We have used the kzfaq.infoUgkxOTeIs0vv4_9B5hsmnLsk9r930uDQLu_Y for probably 30 hours with our camper and it’s been great! The noise level is really only noticeable when running the AC and other appliances like the microwave, hair dryer, or coffee pot. It’s not huge like other ones and it has wheels so even at 90lbs, I can move it!

Thank You for what you do. I have seen a number of reviews and all seem to say what you did. So, I bought the River Pro. I wanted a mid-size unit, and for the price and fetches, this is the best.

This was by far the most through review of this unit I have watched. Extremely informative. Thank you!!

By far the best review of this battery system on KZfaq. You really hit all the bullet points! I ordered one this week and was a little nervous about the no return policy, this review has me feeling very good about my decision and helps me understand the strengths and limitations of the pack. Thank you!

Perfect review of the River Pro could not ask for more. Thanks Todd.

One of the best videos I have watched comparing the River Pro with one of its direct competitors.

I dig the display of the River Pro. It gives you all the necessary info you need. Most important of all, the usable time left.

My EcoFlow river pro arrived on sale from Costco. Your review helped in many ways. Thank you for clear and concise review.

Very helpful. Just beginning to outfit for overlanding and just dying with so many options. Thank you!! For my needs, this is going to be ideal, I think.

By far the best ecoflow review, ive been watching hundreds of vids & this one helped me decide way better than others! Great job thanx!🙃

Really informative video. I’ve just ordered this eco flow unit will extra battery. With proposed power blackouts in the UK and Europe this winter I think it’s going to come in handy.

First time on your channel. What a thorough review! I feel like I got a really close-up look at the Eco-Flow system. It looks like a really well thought out and engineered system. You took a lot of time reviewing all the key features. Nice production work on the video, great camera work and solid audio, something that others on KZfaq struggle disregard. Looking forward to watching more videos from your channel, Todd. Thank you.

We were hovering between Bluetti EB70 and EcoFlow River Pro. Went for the River Pro primarily for the internal charger where-as bluetti had a noisy external power brick. Fastcharge is also a good feature. This review really helped us getting a good view of the EcoFlow product. We're getting the EU version with 2x230V tho :)

Much appreciated this review! Confirms my confidence in my choice. I originally picked up one of the Duracell 660 units and couldn’t return it fast enough! My wife couldn’t even budge it! I just ordered one of these. I am still waiting for FedEx to get their act together and deliver it. Great customer service from ECOFLOW though. No extra battery yet, but most likely will add this on before next winter storm season. However I gave it some thought and I think the connection cable for the 2 units is probably that way for 3 reasons: 1- stiff cable is more resistant to repeated flexing and damage to internal wire strands 2- size of cable (diameter) is to avoid power loss 3- length of cable allows you to carry both units while walking with one in each hand without tripping yourself or hindering your stride

Thanks for the detailed review, based on this just ordered mine! Looking forward to using this product

I've just bought one!!! Great review 👏

Perfect timing. I have been considering this River Pro. Was originally wanting the Yeti 1000x but they never came out with that model, instead they go right up to 1500 and a much higher price than I wanted to pay. So been wanting something more along the lines with this model. I am watching the video now but hoping you review it to run a full-size fridge.

Thanks !! This was the best review I've seen !! I was going to order a Jackery & heard about the River Pro & this was a great to see the different things it does.. thanks again!!

This is a great review. I received my River Pro and extra battery this morning along with the 160 solar panel. I never was able to connect the extra battery, nor was I able to use the app. After a couple calls to Ecoflow, they admitted that there was a problem getting the main unit to recognize the extra battery. I was told I needed to upgrade the software but because I could never get the app to work, there was no way to get the units to work together. You should never be able to do more with the app than the main unit. This all goes back to Costco in the morning.

very good review brother, very in depth and HONEST.

We have the river max and love it it’s perfect for a weekend of camping , we used to on Saturday charge it in the suv while we ran to gas station or to get firewood but I recently picked up the 110w solar panel for it so I can’t wait to try it in the spring with that

Luckily I bought this unit 2 days before I saw this post and video..so glad I watched it as it confirmed my choice. By far the best review I've seen and I understood all of it as I'm not a high tech person. Delta was my second choice but seemed for my needs this one was better and cheaper even after buying the expansion battery. And at $399.99. I can afford more expansion batteries as needed to survive longer days of uncertainty. Very well put together. Thank you

Extremely well done. I am in the market for a unit that I can use overlanding while being a decent backup at home during short outages. Thank you for this review.

