Excellent review. I bought one about a year ago. Live in condo and just wanted something small I can store in closet in case power goes out, to charge phones and radios to last a day or two until power comes back. Also used it on camping trips. Brought it in the tent to run fan to keep wife cool through the night! It is small but very usable. Also, purchased with the folding solar panels, they work as designed. Pack away nicely in small home.

Just picked one of these up on sale for $209 instead of buying the similar Jackery that was priced slighlty higher. For me it's pretty much just for TV and backup power for my JBL boombox during tailgating for 3-4 hours. Being able to just let my phone sit on top to charge also made it that much more convenient along with that flat top making it easy to stack stuff on top of when lugging things around. I'm really surprised there's no USB fast charging. However, that lifespan compared to Jackery really made the decision for me. So far so good!

I got this one yesterday. I absolutely love it. I already have the Bluetti AC200Max and I love it also!

Great review. I just picked one up for $209. Arrived in one day w/ Prime shipping. Mine does not have the odd fan noise or relay click. Also, not sure if it was a mistake, but it did ship with a solar charge cable. I picked up a "car charger" for $12. Really impressed with this little unit! And thanks again for your review.

I just got my EB3A yesterday 10/31/22 for $239 and it did come with solar charging cable. I purchased a small ceramic heater to heat up my small teardrop trailer while camping. Can't wait to try it out

Thanks for the review I ended up getting this on Amazon Prime day. So far so good. I do see what you mean about the noise. When I first heard it my heart sank thinking something was wrong with my brand new power station.

Just placed my order and specifically used your promo code and not the one Bluetti sent me. Same discount. I wanted you to get due credit. Thank you, sir.

Great review. I really appreciate all of the scenarios that you put the power station through.

Outstanding review. Grabbed one on a super sale without doing any research. Happy to see that a lucked into a good purchase. Mine did come with a solar panel cable. And as an extra bonus it works with my Jackery 12v car charger.

Excellent review (as always). I hope they incorporate these upgraded features (better display, UPS feature, no need for an external charging brick, etc) into a future EB70s update/replacement (hopefully soon)

Great review Jason!

Love your detailed reviews. Trying to decide on a ~300 watt portable power station. This one surprised me with all it's options, but I'm still leaning towards the EcoFlow River 2. Would love to see a head to head comparison.

Just purchased the EB-3A before watching your review kicking myself because I paid 268 for it but your review helped me absorb the stung next I’m getting a compatible solar panel thanks I loved your video

For the 120$ i got it for with the Amazon coupon, which also came with the solar charging connections I'm giving it a 9.5 for sure. Great little power bank

Hey Dr. J Just ordered a EB3a, thanks for the review. I think it's a pretty nice power station for under $300 I do believe Bluetti will give us a few Firmware updates impart to your detailed review 😉

I just bought this unit on the prime day sale and it came in right around $200 and included the solar charging cable so I was very pleased

got mine on sale last week at amazon for $210 after $90 rebate ($300-$60 now) with a return date of 1/31 due to the holidays, there’s 3.5 months of time to try it out before a possible free return. now’s the time at amazon to try it, with their lonf free return period. it did come with the solar power adaptor too. the car cable was $10 extra. just charged it and updated the firmware too. so far so good.

For my needs this works better than I could imagine. At 200.00 perfect.

Good catch on that UPS mode with the sine wave. Very interesting.

Great. Can’t wait for the inbuilt power brick and better display to be added to the larger capacity power stations.

Just ordered one today. I'll let you know how I like it. Very nice review.

Great review. Kind of small for my needs but great charging capabilities. Sad it doesn't come with cables which is surprising from bluetti. Probably perfect for the quick "grab N go" type station though.

Coming from the 2 smallest jackery this is still an upgrade for me lots of useful features and can use my.jackery panels

Just got mine yesterday. Minimal fan noise; no relay clicking at all. I'm still learning, but so far, so good!

