Long-Term Review: EcoFlow Wave 2 Portable A/C AND Heater

Long-Term Review: EcoFlow Wave 2 Portable A/C AND Heater | REALLY Worth it?!

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Ай бұрын

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@aaronwilcott4561 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the honest review.Ecoflow dropped the ball on this product IMO.I understand this is lightweight,portable and inexpensive, but alot to improve on with this.I think most people that want the wave 2 in their vehicle are going to custom make something to fit better.Keep up the good honest content good sir👍

@TheTAEclub 5 күн бұрын

U dropped 🫳 the ball

@bcloetta 15 сағат бұрын

I use it in my van if the nights are going to be over 80 (rare for me). I bought the plastic window insert on Etsy, put the Ecoflow on my swiveled drivers seat, and insulate the exhaust hose with duct insulation from amazon. I then cover all my windows with van essentials magnetic covers. The Ecoflow will cool about 10 degrees below outside temp. For bed, I further insulate the cab area and use an extra long duct to the bed in the back. With the cold air blowing directly on me I am comfortable. This thing is nowhere near great, but in my mind it’s good enough and I didn’t need to drill holes or add another battery and solar panel to my van.

@aryan1956 29 күн бұрын

Thank you. I really appreciate follow up reviews. Many like something right off then later down the line figure out the little uncomfortable bugs they didn't realize in the beginning.

@__WJK__ 29 күн бұрын

Boy, good thing they didn't make the portable window kit out of a dark color, that gives off high heat when hit by Sunlight! ; ) ; ) ; )

@teuton6167 Ай бұрын

Appreciate the review. The window kit looks awful. I think Ecoflow finally outdid themselves on making something worse than their 400 watt solar panel “stand.”

@retnav92 29 күн бұрын

I found a 3D printed item on E T S Y that eliminates use of the EF 5" collapsible hose. It's basically a bell reducer, with "bayonet" lugs that allows one to use a 3" diameter flexible hose. The lugs are compatible with the 3" Valterra RV fittings designed for waste disposal. Some teardrop/squaredrop trailers (campers) are using them to supply the trailers with a/c and/or heat. The bell reducer has threads to accept the 5" EF hose connector ring that attaches to the Wave 2 unit. I've done a test, and am running a 3" Wye fitting off of the bell reducer attached to the Wave 2, and supplying a/c to my squaredrop trailer, while simultaneously (via the 3" Wye fitting) supplying a/c to the rtt (roof top tent) mounted on the squaredrop trailer. The Wave 2 sits on a folding (portable) tire step on a trailer tire.

@trabun 21 күн бұрын

where? link please :)

@clorbeer 18 күн бұрын

Great info, yes link please!!

@thehammerxnail 29 күн бұрын

You basically need an insulated partition for the front half of the unit. Like a heavily insulated curtain. Insulation for the vent tubes cuz they're carrying heat, cold. And you don't want it breaching the side you're on, and limitless power for this easily portable genius design..lol

@Itsjrob_ 26 күн бұрын

Love my wave 2 !

@stevenshircliff393 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for reviewing. Great job. Ridiculous price on this. Maybe useful for tent camping. Just bought a Midea duo 14000 Btu portable AC for only $600. It is outstanding!

@3bbbuzzz579 Ай бұрын

THANKS i haven't unboxed mine yet. i would have been shocked at window kit! if your staying put you should cover windows from sun. 🤔

@will_ren 29 күн бұрын

Currently van camping in Michigan with my Wave 2 perched between the two captains chairs on a platform I made to support it. I use an xt60i cable and keep the wave battery charged from two lithium batteries in the van. For the window passthrough for the vent tubes I cut some 1" polystyrene insulation board and that works perfectly. Has the advantage of working the same in either side window. The EF solution looked like it would be inside out in your driver's window but maybe not.

@victorb2899 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I also have two batteries in my van with a 2000w pure sine inverter and planning to by the wave2 either with or without the battery, don’t know what to do yet, but what xt60i cable do you recommend in case I want to keep my wave2 to charged getting power from my two batteries, I see some cable on amazon but they have low rates on wattage and amps. I plan to have my wave2 running for a few days without running my engine to charge the aux batteries and then the wave2 battery.. I would really appreciate any advice as I don’t know much about electrical power..

@will_ren 17 күн бұрын

@@victorb2899 when you say 'with or without the batter' do you mean the optional Wave2 battery? If you don't use that, you are limited to running the Wave from 120v (inverter in your case). If you have the optional battery you can run/charge the Wave from DC power which is more efficient. I found that with the xt60i cable I was able to pull about 137 watts of power from my batteries. It isn’t enough to fully run the Wave but it helps offset the power consumption from the optional battery making it last longer. When I went to bed at night I switched the Wave to ‘eco’ mode and when it wasn’t actively cooling the power coming through the xt60i cable was enough to slowly recharge the Wave’s battery. Over the course of the 5 days I camped the Wave battery never went below 75% as it always pulled the ~137 watts from my two LifePO4 batteries in the van. In the past I have run it completely off AC using my inverter and that works fine too. Just be aware it uses more power that way. I have upgraded to two 410AH batteries and together they are more than enough to last through a trip. I love to be ‘cold’ when I sleep so I give the AC a good workout : - )

