EF ECOFLOW Portable Power Station River 3 Plus, 286Wh 760W

I bought the River 3 Plus to take on a festival camping trip. My goal was to keep our personal devices charged up and to power a small 12 volt cooler throughout the night when solar power wasn’t available. I would say it met the goals, but I might go up to a larger capacity or add the extra battery unit if doing it again. The River 3 Plus itself performed flawlessly and ran silently, even in near 100 degree weather, and actually probably 115 inside the car. The display shows everything you need to know as far as input and output wattage and estimated run time. It’s a good size to easily carry around, compared to the Delta series that weigh much, much more. The Bluetooth pairing was painless and the app worked flawlessly. I also appreciated the built in light when messing with the buttons at night. For my use case on this trip, the biggest issue is the battery capacity and the DC input limit. I was trying to charge a couple Dewalt power tool batteries to run a tent fan, charge several phones, a camera, some tent lights, and keep our 12 volt fridge running through the night. I only had a 100 watt solar panel and that proved to be not enough to replenish this fast enough, (not the fault of the River 3 Plus). I should have bought a 200w+ panel. I then had to rely on my car’s 12v cigarette lighter adapter for times when the sun was not out, which is also limited to about 100w. So I could never get more than 100w input at any time. When I managed to get it topped up enough, it definitely kept the fridge going 24/7, which was the most important task. If I could suggest any improvements, it would be to add a second solar/DC input, because then I could have used both my car’s interior cigarette lighter ports, or solar plus car simultaneously, to deliver 200 watts, which would have definitely sustained my needs a lot better. Overall, I’m very happy to have this unit and expect to get a lot more mileage from it. Ecoflow really seem to know what they’re doing with the design of these portable power stations.

My Cyberpower quit on me, and not just that, it _silently_ quit on me: despite having NUT telemetry on the server it was keeping alive, it just cheerfully reports 100% power while behaving exactly like a stock power strip. Instead of getting another pair of acid cells as a sort of surprise-gift for myself in three years when they die again, I started looking for something using 21st century technology. This is what I found. The River 3 Plus claims to be prepared to keep my network and server alive for nine hours, and after running it for two hours that seems pretty much accurate. Bear in mind that's a 25 watt load: your mileage may vary. Plus I can take it with me as portable power. Bluetooth app, HomeAssistant integration, it's a nice bit of hardware. Power changes over fast enough to keep computers and routers alive. No regrets.

This thing charges quickly at home and with a small solar panel will last me 10 days camping with charging lights and phones. So far I have used this for a year with no reliability issues. For the money you can’t beat it.

When I received it, I didn't get everything listed in What's in the box (per Amazon listing): "RIVER 3 Plus portable power station, AC charging cable, car charging cable, EcoFlow USB-B to USB-A UPS communication cable, user manual, and a 5-year service." I got everything but the car charging cable, which I was planning to use often. I contacted Ecoflow and at first they said that cable wasn't included. But after describing the Amazon listing, they are shipping me one anyway. To be fair, it sounds like the Amazon listing is wrong.

Great so far. I like the way it can charge from a car 12V , makes very handy. And able to use multiple low draw appliances, such as a portable water boiler.

Not a "Generator". I use it as a UPS because the battery has more capacity and is longer lived. If the power fails, I might use it for my fridge. I wish the app did NOT depend on a web connection. It should just use Bluetooth. What if the company stops service? Google has abandoned apps. Other companies too. Ecoflow might too, ending the ability to change settings or monitor the device.

I purchased this UPS to replace a previous BLUETTI unit that produced too much fan noise, and a failed Goldenmate unit with fault codes. So far, EcoFlow has been smooth sailing. Functionality: Set up is easy. I like the extra light and the USB comm port. The AC charging speed is very fast. The iOS app is intuitive and it takes no time to find and connect to the UPS for firmware upgrade, monitoring and configuration. There is also no discernable noise. Reliability: I use this UPS with a Synology NAS and a desktop PC, with a total of <300w load. During the first 2 days there was a quick succession of 3 brief power grid flickers. My equipment did not feel a thing. It is functioning as a UPS should. I'm very happy about that. Power Management Software: The PC power manager software is simple, and it offers minimal but reasonable number of features to help properly shutdown a directly-USB-connected PC. I tried it in the "Remote" mode, pairing up with its companion NUT server package for Synology NAS. The NUT server seems working properly after the initial setup. However, if the NAS is restarted, the service would not automatically start on its own. I would have to manually start it, it appears to be running, but stops running within a few seconds. I'd have to restart it one more time to get it stable. This is a repeatable issue every time the NAS restarts. On a side note, the USB comm port does not seem to produce a standard power device profile. Synology has its own built-in UPS support. It could not detect this UPS from the USB port. I would suggest that the manufacturer consider the alternative: Instead of offering a proprietary USB comm with in-house-built NAS NUT service (that doesn't autostart), why not implement the USB comm as a standard power device profile, then provide instructions for users to click a few boxes in Synology Control Panel to turn on its own power management with NUT service? Synology already has its own NUT default credentials and port settings, it would be an easy setup on the PC/Mac side of the Power Manager to pick it up. Overall: This product is very well built, functional, and reliable. I give it a 4 start, with 1 star for future improvement on its Power Management software offering.

I prefer to use this to power those 12 electric coolers or fridges, instead of plugging it directly to the car's 12V outlet. This has enough capacity to run one of those thermo-electric coolers for about 2 to 3 hours or a compressor type for much longer. For longer trips you can charge this from your car's 12 volt outlet. Then, when you stop for a break this will keep your cooler running so you don't have to unplug your cooler while stopped. Just unplug the River 3 Plus from the car's 12v outlet unless it's one that shuts off when the car engine is turned off. It's light weight and is ideal for this purpose. If you want to use this for power fail situations I recommend you step up to one of the Deltas.

Funciona excelente, carga muy rapido y puedo conectar mi modem y un ventilador por varias horas

Muy satisfecha con el producto y un 10 de 10 con la entrega