Very well done. Informative for existing power station owners and newbies. You likely pushed my to buying one.

Thank you for a great review! I’m leaning towards this as a great starter for me as I’m building out my promaster city. I’d eventually upgrade to a more powerful power station in the future but for all the upgrades in this model it’s a good value to me!

Just ordered a River yesterday. I have to admit, this new model is tempting me to return the River. The main reason is for those batteries. That's the one thing I didn't like about the River. Though it looks like this model has some quirks to it and need to be considered. Great review! Thanks for your work!!!

I ordered this one a few days ago. Waiting for it to be delivered 😊 thanks for sharing

Just purchased one on Amazon, on sale for $209.00 before tax, and yes mine did also come with the solar cable, for what I will use this for it was well worth it, I am now looking at the 2048 watt unit for home

Thank you!! This helped a lot. I am going to buy it to learn more and experience for a larger one in the future. Plus helpful use it can give me

Very informative review. Thank you

Great review. Thanks. FYI: I just purchased one on sale at $209 AND it came with a solar charge cable. Because I'm over 70 I got an additional 5% off. 198.55/268=$.74/watt hr

Just ordered one of these for my husband for Father's day. He already has a 180 on solar panels on his Dave Cave. This one will be great for a picnic or a day at the lake. I'm sure he will buy smaller portable solar panel to go with this. Picked it up for a $199.

I own three of these and believe I've uncovered a "quirk." I say "quirk" after plugging my gateway and tv into a multi-outlet surge suppressor that I then plugged into the EB3A. The AC/UPS function became erratic and shutdown at times while indicating an overload condition. The same happened on another unit when I plugged a TV and Roku device into a multi-outlet surge suppressor. These were small loads of less than 100 watts. It was puzzling since I was running our fridge with the third at higher wattage without any problem, the only difference was the fridge unit was not connected to a multi-outlet surge suppressor, The problem was apparently the multi-outlet surge suppressors because when I plugged directly into the EB3A I no longer experienced the erratic behavior or overloads.

Two thumbs up for the review. I'm waiting for the UPS delivery of my RB3A tomorrow.

I’ve got two of these, they’re brilliant 😊

Great video. Picked it up @ wal mart online $209 and it came with a solar charging cable. Nice.

Good, clear review, thank you!

Another great review, nice work on b-roll and different camera angles. Glad you focused on the standby losses fan startup sound - that’s really odd but hopefully is fixable. I didn’t have the shutoff when charging issue but maybe I just missed it?

Nice Review! Thank you for sharing.

It's about time that they came out with one that didn't have a break. Lol. I'm a little disappointed in the price per watt hour like you said.. Thank you again Jason for another great video

I just ordered this to power up solely my dometic CF3-45 fridge. Im hoping i can get 24hrs if i pre-chill it. fingers crossed! BTW, Amazon has them for $209 with a $90 off coupon. Good Deal.

Awesome and comprehensive review, thank you !! What would I like to see ? Maybe a switchable wireless phone charging pad.

Thank you for a great reviews

Excellent review, appreciate the solar testing. I really want one of these power stations now.

This is how a review is supposed to be. Very god indeed. Thanks.

Also! Great review and good price with your discount code, I will probably add it to the collection 👍🏼

I bought EB 3A, I came with an input able.. My fan does NOT make a noise like yours, thank goodness. I have a drawer full of cables from old printers etc one dorks for Ac input

Great review!….. others released 1st but yours is more organized and complete….. sure hate the 7 pm release date…..

Excellent informative video 👌🏼 Due to the currant increase in electricity costs & the threat of looming power cuts here in the UK i felt it would be a wise choice to purchase a portable power station so after reading & watching many reviews including yours i went ahead & purchased this Bluetti EB3A. It will be more than suitable for my power needs, to include powering my Cpap machine. Thank you for your Review, it helped me make my descion plus i saved £50 in the Bluetti Black Friday sale. 👍🏼

It IS under 80 cents as you can get it most places for $200-220. We got one for $219 and LOVE it. We use it to power a mini fridge and string lights at nighttime markets where we sell pies. Totally does the job.

excellent review - thank you.

