What are the new Solar Generators? Not really generators at all.
It’s a battery with an inverter inside a plastic box and most charge extra for any solar panels.
It’s a deceptive description of a solar/battery/inverter system, designed to look like a gas generator.
Any solar charging kit like ones we’ve been selling for >13 years, combined with deep cycle batteries and an inverter is an actual “Solar Generator”
2200W Gas generator $1200
Runs a full sized refrigerator freezer 24-7 on 2-3 gallons of gas / day
Has an engine mechanically producing constant 2200W –
“Solar” 1800W generator $3100 w/ 400w solar
Runs full sized refrigerator freezer (BUT ONLY FOR 3 HOURS!)
Cheap battery in a box only 24 mo warranty, zero customer service & basic unit shown doesn’t even include solar panels.
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Compare the 1800W “solar generator” above for $3100 and a 2 year warranty to a 2000W system below
Runs a full sized refrigerator freezer for 10 years
2000W Inverter 400W Solar MPPT with 10 yr warranted Lithium battery $2249
2 x 200W panels & Tristar MPPT can recharge the battery from empty to 100% with only a few hours of sun each day, and charges continuously even during use. The battery has a 10 year warranty, Solar panels 25 years, Industrial charge controller 5 year warr, 15+ year average life expectancy
Put together your own dependable “solar generator” system for long term outages or full time use and have confidence that your system won’t break down during emergencies, because the heart and brain of your system, a morningstar MPPT charge controller, is the highest quality in the world. Over 4 million installed in over 100 countries since 1993 — functioning in some of the most extreme environments & mission-critical applications in the world
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With most “Solar Generators” solar panels are NOT included. Only a plug in connection if you pay extra to buy their panels ($699 for 1 cheap 200w folding panel in example shown above)
These companies are making a fortune off of innocent people who are looking for the easiest way to have temporary power for electronics camping, tailgating or anywhere, anytime or to have backup residential power during an outage. A new generation of folks has come to expect instant gratification with little effort. Many know what they want and they want it now. Plug and play mentality is a fake marketing tool to convince gullible uninformed folks that these cheap Chinese low quality products are a quick, new and easy answer for all the power you’ll ever need
They’re absolutely not.
Wildly exaggerated claims and a lot of slick advertising are just lies to convince you this is great portable power supply. The huge price tags and very short or no warranties should be a warning sign against these junky imported products that don’t even come close to living up to their wildly exaggerated claims
When they stop working (many reportedly dont work right out of the box) they cant be repaired. You can’t replace any parts. Need tech support? Good luck talking to a human much less one that knows anything besides fake advertising answers and speaks English.