[Music] Hi I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today To give you my video review of the blue EDI ac60 this is a portable power Station a quick synopsis is this is a Fully weather sealed ip65 rated modular Power station meaning that you can Actually add other battery expand Expansion batteries to it to increase The overall capacity but it has a 600 Wat normal 1200 W Peak uh inverter Output and in terms of internal storage It is a 403w hour this is a LIF po 4 Battery and it retails for $599 there's a lot to like here Including having perhaps the nicest Build quality of any of these units that I have tested to this point and a few Negatives that I'll highlight as a part Of the this review I'm going to give you Some of the basic details show you some Of my test and then talk about what I Like and what I didn't like before our Conclusion so a quick look at the Overall build and handling here as noted This is a 403w hour lithium iron Phosphate phosphate battery the nice Thing about the LIF po 4 batteries is That they have a much larger much longer Lifespan to them so this is rated for Well over 3,000 charred Cycles um and it Is guaranteed to hold still at least 80% After those 3,000 charges so that's Pretty much 10 years of full depletion
And recharging every day 365 days a year So obviously this is a the battery Should last you for a very long time it Comes with an I65 rating which means That it is fully protected against any Kind of dust intrusion and it is rated For water intrusion for light Jets from Any direction so in other words you can Take this camping and not worry if it Gets rained on which to me is I don't Know why some of these units aren't Designed for that particularly when They're designed to be taken out camping But I could immediately tell that they Were serious about the ceiling on all The various ports and the overall finish All the materials here here feel really Really great it feels tough your touch Points feel really really great on it And you can tell that blue edti is Confident about the build on this Because it has a much much longer uh Warranty period than any of these units That I've seen before it has a six-year Warranty which is industry leading Anytime you get that long of a warranty On something with a battery it tells you That the manufacturer pretty confident About the product itself and so this is A in terms of the build quality this is A very very nicely made unit now as far As the specifications in terms of the Size it is 290 millim in length or 11.42 In it is 200 and 5 mm or 8.07 in wide
And then 234 mm or 9.2 in tall it weighs in at 9.1 kg or 20 lb on the back of the unit We have an LED light panel that has a Couple of different brightness settings And then also a flashing emergency Circuit now one thing I appreciate is The very logical layout of the front of The unit including the actual buttons For one thing you don't have to hold the Buttons down forever to make them come On off but they are responsive they're Also you can feel really nicely made and Sealed and so that there's no water or Dust that can get into them but then Also they are all three together and so You have the main power then you have The DC and the AC uh Power sections Right there they light up green nice and Bright and so you know that they're on When you're powering on those sections So rather than being distributed all Over the place they're in one logical Place and they just work as they should They're nice and responsive everything Does what what it should and so I really Appreciate that layout and I also Appreciate the flow to where we have got Uh we have got inputs on one side we Have got the expansion ports on one side We have the outputs on the front and we Have a charging pad on the top and so Everything is has a fairly logical flow To it so a breakdown of the various
Ports up on top we have a 15 wat Wireless charging pad it is nicely Responsive works well with my phone even When I've got my Peak design mobile case On there and it charges without any kind Of issue there are two 120 volt grounded AC plugs on the front and again those Are good for a 600 wat total output more On that during our test there are two Usba a ports these are 5vt or and 3 amp Output and so uh you know nicely powered USB CA however it's kind of curious that There are two USB CA and only one USB C Ports considering how you ubiquitous USBC is at this point and of course There's more functionality in that USBC Port it is up to 100 watt output and it Has an e mar chip built into it and so It can actually communicate either with The power flow and even Communications Can determine that from whatever is Connected to it and so that it can send The right amount of power to it so it's A very useful Port more so than what the Usba a ports are I would suspect we also Have one 12volt 10 amp car output you Know kind of the old cigarette lighter Style uh Outlet there on the other side We have our inputs including our AC Input you note that there is no power Brick more on that in just a second and Then there's a DC 799 input for uh solar Or some other type charging uh methods There's even a grounding uh Port there
