BLUETTI AC200PL Portable Power Station, 2304Wh Solar Generator, Expandable to 8448Wh w/ 4 2400W AC Outlets (3600W Power Lifting), 30A TT30 Output, LiFePO4 Battery Backup for RV, Camping, Home Use

Not getting what I should from the battery
Update to initial review – I am updating my review to 5 stars from 3 for a few reasons. First, part of my problem was that I was not taking into account the 15 watt consumption from the AC Inverter. Be sure that you add 15 watts to whatever item you have plugged into the AC for a more accurate time for the time something will run. That was squarely on me. However, even with this, it was still under performing by a couple of hours, which brings me to my next point.Abbey with customer service worked with me and reached out to me. We spent time going through discharge and recharge cycles and then she offered an exchange for the unit with another AC180 sent me a prepaid label and was ready to do the exchange. This is where I want to expand a little on my customer service experience and it was top notch. I have dealt with customer service from many other companies in the past and this was far and above the best!I was almost ready to ship it back when I decided to check one more time for any firmware updates. There were a couple, so I installed both firmware updates and then did one more discharge to 0 percent and this time the unit went from under performing to over performing! Needless to say, I am now hanging onto this unit.This was my first venture into power stations and I really learned a lot. Please be sure to do the following when you receive one of these units…install the app and check for firmware updates and install those. Check for more firmware updates until it tells you that it is up to date.2nd…charge it to 100 percent and then unplug it from charging. After fully charged, place a load of around 100 watts or so on the AC side and let it discharge until the unit powers off. Let it sit for 30 minutes to an hour to allow the batteries to cool off, unplug everything and then recharge it back to 100 percent. This will recalibrate the battery for more accurate readings and better performance.With all of this done, I am now thrilled with the unit. Again, a big thank you to the Abbey in customer service for the help, advice and patience!Initial review—-I spent a couple of weeks researching power stations and kept coming back to this one based on the reviews, specs and battery capacity. When it arrived, I was impressed with the packaging as well as the unit itself. It appears to be very solid and well built. Very bright display and very easy to read. My intentions when buying this unit was to be able to take it camping and also to provide a supplement to my generator by running a few essentials overnight while recharging from the generator during the day.We just had our first camping trip while taking this along to run a box fan in the tent overnight. I worked out the math given the number of watts that the fan pulls and came up with approx 16 to 17 hours at 55 watts. When I plugged the fan in, the unit agreed with my math and showed about 17 hours left running the 55 watt fan. We had it on for approx 7 hours when we woke and the display said it only had about 3.3 hours remaining with about 22 percent remaining on the battery. Temperature wasn’t an issue since it was between 65 – 70 the entire night, so no extreme temps were involved.I was taking into account useable battery capacity of 85 percent and was a little upset that I was only squeezing out 10 to 11 hours when the unit itself along with the math that I did said that I should be getting about 16 to 17. I was losing about 5 to 6 hours somewhere. Again, this was just running a single 55 watt fan and nothing more. It just makes me wonder now what I will really get if I want to power my fridge for a few hours overnight as I was hoping for. I know that this is a mid sized unit at 1152 rated wh, but I was expecting a bit more. Now that I am home, I plan to recharge and see what I really get out of a smaller 40 watt fan. The math on that one works out to be about 20 hours, so we will see.Bottom line is that I really do like the unit, but just do not know if I received a bad one or if the specs are just way off even taking into account useable battery and AC Inverter draw. If we had even tried to power a small led lamp overnight, even for a short time, it would have completely drained the unit. This is not what I had seen in the glowing reviews for the AC180 along with test for usable battery life. Like I said, maybe this one is just malfunctioning.

Great for solar house living and weekend getaways.
So easy to use… Added 2 solar panels onto top of SUV and a 15 foot plug extension. Bluetti 180 mainly stays inside my bedroom in solar house but take on weekend outings too. When arriving I just roll up and plug in. I use a larger Bluetti for camping fridge, 12 volt water pump and lights on other side of house with different panels on roof. The AC 180 can handle 4 in grinder, skill saw and other power tools if workers come. It keeps my vacuum charged and I can watch movies anytime. Simple and reliable, Happy to find out I can use a 600-WATT panel although 500 Watts is max solar input to Bluetti with no damage to equipment. Lots of neighbors use gas generators that are loud, stinky and consume lots of fuel. Love my Bluetties silent, clean and powerful enough for my simple lifestyle.

Estoy decepcionado lo usé para alimentar un bombillo durante 1 hora que se fue la luz y se cayó del 100% al 84% creo el arrancador de mi auto aguanta más , me siento estafado pues gasté como 15 mil pesos

I’ve had the machine for two weeks and have tested all of the features. It is everything that Bluetti claims it to be. It looks and feels like a quality device and it’s not too heavy (~16kg/35.27lbs) to take car camping.The UPS function actually works, even on devices with an electronic power button (such as a desktop PC) and that is unlike the emergency power source (EPS) system on a competitive model from another popular brand.I do wish the built in MPPT controller could handle more input current from solar. It is difficult to get close to the maximum 500W input from solar because of the input current limitation of 10A. 15A (like it can handle on AC) would be ideal on a machine in this class; however, a more robust MPPT controller and heavier gauge wiring would be required and that would increase the cost slightly.My only other wish for the AC180 would be rubber port caps for all ports, including the USB ports. If you charge the internal batteries outdoors with solar, dust and debris can collect in the ports. I purchased some vanilla port covers to take care of that, but they are not attached to the device so I may lose a few.The cooling fan does kick in when it is charging or discharging at a high rate but the sound is not as high pitched as it is on competing models. It isn’t quiet, but it isn’t horrible either.I downloaded the phone App to update the firmware. I don’t normally use phone Apps, but it was necessary in this case because you cannot update it with a jump drive or a PC. It works. I do wish you could set the display screen time out in the App. 30 seconds is okay, but when you are trying to optimize the position of your solar panels to maximize the input watts it would be nice to have the choice, rather than pushing the power button to turn the timed out display back on.Over all, an excellent machine and a good value if you can purchase it on sale for ~$1000. It will run a fridge over night in an emergency and has a large enough inverter (pure sine wave) to run almost anything for a short duration.