EGO POWER+ Portable Inverter, 400W, Power Inverter Generator, Quiet. Battery and Charger Not Included - PAD5000

This is surprisingly helpful in power outages and recommended if you own Ego batteries already. You can plug an AC power strip into the single outlet then plug in a few smaller loads like LED bulbs, small fans, laptop charger, etc. It powered my 42 inch TV for 90 minutes to watch a movie with a 5ah battery so I could unwind after a day with no power. Additionally the USB A and C connections will charge your smaller electronics so even just that is helpful in a black out. Additionally the integrated LED lights are helpful to (dimly) light up a dark room or probably best for a tent. I do wish the lights had 1 higher level to double the light output but there are reasonable and certainly help in a blackout. I own 2x 5ah and 1x 4ah batteries that I can use with this and overall was surprised at how handy it was to use in a recent power outage in addition to a small generator and medium solar generator I have. I will say that if you do NOT already own Ego batteries, due to the relatively high cost per watt hour of OEM Ego batteries, that you are better off buying a small purpose build solar generator by EcoFlow, Bluetti, Anker or others rather than buying this and an Ego battery as the purpose build all in one solar generators provide a lower cost per watt hour.

if you have EGO batteries this is a must have for emergencies. Put those batteries to use. I tried a 10AH on my standup full size freezer and it worked like a charm. Ran without issue for several hours, at least 5 before I fell alseep so don't know actual run time. Tried it on a bunch of emergency type of items like fans, lamps, TV, all worked without issue. It even has PD USB C to charge pu my laptop and USB for my iphone and ipad. This will come in super handy the next time there's a power outage. Worked with 2.5AH, 5AH, 10AH batteries, what is nice is that the batter meter remains on the whole time it is in use so you can easily check on the status. I have a table top ice maker and having ice during a power outage is awesome, but it will suck your batteries down fast. Would be cool if they could add it to the ego connect app so that you can monitor run time. Its only 400W so don't even try running a space heater, coffee machine, toaster or microwave oven, only small appliance with light loads should be used. For the price its a terrific accessory for EGO batteries that you would not normally use. Don't need to spend the big bucks for the ego fan when you can plug any fan into this guy. The compact size is perfect, I was looing at the other 4bay inverter but its so big, this little guy can be stored just about anywhere. A couple of things that seems odd and I don't like is that you should use it upside down with the batter on top for best cooling but then this puts the light on the ground and useless. The other is that the handle seems to get in the way, unless you fold it down it blocks the outlets and button. For future versions It would be cool if you could piggyback it with another one so that you would run a mini microwave.

If you have an Ego snow blower or mower, this is a great thing, because it allows you to take the battery, and plug a variety of tools into it. won't run a fridge, but will recharge your phone, run lights, and even a power drill. Very useful in a power outage. If you don't expect too much, it delivers just fine.

Got one for general emergencies but wanted to test how it would power my office desk setup: M2 Max Mac Studio, 2X Dell 27" 4K monitors, external LaCie HD (backups), small Pebble speakers, and also charging a M1 MacBook Air. Opened up a bunch of apps (Photoshop, After Effects, Safari, and played live video in Chrome, lots of web tabs opened in both browsers). Total power draw as measured was about 80-100 watts continuous. Used an Ego 5.0 WH 56V battery from full charge. I got to 145 minutes before it dropped to 20% charge, so that's about 3 hours estimated for the whole battery. That implies some loss from the inversion process, but still a decent amount of time. Fan kicks on occasionally and you can definitely hear it, but inverter and the attached battery remained totally cool, I could not detect any heat at all. Power delivery was perfectly smooth, no glitches or anything. So being able to run my home office for 3 hours on a single battery if needed is pretty great (7.5 AH battery should be 4-5 hours). I could probably get even more by dropping down to 1 monitor, killing apps I'm not using, etc. Plus can switch to another battery if available -- there's only 1 terminal so you'd have to power down for the swap obviously. The built in light (which has high/low/off/flashing options) is nice to have. Only thing that might be nice are: built-in ammeter to measure power draw with a small display, and estimated remaining time, and rubber feet so it slides around less. All in all a great compact box to have for...whatever...especially if you already have Ego batteries for other things. Good for emergency use and if you're going to the beach/camping/BBQ in the park or whatever. Just bear in mind it only supports 400W so don't count on running large appliances with it.

This is part one of the review. I will update as more tests are done but I wanted to get this one out now. I purchased this primarily as an emergency power supply for my ResMed AirSense 10 with the humidity setting set o One. The battery used was a fully charged 7.5 amp. After two 6.5 hour nights the battery still showed two bars on the indicator. I would say it is definitely good for two nights easy. I think I could get three nights with the humidifier turned off. The unit itself only got warm. About as warm as the CPAP power pack gets. It was very quiet and the only way I knew it was working was by looking at the indicator lights and that the CPAP was running. I will do more tests and report on the outcomes but for now this is a very good power inverter that uses the batteries I already have.