@victorb2899 17 күн бұрын

@@will_ren thank you for your reply. You have good battery storage . Sorry if my comment was confusing. I am replacing my deep cycle lead batteries with a single lifepo4 300ah as it fits exactly under the passenger seat together with the diesel heater, planning to add more later under the van. I’m getting the wave2 without its optional battery but instead I will power it from a delta2max, also delta2max has 2 xt60 ports and I plan use these ports to get power from the lifepo4 300ah battery to keep the wave2 running… but wondering how this will work if I will be using both xt60 cables connected to the same battery… also not sure how much wattage the delta2max’s xt60 ports can accept. Since the battery is a 12 volts the watts accepted by the xt60 ports on the delta2max could be the same like in your case (137w). If that’s the case I would be looking into a 12 to 24 volts boost converter and the watts input on the xt60 ports will be double or something like that. I also ordered this interesting RENOGY 12V/24V IP67 50A DC-DC Battery Charger with MPPT that has a max solar processing of 360w (they said a 400w panel will work with it), they said I can adjust the amps coming from starter battery to the house 300ah battery.. also can monitor the statistics on their app. I found that my van’s alternator doesn’t like too much pressure so I really need a battery charger for my house battery, (I was charging my lead batteries directly connected to the starter battery with a manual switch). The ecoflow 800w alternator charger is good but works optimally with their power stations only.. I wonder how do you charge your two lifepo4 batteries ?

@BillFye 19 күн бұрын

Hey ReeWray - have you run it enough to tell me if it shuts off when it reaches the set temperature? Lots of people were complaining last year that it kept running past the set point and I haven't found any updates from folks. Do you know?

@Milkex 29 күн бұрын

Have you heard of the Eco-Worthy ECO-PS2000(US)? there's no info on it anywhere

@Dennis-sb7gp Ай бұрын

Cool

@retnav92 29 күн бұрын

I'm a fan of EF stuff, however, the window kit device looks a bit lacking as far as being a functional design. I would probaly try to find a sheet of closed-cell foam, and then custom fit/cut it to fit the vehicle window for the hoses.

@ReeWrayOutdoors 29 күн бұрын

Agreed. I think it'd be ok in a pinch but for more regular use, seems like you could whip up something thats a bit less fiddly and a bit more air tight

@trabun 21 күн бұрын

ive been using it in my van.. and it absolutely struggles to even keep the temp under ambient at night.. duinno what I'm doing wrong or whats wrong with it. the app is showing output at 58-65 but my van NEVER gets cool.

@dralusion 11 күн бұрын

Same here. Idk if I have a bad unit or everyone on yt is bs'ng.

@shelley131 28 күн бұрын

I'm sure this works in states that rarely reach triple digit temperatures, but here in Texas I doubt that this unit would work during our summer months. As always good video.

@ReeWrayOutdoors 28 күн бұрын

That's a great point, and I suspect you're right. Should still work for small spaces that are at least semi-insulated - but a car in 100F Texas sun...pretty heavy lift.

@youmnadeiririeder5208 26 күн бұрын

@@ReeWrayOutdoorsI am trying it down in Texas and on a 103 day and it cooled down the car about 10 degrees lol

@SecretSauceyjuice 23 күн бұрын

@@youmnadeiririeder5208 How was humidity that day? The more humidity it has to deal with the less temperature change it can exert.

@dralusion 11 күн бұрын

Camped yesterday in my insulated van 98f outside humidity 20 ish. Can't even bring the temp down by 5 degrees.

@youmnadeiririeder5208 11 күн бұрын

@@SecretSauceyjuice the humidity was ok. I bought the weather full reflective sunshade and it actually worked to lower the heat around 25 degrees. It worked best when you have the reflective in the car for a day after driving the car. So if you had the ac and put the sunshade rig by after so the cooling temperature of the car is trapped in it - it cools it decently. You can comfortably stay in the car. Not hot not cool

@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk 29 күн бұрын

As a van solution it’s trash. As a tent solution it might be ik

@JordanB-lc4oi 28 күн бұрын

Watch the police give you a ticket once they see you slerping in your car with that on..

@cdonuts7335 29 күн бұрын

That's embarrassing for Ecoflow, I wonder if that product designer is still with them! I've seen better solutions people have come up with just made out of wood and some nice looking 3D printed pipe vehicle window outlets! Shame Ecoflow!

@stevelee6667 Ай бұрын

Wow. That looks pretty ugly. Why would anybody want this in a car?

@stabbyronnie 29 күн бұрын

Window kit=Extreme jank, expensive, extreme jank.

@JordanB-lc4oi 28 күн бұрын

Jank??? I thought so..what about the so-called generator with the extra fast charger??

@stabbyronnie 28 күн бұрын

@@JordanB-lc4oi Fast charging isn't janky if it works, that "window kit" tho, extreme jank! Being from EcoFlow, I can only imagine what their charging for it! (And I own EcoFlow products)