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

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.

This power station is simply superb.I use it in my motor home, off-grid, to power my laptop PC. It provides over 6 hours of use on AC and when depleted recharges in no time at all!Anker is a very reputable company and their products are very reliable. I highly recommend the Solix c-300.

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

**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™.

As with all Anker products well made and does the job it was made for. I have used it on camp to keep mobiles charged and after a weekend and maybe three to four charges still says it has 80% battery. So huge capasity, would be nice to see how it works with a Solar pannel

This unit is so handy, using a solar panel on my window sill I am able to keep this Solix fully charged in turn I have been able to keep phones, Tablets, power banks, and power tool batteries fully charged and at NO COST! Just think all you trades people... Keep on of these in your work van with a folding solar panel and your laughing. Well worth the money!

Order two works well charge two laptops and a mobile phone and still 67% battery life left

Fast usb charging and even faster recharge from wall socket C300AC. Goes to 320W. 3 pin UK sockets sold it to me. Now can charge other, higher wattge equpment, outdoors. Im thinking of getting another one soon. Its ultra portable at 4kg compared to C800 wighting over10kg. All my equipment runs on lower voltage and wattage to be more mobile. Grab&Go. Even StarLink goes on it like charm.6* STARS from me.