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This little electric generator worked great for camping had no complaints but thought it was a little too expensive for what I got depending on what you need it for think about that before purchasingOverall this is a great little unit. It's enough to power two heating pads, and my RV TV, and charge a phone. Fairly light weight (relatively I guess), easy to carry with the handle, and mostly quiet. Last night was the first time I heard the fan kick in, and it was only for less than a minute. Charging is not incredibly fast, but I was able to recharge to full (started around 70%) while plugged into the ac outlet in my truck while out on a day trip. I've yet to drain this completely so not sure what a full charge would take.The one issue I have is that the USB-C port does not work. The two USB-A ports are fine, but the C port does nothing.I'm also at a loss to understand how the two DC ports would be used. Typically those are for input, like the charging port below the 2. I've never seen a plug that would work on those?We bought this unit specifically to work with our camping mattress. We had purchased a 100W unit earlier and it didn't work. This one worked like a charm. It inflated the mattress quickly and deflated it more quickly than our old method of using an extension cord plugged into the 12 v outlet and an inverter in our mini van. This will be much easier to use than our old method.I have only used it once for this after completely charging the unit. When I was done with one full inflation and one deflation the unit's charge level didn't go down at all. As an added bonus the charger will be nice to use to charge our phones and iPads while we're camping and will probably work to recharge a camera battery as well.Once I've actually used this on a camping trip I'll update this review if I find any issues or find out it's even better than I think it is now.UPDATE: The seller finally responded and will issue a refund.Used this to run a 12 car fridge and it worked twice. The third time the display turned on for the fridge but the cooling system would not turn on. I tested the fridge and it works fine with car batt & ac adapter. Sent an email to the support email and have not gotten a reply. The website enginstar.com cannot be reached.Seems like they sold off their inventory and went belly-up.I read other reviews saying they could run their resmed cpap machine for five hours. Well I was over joyed to know I ran mine over two nights for 17 hours and still would have been able to run it a third night without another charge up. Simple, easy to use. Sleek look. It even helped me give my air mattress a refill in day 2 of camping. We also charged two phones on it all night. All of this on one charge, and with 3/4 of the battery power still left. I am so glad I purchased this. Will give me peace of mind for using my sleep apnea machine during a power outage or if I want to take a trip off the grid (or on a boat).Very happy with this battery. A bit heavy, but works great for camping and running my CPAP machine.This power station works great to run my BiPap machine all night, with the water heater on, no problem. In the morning, the battery indicator shows it reduced by only one bar! I forgot to charge it one day, and that one bar reduction on the battery indicator didn't mean squat - I got 5 more hours, and ran out of power. That's still pretty good, but I'd be happier if the battery indicator was more accurate. Recharge time can run a little long, too, but even if you run it all the way down, it'll be ready by the end of the day (I've only recharged on AC or car DC so far; still need to get solar to try with it).And that's my only complaint, so 4.5 stars ends up 5 stars because, you know, Amazon. I can cast to my 5v for a couple of hours, charge my phone, sleep with my BiPap running, have a light on for a while, then charge it back up the next day. Don't expect to run major appliances with it; this thing does as it says, and isn't made for heavy power draws beyond 350 watts, and probably not over 45 minutes of power if you do hit that kind of power draw. But, for basic living in the evening and overnight when camping or during a power outage, this little power station does the job.I did also try it on a mini fridge, briefly, and it did power it. I didn't leave it to check how long it would run it, and different mini fridges pull different wattages, so my experience wouldn't necessarily be the same as yours. I'm guessing, from the power draw it seemed to take, it would have lasted between 3 and 6 hours, depending on how long it took between cycles.Sometimes it doesn’t say how much watts being used. When device is plugged in, it shows zero but device is working…
