie. I'd be interested in hearing more about your experience with Bluetti's customer service team, if you're willing to share.

​@@ReeWrayOutdoors I would be happy to. I bought an eb3a 600w directly from Bluetti. I left on my trip and then realized it was defective. It would not hold a charge. I tried calling (I tried all 4 extensions) all mailboxes were full and I emailed several times. I finally called my bank. I then received an email from Bluetti. I left the box and cigarette lighter adapter at home, so I could not ship it back to them for a refund, and their reps in Quartzsite, Az could not swap out the unit. I have since returned home and I have shipped the unit back to them (2/2/2023) through UPS (Bluetti did provide shipping labels) and through tracking I know it was delivered and received at their Las Vegas warehouse, yet they have not confirmed it. I had to contact my bank again (2/9/2023) and still not one word from Bluetti. I do think they make some very good batteries and have heard the 600 is the problem child. I understand electronics fail, but the lack of customer service is the problem for me. A friend I was camping with tried charging the unit and it would say around 98% full and all I could get out of it was to charge my phone a couple of times and charge a usb lantern. The unit was definitely defective. I'm sorry if I sound negative, but I think people should know Bluetti does not offer customer service. It's really a process. Thank you for allowing me to share my experience.

Do you have a time for how long your 12v fridge was able to run off this battery? Thank you.