Great review

I used a DC7909 connector, bought from ebay and meant for charging a Lenovo laptop i think, which takes 100w PD and charged my EB3A using PD from an Omnicharge 25600 mAh power pack through the MPPT port on the EB3A

Wow, just (yesterday) got a Jackery 300 mainly to run my compressor fridge for a few hours while going to the beach and whatever. It's nice and got $50 off at Amazon. Now I see why. This EB3A seems to have everything one could possibly want in a small power station and more. And there is the discount too!. Fortunately these 300 W stations are in the "Free Returns" category and I'm sure once I get my EB3A the Jackery will be going back. After watching tons of videos reviewing power stations it looks like Bluetti addressed every gripe people had. The power brick, the display, the power lights. Plus now the app seems to make it perfect. I disagree on your ratings for $/W only because this and the Jackery have $50 off coupons so that kinda skews the calculation. It would be much worse without the discount. The one thing I still don't like is that dumb light. I guess they feel it needs to be there for some reason. Can't wait till they incorporate these changes into an EB70 and larger version. I'd probably get one of those too for emergency powering the fridge at the house.

Awesome review!!!

Regarding the "fan noise" issue. I replaced my fan with a higher quality dual ball bearing fan and the buzzing is still there. The buzzing appears to be generated by the fan speed control circuit on the main board. While having the top off, I noticed one of the four screws that hold down the mylar fan tunnel were missing and the tunnel was not installed all the way down flat on all sides. Easy fix, but no noise improvement.

It definitely needs a greater ranger of cables included, but excellent unit.

I think this is the best bluettie product I’ve seen. I may get this one. Great review.

As always another thorough review. Thanks Jason Everyone has their quirks when it comes to PS so covering everything helps me decide Like the 100w usbc ports. Before I liked bidirectional but when you specificallly want it to go one way and it doesn’t, it’s frustrating One more point, I am ok with not having all the plugs because I have many power stations, but if this was my first, I would be pissed ( at this price point it will be for many) I wish they would have two versions Beginner- All cables included Advanced- only the power cord

WOW! Great review!

Nice review, looks pretty good. Most sub 300wh power stations limit solar charging at 60-70 watts, so imo 160 is great. Could the relay be disconnecting the battery from the charger to analyze the battery?

Thanks Jason great review 😎👍🏼 seems too small for our needs.

Love your power station reviews these days. You are so thorough. Maybe you need to add a external cables item to your score. It costs them so little to bundle cables but consumers can pay a lot to buy them. This is the best Bluetti design yet, but I will wait for them to add the new features to the slightly higher capacity units. I th8nk EcoFlow needs to step up their game. I love seeing all the innovation companies are adding. Great job.

I wanted to see the UPS mode demonstrated. Otherwise a very fine review! Thanks!

Great Review!

Been debating for months on an entry-level power station for short outages and van camping. The EB3A won me over and I ordered it through your link...thx for the discount code. Coincidentally, I'm visiting Las Vegas (live in Florida) and was able to stop at Bluetti showroom/warehouse yesterday. Like being a kid in a candy store! They were nice enough to help me acquire the 8mm car charger that I'll need for road trips. Now just need to rewatch your solar panel review videos, order one, and I'll be set for a while. Still dreaming of home backup system....😎

Thanks very much!

Great work. Thanks heaps. 👍

Would love to see this on a eb70a or eb100a configuration. Need more juice and wattage than this and still be portable. Love the Bluetooth software, no charging brick and percentage meter vs the 20% blocks on the other models.

On sale right now 6/14/23 for $209

thanks for the code , just saved me 10 bucks :)

Very nice info. Tomorrow its available here in Canada

Just got mine today (5th April 2023), it's the UK version and I can report no strange fan noises.

