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On another forum there was a discussion about a portable panel, inverter and battery array
from Costco. Online "Target" retails the product at $999 and at Costco its suppose to be a few hundred
less. I was intrigued as solar power is critical at my BOL.
Its called the cube e power 1500 and I think if you google that it comes up all over - some favorable reviews.
Then I was looking at it and will give it props for being able to charge via a wall socket, car or solar. That is
all good, but the charge runs a laptop for 11 hours - that's it? Not good - not for a thousand dollars.
Then I see the portability is good, but 5 - 16 watt panels - thats it? I don't know how long that would take
to charge - I haven't seen that anywhere yet but it had me thinking.
You can buy a single 100 watt panel for $150 now. You can buy a small inverter for less than $100. That
would leave you $550/600 dollars to figure out how to make it portable, provide for numerous plug ins and
and create a battery array - I think that's pretty do able - don't you think?
from Costco. Online "Target" retails the product at $999 and at Costco its suppose to be a few hundred
less. I was intrigued as solar power is critical at my BOL.
Its called the cube e power 1500 and I think if you google that it comes up all over - some favorable reviews.
Then I was looking at it and will give it props for being able to charge via a wall socket, car or solar. That is
all good, but the charge runs a laptop for 11 hours - that's it? Not good - not for a thousand dollars.
Then I see the portability is good, but 5 - 16 watt panels - thats it? I don't know how long that would take
to charge - I haven't seen that anywhere yet but it had me thinking.
You can buy a single 100 watt panel for $150 now. You can buy a small inverter for less than $100. That
would leave you $550/600 dollars to figure out how to make it portable, provide for numerous plug ins and
and create a battery array - I think that's pretty do able - don't you think?