Great review. I really like my River pro. I don't have the expansion battery but I converted two 400 watt scooter batteries that I use to back up all my small solar gens and it's way cheaper ($90 total for used batteries, charger, connectors and special "dongle"). Not as pretty but saves $300 and I get an extra 100 watts.

Thank you so much for thorough review!

Thanks Todd, great review as always!

Great review man thanks for taking the time to post this!

Best review I’ve seen so far! Thank you!

Thank you Sir and nicely delivered... I'll be getting one tomorrow !

Great clear review and comparisons. The only thing I didn’t see you cover was cycle counts. Is there any way to know if the faster charging will decrease the unit’s lifespan? (Or do all lithium batteries pretty much do the same thing?)

Thank you very much for this review. You gave a lot of valuable technical information. My only nitpick is that the "wild display activity" during the heat gun test was probably the unit reacting poorly to the heat gun's power control circuitry. You probably can't get a proper load above 600w without triggering its surge/overload system. The reason the heat gun could run at such high power was because it was constantly going into and out of its surge algo, but never "timing out". This is probably bad for the unit. This is why the space heater couldn't run without the "x-boost" trickery enabled. Also, it is valuable to know that the companion application, at least according to the top Amazon one-star review, DOES NOT WORK if you do not have cell service. This is a significant problem for a product whose major use case is to be taken out into the sticks where the comforts of civilization might not follow, or when the comforts of civilization have failed you. Fortunately its basic functionality remains functional via the front panel, but losing the ability to configure the X- modes could become a problem. I plan to buy one, and personally will leave the fast charger disabled unless I want to take it on the go, where I will want to optimize my time with a gas generator running or when I have limited access to "shore" power. I'll also probably leave the voltage trickery feature enabled, as I want to see how it'll work with a 700w microwave oven. There is one last neat feature it supports according to the manual: UPS mode. If you turn on the AC outlets while plugged in, it'll shunt the incoming power to the outlets. Then if the incoming power goes out, it'll (after a ~30ms delay) start up its inverter and run your device on battery.

Your speaking ability is worth commenting on, first of all.😁 I love to hear such well spoken narration over an interesting video. Thank you for this great video. 🌥️

Excellent review, touched on everything I was looking for, thanks 👍

Thank you for info. Had a portable lead acid unit that I gave away to a recycling concern. For home use most draw would be the expresso machine in early am. Am single with scant knowledge of electricity. My Toyota battery failed, at seven yrs old. Had to "jump start" and bought a new one. Will probably get one anyway as a backup for infrequent power outages.

This was really good. Clear, focussed on the important. Thank you.

I have a Bluetti AC50S, a EcoFlow River Pro, plus a Jackery Explorer_1000 which is really good!.. but far away the EcoFlow River Pro is the more advanced in every aspect. I love it! 👍

Hi Tod. Very neat and easy for a solo female. Thank you again.

Just bought mine! Amazing Detailed review! Open boxed model for $349.99 Free shipping! Cant beat that!

What's up my man. Im watching so I wanted to drop a comment. I have the river base model. Cool little device. Got a bluetti eb70 coming soon.

Just bought a unit after watching your review

Thanks for a great review, Todd. I have learnt a lot and just purchased my River Pro. My first time using the Solar panel was a bit of a surprise in that, even it started to collect the sun energy immediately, as shown in the Input watts on the display, there was no increase in the total stored energy % . In fact, it has gone down from 51% to 47%. It is possible that my sun capture was not too high, @36% input only. Just wonder if I have done something incorrectly and thus not will never achieve any benefits from this green energy. Knowing I can make use of the sun's energy is exciting, just need to do it right to make it worth the time too. Your comments are appreciated.

Thank you for the best professional review! River Pro it is.

