Brand New - BLUETTI EB3A - 268wh LiFePO4 Power Station - Full Testing and Review 

Excellent review. I bought one about a year ago. Live in condo and just wanted something small I can store in closet in case power goes out, to charge phones and radios to last a day or two until power comes back. Also used it on camping trips. Brought it in the tent to run fan to keep wife cool through the night! It is small but very usable. Also, purchased with the folding solar panels, they work as designed. Pack away nicely in small home.

Great review. I just picked one up for $209. Arrived in one day w/ Prime shipping. Mine does not have the odd fan noise or relay click. Also, not sure if it was a mistake, but it did ship with a solar charge cable. I picked up a "car charger" for $12. Really impressed with this little unit! And thanks again for your review.

Just picked one of these up on sale for $209 instead of buying the similar Jackery that was priced slighlty higher. For me it's pretty much just for TV and backup power for my JBL boombox during tailgating for 3-4 hours. Being able to just let my phone sit on top to charge also made it that much more convenient along with that flat top making it easy to stack stuff on top of when lugging things around. I'm really surprised there's no USB fast charging. However, that lifespan compared to Jackery really made the decision for me. So far so good!

Thanks for the review I ended up getting this on Amazon Prime day. So far so good. I do see what you mean about the noise. When I first heard it my heart sank thinking something was wrong with my brand new power station.

I got this one yesterday. I absolutely love it. I already have the Bluetti AC200Max and I love it also!

Excellent review (as always). I hope they incorporate these upgraded features (better display, UPS feature, no need for an external charging brick, etc) into a future EB70s update/replacement (hopefully soon)

Great review. I really appreciate all of the scenarios that you put the power station through.

Just placed my order and specifically used your promo code and not the one Bluetti sent me. Same discount. I wanted you to get due credit. Thank you, sir.

I just bought this unit on the prime day sale and it came in right around $200 and included the solar charging cable so I was very pleased

I just got my EB3A yesterday 10/31/22 for $239 and it did come with solar charging cable. I purchased a small ceramic heater to heat up my small teardrop trailer while camping. Can't wait to try it out

Just purchased the EB-3A before watching your review kicking myself because I paid 268 for it but your review helped me absorb the stung next I’m getting a compatible solar panel thanks I loved your video

Love your detailed reviews. Trying to decide on a ~300 watt portable power station. This one surprised me with all it's options, but I'm still leaning towards the EcoFlow River 2. Would love to see a head to head comparison.

Outstanding review. Grabbed one on a super sale without doing any research. Happy to see that a lucked into a good purchase. Mine did come with a solar panel cable. And as an extra bonus it works with my Jackery 12v car charger.

Hey Dr. J Just ordered a EB3a, thanks for the review. I think it's a pretty nice power station for under $300 I do believe Bluetti will give us a few Firmware updates impart to your detailed review 😉

Thank you for a great review! I’m leaning towards this as a great starter for me as I’m building out my promaster city. I’d eventually upgrade to a more powerful power station in the future but for all the upgrades in this model it’s a good value to me!

Very well done. Informative for existing power station owners and newbies. You likely pushed my to buying one.

Excellent informative video 👌🏼 Due to the currant increase in electricity costs & the threat of looming power cuts here in the UK i felt it would be a wise choice to purchase a portable power station so after reading & watching many reviews including yours i went ahead & purchased this Bluetti EB3A. It will be more than suitable for my power needs, to include powering my Cpap machine. Thank you for your Review, it helped me make my descion plus i saved £50 in the Bluetti Black Friday sale. 👍🏼

Great review Jason!

Just ordered a River yesterday. I have to admit, this new model is tempting me to return the River. The main reason is for those batteries. That's the one thing I didn't like about the River. Though it looks like this model has some quirks to it and need to be considered. Great review! Thanks for your work!!!

Great review. Kind of small for my needs but great charging capabilities. Sad it doesn't come with cables which is surprising from bluetti. Probably perfect for the quick "grab N go" type station though.

Great review. Thanks. FYI: I just purchased one on sale at $209 AND it came with a solar charge cable. Because I'm over 70 I got an additional 5% off. 198.55/268=$.74/watt hr

Just got mine yesterday. Minimal fan noise; no relay clicking at all. I'm still learning, but so far, so good!

