AnkerSOLIX C300 Portable Power Station, Outdoor 288Wh LiFePO4 Battery, 300W (600W Surge) Solar Generator, 140W Two-Way Fast Charging, For Camping, Traveling, and Emergencies

Brilliant item from Anker. Does exactly what it is supposed to. Charges quickly and has plenty of power for laptops, phones, tablets for a weekend away. Another time, it powered our portable 12v fridge for nearly 36hr. It connects to the Anker app which is nice if you want to know what's going on with each port in real time. The wee light on the top is a nice addition and the fact that you can click down one side means you can control glare a bit. Some people reviewing that it switches off too quickly, but you can tweak all the settings in the app and it hasn't been an issue. Another great product from Anker!

Lovely quality, a very nice product. Lots of output and charging options. Compact in size and not too heavy. Mains output is handy (max 300w). With a 55w load it lasts for four hours. Almost silent in operation. Has connected phone app to control most things remotely. Recommended.

advantageous upright design, strong handle, variety of outputs, responsive display, well-structured app, terrific.

Excellent suits my needs down to the ground, plenty of power, in a emergency it should last me about 5 days. I am very pleased with it's performance. Bri.

**General form factor**- It's a medium sized box with a carry handle. You carry it one handed.- Maybe a little heavier than I'd like to carry without a strap, but that costs extra (and I'm a weakling so take that into consideration)**The light on the top**- It sure does exist.- Neutral white with what feels to my eyes to be a kinda greenish tinge.- I guess it's usable as a desk lamp or something? Maybe in a tent it'd be a bit tight, but really you should bring some other source of light. Like the C300 DC! Which has a more lantern style form factor, and is lighter, and if you're camping 300w AC is probably either unnecessary extra weight or completely insufficient anyway.- Doesn't seem to draw much power.- Adjustable via the app for some reason. You can also make it do SOS.**The screen**- Yeah, it's fine.- Brightness adjustable only in the app.- Provides overall input/output data, remaining time, charge and a couple status indicators.- draws maybe 0.1w when running, i could barely even tell in testing**Input/output**- Charges from the wall perfectly happily at up to 330w. Adjustable in the app from 100w.- Also charges over USB-C at 140w or solar at 100w, via the two ports in the middle.- Only one of those at a time, and if you're using one port you can't use the other, which is kind of sad.- Has a USB type A socket and a type-c socket on the left that are both capped at like 20w together, weird design.The other type-c on the right is output only.- I guess it'd be a bit of a pain if you used this in a solar-only configuration because then you'd only get one high power usb-c output and two mid ones on the left. I don't know, I've never used it like that.- Comes with a cover over the 12v car socket, which is friendly, but not in any of the advertising materials. Could use that for expandability if you need more USB ports.- Solar input socket also can be used as a 12v input, if you have an optional adapter.- You can over-panel it (have 200w of panels), but it'll only charge at max 100w. You might do this if your weather is terrible (I for instance live in the UK) so that if each panel only is putting out 50w you still can charge at 100w.- It also makes relay clunk noises when connected to wall power and charging my phone/laptop over USB-C from time to time. I have no idea what it's doing when it does this.**Inverter**- Ehhhhhhh- Two ports, or maybe 3 depending on where you live- It's advertised as a UPS, but it draws 12w just running the inverter in standby mode.- Changeover time is fine, though (10ms, reportedly)~~_I have been speaking to the support team and they've said that the supply interruption time may actually be 20ms, contrary to the manual (<10ms) and the marketing (10ms)._~~ nevermind, they retracted that- Anker support tells me it has a pure sine wave output! so that's fun, and not in the manual, which is odd- As a UPS for a PC, it's kinda mid because of the 12w idle draw (compared to the approx. 2w of my old UPS) and the idiosyncrasies of switching mode power supplies mean my specific configuration (450w PSU, only drawing 90-280w) don't work with it.- Even if I'm within the 300w power budget, missing an AC cycle on the changeover anywhere above maybe 150w means my PSU overdraws while recharging its capacitor when power is restored, which makes the PSU very unhappy.- You can get around this by charging the c300 only via USB-C so the inverter bypass circuit doesn't work. But that'd be terrible, and you could only do so at 140w.- Probably will work for most use cases that are supposed to be under 300w and some above it- unless this product fits your very specific use case, buy a real UPS instead, rate it at twice what you think you need and have a returns policy**Overall**- It's fine, I guess?- Not as useful as I'd hoped for my specific use case as a UPS for what has turned out to be a particularly picky PC.- Good if you're camping and really need mains for something or as a slightly more portable backup to low-powered ... something (the advertising suggests a CPAP machine).- The app is good, and has all kinds of neat options like adjusting standby timers, monitoring battery temperature and so on.- Someone has tools for connecting it to a PC on github. You could probably make it shut a computer down when the battery got low that way.- AC output doesn't autorestore on power attachment though.- Would like to see an option to limit charging to 85% to improve longevity in the UPS role.- Don't think the batteries are user-replaceable either, unlike a "proper" UPS. That sucks.- No security on the thing either, which could potentially be an issue if you live somewhere more crowded.- Runs my wifi router and fiber terminal for 12 hours, which is probably enough for most issues you'll run into.- You probably want the C300 DC and a separate, proper UPS instead. Form factor is nicer (carry handle and detachable cable), though. Plus it's lighter.- Oh, if you have a C300 DC as well you can daisychain them together to get more some 576wh, which is cool for running AC loads for longer. That's fun. I don't have one of those.- Doesn't work for my intended use case, but I'm not going to return it since it's useful for other stuff and I got it very discounted.Overall rating: Between 3 and 4 stars depending on the use case. Test it for whatever you want it for first and make sure wherever you buy it has a returns policy. It's Fine™.

