This was really concise and clear throughout. I really appreciated that you summed up the differences with a widely-reviewed predecessor at the top and that you compared it to a well-known alternative model from a leading brand with data, but did it all in 22 minutes.
Great Video - Look just below the flashlight and you can see the AC Output states that it is 800W. I bought my 70S because of your review and so far I absolutely love it. Best deal for the money. My CPAP only drew about 10-12 watts last night. I expected it to draw at least 30 watts. Resmed 9 without the humidifier.
The 80% refers to the battery's capacity AFTER it has charged/discharged 2500 times. When you charge it, it will charge to 100%, however, I believe they designed it to shut down outputs when charge level gets to ~10% to keep battery life long.
I was looking for a detailed review of this product as im deciding on buying one for camping and came across your video. awesome job on this review and now i feel comfortable buying this product. thank you!
I happen to own both a EB70 and EB70s. I can attested to fact that the fan in the EB70s unit is somewhat quieter. Unfortunately , Bluetti didn’t quiet down the power brick. The lights on the switch is brighter, but could still be a little brighter. The extra 100 watt on the 120v plugs is a nice added benefit. I got 613 watts on the EB70 and 648 on the newer EB70s ( measured on the 12 volt port at 6 amp constant drain.). I’m trying to get around to the 120 AC test, but have the winter lazies.
Thank you for the good comparison. I thought I’d been shipped the old model but your video confirms that even the EB70S will say EB70 on the label - the 800w inverter is the key to knowing you have the new model.
You ain't lying about the videos on the EB70 vs the EB70s. Nice to see someone actually bought the 70s and did a review. That screen issue was a big problem in the EB70 that I'm glad they did something different to help you see it more. Hoping they will get the screen that Ecoflow uses at some point.
I just got my EB70s and the 200watt solar panels to go with it. I can't wait to use it. I just found this video today and I want to thank you so much for putting it out there.👍
I’ve been running mine with 2 -200 watt panels in parallel to run a small 120 volt fridge in my garage. And it’s been 3 weeks now. 46 watts. Is all it pulls. ( dorm room size ). Because it’s winter I get about 80 - 155 watts out of the panels depending on time of day. And up to the full 8 amps dc input. The charge controller regulates the input watts as it close to full charge and works great. So far free endless mini fridge.
Fun fact the EB70 in Australia is 1000W, I assume that is something to do with our 240V outlets. Also it's only 2 AC outputs instead of 4 but that is common because our ports are bigger and have mandatory grounding.
I just wish Bluetti had a more usable display. Actual percentage instead of bars in 20% increments and a "time until empty/full" reading. Otherwise this is an awesome product.
@@boobtubeakatv1296 I actually did haha. Those features would be very useful for my purposes however. It's been working great so far though! So not a deal breaker, just means I might end up buying another when they inevitably upgrade it with those features.
Really impressed with the bluetti. The ac200p was my initial first option but I just dont see it as portable. This eb70s is also powerful and more portable. Thanks for the detail review.
I have the original EB 70 and love it. The button LEDs never bothered me. The fans are very quite as well. People complain about the A/C charger fan being "loud" but to me it's not that loud and no big deal. And I bought mine, I don't make videos per se so they're not going to give me one obviously. It's a great power source! I use a Baldr 120 folding solar panel with it.
@@blackbalerion Depends on watt wattage your panel is putting out. I use a 120 watt Baldr folding panel. From about 50% it charges in a couple hours. I have never fully discharged mine, I usually take it down to no more than 40% then recharge.
Just unboxed mine. All printed areas read EB70. Even the unit itself reads EB70 I knew I had the EB70S because it reads ..... 716Wh capacity and 800W rated wattage. Look for the small print in the on the unit.
The UK version of the EB70 already has a 1000w / 716Wh with a surge rating of 1400w peak. Not sure if it has the new LED’s / screen timeout improvements though.
Thank You for your video and explanation !!! Now, I actually know how much I can power with my EB70s ... I have it paired, with a sweet deal with a BE PV 200 Solar ... I am more confident in it's capacities... PS I have a Generator on Wheels, '05 Prius with a 1,000 watt pure sine inverter added... This is just for backup away from the car...
