Thanks for sharing with us! Amazing review!
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Lovely review! This gives Black Friday ideas 
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It’s a beautiful setup.
How well does it power your office with that panel? How much power do you get now in November?
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I’m curious too, really, in winter that panel produces what… 5% of its design capacity maybe? What about the wind, won’t it blow it on the ground?
I fail to understand what niche these products fit. Why not simply have permanent solar panels on a rooftop and a classic inverter, possibly one home battery?
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Hi @Xavier
It really depends on your usecases. When i use it as “Home Battery”, sure fixed panels do can make a lot of sense.
But threre are people who dont cant install any fix solarpanels for any reason. Also Bluetti Products get used by many camping friends who enjoy the flexibility of taking a solarpanel and a portable energy source with it.
If you want to build a permanent solution with Bluetti Products, you are free to install it you way
greetings
Erik
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ja, and products like the AC lineup make us “ungovernable”. Since they’re not attached to the house, they’re not permanent, so not subject to taxes and regulations. It’s adding to the freedom mindset.
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Spec sheet says they are compatible with a B210 battery pack. Is that something new?
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It worked wonderfully for my home office. There’s no high power usage needed, so the fan doesn’t even turn on, it’s completely quiet. The PV350 had no trouble charging the AC200L.
Regarding the panel in November, if you look at the picture with the picnic table and the Keurig coffee maker you can see that there are 307 watts coming in. That picture was taken in the first week of November, so as long as the panel is facing the sun it works quite well. It’s the same for my home system, which is a Bluetti AC300 and two 1,500 watt solar arrays. I adjust the angle of the panels to face the sun monthly. As we approach winter we get fewer daylight hours, but I get the same rate of charging during those hours, somewhere around 2,200 watts, sometimes better.
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Apparently, yes this is a new battery. One graphic I’ve seen from Bluetti seems to imply it will be around 2,150 watt-hours of storage.
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While the number of hours of good sunlight is reduced as winter comes along, the rate of charge does not change if you can orient the panel towards the sun. In my review there is a picture of the AC200L on a picnic table with the Keurig coffee maker. The display is showing 307 watts of incoming solar charging, and that was from the PV350 facing the sun in the mid-morning hours.
The advantage of winter is that the reduced temperatures improves the solar panel’s performance, so there is a trade-off between hours of sun, but better charge performance. I’ve not had the wind blow a portable panel over, normally in my experiences there are too many obstacles for the wind to get strong enough.
There are many uses for these portable stations. They are great for taking on travels, and that’s also where the portable panels work well. Some people buy these instead of a gas generator for backup purposes. Some will use them instead of a larger system like the AC300, AC500, EB900, etc., because they don’t need the larger sized system, or because of price. These portable units can be useful to take along to remote locations on a property and still use power tools at the location. It always amazes me to read the different ways people are finding to put these power stations to use!
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Great information thank you
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hello,
You seem quite happy with this model. Would you recommend it to someone who would use it permanently in a house? Or would you advice another model?
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Of all the portable power stations this one has the best potential for that use, yes. For example, the AC300 has a 3,000 watt inverter, and the AC200L has a 2,400 watt inverter, so it can handle almost the same load size. The AC200L is also expandable, in case more energy storage capacity is needed. Up to 2 expansion batteries can be added.
The full answer to your question really depends on what you would be powering with this unit. Is it for backup power to keep, say, a fridge and freezer running, and maybe the blower fans on a gas or propane furnace? It could do that.
It could also be used to continuously power a few loads in the home. Some permanent panels would be installed in such a case, and connected to the AC200L. A transfer switch could be installed in the home to connect the AC200L to, so that it would power those loads normally in the home.
The AC200L has the ability to function that way, depending on your power needs.
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big thanks for the details - it contributed to helping me make up my mind… ordering tonight!
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If you received it, be sure to share some details about what you like and maybe can be improved :)
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Oh no, it’s not available in Europe? I was on the USA website. Seems I’ll need to wait… and miss the promo 
Seems like, its was the same with AC70. Its started “much” later in Europe than for the US.
At least i cant find it too.
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Very interesting review @hnymann, thank you!
I like the 1200w solar charging capacity, that’s not bad at all.
This AC200L is a real all-rounder! Definitely on top of my wishlist 
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Thank you for your very detailed review!!!
Currentl, I have two AC200MAX and they are doing a good job.
Good facts, that the solar input increased.
However, what’s even more important to me is the voltage that is allowed to put on.
The limit for the Max is 145/150V, so usually 3 panels can be put in series. And that is limiting the power in winter. In summer the about 900W is enough for me…
Is there any change regarding the voltage for the 200L ?
Best regards
Chris
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I’ll give you an example of one niche; i need a power system that’s reasonably portable for my RV boondocking i do in southeastern USA each winter. I can nw uss my Bluetti solar generator for this, then in the summer I’ll bring it to my cottage to run power systema there and when I’m home its great to have during the increasingly frequent power outages.
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