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Yes - the difference is massive. This one is 11 litres and a compressor type. So, very small - likely a little bit smaller than the chiller/cool box, but easily capable of running at or below freezing for the best part of a week on my current set up..

@@stewreviews9345 My Alpicool C9 is 9L. Its range is + 20c to - 20c.

Hi there - I don't have the unit anymore so can't say for certain. I think there was a small amount of adjustability..

Cheers mate. Hope it went well.

With this I charge phone etc and can run a laptop for a few hours. It's a low capacity power station.

Nice one. Mine are still running nicely too.

I hear what you are saying in terms of achieving a nice clean look. However we're still using the Elgrand as our car so we use the seats and need the runners.

Great - I would expect it to. Zwift for Android doesn't ask too much of a tablet and the M10; looks good to me. Issue to look out for is allowing enough excess storage for zwift's regular updates - always a massive download so you need to always have several GBs free to allow you to take the update..

@@stewreviews9345 I received my m10 plus with 4GB of RAM today. Use it exclusively for Zwift & Netflix. Everything else has been uninstalled. Zwift runs very well on the device. I don't have high demands on the graphics, of course a PC or Apple TV will work better.. I'm satisfied!

I'm just about to buy one for zwift too. Glad to hear from the comments it works well. I can use my laptop but not when the kids are doing homework etc, and my shed doesn't have the space nor facility for a TV, hence no pc nor apple TV options. One day maybe!

@@JamesDunmore great stuff. Only thing I would suggest is looking at Lenovo's system upgrade grid. Part of my reasoning was selecting a model that still had over a year of upgrades. This won't matter for a good while but at some point you'll discover that zwift makes life hard for you if the software on your tab isn't kept reasonably up to date. Not insoluble - there are ways apparently of side loading appropriate software updates of needed, but that feels like quite a lot of hassle to me...

Do you mean the way the graphics seem to skip a bit as you corner in the side by side section of the video? I think that's largely the screen recording, but it is a lot more basic in graphic terms than the pc version..

​@@stewreviews9345he means that its a bit lagy

I've got the small LiFePO4 batteries in parallel as a medium sized leisure battery - 90 amp hours. You can check out the van in the link below if interested. ruclips.net/video/s3bShsUMZ-M/видео.html

Apologies for slow response - Renogy 175W Solar Panel - amzn.eu/d/7es0J94

Cheers David. I haven't bought my new van yet so it isn't all plumbed in yet. I am using it with my old van though and I am just tucking it behind a seat. Cooked up lunch and made tea a few days ago without even losing a bar. I do have a 175 watt panel on my shed roof and I charge the EB150 from that at home - I seem to get around 700 watt hours on a good day and the panel isn't optimally situated, so a similar amount should be do-able on a van I reckon. I'll look to over panel a bit but I'm confident I can get 600 watt hours or so per day during the summer without difficulty even taking account of cloudy or rainy days. I think I bought my panel from Renogy.

Hi there - possibly - it depends on the power required by the scooter - these are "one c". That means there is a top level to how much power you can draw - around 350-400 watts with one battery, going up if you have more in parallel. So three should give over 1kw. If that's enough to power the scooter then I can't really see why it wouldn't work - best to check though - I am no expert.

No problem at all - I shopped around but in the end my own insurer made the best offer - LV. Enjoy the Vellfire - all the JDM cars are great fun.

@@stewreviews9345 Thanks for getting back to me. I'll try them in the morning. Yeah you're right about the JDM stuff. Since I started the process of importing the Vellfire I've become fascinated by them! 🤣 They seem such good value for money when compared to the VWs etc. of this world! 😁👍

Yes - functions fully when plugged in - both AC and DC outputs work fine.

I thought they were a different shape. However, I googled it and there do seem to be some people suggesting it works... Personally I like lavazza so I'm fine with that.

I don't believe it has ANT+ - I've not been able to use it in any case. There is a USB C port and I've plugged in an ANT dongle via an OTG cable, but still no connection. I am however able to link up my trainer and HRM via Bluetooth, which is fine by me...

