BougeRV Portable Power Station Fort 1000,1120Wh LiFePO4 Battery Backup 1200W AC Outlet,Solar Power Generator for Power Outage Off-Grid Fishing Outdoor Camping Trip

Good: Runs my small coffee maker when the power's out, at a cost of only ~10% for a full carafe. Good assortment of quick charging support on the Type C port (see photo if you're a nerd). Plenty of AC ports to plug in 3rd party chargers if you need something fancier.Bad: I tested the capacity with a load tester and got 953 Wh which is 87% of the advertised capacity; about what I expect from the companies that make these sorts of things. Cooling fan is annoying to listen to, and often comes on during charging despite blowing cool air.The list price of 900 is crazy high, but that amazon price tracker website I can't name in a review shows 640 seemingly sticking around for now. Even that price is a bit high for how useful these products are, IMO. All in all, a reasonable purchase if you have a use for it.

Updated review (6/6/23): 5 starsThe seller/manufacturer contacted me shortly after posting the below review. They were very responsive to my issue and wanted to make it correct. They originally offered a full refund, then after talking with their factory it was determined that the model I have has an automatic shutdown protection. It will turn off when the USB&DC output power is lower than 1W for up to 1 hour, and this function can not be turned off. This does not work well when using it on a refrigerator which will only draw power when the compressor is on and this may not happen for over an hour in colder weather. Once they determined my unit had this cutoff function they informed me they had a newer model that did not have the function and wanted to know if I would like to receive one of those instead of a refund. This is the solution I went with as other than the cutting off issue I was very happy with this Power Station. They sent me a new unit in under a week (including shipping time). I just received it today so I have not had an opportunity to test in regards to the auto shut-off. If you do see me any further update on this review you can assume that the new unit works great and I am happily using it.Original Review (5/28/23): 2 starsI have now used it on two separate 1 week camping trips. One in Oct and the other in May. Both in SE TN. Both times this unit would shut off during the night leaving my refrigerator without power. In Oct the temps did drop into the 30s, however on the May trip the lowest temp was 49 yet the unit still would shut off. Based on this performance I should have spent the money and purchased one of the higher name branded units.

I bought this power station and solar panel combo to go off grid camping , I also bought the BougerRv refrigerator as the price seemed to be a great value . I tested every thing for a few weeks at home and it worked great . One day the power station wasn't charging up , I called the customer service number left a message and got a reply with requested information to email customer service . after a few back and forth e-mails with information they needed it was determined something wasn't working with the solar panel . Samyi at customer service assured me they would take care of the problem . Im the meantime I went on a trip bowered my friends panel for the trip and when I got back I got back in touch with Samyi at BougeRv customer service telling him Im back and now what is the next step , He informed me they would be replacing the solar panel and a few days later it showed up at my front door . Way to go BougeRv customer service !! they 100% stood behind there product . Again for the quality and value and great customer service I can easily recommend any BougeRv product with confidence they will honor their warranty if anything happens . Again thanks Samyi and BougeRv for helping me and taking care of your product when I needed help .

I ordered a new Fort 1000 + 130w Solar Panel. Albeit I did receive a used kit. Though upon contacting the seller and maker BougeRV they promptly discussed the matter and quickly sent out a new kit and a return label to return the old kit. I was very pleased with this and the customer service offered. They were quick and helpful.I did use the orignal device sent as it was at 98% charge (typically new devices will be closer to 80%). It managed to charge my 352wh backup cpap battery, 25,000 mah and 10,000 mah backup phone batteries, two 4500 mah phones, and three vape devices with 3,000 mah batteries and only used 65% of its charge. So very powerful, I'll likely upgrade to the Fort 1500 in the distant future when my Odyssey RV conversion is complete cause why not.I noticed using one 130w solar panel it'd take about 500 minutes on a partly cloudy day to reach a full charge, thats not bad, I imagine on a clear day you could probably get that done in about 300 minutes which to me is amazing.All in all I would totally recommend the Fort 1000 or Fort 1500 power stations and all of their products. Customer service is fantastic and the products are top notch. Two thumbs up.

Although I was a like disappointed that my solar panels had acetal light scratches on then upon arrival; when I contacted BougeRV with my concerns and pictures, they responded right away, and continued to correspond with me through testing and using to make sure the scratches weren’t interfering with proper function. They weren’t, too my relief and BOUGERV said I’di still wanted to keep the panels/purchase, they’d offer me a $20.00 credit as consolation. I feel this was tabled very professionally.

This thing saved our lives and our pocket book! Wasn’t gonna keep it bc of the price but so glad we did. We had lost power for 3 days before getting this and had to replace all the food in the fridge. Then this came and was gonna send it back bc I did the “buy now pay later option” which is a joke. It’s misleading. You buy it now. You just have so many months to pay it off without accruing interest. I thought it would change me $50 a month. At any rate, the day I was gonna send it back, we lost power again and had to use it. It powered our fridge, laptop and charged our devices for over 2 days. I was so happy as I had just bought groceries again so I didn’t have to throw them out.