Your numbers are a bit lower than Hobotech which was more scientific in my opinion. Good news he got over 630 wh/712wh = 88% and that was on the BLUETTI EB70 not the S. :) Great review i got a lot out of this. I just bought it and had seen other reviews. After purchasing I watched your review and am glad I bought one. I do have a home made 1000 watt with a battle borne battery, 1200 watt inverter and 60amp MPPT solar inverter for charging but I want something I can take on the road easier for short trips.
Awesome review...best I've seen on the EB70S. I was on the fence about buying this Bluetti model versus another higher power Jackery. I have two small Jackery units that power my lights and electronics but I want something that will handle my van's refrigerator and a rice cooker. Like you I started out camping with Anker batteries and now have upgraded to these much larger battery systems. I live a greater part of the year traveling and living in my converted van and have considered installing a lithium battery system like those in Class B RV's...when will it cease?!
I really wish I had paid more attention in Electronics 101 as a sophomore in high school in 1976...still, I'm leaning. I bought a Jackery 300 and although I'm happy with it - I need something bigger - therefore I am researching...Thanks! 👍
i know im late in saying tbh ive not heard any fan at all when charging my device at 60w with a peak 100w yet with the AC i did however notice it get a little bit warm on top near the handle part and having a New smell to it. Kinda worrying tbh ill defo see if using 100w or more can kick my fans on because i do like a system that can keep cool and not overheat for safety reasons. brilliant video i thought i had an odd one without the fans kicking in when its first turned on.
You could compare the Bluetti to some Ecoflow products, I believe they also have a power station in the same capacity range as this, with a lot of similar or more advanced features (at the expense of annoying phone app pairing and talks of excessive power drain). It would be nice to hear about the Bluetti solar panels from you, but it seems you don't have them in your use case?
I wish the EB70S was available in Australia, I reached out to Bluetti and was told "waiting for the structure of the EB70S in the US and other issues to improve before selling it in Australia at the same time." Meanwhile the Ecoflow River Pro is on great discounts at the moment, probably go that, even though it;s not Lifepo4
Maybe... Looking for something for the "house"... Trying to go off grid. I have a solar panel from Goal Zero 50w and it can be connected with one more, I guess it should work with this as well to charge it.
I made a suggestion on the Bluetti FB and left message with Bluetti to upgrade the EB70 when I saw it only had a 700 watt inverter...and I think they listen to me. Because the gold standard for Van Life now is to use the smallest instant pot which is 750 watts instead of fuel camp stoves. So I told bluetti that the old EB70 was kind of useless for most van life users as is and if only they'd upgraded to 800 watt inverter they could really have something on the low end for the majority of van lifers. And they did with the new EB70 sport. I ended up going with the EB150. But might have gone with the EB70 instead had it had the now new 800 watt inverter.
Thanks for the great review. I've got a question: do you know how many watts you need to be using for the fan to come on? My use case is a heated blanket that draws up to about 120W and I'm hoping the fan will stay off at that level. Thanks!
My goal zero is 3 years old and won't charge to 100 anymore, it's stops at 93% so I was assuming that was battery degradation and that's how it showed but I'm just assuming.
Thanks for the video. Bluetti says the max amp in the 7909 connection is 8 amp. Did you ever have issue with the laptop style converter being at 10 amps?
Weight is less of concerned to me as it is just going to stand somewhere in my apartment... It sounds better on all levels then the one from Goal Zero.
Hi - I've just bought the EB70 and cannot believe how loud the standard power brick is. I have the UK equivalent charger (12v 10A - 120w) that you recommended but my unit is only charging at around 10-12w with it? Any ideas why it's so low? The standard loud power brick charges the EB70 at ~200w as expected.
I'm having an indecisive decision between the eb55 vs the eb70s. Currently have the EB150 but like the ability to charge through the vehicle with these newer models. I've ran that battery down to one bar in 4 days during a Colorado trip keeping a cooler(45 watts) and phones. No real ability to charge the unit at the time. Also like having extra backups Incase of a power outage. My main use out of the EB55 or EV70s would be to keep the unit charged up from my vehicle and run a small electric cooler (about 45 watts) full time on week long trips. I would charge camera batteries, phones, and future laptop possibly. The dual input charging is great on the EB55 but that's all I can think of the benefit for me. The diffused light source is nice too. The new EB70s is great due to the battery size and ability to charge through the vehicle also. Both are currently discounted on Amazon as well. Any thoughts?
