I have one of these. Ego proved its worth to me after I bought their 21" mower, going on to purchase the Ego leaf blower, weed whacker, and edger. Each came with a battery and charger, so one of my factors (along with potential power outages in winter) for buying the inverter was to consolidate the batteries (three 7.5 AH and three 2.5 AH) and charging them into one location. I held onto the fast chargers, as I still use the batteries in my equipment, which allows me to quickly restore full capacity for the inverter after doing yardwork. I haven't yet had a power outage - thank goodness - but do know they can happen at any time, so having the inverter on hand lends peace of mind about that. I can also see taking it with me, should I go somewhere remote to fly drones, as a way to extend flying time by having a way to charge drone batteries on site.
Another great idea where the inverter can be used. Remote locations where you need power like drone video shoots is a great application for the EGO inverter.
Avoid fast charging whenever possible. It shortens the battery life. And even on the slow charger, taking the batteries off at 80% and avoiding draining them their last 20% will extend their life even further. Yes, that means you'll only be able to use 60% of the battery life most the time.
Thanks for the review! A potentially useful device if one already has some EGO cordless tools and, therefore, some of their battery packs. Since the battery packs can be transported separately, I wonder how heavy the power station is with no batteries installed? I suspect it isn't too bad, so one wouldn't have to carry over 40 lbs in one shot to move it to a specific location for use.
It’ll run a standard fridge about 6-8 hours with 4 decent batteries (7.5 and 5.0’s). When running it’ll reduce the time remaining but when the compressor stops it goes back up.
It's a very computer game style design, very dramatic, pretending that a lot is going on. You can smile at it but it's somewhat ridiculous. It tries hard to look like serious mission kit. Converting 56V DC to 110V AC at 2kW takes very little power electronics. It would be interesting to see if the inside is largely empty. The included battery capacity is about 150$ worth of lithium cells, maybe even below 100$ depending on what bulk cost is these days and the two way power electronics could probably be done for like 50$ so there is a fair bit of premium on the price. State of the art engineering it could be the size of a pack of cigarettes, connectors aside.
Tls for doing the car test, would have been a shame had it not been done. These are pretty cool but a bit pricy.
I have one of these. Ego proved its worth to me after I bought their 21" mower, going on to purchase the Ego leaf blower, weed whacker, and edger. Each came with a battery and charger, so one of my factors (along with potential power outages in winter) for buying the inverter was to consolidate the batteries (three 7.5 AH and three 2.5 AH) and charging them into one location. I held onto the fast chargers, as I still use the batteries in my equipment, which allows me to quickly restore full capacity for the inverter after doing yardwork. I haven't yet had a power outage - thank goodness - but do know they can happen at any time, so having the inverter on hand lends peace of mind about that. I can also see taking it with me, should I go somewhere remote to fly drones, as a way to extend flying time by having a way to charge drone batteries on site.
Another great idea where the inverter can be used. Remote locations where you need power like drone video shoots is a great application for the EGO inverter.
Avoid fast charging whenever possible. It shortens the battery life. And even on the slow charger, taking the batteries off at 80% and avoiding draining them their last 20% will extend their life even further.
Yes, that means you'll only be able to use 60% of the battery life most the time.
The EGO family of battery products is excellent for home owner tools like blowers, lawn mower, etc. All their batteries fit each of the products.
Thanks for the review! A potentially useful device if one already has some EGO cordless tools and, therefore, some of their battery packs.
Since the battery packs can be transported separately, I wonder how heavy the power station is with no batteries installed? I suspect it isn't too bad, so one wouldn't have to carry over 40 lbs in one shot to move it to a specific location for use.
I think someone said it was 22 lb on another review.
Fridge? What batteries?
It’ll run a standard fridge about 6-8 hours with 4 decent batteries (7.5 and 5.0’s). When running it’ll reduce the time remaining but when the compressor stops it goes back up.
How about a stove?
I like my ego nexus power Station but no pass through charging stinks!
Good suggestion to add also.
NO ans USB-C shame, old school 👎🏻
It's a very computer game style design, very dramatic, pretending that a lot is going on. You can smile at it but it's somewhat ridiculous. It tries hard to look like serious mission kit.
Converting 56V DC to 110V AC at 2kW takes very little power electronics. It would be interesting to see if the inside is largely empty. The included battery capacity is about 150$ worth of lithium cells, maybe even below 100$ depending on what bulk cost is these days and the two way power electronics could probably be done for like 50$ so there is a fair bit of premium on the price.
State of the art engineering it could be the size of a pack of cigarettes, connectors aside.
You may be rigtht. I looked at other offerings of similar capabilities and this unit seems priced appropriately.
you and your screw driver... you lost be there... its all about constant use not practical use
Was just trying to show what the EGO could do