If you want to or grounding connector I Should say if you're you know in a place Where you're concerned about lightning Strikes and you want to actually ground Out the unit you have that built right Into it on the other side we have two uh Places where you can do the expandable Plug going into the b80 units and so you Can attach a total of two of those it's An very easy cord to plug in once it's Lined up properly you just push in and It locks into place and then there is a Rotating collar there that allows you to Release it and so very easy to connect In and so that you then can connect up To two different b80 units to give you Additional power for the battery Expansion also note that there is a Really good LCD screen it's nice and Bright it has a modern feel to it Compared to some of the other units that I've used and I also will note that I'm Very thankful we have percentage outputs For both input and output and then so That you're not you know left with just You know indicators or showing just kind Of Big Blocks of percentages but down to The one percentile which I appreciate Now some of the other main features here Is that there is a bluetooth app that Gives you a lot of power and the ability To monitor things but also to change the Behavior of the actual unit and that Becomes relevant with some of the
Additional features that this has one of Those things you can do for example is You can set the kind of charging you're Going to do if you're charging from AC Power you can charge up to 600 watts of Input and so for a fast charge but also If you're in a situation where your Priority is being very quiet and you Don't want the fans to come on you can Actually choose a silent mode that Operates at a lower charging Point your Standard mode and then your turbo mode The turbo mode is going to be the Loudest but it also gives you the Fastest charge in fact you can charge in Actually right under an hour if you do The turbo mode though I will note it's Only about an hour and a half if you're Charging at the standard mode it's only About 80 Watts 8080 80 or 90 Watts Difference between those two in my test And also because you have 600 watts of Input and 600 watts of output it means That this also can function as a u UPS Or uninterrupted power supply so you can Put sensitive equipment attached to it And the turnover is less than 20 Milliseconds and so it's enough to make Sure that a computer does not power down And it can protect those things and make Sure that you have uninterrupted power Which is another very useful Applications that some of blue Edd's Older models did not have so as noted we
Have the ability also to expand the Battery capacity by adding on the b80 Units each one of these b80 units is Rated at 8 86 wat hours and so that's Double the capacity of the actual ac60 So if you were running two of those plus The ac60 you could get up to as much as Uh 25 wat hours of capacity which is a lot Of battery capacity and everything is Completely plug in play here once you Just plug in that one cable uh when you Power this unit on it also is going to Power on the b80 if you are charging This unit it will also pass through Charge to the b80 if you are using the Power it operates as one capacity so for Example here you know I had 27 um% left In the ac60 I hooked up my the b80 to it And the b80 was at probably itself about 80% charge and you can so you can see That it jumped to around 65% or 67% of Total output and so it functions as one Unit however the nice thing about this Is that if you're in a situation where You want to kind of rapidly charge or You have a couple of solar panels you Can charge them separately as well and Even the the B8 it does not have an AC Inverter in it but it will function as Uh as running some DC power things as a Standalone power supply as well I'll Give you a more in-depth review of the B80 in the future but right now just
Note that it functions this way to add Battery capacity and its main function Is to add battery capacity to a unit Like the Ac60 now in my test I tested it has a to 1200 watt Surge and so I can verify that When I ran my 1100 watt blender that Actually Drew over about 11150 or 60 Watts initially that it would start Things up but when it continued to draw Higher than what this is rated for it Continued to run at you know 900 and Change after about 10 to 12 seconds it Shut down uh recognizing that it didn't Have enough power to run that likewise I Tested a little bit lower capacity a 900 Watt portable tea kettle and once again After about that 12 seconds when the Power draw remained quite High it it Actually shut itself down however Another one of the things that with the Bluetooth app you have the ability to do Is to enable something called Power Lift Mode now I do want to say that this Power the way the power lift mode is Works is that it will power things that Draw more power than what this is rated For with the caveat that what it will do Is it will throttle back the power Output to what is acceptable for this And so you want to make sure that if You're going to use that you're using it On a device that can handle that that Isn't going to be damaged by operating