This is for DC version -1. Cheated - just charge from to EcoFlow Delta 2 usb ports -- Very Fast. Thiis always in the Van.2. Cooked rice/brocolli from the dc car port.. uses 20% for 30mins of 12v cooking.3. Cooked porridge from same port.4. XT60 port for Solar is the real deal. Just need to get one of those very light 40/60w folders5. Heated blanket from usb port.This is the ultimate swiss army knife for offgrid. Cook/Heat/Play/Charge. If the world in coming to an end tomorrow and you need to carry 10kg of stuff. This should be in your back pack with a quality Solar panel.Not tried all yet-- Apps, maybe useful but fancy.update - 27-Oct-2024Anker can produce a half capacity version - 1.5kg ,144wh. With all other functions same. I can buy 2 as fail safe setup.

First off, the marketing of the C300 is ridiculous, parading this 4kg brick around on a shoulder strap is laughable and the lugs for a shoulder strap (AC model) are pointless imho, but the integrated handle is good. Personally I bought this for power outages at home and car based camping trips. Each model has slight advantages over each other but I went for the AC model which is a bit bigger and heavier but I don’t intend to be carrying it far and offers more flexibility. Both have the same capacity but the AC model can be charged slightly quicker (330w vs 280w) with a single mains cable without a power brick. The DC model can be charged almost as fast (80% in 60mins vs 50min) but requires x2 140W chargers and of course you loose ability for pass-through charging while in use. The AC version comes with x1 less USB-C and x1 less USB-A ports but I purchased a Syncwire mini car charger in a matching blue/silver which sits completely flush giving those x2 ports back (45w each), plus the x2 AC outlets of course. My only other gripe is that all but the light button still have an annoying hollow click to them like the previous generation (521 etc). The light button has a nice quiet click, why they didn’t apply this to all the buttons im not sure. If size and weight are really important to you, you only have USB powered devices and you prefer a pop-up 360 light get the DC, otherwise the AC with 600W surge and UPS function might be a better potion.