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We have been enjoying our EcoFlow Portable Battery and its ability to provide portable power and recharge via solar panels. This solution covers most of our needs, but is still vulnerable to extended periods of cloudy weather (or significant shade) and we wanted a backup solution. One popular option is a portable generator. The Honda EU2200i is a very capable portable generator that can provide power in nearly any situation. Honda and its competitors also offer many other variations depending on your budget, noise tolerence, and power needs. However, we didn’t want to cary an additional (heavy) generator with us, along with fuel, for what we expect to be a pretty limited need. ...

We’ve enjoyed our new trailer for a year, but there are a few upgrades we identified fairly quickly that we wanted to make, and upgrading the batteries was at the top of the list. Our Airstream came with 2 80Ah AGM batteries. These were totally insufficient for our needs. Even with the 300W of rooftop solar installed on the trailer, our energy needs exceeded the capacity of the stock batteries. Our short term solution was to add an EcoFlow portable battery but we still knew we needed a permanent upgrade. ...

As we embark on our first full season with the SpaceCamper, we are already adding a few key accessories. The trailer came with 2 80Ah AGM batteries, and 300W of roof top solar with an integrated Victron Energy Blue Solar MPPT 150/35 charger. Unfortunately, this is not enough power for the SpaceCamper in anything but ideal conditions. With the industry moving from dual-fuel (electricity + propane) refrigerators to pure electric, the power draw on days that you are not getting full sun on the roof top solar will quickly result in a depleted battery. This is especially true if you are running the furnace at night (while it uses propane to heat, the fans is still a big energy draw). ...