Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station with 400W Solar Panel 2 000W Peak 3 000W Solar

The product itself is awesome. Super fast charging up, capacity is perfect for camping trips, automotive work, and that pesky power outage every once in a while. Stays cool, LCD screen is easy to read and plenty bright. It’s pretty easy to carry and fits well in compact spaces. I like the design setup for plug ins, and it actually puts out what it claims. The price itself I got on sale for $350 and to be honest is where the price should be at. At the end of the day these things are really just a big, easy to use, battery. But the functions this one has definitely helps the ridiculous MSRP lol. Get it while it’s on sale and you will be a happy camper (literally)! Read more

Works like a charm. Battery lasts long. Powers my refrigerator all night long and super easy to recharge. Its very portable and the quality is very strong. No assembly needed. Read more

Just took it on its maiden voyage and it did the trick. Needed a bigger inverter than what we had and this fit the bill perfectly. Plenty of juice to keep the essentials running and still boil water with an electric kettle. App works great, even when you're on the move and don't have wifi. Easy to move around with built in handles, and weight is tolerable. Minimal, if any, noise; only when we were running high wattage devices would the fan come on. Feels sturdy enough. Happy with the purchase so far, but it's early. Hopefully the cells hold up. Read more

This thing rules! I can take it basically anywhere and not have to worry about any of my electronics dying. I’m an avid camper and this makes the entire trip more fun and enjoyable knowing all our lights and tools can be recharged to continue our adventure! And got it on a good deal, keep an eye on this thing because it is awesome. And app control! Gotta love it Read more

Bought to use as an uninterrupted power supply for my office setup since i work from home. Works great so far! Its small enough to keep under my desk without being in the way. Set up is really easy. Its basically plug-and-play but with the option to use the app for more control. When you run it on ac mode while its plugged in, it bypasses the battery and pulls power directly from the wall to your devices, so its not constantly cycling the battery or running the inverter. There are a bunch of options and preset profiles in the app to manage drain/charge cycles and min/max charge settings. Im running it with the standard profile with a max 95% charge for now. Im pulling about 55 watts through it across two power strips plugged into the ac ports. No issues whatsoever after a almost a month. I havent actually experienced a power outage with it, but when i manually unplug the power station from the wall i get no interrupted power. All my modem and router lights stay on and connected. Not even a flicker in my monitors. The switch is almost instant. Oh and since its pulling power directly from the wall in "UPS" mode, it is completely noise free. The inverter (and fan?) only kick on when it is powering ac devices from the battery pack directly, but it is pretty quiet even then. Kind of like a small desk fan on low. Will update after i experience my first outtage or if any issues arise. Read more

It is good for the price and a good Power Station. It takes several hours to fully charge the battery using the solar panel. Read more

I bought this for car camping, overlanding. Before I could use it for that I need it for something much more important. A major snow/ice storm hit. Four big trees on my house, no heat and no electricity for ten days. My wife and daughter moved to a hotel. I stayed with the house and my dog to keep faucets dripping so the water pipes didn't freeze. A few nights were down to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. I have a small power station that I kept charged with the c1000 gen 2. That kept my att fiber going, I had no cell phone service, wifi calling was my only option. During the day I kept two small gas generators running for space heaters and fridge. At night I didn't run them for fear of starting a fire. The c1000 ran the fridge each night plus charged small battery packs for phone etc then recharged my small power station. The key feature of the c1000 is how fast it would recharge. Usually in less than an hour it was fully charged for another day. The Bluetooth function allowed me to keep tabs on it without have to look at it. The screen is bright and ready to ready. Even though it's a powerful power station it's portable enough to carry whenever for whatever. I almost never review products I buy. But this time I am because it was so important in helping me survive staying at home during this storm recovery. Bottom line is I could not have gotten through those ten days without the c1000. The key feature is how fast it would recharge day after day. I can easily say this product performed better than I hoped and is one of the best products I ever purchased. Read more

I have two of these. One is used as a UPS for our desktop computer/router/etc. It's nice because it does pass through charging so you keep it plugged in and leave it be. I check the app occasionally - it's handy but I don't use it that often. Another advantage of it is it has 2 140 watt USB-C ports. I run cords up to our desk for those and use them for charging cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc. It saves money by not buying 140 watt chargers. When we first got it I also tried using it in place of a generator to run an electric pole saw to trim some branches on part of our property. It worked well for that. It's smaller than our 2,000 watt Honda generator - and still got the job done. The other one I use at the storage unit where I run my eBay business. It will run everything from my shipping label printer, some extra lights, my air packing bubble maker, small laser printer. The thing is great. I only spend a few hours there most weeks. I take the thing home to charge it somewhere between once a week and once a month depending on how busy I am. They've only been out for several months so it's too early to tell on long term durability. However given Anker's reputation it's a safe bet that it will work long term. I haven't run into any issues with either of them. They just work! Read more