I ordered this one a few days ago. Waiting for it to be delivered 😊 thanks for sharing

For the 120$ i got it for with the Amazon coupon, which also came with the solar charging connections I'm giving it a 9.5 for sure. Great little power bank

Just ordered one today. I'll let you know how I like it. Very nice review.

Nice review, looks pretty good. Most sub 300wh power stations limit solar charging at 60-70 watts, so imo 160 is great. Could the relay be disconnecting the battery from the charger to analyze the battery?

Regarding the "fan noise" issue. I replaced my fan with a higher quality dual ball bearing fan and the buzzing is still there. The buzzing appears to be generated by the fan speed control circuit on the main board. While having the top off, I noticed one of the four screws that hold down the mylar fan tunnel were missing and the tunnel was not installed all the way down flat on all sides. Easy fix, but no noise improvement.

Thank you!! This helped a lot. I am going to buy it to learn more and experience for a larger one in the future. Plus helpful use it can give me

Awesome and comprehensive review, thank you !! What would I like to see ? Maybe a switchable wireless phone charging pad.

Great. Can’t wait for the inbuilt power brick and better display to be added to the larger capacity power stations.

Very informative review. Thank you

Good catch on that UPS mode with the sine wave. Very interesting.

Two thumbs up for the review. I'm waiting for the UPS delivery of my RB3A tomorrow.

Also! Great review and good price with your discount code, I will probably add it to the collection 👍🏼

Good, clear review, thank you!

Excellent review, appreciate the solar testing. I really want one of these power stations now.

For my needs this works better than I could imagine. At 200.00 perfect.

got mine on sale last week at amazon for $210 after $90 rebate ($300-$60 now) with a return date of 1/31 due to the holidays, there’s 3.5 months of time to try it out before a possible free return. now’s the time at amazon to try it, with their lonf free return period. it did come with the solar power adaptor too. the car cable was $10 extra. just charged it and updated the firmware too. so far so good.

I own three of these and believe I've uncovered a "quirk." I say "quirk" after plugging my gateway and tv into a multi-outlet surge suppressor that I then plugged into the EB3A. The AC/UPS function became erratic and shutdown at times while indicating an overload condition. The same happened on another unit when I plugged a TV and Roku device into a multi-outlet surge suppressor. These were small loads of less than 100 watts. It was puzzling since I was running our fridge with the third at higher wattage without any problem, the only difference was the fridge unit was not connected to a multi-outlet surge suppressor, The problem was apparently the multi-outlet surge suppressors because when I plugged directly into the EB3A I no longer experienced the erratic behavior or overloads.

Nice Review! Thank you for sharing.

It's about time that they came out with one that didn't have a break. Lol. I'm a little disappointed in the price per watt hour like you said.. Thank you again Jason for another great video

Coming from the 2 smallest jackery this is still an upgrade for me lots of useful features and can use my.jackery panels

I’ve got two of these, they’re brilliant 😊

As always another thorough review. Thanks Jason Everyone has their quirks when it comes to PS so covering everything helps me decide Like the 100w usbc ports. Before I liked bidirectional but when you specificallly want it to go one way and it doesn’t, it’s frustrating One more point, I am ok with not having all the plugs because I have many power stations, but if this was my first, I would be pissed ( at this price point it will be for many) I wish they would have two versions Beginner- All cables included Advanced- only the power cord

Awesome review by the way. Thanks.

Another great review, nice work on b-roll and different camera angles. Glad you focused on the standby losses fan startup sound - that’s really odd but hopefully is fixable. I didn’t have the shutoff when charging issue but maybe I just missed it?

Just purchased mine. And this unit did come with the solar charging cable. Humm awesome.

Great review!….. others released 1st but yours is more organized and complete….. sure hate the 7 pm release date…..

Great video. Picked it up @ wal mart online $209 and it came with a solar charging cable. Nice.

Thank you for a great reviews

thanks for the review. Are the LiFePO4 batteries so good as they say?