@@MotorsportUnplugged moving daily for a week. For example I was in the Ozark National Forest Thanksgiving week and moved around each day to a new campsite.
You can assume around 100W per hour of charging from your vehicles 12v system, so you can factor your daily commute time charging vs. nightly power needs. That being said, if the EB55 covers the bases then the 70 will just be extra weight to carry.
You should try an electric blanket 12 volts and in the morning try such as a coffe makeyr My EB70S worked an 35 w dc electric blanket 3 times 45 mins . In the morning 60% left so i tried my coffee maker 600w and the EB70S was dead in less than 5 mins,
Your math doesn't really add up there...better to convert it all to Wh: 135m @ 35w is 78.75Wh + 5m @600w is 50Wh = 128.75Wh drawn from your EB70S with an 800Wh battery pack. If it started at 100% then you have a broken battery and should contact Bluette ASAP if it's still under warranty. That being said your general point is not far off...if on a cold evening we warm a bottle of mulled wine that's 15m of 300w for 75wh, plus use the electric matress pad for maybe 2h at 80w for 160Wh, plus Tea x2 and oatmeal x2 in the morning which is 4x5m@300w for 120wh, that's close to half our battery gone in 12 hours. Add in a day of charging cell phones and gopros and maybe not much driving or time to solar charge the battery and one can get into an electron shortage pretty quick. Our solution, as dumb as it may sound, has been to wire the Bluetti's 12v input directly into our XC60's battery. That may sound dumb, but the Bluetti is smart enough to not draw down the XC's AGM battery below 12v, and the XC is smart enough to cycle it's DC rectifier to recharge the 12v system from the high voltage battery whenever the computer sees it getting low. This continuous recharging of the Bluetti, by laundering power from the HV battery through the AGM 12V battery, has totally solved our power troubles. Our last 4 day camping trip we literally never drew the battery down under 60%
I have a Bluetti EB70S battery with a Bluetti PV120 Watts solar panel. I would like to know what happens if I add a second solar panel, 120 watts for example, to recharge my EB70S battery. I ask the question because the EB70S can take a load of 200 W and in my example I give it 240 W. It is certain that a panel does not necessarily give its maximum, 120 W can give for example 90 or 100 W depending on sunshine and different conditions. But what if the conditions were optimal I had a theoretical total of 240 W? Thank You
There are voltage and amperage limits on the input to consider, not just the wattage, so I'm not sure how two 120w panels in series would fit within those limits. Best to ask Bluetti support.
Ran a new eb70s and it shorted at less than 700 watts. I duplicated the test several times and the eb70s would not run a load higher than 700 watts. I verified the load watts with a watt meter. The eb70s just didn’t perform as advertised. Too bad.
If you can verify that with a watt meter, you should definitly take that up with Bluetti support. You have a 30 day 'hassle-free money back garantee' and 24 month warranty to lean on - service@bluettipower.com
@@frankiethefrog1752 They were nice, but they didn’t really have a useful response. Suggestions such as “turn it off and retry” don’t really work for me. I’m sure I’m different than some, but by the time I’ve contacted the manufacturer and gone to the trouble of confirming the problem with a video, I’ve already done lots and lots of research and trouble shooting. They apologized that I wasn’t satisfied and suggested that I may not understand that refrigerators can spike the power even briefly which will shut down the battery. I’ll overlook that I know that and the video clearly showed an almost immediate shut down at 700 watts, so their response was more of an automatic reply rather than a more proper “well, that’s strange. It’s supposed to work up to 800 watts.” I returned the product and bought a Bibene which I prefer. And, I’m now convinced that it’s better for me to buy a product with two or three times the specs I “think” I need. A lot of people seem happy if they can charge their phones with one of these things, but I need more power than that. The marketing hype just seems like these products aren’t all that useful for someone in my situation. Anyway, they were nice and issued a refund, paid return shipping, and offered a small discount on another product. The product itself, though, did not support the wattage claim, at least the one I received.