@@stewreviews9345 Thanks for the info. I have a dumb trainer so was hoping to link up my Garmin speed and cadence sensors via Ant+ but not sure it's going to be possible with a Lenovo tablet then.

@@wilbo8328 gotcha - I've just had a look. Connected devices only brings up Bluetooth. I'm afraid I cannot find any reference to ant in the settings at all.

Yes. I had endless problems - the tab would pick the HRM up and then lose connection when I started riding. Someone told me to completely turn the tablet off between uses and I have no idea why but it works. Everything fine since then..

Thé HRM is connected but 0 bpm. Your tips is not magical or i am dead 🤣

@@linoleum5448 that's a shame. Shouldn't make a difference but I'm using a Wattbike HRM and riding a Wattbike. HRM worked fine independently. They didn't work together until the off and on again thing. Possible something else changed at the same time but I don't know what...

Well, I tend to pull a longer shot so not sure, but I would think that would vary a lot from one espresso machine to another. I use a Delonghi Dedica with pressurised portafilter so I think that is likely very different from an unpressurized version. I can say it makes a very nice cup of coffee.

There's no milk forget/stream wand with this one. That's one of the small sacrifices to the small form factor and low up-front cost I think. These days I'm using a Delonghi Dedica most of the time. Partly because I get a nice cup of coffee, but also due to the high cost of capsules with the pod machines. In that way I get access to a stream wand. The a Modo Mio lives on though - comes with me when we stay in a hotel as generally the coffee is lousy and I really can't cope without a half decent cup in the morning...

Cheers - I agree. Best grinder for espresso under £100 from what I can see in the reviews and really feels a quality piece of kit. I know a Nich Zero would give more control and probably I could tell the difference but costs a fortune and I don't have the space. In its little cloth bag it just slots in with the other coffee stuff. I'm still very happy with this purchase.

@@stewreviews9345 the Niche Zero is a nice grinder but I wonder how 'much' better it would be compared to the C3🤔

@@dankrebs4764 my take is that I'm pretty happy with decent pre-ground coffee from the supermarket. The same coffee beans taste richer somehow if freshly ground. I suspect that as your grinder gets more and more refined the differences are smaller and smaller. Fun to play with the different bits of kit however.

Cheers - just checked your channel - loving your IKEA hacks. Nice work.

Cheers mate. My system in my van is built on LiFePO4 - works like clockwork as you say. I've also invested in a power station (Bluetti EB 150 - 1,500watt hours). Since recording this video I've started charging that and a Bluetti AC50S one after the other from another panel, so it's growing a bit already. My plan is substantially more solar and more battery storage but first I need some space for panels - no roof access here a and heavily shaded garden.

@@stewreviews9345 interestingly I own a campervan that I use as a boost for my house lifepo4's: Jackery 1000 explorer. Beaudens 166. Enginstar 350. CTECHi 320Wh. 1x impax i800 petrol generator. Plus lots of lithium-iron builds while learning along the way. I'm Manchester based myself.

@@LITTLEEXPERIMENTCHANNEL1 nice - those beaudens units are great aren't they - first piece of power storage I bought.

@@stewreviews9345 the device powered my 4G wireless router all weekend. I have lots of wizardry powering things too using buck-controllers cc/cv up and down voltages upward of 60v. Loads of experiments over the years. You could say im (blackout-compatible).

I'll be doing some RUclips shorts over winter as I don't really have any videos on what I have learned. Keep an eye on them. Lovely channel yours!

Cheers - they've been installed in the back of my van for 18 months now and they just work. Never even had low power, let alone any kind of issue with the batteries.

Thanks - I like this little unit. There are some good deals on this one at the moment - I think in the UK currenty cheapest on Amazon - maybe exchange rate issues right now. Bluetti have great prices in the US now though.

