Anker SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station with 200W Solar Panel, 1800W Solar Generator, 1056wh LFP (LiFePO4) Battery, 6 AC Outlets, Up to 2400W for Home, Power Outages, and Outdoor Camping

I ordered the C1000 + 200W solar panel bundle, which seemed like a great deal. The gear arrived ahead of schedule. No damage, all good. But when I unpacked the solar panel it had a VERY strong mildew odor. It's noticeable ten feet away from the panel. There's no sign of mildew on the outside - it's coming from inside the panel assembly. This suggest some moisture was still present in the panel when it was packed. But the panel does work. My concern with this is mildew on the panel's internal electrical parts could lead to corrosion and eventually premature failure of the panel. So I opened a support ticket with Anker requesting a replacement panel. They sent a canned response asking me to supply information about the issue, including a video. I am not skilled enough to photograph a nasty smell so how am I supposed to supply that. Lol. Meanwhile Anker has not responded in any way except for the original canned email. They have been useless. Nothing I try seems to reduce or eliminate the mildew smell. So I guess since the panel works, I'm stuck with that. Seems to be a very good product except for the rank smell from the panel. Forget getting any assistance or even an explanation from Anker Support on an issue like that. The panel is sitting ten feet from me right now and I can smell mildew. EDIT: Anker Support did eventually reach out to me and offered to replace the panel. The replacement arrived 8 days after I returned the original one. The new panel seems to be a later revision of the one I returned. This one doesn't have even a hint of mildew smell. Yay. It's a partly cloudy day here with lots of full sun breaks. I'm getting a steady 180W of charging from the panel during sun breaks, with occasional peaks >200W. Angle & orientation are obviously very important to getting the best out of it so every half hour or so I adjust the position for optimal sun exposure. The panel is VERY sensitive to even the lightest cloud cover. Output falls seriously. But with full sun it delivers what is promised. The overall capacity of the unit is not sufficient to run anything that draws a lot of power for a long time. I'm thinking of a 2nd 200W panel and the expansion battery. The C1000(X) seems to be performing very well. No glitches to report. The app seems to work well too. I'm raising my rating from 3 stars to 4 stars because everything is working as promised. Just don't be overly optimistic about how long a package of this size can power your "everything". Charge your phone dozens of times? Yes. Run your computer, internet system, and maybe a couple appliances like say a TV? Runtime will be relatively limited. All in all I'm happy - got what I paid for.

Bought this as a gift to parents in Florida. Great backup for those emergencies. Parents in their golden years and don't want them messing around with gas generators. Showed them how to set up the panels and they are easy to maneuver.

I ordered three of these with 200w solar panels and extra batteries. I wanted these for a few reasons. If there is a long-term power outage, I can keep my generators going for quite awhile, and fuel might be hard to come by during a long-term outage. These devices are quiet. I can run them in my house. I just wanted solar generators to power my boiler and my fridge. I estimate I can run my fridge for about 14 to 16 hours with one of these based on a 4 hour test, and that was without the expansion battery. I am not positive on the wattage my boiler uses, but I am sure my set-up would be able to run it for a long time as most boilers are a fairly low power draw.. I kind of agree with a previous reviewer. I think it might be better to get extra units instead of the extra battery packs if your use will fall below the 1400 watts that the generator can pass through as a UPS. The extra battery charges around 625w off outlet power. It has been snowing around here, and I have been unable to test the solar charging speed of the extra battery. If that is close to 600w, I will be happy with that. I know the extra units would charge quicker on a standard outlet than charging the extra batteries, and the expansion batteries cannot be charged independently. I like the idea of having multiple units as I get more wattage if necessary to run more devices. I do not want to run my entire house if there is a hack on the power grid. I just want to heat my house if it is cold or run my fridge and some fans in summer. I am going to install transfer switches at my panel to run my boiler and fridge. I also have a 400w Ego Nexus and six 5 AH batteries I can use to charge these generators should the need arise. It is an added benefit that I can take these camping. I bought everything on sale. It was $899 for the C1000 with a 200w solar panel. The extra battery was $550. For the money I spent buying three units, I could have bought an Anker F3800. However, I would still have to buy a lot solar panels to feed that unit which would be a significant additional expense. I also would not want to take an F3800 camping. I wish Anker would put a fan in the extra battery so it could be charged quicker and add a way for it to be charged independently. The battery is close enough to the same price as an extra unit that I am literally not sure if it is better to buy that or an additional unit. I also wish Anker would come up with a compartment like they did for their C800 model. They could even offer the lights to those who wanted them. I just think that would be a great place to store the cable. Edit: I ordered a kit which included the power station and a 200w solar panel. I only received tracking information for the power station. Amazon marked everything as delivered when the power station was delivered. My solar panels showed up about 5 days later. I wish it would have been marked by Anker as separate shipments because one item was delivered by UPS and the other by FedEx.

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I am thrilled with my solar power bank.Itbworks really well and I received my order in just three days. Thank you Amazon.