At less than Peak power output and so You're going to want things that have a Resistive load and so that tends to be Things that have a a heating element for Example so it was fine to do my tea Kettle I ran the kettle and I was able To bring the water to a complete boil Though running at around 500 95 Watts instead of you know the close To probably more like 880 Watts it would Typically be drawing and so it took Longer to bring the water to boil it Took probably about it was basically 4 Minutes according to my test before it Brought it to boil but it was able to Successfully do that so there are Certain things that you can do that fine A space heater for example things like That you're not going to want to hook up Something like an air conditioner a Refrigerator something that is more Complex electronically that could have a Shorten lifespan to its Motors if it Actually is running at less than optimal Power but for some things it does allow You to run things that this is not Wouldn't other otherwise be able to run So it certainly is an interesting mode There I will note however just on this Base unit that it used a lot of power About 59% of the battery to bring that Kettle to boil and so use just Independently without a b80 um you know There's not enough capacity in this
Battery to run a lot of high out put Things now I had very positive results In charging via e either solar we are Limited at 200 watts of solar input here Though as noted you could also hook Another 200 watt panel up to a b80 if You were operating in that fashion but For this you know I was able to get good Charging performance not exceptionally Because it's not rated for as high of Input but I did find that I could charge Very fast via AC if I so Desired if you have the b80 hooked up Char charging smaller you know output Things like phones tablets my cameras it Hardly moves the needle it might use up 1% 2% tops of of the battery capacity There and so you could actually run Certain things for a long time you know You combine these two units and for Example if you were camping and running A CPAP you could run it for quite a long Time particularly considering the fact That if you had a solar panel you could Also continue to charge in that fashion So let's talk about some things that I Like as already noted and you've Probably detected already there's a Great build and overall intuitive design Here that I really appreciate it is much Better than some of the previous bluetti Products that I've used I love having UPS mode because it means for example I Could use this to um back up my power
Station I already have another unit that I'm currently using in that capacity but It just would expand that functionality Where I could run it in that capacity The powerlift functionality is an Interesting one and so I appreciate that I also appreciate the connectivity Through the Bluetooth app and the Ability AB ility to kind of tailor the Behavior of the unit in certain ways Even to do firmware updates which I have Updated both of these via firmware just By using the app I appreciate the fact That it is expandable and that is a Really handy thing this kind of modular Design that I suspect I'll see more and More companies starting to imitate in The Future how about the things that I don't Like well a 600 watt inverter kind of Falls in no man's land it's really too Much for some of the basic things Including you know phones tablets Cameras lights even a CPAP it's you That's much more than what you need but It's not quite enough to actually get Into the appliance range and obviously With my test of things like kettles or a Blender or things like that where that Require a little bit more current it's Not going to be all that useful for that And so I would have actually preferred a More powerful inverter even though There's not a lot of builting capacity
For running higher powered things if you Have a b80 connected to it even just one Of those you have a pretty large Capacity of battery there and so you Know well over 1,00 wat hours and so the Ability to run you know things for a Realistic amount of time the other thing That I would criticize is that I would Have inverted basically the ratio of Usba a to USB C ports it would be better To have two of the USBC ports and only One of the usba a if we were opting Between those two things the end of the Day however my list of complaints is Relatively brief I think that this is a Strong value at $599 if you add on a 200 WT solar panel From Blue Eddie it gets you up closer to Right under a th000 if you add on the B80 backup no solar panel but just the B80 that runs you about $1,100 between The two devices and so you know we're Talking about price points that are Really competitive for the market out There particularly in you look at the More some of the more premium options And this is just as premium as anything That I've seen as far as the build and The feature set to it and so I feel like It does represent a good value if that Power capacity works for what you're Looking for and that's the one thing That I would caution make sure that what You are looking to power is going to
Work in that 600 watt range because Otherwise you might want to look at a Unit with a larger inverter built into It I'm Dustin Abbott and if you look in The description down below I do have Linkage to a full text review there are Some buying links there as well if you Haven't already please like And Subscribe thanks for watching have a Great day and let the light in [Music] A
