Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station, 1024Wh, 2000W, Home Backup

Arrived with at least a 50% charge, plugged it in to charge and loaded the app on my tablet and first thing it wanted to do was a firmware update so let it do it. It needs to be connected by Bluetooth to connect with the app. Set it up and named it then started the update. Seems a little slow for about the first 40% or 50% of update but then finishes quickly, it restarted to finish update. But it seems that doing the update resets it so had to rename it again. But then I noticed while doing the update it popped the 20 amp breaker. Reset the breaker after the update and it seems to be working ok. Not sure why it blew the breaker. I had bought three of these at the same time and by the time I got to the other two they had fully charged and I unplugged them then did the firmware update without any problems. Used the app to try to see if a reason why the first one popped the breaker but nothing to indicate any problem. Plugged it in to be a backup supply for my chest freezer. Seems the freezer draws about 80 watts when running so using the app I sent charging wattage for 1,000 watts at slow normal charge (was already set at that slow charge). Saw it could be set for wifi and not need to use Bluetooth so set it for that. These will be used as backup supplies for my fridge and freezer... I live in Florida and it's not unusual to lose power for a few minutes several times a day. If don't have battery backup on stuff then things like computers, modems and routers all need to be reconnected which is why all that stuff is battery on backup. Now with these I can have my fridge and freezer on battery backup too. And already did it's backup thing several times in the last couple of days.

Nice backup for charging phones in an outage, but the solar panels it comes bundled with are terrible. We're in LA, it's hot as anything right now with a blazing sun -and the unit says it'll charge to 100% in 45 days.

Exactly what I needed! Solid power station, reliable and has an app allows you to control it remotely.