Solar powered generators: thoughts?

[Guidotheguide]

I've looked, but have not found any threads dealing with solar powered generators vs gas or propane powered. I just watched a couple of YouTube videos and have been reading about them. Does anyone have real world experience with these? Comments/opinions/suggestions etc.

The video I watched was a for a brand called Ecoflow. The stats were impressive if true, but the price is up there.

 

[Jim Beletti]

My understanding of these are that at their heart, it's a box with a battery and an inverter in it. As such, it's a portable DC-AC inverter. Most can be charged from AC power and DC power including solar panels, if available.

Will Prowse has reviewed many of them. Some he likes, some he doesn't. Here's a link to a search for solar generators on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/WillProwse/search?query=solar%20generator

 

[Guidotheguide]

My understanding of these are that at their heart, it's a box with a battery and an inverter in it. As such, it's a portable DC-AC inverter. Most can be charged from AC power and DC power including solar panels, if available.

Will Prowse has reviewed many of them. Some he likes, some he doesn't. Here's a link to a search for solar generators on his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/WillProwse/search?query=solar%20generator

Just watched some of his videos. Other than the fact that I'm not fluent in electrical speak, I found him quite informative. I don't pretend to understand all that he was talking about, but I got the gist of it.

I can tell this is going to take a tad bit of research.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Guidotheguide]

Does anyone have any real world experience using these?