PROGENY 300W Portable Power Station

*8/13/2021 Update* Still 5 stars! Power station is still working great! I reached out to Progeny as my only complaint with it was the PWM solar charge controller. They have since updated to a MPPT and were nice enough to send me out the new version. (Again I have been really impressed with their customer service!) The solar charging with the new MPPT is double the speed of the previous version! I will add pictures of the input wattage from my solar panel comparing the new vs. old. The input wattage is double while using the same 100 watt solar panel. *Original Review: This thing is fantastic! I use a Rockpals 60W solar panel to charge it and it works great. First off, the ability for pass through charging at this price point is crazy. You normally have to pay double this cost. It is a great feature so you can use your solar charging panels to charge the power station, while charging any devices plugged in. An excellent option if you need to run something that is AC power. (Pass through works on all outputs! Most budget power stations are DC pass-through only. If at all) Second, the Wh and mAh compared to others at this price point is way better. I tested the outputs with a multimeter and a USB tester and they are pretty much spot on. Third, the 12V DC output is regulated! I haven't seen any other budget power station with this option. Great for CPAP users and people looking to use a 12V cooler. The build quality is also great! The digital screen with input/output readings makes knowing the power draw and charging wattage very convenient. Especially when charging with solar. PS. The customer service is excellent too. I broke the handle on mine (the "screws" that hold the handle on are not screws... they are pins with a snap ring on the end. I tried to tighten it and the snap ring fell off inside the unit.) They sent me out a replacement immediately! Excellent product and a company that stands behind their products! Will buy from them again!

I have had this solar battery for 3 days now and bought it for under $200 and it has twice the power of the Newpow I bought last summer for under $100. Yes, it does recharge by solar and I used the Rockpals 60w that I purchased for my Nexpow solar battery. But on a sunny December day in Wisconsin, with sunlight only really available from 9-4, I was not able to get the battery fully charged (somewhere between 60-80%). Its pwm solar controller is just not fast enough, but in the online questions the seller says, "But we have upraged it to MPPT version and will be available in Jan 2021. If any one bought P66 at present and want to exchange MPPT version, feel free to let us know." I hope that's true. The battery has about 270 watt hours or usable watts so if you divide 270 by the amount of watts on whatever it is you have plugged in you will get a good idea of how long you could run it before the battery shuts down at 10% power to protect itself. I tested a 175w personal space heater and it ran for an hour and 15 minutes, and then a 45w heating pad that last 6 hours and both of those were right on for the 270 watt hours on AC. The battery shows you how many watts are being pulled by whatever you are using, but one thing I don't like is that it only shows the battery charge in 20% increments (100%, then 80, 60, 40, 20 and when it gets near low enough where it will shut down) so it's hard to tell exactly how much power is left. I tested with a Kill-a-Watt meter and it is pure sine wave and I've read that somebody tested that it does have a regulated 12 volt outlet, which is important for some uses. Both of those along with the wireless charging of a cell phone when placed on top are very unusual in a $200 solar battery. Also, the obligatory light is actually useful for lighting up a small area as opposed to being a big flashlight. I am so far very satisfied with the Progeny 300 watt solar battery and what it can power and look forward to making an exchange for when it is available with the mppt solar control for faster solar charging, another feature unusual in a solar battery at this price point.

I charge this thing up and used it last night with my ResMed cpap 11. I used the a/c plug with the humidity on. It ran for 5 hours and had about 20% battery remaining. I think your max run time would be about 6 hours of run time. I've ordered an d/c coaxial plug adapter to run directly from the cpap to the backup via the 24 volt output. This will eliminate the need to run the a/c plug and should allow me to run longer with less energy consumption. I will update my review once I've get the adapter. The a/c charging takes about 1 hr for 20% of charge. I will also be hooking up my 45watt solar panels to see how long it takes to charge. We're going camping so I want to be able to charge it up without having to run my generator. Update: I received the cpap 24 volt adapter cord. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBZZXD16?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title. I used it instead of the ac adapter. I ran it for 7 hrs and it went down to 20% battery life. It used about 20 watts less energy than the ac inverter. It takes about 4 hrs to charge back up. I will find out how it charges during the camping trip using my solar panels. One thing that i noticed during the night, the cooling fan for the battery backup kicked on several times. Keep that in mind when using it. Keep the area around it clear. Update: Went camping with this for 3 nights. Turned of the humidity and tube heat. It used about for a total of 13 hours with my cpap. Used about 30% of the battery life. The screen acted like a night light. I also used it to charge my cell phone. Really like this. I would buy this again.