Anker Portable Generator 778Wh, 545 Portable Power Station (PowerHouse 778Wh), 500W Outdoor Generator with 110V 2-AC Outlets, 2X 60W PD Outputs and LED Light for RV, Camping, Emergencies, and More

This is a huge upgrade over the original Powerhouse from a few years ago. It's also heavier, weighing in at nearly 20 pounds. So there's some oomph for ya. It's also bigger than the original Powerhouse by a fair amount - slightly shorter in height (but made up for with the fixed handle), and wider and longer. So...perhaps "stout" is a good adjective? Either way, 20 pounds is pretty heavy - but some of the older jump boxes I've owned in the past have weighed in at about 20 pounds themselves with their lead-acid batteries, and were far lower on amp-hour capacity.This tank comes deactivated out of the box - to turn it on, you first have to charge it. So I did, and a full charge - much like the original - can take a few hours.Then I got to test with solar. I bought a new Allpowers panel along side this tank, this panel larger than the others and sporting a set of MC4 connectors - and an Anderson adapter to boot. Plug everything in, and on this strangely sunny (for the moment) Seattle spring day I was able to get it charging over solar. This is a big win over the original, which had a three-conductor connector to charge that I was simply not able to sort out so that I *could* charge with other, smaller panel sets. It'd probably be a little slow with only one panel set, though, so you'll want to buy a couple and get some adapters to connect in parallel. (Note, don't connect those panels in series - overvoltage will probably blow this tank to smithereens. No, I will not test this.)My only real concern is this - where I cannot operate the rest of the unit while DC charging, I found that I was able to turn on the inverter while solar was connected. I don't think this is going to be a *huge* issue, and is probably less a bug and more a feature. I honestly do not know.Even the display has added data. While charging DC you can see how long you have before it fills, as well as wattage. While running the inverter or the car adapter, you can see how long you have until you run out of power.CPAP users for this bit. A subsequent test with my CPAP on the inverter, at 60% charge, can run the CPAP for maybe 5 hours with the heated tube and humidifier on - as always, this will significantly increase if you turn off the humidifier and use a regular hose (or turn off the heated hose). This is with a Resmed S10 Autoset (note: 24v machine), pressure 16/11, configured for full face using the mask fit feature. Word from the wise, never run the humidifier or heated hose on a battery unless you don't want a good night's sleep.As an added bonus, it comes with two lights - a spotlight that has two brightness levels and will flash SOS in Morse code on a third setting, and a LED warm-white lamp on the back with three brightness levels that can be used as a light for whatever you may need one for. I'm not sure I'd want to use the flashlight, though, as carrying around 20 pounds of battery is going to get old real quick - I'll stick to my Maglite, thank you very much! =)I think the only complaint I have is price. A similar battery from the competition will cost less, certainly. However, I like Anker's work, so there ya go - I'm willing to throw money at these guys.Overall, Anker has outdone themselves with this one. This will prove to be an excellent choice for emergency power or camping, and I will hopefully be able to put it to good use out on the field very shortly.

The media could not be loaded. Got this new Powerhouse a week ago and my husband and I have already taken it with us to our snowboarding trips a few times. We are both working out of the ski area parking lot in between runs (it’s amazing!) and the Powerhouse II 800 can charge both my Microsoft Surface and his MacBook Pro at the same time at maximum speed. We just keep it at the back of our car and after 7 days the battery is still 50% full.What really surprised me is how fast the Powerhouse can be charged up: in under 5 hours! Incredible.We are even using the car socket outlet to heat up our electric lunchbox and it’s about 30% faster vs. if we were to use one in our car. That means we no longer have to keep the car running just to heat up our food.The only 1 thing I wish I could ask for is for it to be a little lighter. But since this Powerhouse has so much power stored we won’t have to move it around much.It is a big investment but we are extremely happy that we got it. It keeps us out there on the snow while still being able to work, and that’s all it matters!

The media could not be loaded. We got this primarily for multi day camping trips. Has enough power storage to easily take care of all our devices for a week and we can even run a heated blanket off it during the cold months. Can also recharge from the car adapter if need be which is an excellent bonus. Very sturdy with a great design. Highly recommend it. Check out the video for some features.

Bought the 500 for my beach wedding as a good excuse and needed it anyways because Texas thinks they can handle the grid themselves. Works great with 600 watt speakers as 600 watts is the maximum wattage the speaker could draw but only drew about 25 watts from the battery for music and a microphone. With just a speaker, you're looking at like 20 - 30 hours so I'd say this may work for a solo artist or maybe even a small band that's performing remotely. I haven't dove in deeply with testing this at home but it can power a box fan overnight. Maybe I'll provide an update with more extensive testing. Tried powering a vacuum cleaner and overdrew on wattage to where it refused to give power so there's a limitation. The light is pretty cool as I can just sit it somewhere to work on something that needs some light. This will be great for power outages which happen frequent where I live, spending all day at the beach, and camping.One thing to note is definitely read the manual. One thing I didn't realize is it doesn't shut itself off in AC mode. When converting from DC to AC there's some power consumption so it will drain overnight if when not in use if the AC part is left on. They should put more labeling on this but each unnamed button over each section turns on and off that section. You have to make sure the button light is off when not using. For the USB side it will auto turn-off but not the AC side. Also the USB button is the button to push when you want to quickly check the battery percentage. I recommend using a label maker and printing out instructions to tape to the battery.