Just ordered one of these for my husband for Father's day. He already has a 180 on solar panels on his Dave Cave. This one will be great for a picnic or a day at the lake. I'm sure he will buy smaller portable solar panel to go with this. Picked it up for a $199.

Would love to see this on a eb70a or eb100a configuration. Need more juice and wattage than this and still be portable. Love the Bluetooth software, no charging brick and percentage meter vs the 20% blocks on the other models.

Just purchased one on Amazon, on sale for $209.00 before tax, and yes mine did also come with the solar cable, for what I will use this for it was well worth it, I am now looking at the 2048 watt unit for home

Love your power station reviews these days. You are so thorough. Maybe you need to add a external cables item to your score. It costs them so little to bundle cables but consumers can pay a lot to buy them. This is the best Bluetti design yet, but I will wait for them to add the new features to the slightly higher capacity units. I th8nk EcoFlow needs to step up their game. I love seeing all the innovation companies are adding. Great job.

Wow, just (yesterday) got a Jackery 300 mainly to run my compressor fridge for a few hours while going to the beach and whatever. It's nice and got $50 off at Amazon. Now I see why. This EB3A seems to have everything one could possibly want in a small power station and more. And there is the discount too!. Fortunately these 300 W stations are in the "Free Returns" category and I'm sure once I get my EB3A the Jackery will be going back. After watching tons of videos reviewing power stations it looks like Bluetti addressed every gripe people had. The power brick, the display, the power lights. Plus now the app seems to make it perfect. I disagree on your ratings for $/W only because this and the Jackery have $50 off coupons so that kinda skews the calculation. It would be much worse without the discount. The one thing I still don't like is that dumb light. I guess they feel it needs to be there for some reason. Can't wait till they incorporate these changes into an EB70 and larger version. I'd probably get one of those too for emergency powering the fridge at the house.

I think this is the best bluettie product I’ve seen. I may get this one. Great review.

Awesome review!!!

Hi Jason, Great explanation, I am getting one BLUETTI EB3A. What would be my best option on getting the solar cable and panels price wise. Any suggestions. Thank you

Thanks Jason great review 😎👍🏼 seems too small for our needs.

excellent review - thank you.

I just ordered this to power up solely my dometic CF3-45 fridge. Im hoping i can get 24hrs if i pre-chill it. fingers crossed! BTW, Amazon has them for $209 with a $90 off coupon. Good Deal.

Been debating for months on an entry-level power station for short outages and van camping. The EB3A won me over and I ordered it through your link...thx for the discount code. Coincidentally, I'm visiting Las Vegas (live in Florida) and was able to stop at Bluetti showroom/warehouse yesterday. Like being a kid in a candy store! They were nice enough to help me acquire the 8mm car charger that I'll need for road trips. Now just need to rewatch your solar panel review videos, order one, and I'll be set for a while. Still dreaming of home backup system....😎

It IS under 80 cents as you can get it most places for $200-220. We got one for $219 and LOVE it. We use it to power a mini fridge and string lights at nighttime markets where we sell pies. Totally does the job.

I used a DC7909 connector, bought from ebay and meant for charging a Lenovo laptop i think, which takes 100w PD and charged my EB3A using PD from an Omnicharge 25600 mAh power pack through the MPPT port on the EB3A

If the EB70 came with this display, I'd be much more interested in that one. For the 3A, if I needed something small like it, it'd definitely be in my sights.

I wanted to see the UPS mode demonstrated. Otherwise a very fine review! Thanks!

This is how a review is supposed to be. Very god indeed. Thanks.

When you're in UPS mode and the power combes back on, does it automatically switch back to grid power to power whatever you have plugged in?

I just purchased one today I'm really hoping it can handle bougerv 12 volt 30 quart bougie RV refrigerator I also just purchased. And it should be a basic requirement to include all cables for the options it raves about

Great review

I think I might get one. I wish the battery was a little bigger but I understand they must be concerned about keeping it lightweight. This seems to be directed right at the Ecoflow River. Great review as always.

Great Review!

WOW! Great review!

thanks for the code , just saved me 10 bucks :)

Is pass through charging an issue for LIFEPO4 battery life like I've read it is for other types of lithium (Jackery) batteries? Not such a huge problem for a$250 unit I suppose. Just wondering if these are less susceptible.

