PV and Battery storage - Ecoflow

[Mart]

Hi all, I saw this product whilst watching random youtube vids on batts 'and stuff', and thought it might be worth mentioning the product. Hope it's OK to name a product, but without it in the thread title, it was just too generic a thread. [Edit - Just realised how carried away I got with the word 'product'. M]

They seem to have a number of portable storage variations of their product, but I thought this one was the most 'serious', possibly for off-grid, as it will connect up to PV, and multiple additional storage units, up to 25kWh, has an array of sockets to plug in devices, and can even be charged at an EV charger.

https://ecoflow.com/products/ecoflow-de ... er-station

It's US, and whilst having a price and being for sale, I believe, the site does still have kickstarter links.

Just thought it seemed like a decent plug n play offering, be it for a shed, camping, or full scale off-grid. They are LFP batts with 6,500 cycle life. But I don't pretend to know if it's truly viable, nor economic.

[Stinsy]

I've seen that "product" before. Basically it is a very large power pack similar to a USB battery pack, but designed to replace a petrol generator. Seems more aimed at the US market where people are more likely to have a generator to use in a power outage or when camping, etc.

[nowty]

An LFP battery is a LiFePO4 Lithium Iron Phosphate battery or very similar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_i ... te_battery

It does seem quite a versatile unit at a reasonable price. But does not sound like a grid tie, but a separate off grid inverter for either power backup or camping.

I can see it as an easy all in one solar shed or garage setup.