@ohhwell A friend of mine has three of the ones from EBL that get regular use, and has had very good results with them. The oldest one has been in service for almost two years, and actually improved in capacity for the first several weekends of usage, remaining stable since then. He uses them on his farm and when on the road. Their capacity is similar to the Puleida’s nominal specs.
@djslack@ohhwell The P2E one was a great deal at $99 refurb/ $150 new, and identical Duracell and Coleman sister products exist; The Walmart deal for the other brand was good. This Puleida might be worth buying for $99, but it’s under-powered for most useful things (fridge, freezer, etc) and there’s enough other meh contraptions around for charging phones/laptops, the latter not necessary if there’s a major outage. These have been sitting around for ~2 years, likely self discharged down to the point of damaging cells and the vendor was kicked off of Amazon.
I have bought 4 of these units, and 2 of them did not turn on without being plugged in. The latest purchase was an obvious return and there was no charger in the box.
Specs
Product: Puleida 600W/518Wh Portable Power Station
Model: PU600A
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$300 at CamelCamelCamel
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Nov 30 - Monday, Dec 4
Previous discussion: https://meh.com/forum/topics/puleida-600w518wh-portable-power-station-3
I think you mean this url : https://meh.com/forum/topics/sidedeal-daily-puleida-600w518wh-portable-power-station
The ps54 at wallmart online is still a much better value.
@ohhwell A friend of mine has three of the ones from EBL that get regular use, and has had very good results with them. The oldest one has been in service for almost two years, and actually improved in capacity for the first several weekends of usage, remaining stable since then. He uses them on his farm and when on the road. Their capacity is similar to the Puleida’s nominal specs.
@ohhwell the ps54 at Walmart is out of stock, so it looks like several people agreed.
@djslack @ohhwell all I am finding are PlayStation consoles and power cords when searching for ps54.
@medz https://www.walmart.com/ip/3849608522
@djslack ah that’s too bad. I bought one back when meh had that refurb of the other 500 Whr power station.
Hopefully they will get more in stock.
@djslack @ohhwell The P2E one was a great deal at $99 refurb/ $150 new, and identical Duracell and Coleman sister products exist; The Walmart deal for the other brand was good. This Puleida might be worth buying for $99, but it’s under-powered for most useful things (fridge, freezer, etc) and there’s enough other meh contraptions around for charging phones/laptops, the latter not necessary if there’s a major outage. These have been sitting around for ~2 years, likely self discharged down to the point of damaging cells and the vendor was kicked off of Amazon.
@djslack meh, that’s almost $200 even if in stock
@djslack @medz yes for LifePo4 cells and better specs all around (except effectively he same capacity).
Oh and the bluetti hasn’t been sitting around discharged which this one may very well have according to discussion on side deal.
But yeah, being out of stock kinda makes it a moot point.
@caffeineguy @djslack agreed. I wouldn’t take a chance on this one, especially not for $150.
@djslack @ohhwell oh cool! Those features can magically put $50 in my bank account so I can afford it? (only teasing)
@djslack @medz well yeah… They cannot do that yet!
I just wouldn’t touch this one I guess.
I have bought 4 of these units, and 2 of them did not turn on without being plugged in. The latest purchase was an obvious return and there was no charger in the box.
@Zebus Time to file a report at meh.com/support
Mine won’t turn on
@redjeep0 I assume that you tried to charge it first…
@werehatrack You assume correctly
@redjeep0 Time to file a ticket with meh.com/support, then.