Thanks so much for the wonderful video! Lots of great, useful info and your delivery is smooth as butter! I was wondering what the advantage is of getting this setup vs. the Delta. In our use case, the grid is to the point where we have rolling blackouts every year. I’m not looking to power everything when we lose power. Instead, we’ll transfer the most important food and meds to a smaller fridge, power lights and our devices.

Great review. Thank you so much.

A very great review, I’m not IT in this stuff but your review was user friendly, thank you ☺️

great review ... delayed my entry into portable gen market and glad I did .. quick question ( being that having coffee on road is big reason ) - was that espresso machine a 600 watt unit more or less ? I'd like to know I can run one without stressing unit .. thanks

Great review! You helped me in making the purchase decision. It would be great to see a review of how it stands today 😀

Great information on ecoflow river pro, thanks for the comparison too👍🏾

I like the fact you could use after market MCA solar panels. I like jackary but not crazy about them trying to steer everyone toward their proprietary panels at x3 the cost per watt.

Thanks for the great review. Can you simultaneously charge via solar and AC? I ask because my vehicle has a 400w AC port that I can use when I'm parked, otherwise it's 100w while I'm driving. I'm wondering if I could I use my 100w/400w AC port on my car, and combine that with a 200w solar panel to charge even faster.

Great review! You covered pretty much everything. The only thing I missed was capacity testing @ 12v.

Nice review. I bought one. Looking forward to enjoying it.

Costco has this set up for $699 currently through the end of April. That’s with the extra battery.

I have the Pro and the extra battery, and they are nice. Took some figuring out but I think it's great 👍🏼and got them both on sell

Excellent review - thank you so much for all of the info provided. I do have one question. How does the fan noise compare to other generators? I've seen another review of this product where it sounded like maybe the fan noise was quite noticeable. But maybe that was just the guy's environment? I'm hoping to buy a generator to run and change multiple small devises - laptops, phone, monitor.. but I don't want a loud distracting fan noise. Thanks again!

Great reviews always 👍

How many hours for full size fridge ? Looking for hurricane season. Pass thru power ? Did you try any window ac?

I really liked your review on this. You didn't glean over the fact that there is a reduction of appliance or tool voltage when needing to use the X Boost function and true, we don't know how that will affect the appliance or tool. Many reviewers omitted that information, so really appreciate your fair evaluation on this point. I think it's still the best unit out there as a mid capacity generator and have looked at many reviews. I did look at the Delta's reviews and it seems to overheat periodically causing down time, so I went with this unit. I will simply put the extra battery on the floor... not a big deal for me. One thing I might mention is that it's important to set up the EcoFlow from the app the way you like it as soon as you get it and, before taking it out on the road. If your in an area where there's no cell service or we loose service for some other crazy reason, you won't be able to access the app to make changes. Maybe it would work if one has one of the newer satellite phones. Please correct me if my thinking is wrong on this. All that said, I am excited to say I did just buy this unit... along with the extra battery and am waiting for delivery. I liked your set up for the refrigerator generator circuit and want to learn how you did that. This technology is fairly new to me and I'm still learning. Looks like that is a panel box set up?

Thank you for a great review. If you combine with an expansion battery, does it handle a higher peak surge wattage? Meaning can it handle 1200 W x 2 (peak surge)? Or is the peak wattage limit still the same?

Great review. I am considering this to connect as a ups for my 1/3 hp sump pump, could take it out once in a while when needed for something else. I am a little concerned though about the x-boost, which may be needed with an electric motor startup. Another negative is that it doesn't run off of the extra battery first and it doesn't appear to have a way to charge the extra battery separate.

Great review! Thanks. How many watts is the Vornado heater? I have a small Duracraft heater with a thermostat that ranges from 800 - 1500 watts. Wondering if it could run on the lowest setting?

Great review, now I want to see your larger delta review!

Great informative video. I have a question. I'm planning to use the River Pro for emergency home backup. Do you know if it's recommended to have the unit plugged on to AC? Thanks

Great job ! That was a really helpful video ! Thanks a lot !

thanks for this awesome review!! I have a question regarding the DC output. I am a bit worried about the 10A limit, will it be enough to power my van? I'll have a small fridge (around 60W), a vent, a webasto heater and led lights. Can I plug some of these to the barrel connectors, does it then count towards the 10A limit? thank you a lot for any help! cheers

I agree with you on the Xboost since the lower the voltage the higher the current and it could cause an appliance to burn out a motor possibly or a capacitor. A hot plate would probably be OK.