Yes, I think they went bust or something. However, a new company, Swarey is now selling the same units and has panels on sale - solarpowerstation.co.uk/product/swarey-100w-foldable-solar-panel/

What I would say though is that any half way decent panel will do the job. I bought one from Powkey - works well and after a year is still going strong... ruclips.net/video/jRVekFhxVn4/видео.html

Thanks…..looks like Beaudens are now Swarey……I’ll get one of these panels as it’s matched to the unit……thanks

I'm not sure if you mean play TV through the unit or if you mean to connect to the TV some Elgrands have in the ceiling? You can certainly cast a TV show to the screen of the pioneer unit with a suitable phone app, or watch RUclips on it and so on. I don't know if you can connect to the onboard screen in an Elgrand (I don't have one as I have a pop top so didn't try) but I doubt it - very different systems and I'm not sure if the pioneer even has video out ports...

@@stewreviews9345 does the unit play DVD’s whilst the vehicle is in motion? If so, does the unit also play RUclips videos whilst the vehicle is in motion too? Cheers 👍🏾

Cheers mate - I'm still using it as standard. Works brilliantly, cools really quickly and runs for best part of a week off of my leisure battery. Enjoy.

In winter a 60 watt panel is going to give a lot less than that. Probably around 10 watts on a good day, so slow charging. This set up will power at TV or laptop for a few hours - no chance at all with a kettle though.

@@stewreviews9345 thks

Thanks JPS - appreciate it.

I believe so, though I don't use it so can't really comment on how easy to set up our anything like that - I'm on Android.

@@stewreviews9345 so it can use android auto

Spot on. The 50 and 100 amp hour batteries weren't available at the time. For this van I might in hindsight go with just a single 50 as I'm nowhere near ever running the batteries down, but I guess that's the point. They just seem to work. As a plus- even if left unused for several months they hold their power well, so I don't think that rebalancing issue is occuring - likely not an issue unless you have more than four in parallel..

@@stewreviews9345 Hi stew thanks for the reply 👍👍 Yea I actually watched your vid over again and tbf you do give a good account of yourself. What happens in a parallel setup in say two 30ah batteries at a 60ah load is one will deliver say 25ah and the other will try and deliver 35ah. Even in matched batteries from the same suppliers this will happen and that's why some manufactures will not allow or limit the amount of lithium battery's in parallel banks. Say for instance in your setup your dc dc charger can deliver 40ha of charge ( mine is only 20ah for a 200ah pack). The 40 ah charge rate seems well within the capacity of your over 3x 30ah pack as it would seem you have 90ah capacity. What happens when two of these packs become fully charged and are shut then down by the bms? You now have 40ah going to one battery. This over current may then shut down that battery. Charging may also resume between the packs when your parked up as the packs try and balance back out. That was and extreme example but this going on between lithium batteries all the time due to slight differences in even identical batteries. What is also more likely to happen in your setup (if you ever draw large amps) is when you try and draw 90ah from your bank of 3 paralleled batteries, A temporally dominant battery in the pack my try to deliver more amps the the other two and then be shut down by its bms. Your left with two batteries then trying to pump 90ah from 60ah and they will also shut down or be driven past there limits. Manufactures who allow parallel setups on there battery's often state the bank should only be used at the limits of one in its pack. When I used these 30 ah lithium's in my trolling motor I parallel two together and have one as a return to home battery. My motor can pull 40ah from the 60ah parallel set at the most but I try disconnect the battery pack before the bms will shut one pack down before the other. I also limit my amp draw to 30ah In real world at small loads you wont even notice any of this as a problem but the detrimental effects add up over the years and your battery life will suffer. Big waffle on I know lol cheers John

@@paps69shed interesting stuff. In my build I ultimately decided to go 12v only. I had forgotten but I did get into this with an electrician and decided that as my load would be low 3 in parallel should be fine (compressor fridge, lights, phone charging etc). I have the victron 30amp DC:DC charger. I've actually concluded that all told a Bluetti EB150 would have made more sense but I think at the time it cost more. Get one for around £800 now so the batteries, solar input, 1,000 watt inverter etc. Recently bought one to use around the house and to go into my next build and it is a pretty amazing device..