Excellent video 🙂 I just ordered one for myself since Bluetti has a sale going. My question that I can't seem to find is, can you charge the EB70S with the B230 external battery? I would like to purchase one while it's $500 off, but I can't find anything that supports these 2 until being compatible. I was hoping you might be able to shed some light. I want to believe I can buy their adaptor to run from the B230 into the EB70S and recharge the unit. Thanks 🙂
Humm dude.. no one who do electricity compare Watts per pounds loll Have you compared in another video the pound of a coffee cup by the quanntity it can carry... gotta be serious to help people. But your trick for the 12 V dc lighter plug is a great idea.. even though I was already using it prior watching your vidéo.. Cool that Watts up? amp meter but it's discontinued probably for a good reason
Curious, does the charger for the Bluetti fit the GZ? Is it the same 8mm like it appears? I wish the Bluetti had a better screen. If the Bluetti had the same screen as the GZ I'd be set on it!
So the EB70S can handle 800 to 1000 watts pretty well, but what about the peaks of up to 1400 watts? Do you have any experiences wheter the Eb70S handles this right according to the official specs?
The 500X can charge by the USB correct? EB70S can't? So with the 500X you could have a solar panel on the standard charging and one in the standard usb... or maybe more??? Anyone knows?
The GZ 500x will accept power simultaneously from the USB-C ports and the normal DC in port. I presume there must be some combined maximum, but no idea what that limit is.
@@MotorsportUnpluggedYea, well standard would be 2 amps that they give, but I guess some panels can do fast charging through the usb, not sure and don't know what the 500x supports on those levels. But nice to know that it can do it, I would not get much power out anyway by where I am.
Basically yes. It will auto-shutoff the 12v output if the load isn't continuous enough, but besides that it would continue to feed basically indefinitely UPS style.
Question: I watching a review of the EB70 by another RU-vidr and she mentioned that the 2 plugs with holes are not actually ground plugs. Did they add grounding on the EB70S? I'm looking at this one and the ECOFLOW Delta mini or the River Max and trying to decide. But if there is no ground plug, then that eliminates one from the list. Or I guess the question is, are those holes on the portable charges not grounded for any of them and they are just there told allow for that grounding plugs to fit?
No it's not ground, just an open space in the plastic for the ground pin on a 3-prong plug to go. As far as I know none of them are, it's basically not possible to provide a proper ground for A/C power without hammering an 8 foot rod into the ground.
I am looking for a battery to do astrophotography. Camera, dew control, mount and computer uses 60 watts per hour (everything 12 volts DC). It would run all night. I am thinking the Jackery 500 is just a bit to small. The Jackery 1000 is to expensive. Do you think this would be a good alternative?
Yup I think this would do quite well, especially if your camera or other kit will appreciate the many USB ports and their higher power rating compared to the J1000.
The River MAX with 576Wh does look nice, and I heard there was some sort of crazy discount deal at Costco recently. That being said, power output options (high power USB-C and AC inverter specs) seem worse than the Bluettii.
It isn`t a good idea to keep lithium batteries plugged in at 100% state of charge at all times while charging if you want to get the rated 2500 cycles from this. They should never be kept at 100% state of charge as it degrades the battery faster. When possible they shouldn`t even be charged up to 100% unless it`s necessary because it heats and stresses the battery cells. You can get much more life out of these batteries if you keep them cycled between 90% and 20% when you can regardless of what they say. This is even more true of lithium ion batteries. But it`s still a good idea to fully charge and discharge all power stations every couple of months in case the BMS doesn`t do a good job keeping the cells balanced I`m told.
Sure I don't see why not, the Generac GP5500 has lots of AC power output which you could feed into this. The AC charger for the Bluetti is 200W, so it's not even close.
So far we haven't needed to cross that bridge. Our XC60 is a PHEV with 7KWH battery, so we can pretty easily 'start' it to recharge our power bank if we're camping in the same location for a few days.
@@MotorsportUnplugged that’s not a bad idea... I wonder if I could do that with my prius or F150... F150 has a 3-prong power outlet that I could run to the generator. That’s a great idea. Again, a man with all the answers.
