I've had a few people now contact me about these units, and sadly how bad they are. Granted Allpowers has replaced or refunded all of their units, but each unit died after a short amount of use or started behaving oddly. RIght now mine is still operational, and I've got a viewer who is currently trying to repair one. So at the moment I don't think there are any easy fixes.

Solved mine in a different way. Last year, in 2022 in May I bought an ALLPOWERS 700W Portable Power Station. Failed after one camping trip, not even discharged, about 2 months after. Plugged in or not plugged in it was not operating at all apart from the USB-C port. I wrote FAULTY with a marker on it. So I asked for a replacement, which I have received and they said I could keep the faulty one. The second one failed 2 months after in the same manner. I have asked for a refund and have received it in full. Today I bumped into my old batteries and tried the faulty one and put it to charge. starts working. I have checked the other one and was not working at all. But this one had still some life in it so I decided to drain it completely. Guess what, it worked as well. now charging both of them. so I have 2 700W batteries for free. hahahaha. I will keep you updated.

​@@hcretu How are they doing? Still working?

@@blueboywill still working. but one of them did the exact same thing. so I need to deplete it again. or take it apart

@@hcretu I have two S2000 1.5 kw packs and have suffered similar issues. Now, both of them charge to around 30% on the displays, then shoot straight to 100%. Can put AC/DC loads on them, the display decrements back to around 85% but then suddenly says it is empty but I don't think it is. Display indicates E08:14. Could be the batteries are failing, but I have a sneaky suspicion it might be more a firmware issue. Almost as if the power display is out of some sort of calibration wrt to the battery pack. Getting any help out of Allpowers other than swapping backs is almost impossible. I've seen loads of different error codes reported but no information to there significance.

I have a fix video on this. Go watch it!!

I consider all the non LiFePO4 power banks to be fire hazards. They tend to be sat on the floor away from things. ;)

If the voltage was after the BMS it's meaningless as the BMS was obviously off and you allways get a low voltage reading when they are off, IF the 4V was at that battery buss bar before the BMS then it would ring alarm bells 🤔

@@Dirt-Diggler Thank you. I would have hoped even the cheapest BMS would prevent cell damage, otherwise what's the point? :)

@@DavidMcLuckie a lot of the drop in LiFeP04 batteries turn up in " shelf mode" IE with the BMS off they still read 3or4 Volts for some reason 🤔 Once the BMS sees a charge it switches on and all is normal but i get a fair few confused new owners who think they are flat, mind you they normally ship at 30% so they have a very long shelf life what with thier V low self discharge, never seen a sogen arrive like that though TBH 🤔 Mind you you've seen way more than i have 👍 which is why i watch 😎 no BS just straight info with some lite entertainment to help pass the wee hours on YT Long may you post my good sir 👍😎👍

It should bolt straight on. Finding the bluetooth ECU and controller to buy is the real challenge. :)

As far as I know they should fit, but only the 5kW (and smaller?) machines.😆

Yes, assuming it would fit in the space.

That has been my plan all along. The big Anker as the main power, and then an army of smaller power banks to keep the Anker charged. Plus some solar thrown in for good measure.

@@DavidMcLuckie - Winter, in Scotland? Solar??? 😂

12V 15A power supply - amzn.to/3XzJZD5

@@DavidMcLuckie what would be the smallest car battery I could use

I have not, only the smaller one.

Ah marketing. They must see what's the biggest number of something it does and then add that to the name.

Sadly you are not alone. Have you claimed the warranty for it?

Not necessarily, buying a generator to charge power tool batterys or laptops is overkill, add to that the cost of fuel and environmental issues, noise, smell ect and these do have a place but they are not the be all and end all of power supplies i agree. I've recommended them for certain applications and circumstances, sometimes i end up installing a full solar system, sometimes but very very rarely do i recommend a genset although it does have it's place on the list of power supply solutions.

Dual wielding would be my choice. Something battery powered big enough to run what you need. Then have a generator so you can charge said battery pack while it's still operating so no loss of service. EcoFlow make a smart generator you can add to their battery packs so the battery pack can fire up the generator to charge them when required.

@@DavidMcLuckie i saw that, it even has the same styling as thier power packs 👍 looks nice but i bet it costs 🤔 I have a 6KVA genset but a lot if marinas i work at don't allow gennys so i have to use battery tools for which i use my converted ambulance as a mobile workshop and charging station, a jackery or similar would be perfect for those occasions 😏 a 4T van and a 600W solar array is a bit overkill just to charge my parkside tools 🤣🤣

Not sure why it would legitimately need access to all those settings.

that is all pretty obvious, it literally says up to 700W appliances only. kettles and microwaves are over 1000W. i can guarantee, it will run a desktop as well, unless you have the newest biggest graphics card

@@kriskalvet It's just silly. I have one and it only lasts a little bit. Even a steam deck you can watch the power tick away to run it. It's fine if you have a wall plug nearby, but if you're truly using it camping, you'll get an hour of use and it's done.

@@joblessalex hmm, i would hope at least 2h of gaming from it. But yeah, solar panels are very recommended

@@kriskalvet Again, solar panels. Not panel. You'll need one that's like 4x8ft big to pull in enough juice to keep it going. It's no longer "portable" if you need to strap a luggage rack sized panel to your car to use it

@@joblessalex well solar panel physical size doesnt matter, the wattage is important. If you want 10h of gaming capability, you need to buy a suitable powerstation, like 1500Wh maybe. Thats going to be about 1500$ as well, you get what you pay for

If that happens would there not initially be a surplus of the batteries but then as manufacturers stop making them the price would rise again. We need those magical graphene batteries that are always 10 years away. ;)

@@DavidMcLuckie yes, that could happen, but they've made investments which run over a 20/30yr period. Just look at Tesla's maga battery factory! There's a huge demand for these batteries, but they won't buy until the price comes down. I had 4 x 110ah batteries in my self converted campervan. One of them blew out, so I have a decision to make. I went for a single 250ah carbon AGM (I think it's AGM). Saved me 25kg in weight. I am 61, I can't justify paying all that money for batteries which could last 20yrs. Weight is an important consideration, but it isn't that important when my 3.500kg van weights 2860kg at the Mot with full fuel and 80lt water. It's got all the toys, but I built it as light as I could. Such as 250w 3mm solar. German/Austrian made, very good, and I believe its selling for about £500 now. Was cheaper when I got it. I use a CPAP machine, so I'd to buy a big unit to make it worthwhile, and I won't pay that kind of money. I'd rather get 2x100ah lithium, and some mobile solar panels. Okay, it a grand, maybe more, but better than these over priced 'power stations' (not). I think they have a place for those who are camping and need power in their tent, such as wild camping in Scotland.

Hydrogen needs an awfull lot of energy to produce, energy that could go straight to a motor and be way more efficient 🤔 Now if Elon can find a way to produce real Green hydrogen, not blue or brown and then can solve the transport and storage problems maybe Tesla will make the swap but I can't see that happening TBH 🤔