@@stewreviews9345 Love to see the review on that Bluetti EB150. Looks decent for the price and will save a lot of folk the hassle of installing a power setup in there van. They state 1500wh so if they take that as 12v its around a 120ah battery in there but they maybe calculating at 14v which would come out at about 100ah. With a built in 1000watt invertor and solar mppt its actually a very good buy as you say 👍👍 Yes your load will only be very low on those things. In all honesty even if a bms did shut down one of your batteries (or even two) they would only tend to be shut down nearing charge completion (or depletion) and therefore the battery chemistry itself (not even the bms) would limit the current draw and probably would no longer suck to much juice. Will look out for more of reviews 😁 take care

Cheers @@paps69shed I put together a quick unboxing video on my EB150 - I want to do a more detailed piece on it in use when I take it camping, but for now here's some thinking about the pros and cons of a single unit and some thought on the tricky question of cooking with one - ruclips.net/video/ikevkZkg-Dw/видео.html

Aha - I did not. Maybe I should be kicking myself but I now have a pretty good set up either playing RUclips or companion on the Huawei depending on whether I'm just riding or racing. Will take a look thought - thanks.

Thanks for the comment. Yes, I have now bought a large Bluetti for camping and use this one for smaller loads. I keep it charged with a little solar panel. Great unit and still going strong.

Cheers Slavi!

Hi there - we spent a little over £3k, but that obviously included fitting. I'm pretty sure Northstar don't sell their units for DIY fitting, but you might want to try The Leisure Guys in the UK. I don't know if they ship overseas, but I know they do sell for home assembly. www.leisureguys.co.uk/Campervan_Furniture.php

Good call. There is actually a lot of space so that isn't an issue at all in the Elgrand - the arm rests touch the sides of the fridge near the lid but the vents are lower - around 5cm clear on either side.

Cheers - I'll take a look. Yes, the 2.5 doesn't have much acceleration but I'm not that fused. Sometimes if I want to overtake going uphill I think twice if it's a step one, but that's about it. Still find myself drifting up over the speed limit of I don't watch it - got caught by a speed camera a few months ago in fact.

Booked cables in to the top. I've got some shots of the set up about for minutes in to this video is interested - ruclips.net/video/s3bShsUMZ-M/видео.html

Hi there. So, first thing, I'm not an auto electrician - always worth listening to the manufacturer and or consulting a professional. However, all that said, yes I am. I've got them set up in my camper with a "DC:DC" charger attached to the alternator. Been using for best part of a year with no issues so far. I believe some people don't bother with the DC:DC, but from some information from Victron and elsewhere there is apparently risk of damaging the batteries and/or the alternator if you just hook them up directly (alternator can burn out or catch fire). Not sure if that is what Eco-Worthy meant perhaps?

@@stewreviews9345 thanks for info. Not sure what ecoworthy were saying was on chat and now gone but we're I think saying similar to you. When you say alternator do u mean you have small alternator. I have old vehical. Can I ask what DC to DC charger your using? Many thanks

@@leighflorence5134 yes of course. This is the one - I trust Victron, but they are pricey. batterygroup.co.uk/Accessories/Chargers/12511/Victron-Energy-Orion-Tr-Smart-12/12-30A-360W-Non-isolated-DC-DC-charger-ORI121236140?number=69387&gclid=CjwKCAiAvaGRBhBlEiwAiY-yMGRlZX3U5InSi8ric8EB2Hqmg9BQ9jA_-Oo4p_TQe0qksI3kOZyygRoCzhQQAvD_BwE

@@leighflorence5134 I'm not sure of the retailer - converter got it in for me.

@@stewreviews9345 Thanks for this. Do you mind if ask you something else. Are you able to tell me, have you got the victron set to charge at 10A? Ecoworthy told me 'charging current should not exceed 10A'? is this what they mean, you set this parameter on the victron itself via bluetooth.

Hi Christine - the fans and temperature etc are all showing nicely - everything appears to work as it did on the second digital readout - including the reversing camera etc...

I really must. Have bought a 12v wattmeter - just need to get it booked up and get the batteries fully charged..