I'm a Bluetti fan, and recently, I purchased the AC200P. My intention was to use it for 4-7 day overlanding trips and emergencies around the house. I did a test run off a full charge with a 55-watt 12-volt fridge. On the 8th day, I laughed and stopped the test as I realized I've gone way.. overkill for overlanding 😄. I was searching to find something smaller in the Bluetti family, and your review/breakdown really helped in my decision. The question I have is, can you run a 200-watt PV Bluetti panel with this unit? I can only find reliable info about running a SP with it. I run the PV200-WATT panels, so I'll definitely pull the trigger this week and purchase the unit if compatible. I'm also curious about your thoughts on running a 12-volt fridge off this 70S model. What's your runtime experience been like? I feel it could run 72 hours, maybe more? Having this smaller unit and only 1 PV200 panel would be a dream in my truck set up. Charging specs say 3-4 hours, so also a great bonus. I'm assuming you can charge and use the unit at the same time like the AC200P? Thanks for the great video. 👍 subbed.
Yes you can charge and use simultaneously, no issues there. Our 12V Dometic CFX28 draws so little power compared to the EB70S that it just gets boring trying to measure its lifespan at that load :-P. Something like 3-4 days sounds about right, more/less depending on the ambient temps.
As for the PV200 solar setup, yeah I would presume the answer is yes since they sell the EB70S and PV200 as a bundle: www.bluettipower.com/products/eb70s-716wh-800w-portable-power-station-best-solar-generator-for-camping
@MotorSport UnPlugged I just received my EB70S this morning. You weren't exaggerating how loud the AC charging is. Considering my AC200P doesn't make a peep, I find this very strange. As usual, the manual is very lacking. Can you tell me from your experience when not to run in eco mode? Also, does the unit draw power when not in use? I was under the impression there was a power on/off switch, but apparently, you click a button for the display and then again for usage. I would also like to know if you have to switch the unit into a specific mode when charging from solar or DC? On my AC200P I have to change the settings to PV for the unit to take in solar. Thanks!
Eco mode simply turns off the AC portion of the electronics if it sees no load for 4 hours. This is because keeping the AC inverter active, even with no load, takes not an insignificant power. You would only need to disable this if you had some sort of odd highly intermittent AC demand that you wanted to feed with your EB70S.
Power brick with the cord can you give me a link where to get one of those and what’s the best solar panel that I can get for 200 watts I am going to be getting EB 700 S in blue is my first time I want everything perfect thank you
Get a glass solar panel unless you`re rich or want the extremely expensive portable version with shorter lifespan. The EB70 will only accept about 150 watts from solar due to an 8 amp limit.
@@MotorsportUnplugged Company responded and said that while they have updated the units to the "S" standard, the packaging has not been updated yet. Seems like a very nice item, and I wouldn't know the difference I suppose of the batteries by looking at them anyway ... lol. thanks for the response.
If it really asks for 700w, then since the EB70S is rated at 800w then it would be reasonable to presume yes. That being said, if there's any way you can test the actual power draw from the microwave that would be a good thing, sometimes things can get wonky...
@@MotorsportUnplugged I don't have either right now and was hoping to find someone that had already tested it or knew for certain. Not a deal breaker but am hopeful. Thanks for the response though. Most youtubers don't respond lol
The manual says "Connect the solar panels(in series or parallel) with the open-circuit voltage range: 12-28V. Then connect the solar panel to EB70S via the solar charging cable. When charging with solar panels, the max input current and power are 8A and 200W, respectively. Also, when it is fully charged(Approx. 4-5hrs), it will stop charging automatically." - www.bluettipower.com/pages/user-guides
Depends on the details of the electric blanket you mean. We use an Electrowarmth mattress heater, works very well together: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NVZ0frvKgtw.html
Yup, still working great. I would love a higher power AC inverter, so am jelous of the units sold elsewhere in the world that apparently do (1KW I think I've seen comments about from folks in the EU), and would gladly trade away the useless qi charger to get it, but that would be my only ask at this point.
@@MotorsportUnplugged you got it from the back and you pull out some thing that charges your USB - C 100 watch and USB I didn’t know how much is the us with the Cord I like that what do you call it brick block this has nothing to do with the battery pack is the other one I liked can you give A link to it thank you sir I’m sorry to bother you
Really depends on the power draw, best if you can find the specs somehow. It powered my 'full size' LG fridge no problem, but if you're perhaps thinking some sort of big comercial grade freezer...