Must heard us on the solor charging cable... Just bought mine and it came with the A/C cable as well as the solor connector.

Do you think 2/80 watt power bricks from a jackery 500 will power the EB3A plugged into the Solar outlet? and if so do they make a dual female to male jack so i can run both power bricks and plug right into the solar jack on the EB3A?.Both power bricks will give me about 160 watts?

I use eb3a as my ups back up, it’s plugged in wall at all times. Its a backup for my aquarium. Every so often I would lose power to my pumps, even though I didn’t lose power to house?

Great work. Thanks heaps. 👍

I bought EB 3A, I came with an input able.. My fan does NOT make a noise like yours, thank goodness. I have a drawer full of cables from old printers etc one dorks for Ac input

It definitely needs a greater ranger of cables included, but excellent unit.

Hi You explained this unit has wifi option , my question is that can we control the unit from evey where like echoflow river 2 has that option

In a case of a power outage you should test things that are truly used to see how helpful this product is

I would love to see the rear flood light on the EB55 on the back of the eb3a.

Excellent review. One question is how much power can you pass thru when in ups mode? For example the oukitel p2001 let's you pass 1100 watts thru.

Nice video, at 10:07 I am I need of one of these cables that is longer, I found an extension one in my garage but it loses 20-30w of charging speed using my car sadly, what should i search for when looking for this exact one? The only difference is the other end of my cable goes into the solar panel port.

Was not expecting a UPS mode or wireless charging pad on top. So that’s a nice added bonus. Also the “no load” power drain wouldn’t be an issue for me because I only plan to use it if I need to discharge it. I’m not sure why someone would keep this “on” but not have any load in use? Also no bi-directional USB-C charging is not really an issue. The AC and solar input is fine. I don’t see how the bi-directional charging would be useful because I cannot think of a scenario where I would not have access to either AC or solar but only had USB-C charging.

Can I use my Goal Zero panels to charge this? I've got a lot of different wattages just wondered if it was the same connection

Good review. Very helpful. Question, does the length of cords connected to solar panels affect or limit solar input charging capacity? Just curious if there is noticeable voltage or wattage drop based on the length of those cables? If so, what is the maximum length of mc 4 cables before getting compromised voltage drop? Seems like so many of those cables are really short. Could you use say a 50' cable without losing charging power? Thankyou for the segment.

HELP Could you break that down more for me I’m new to this. So is the system running 268 watts or 600 watts?

Great review and greeting from the Netherlands. l just received my EB3A (€279) + PV120 solar panel (€299). In Europe the EB3A comes with a 220v cable and a solar connection cable. I bought the 12v cigarette lightning cable separately (€19,99). I will take it on my holiday to Italy next week, upon which I will primalery use my Dometic CFF35 compressor cooler. Very curious how things work out.....

nice succinct , comprehensive review thanks...subscibed

Solid review

Hi would this power a pa speaker and a small mixer? Thanks for the vid Sean

Hello and thank you for all your hard work and videos. I am completely new to the world of solar power stations and panels and the like. I have purchased an EB3A Bluetti and I want to connect it to a glass rigid solar panel so that I can power my greenhouses. Can you please give me some advice on what you would do? Would it be better to use a power station like Bluetti and a solar panel or would it be better to use a 12V car battery and a solar panel. I need at least 600W to power a fan and or a low voltage heater for cold nights. I live in Maryland so our winters arent like the West or North. I dont understand the how the car battery equals or compares to a solar power station like a Bluetti. Please advice, Thanks a ton for all your videos and sharing what you know!

Putting aside space or cost, would you recommend two of these over one EB55? Using for Small Vanlife purposes. One small fridge and small device charging. I like the idea of redundancy and charging one at a time... Is the output technology better on these? I can see they are different than the EB55. Thanks so much!

Hey Dr J' that's a awesome Lil Beast!! With a few firmware updates it's going to be Topdog in it's class!?

Looks like a great unit. Do you know anything about the Itehil 500 pps?

Are you running the original firmware? There were issues with the silent charge mode hanging and not charging.