Bought this for my little Ford transit connect build. Got mine for $220 which I can’t complaint too much about it

Solid review

I think I might get one. I wish the battery was a little bigger but I understand they must be concerned about keeping it lightweight. This seems to be directed right at the Ecoflow River. Great review as always.

In a case of a power outage you should test things that are truly used to see how helpful this product is

Would be nice to have an expansion unit for the battery on this device that will triple the capacity and keeps the same size

If the EB70 came with this display, I'd be much more interested in that one. For the 3A, if I needed something small like it, it'd definitely be in my sights.

Must heard us on the solor charging cable... Just bought mine and it came with the A/C cable as well as the solor connector.

In 2022 it amazes me that any company would still put out a product without at least ONE USB-A quick charge port. This really should be one of your requirements for a perfect power station with points added or subtracted. Like a BI-directional USB-C port, these things should be mandatory. Overall, another fantastic review Jason!

Since they used LiFePO4 batteries, I would not have bothered regulating the DC output. It naturally would’ve been over 13 V till it hits 85% discharge then it would slowly go down from there, from 13v to 11. Set a cut off at 11 V to protect the batteries.

yeah i will go with ecoflow river 2 thanks for vid

thanks for the review. Are the LiFePO4 batteries so good as they say?

I`m hoping to get a 300 amp hour battery and solar power for it for my camper. My Bluetti EB70s run my 5 cubic ft manual defrost freezer for aprox 18-24 hours depending on ambient temperature and thermostat settings. The company stabbed me in the back but I still promote the EB70 for hurricane emergencies for moral reasons.

I just purchased one today I'm really hoping it can handle bougerv 12 volt 30 quart bougie RV refrigerator I also just purchased. And it should be a basic requirement to include all cables for the options it raves about

On sale ending today for $209. A steal.

I would love to see the rear flood light on the EB55 on the back of the eb3a.

Great review. I purchased this as an entry point portable solar charger to give me short term power in the case of an outage. Excited to use it and test its capacity. We’ll see!

nice succinct , comprehensive review thanks...subscibed

Was not expecting a UPS mode or wireless charging pad on top. So that’s a nice added bonus. Also the “no load” power drain wouldn’t be an issue for me because I only plan to use it if I need to discharge it. I’m not sure why someone would keep this “on” but not have any load in use? Also no bi-directional USB-C charging is not really an issue. The AC and solar input is fine. I don’t see how the bi-directional charging would be useful because I cannot think of a scenario where I would not have access to either AC or solar but only had USB-C charging.

Waiting for a EB7A then I'm buying one for camping!

Note that if you already own another Bluetti you can use those cords on the EB3A.

Great review. Just bought before watching, so relieved. Currently $209 on Bluetti site, so just under $0.80/wh, so that criteria on your grading scale is currently a pass.

Great review and greeting from the Netherlands. l just received my EB3A (€279) + PV120 solar panel (€299). In Europe the EB3A comes with a 220v cable and a solar connection cable. I bought the 12v cigarette lightning cable separately (€19,99). I will take it on my holiday to Italy next week, upon which I will primalery use my Dometic CFF35 compressor cooler. Very curious how things work out.....

anyone buying this small power station wants it for powering their digital office, so having included solar power cables is not necessarily needed; as people like myself already have these cables due to purchasing other Bluetti products. Keeping the price point to a minimum is the target consumer for this mighty device.

Jason, I just bought the EB3A last Friday July 22 and I paid $209.00 for it.

When you're in UPS mode and the power combes back on, does it automatically switch back to grid power to power whatever you have plugged in?

Do you think 2/80 watt power bricks from a jackery 500 will power the EB3A plugged into the Solar outlet? and if so do they make a dual female to male jack so i can run both power bricks and plug right into the solar jack on the EB3A?.Both power bricks will give me about 160 watts?