Hello again Todd. I hope you don't mind me asking one more Question. I was having difficulty locating a single 250 w 24v panel for this so I started eyeballing a couple 120w panels on Amazon from Newpowa to run in parallel. The title says "120w 24v designed for 24v charge system but looking at the description it shows "Maximum power (Pmax): 120W Voltage at Pmax (Vmp):34.0V Current at Pmax (Imp): 3.52A." Does that imply that these are actually 34v panels and not appropriate for the River Pro? Seems strange that they throw 24v up everywhere but would then be 34 instead.

Hey Todd...Great video. 2 questions...can this run a Keurig ? and is the River Pro with battery better than the standard Delta from ecoflow ?

Excellent review, thanks so much! I bought mine a couple months ago after watching your video. So far so good, except I can't get the EcoFlow to pair with my iPhone via Bluetooth (but can connect over WiFi). I didn't buy the extra battery, but I think a better design would be a stackable locking mechanism, kind of like connecting two lego blocks.

I own this unit with the xternal battery. Power went out and kept things going for several hrs before lights came back on.

I’m going to buy the extra battery . Im excited to see the power difference

Excellent review in great detail. Was wondering in due time when the internal battery goes bad and needs a replacement. Can you just buy a new battery and swap it out or is this battery sealed inside the unit just wondering thank you in advance

great review would have liked to see something air fryer tested on it or an induction hob

Thanks for review! Regarding this power station built-in battery, power source : any idea if Pro's BMS keeps all in-parallel groups of cells in serial connection always in balance concerning cells health condition? Only always balanced cells make max possible lifetime possible, among prerequisites other kinds.

Awesome review! What will make you choose this with the extra battery vs the delta? In my country the first combo is cheaper than the delta

Great review! Can you charge the main unit and the external battery via solar when they are tethered?

Mine will be coming friday cant wait

Great review that caught my attention. Been using Goal Zero from almost their beginning are made local and have wonderful customer service but since COVID thins different. Have old 350 battery which is now dead. Looking to replace. Have Goal Zero 150x2 & 1000 Yeti. But wife wants mid size. Have many Goal Zero solar panels, 20x2 and 8 hard panel Boulder 30s. Will these work? Does your review battery need to plugged in when not in use as Goal Zeros do? Paid $750 for old unit.

I got a River Pro when they first came out on Kickstarter and got delivery in January. February in Texas saw us get hit with a snow/ice storm and this thing saved my butt. They had rolling blackouts where we got power only for a couple of hours at time and then off for 10 yours. That means with this supercharging unit, I could get fully charged before the electricity would shut off for another 10 hours. I had only wished they had a more powerful inverter. Come to find out, they are putting out a Delta Pro which will be the high end. I'm all in.

Would love to see you do a review of the Delta Pro!

I use your review on the EF River Pro as the manual, and how to use the pair. Thank you, After sending both units in for the firmware upgrade, so the main unit recognizing the slave battery, they work great together. I just wish that EF had U.S. support. China Tech’s (Roly) we’re helpful, Philippines CS was terrible. Thank you for such a Great Review and explaining in detail how both EF works. Tom C

Todd, excellent review and comparison. The newer Yeti 1500X has a better standing with the regulated 12v and the enhanced (built in) charging speeds, but not as fast as the Eco Flow and they don't currently offer expansion batts for the 1500X. The Eco Flow looks like a great set up. The only thing I would like to see is a way to make the extra batteries chainable since you can't charge them unless they're connect to the main power station (Just like Goal Zero). I supposed you could just buy and keep a several extra River Pro batteries on hand. Maybe Yeti is panning to follow suit and switch from Lead Acid to Lithium for their expandable batteries. I'm sure Yeti will let us know soon enough. Take care.

I pulled the trigger and ordered the Ecoflow River Pro and extra battery. As I was undecided about the solar panel to buy, I am now researching that deeper. I liked the 160w Ecoflow but seems amiss to lose that 40w on the table since the River Pro can handle 200w total from solar. I want to get as close to that as I can. I am considering the Goal Zero Nomad 200 or the Bluetti SP200 200W Solar Panels. I still lose a tad since neither will give me a full 200 but closer than the 160w panel would from Ecoflow. Now to just decipher what connectors come with each. I think the Goal Zero has an Anderson connector or HPP and the Bluetti has the MC4. Something tells me the Ecoflow River Pro comes with a MC4 to XT60 adapter already? Maybe that will allow me to connect directly with that one. Goal Zero I guess I need an Anderson to XT60 adapter.

Todd, if you needed to choose between the Ecoflow Delta, or the Ecoflow River Pro with the extra battery, which would you choose for home use? Talking simple battery back up for a CPAP and other comparable uses. But, may also be used to help power tools or a portable fridge/cooler for weekends out of the house. Thank you.

Like everyone said, amazing review

Have you by any chance tried to use an instant pot mini (700 watt) with the ecoflow? I noticed in another video someone testing it with a delta and the output was apparently something like 660 watts max (didn't note any surges). I'm tempted to get one and try it, but I am unsure of my River Pro will be damaged.

Hi, today I got my additional battery and - of course - I had the same problem with the arrangement and this stiff cable. So here's my solution: I took off those little plastic caps on the four sides of the grip of the main unit. Unscrew them and deinstalled the grip. Afterwards screw them in again. They will fit even without the grip. So here you have now a nice platform to stack the additional battery on top of the main appliance. Looks good for me now. The cable is "a little bit" to long but it hides behind the stack.

Thanks for this video, Todd. I don't think I saw you comment on whether or not the River Pro can charge simultaneously via AC and solar. Do you know if that is possible? Thank you!

Hey Todd. I reached out to Ecoflow regarding solar panel max wattage, voltage, etc and got a canned response that wasn't very helpful, so I was hoping to get your opinion. I just picked up the river pro and battery, and I was thinking about grabbing a single 250 watt 24v solar panel to use with my minivan, and based on my understanding that the River pro can only handle 12A max, the math 250w/24v clocks in at 10.416 amps and this should be ok to use, and based on your video whatever power I get will likely be hard limited at 200 watt. Does that sound like an ideal panel, or is it better to go with two smaller panels? I'm very new to this so I am being cautious, but my assumption was since you rarely get full wattage out of a panel anyway going for the 250 and letting the device limit would get me the best results.

Thanks, excellent review and you were able to answer all of my questions. I’m scratching my head though on the design of these units. The top handle just adds to the height of each unit and prevents units from stacking. Why they couldn’t make foldable handle like in Bluetti is beyond me. I like the ability to quickly pair two units by the cable, but the whole design begs for main unit to sit on top of the extension with short cable or even connector adapter that could snap two units together. What EvoFlow engineers created instead is abomination. I agree that XBoost is very dangerous in playing with voltage so merrily without warning users. Many voltage sensitive appliances, especially the ones with electric motors can be permanently damaged by the owner who doesn’t understand what XBoost is. They should have really not implement this feature at all for a fractional benefit it provides over danger of killing sensitive appliances.

Very informative, many thanks

Problem with the heatgun is that its feeding back exzess energy so its clear why the power meter jumps around. In my house the light flickers if i use the heatgun not in the max power settings.

Can you use the battery separately (once cnarged) to power something without the main unit ? Why don't the plug ins have the grounding plug included. What does it weigh ?

Thank you for this awsome video. Spot on what we need to know.

I like the fact that it fully charges in one hour

Beeing able to set max State of charge and reducing loading speed is a very nice feature. And if you need to charge quickly you can enable it. So if you use it for camping you could slow charge it if power ist available but fast charge it if you take it to a restaurant for an hour and take home a full battery pack.

Now on sale at Costco for $700 for the base unit plus expansion battery. At that price its a steal over the competition. I use these for camping and I like the idea that I can leave the expansion battery at home for shorter trips, rather than lugging along a huge unit every time

Nice review. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, great video. When you plugged the Nespresso, did you use both batteries? Because with only the River Pro I could´t use my Dolce Gusto, another brand of coffee machine 🤷‍♂️.

Todd, will this unit supply enough power for 2 ResMed CPAP units and for how long?