Bluetti AC180 vs EcoFlow DELTA Pro

“Sure, so, at least as of now, and I'm still playing with ecoflow, bluettis randomly shutoff even if they have a load. Usually, it's an issue of ECOmode being turned on, but we've had it happen when it's off enough times to confound me. We haven't had ecoflow do this yet. Bluetti's have to be carried. Nice handles, heavy and bulky to lunk around. The ecoflows we got have a wicked cool wheel setup with a handle we didn't know about until I bumped it. Bluetti accessories stay in a bag, the ecoflows we are using have compartments. Bluetti has nifty wireless charging spots on top of their cases, I didn't see this on the exoflows but I really don't care about that as a gimmick. (That's a personal thing) Bluetti has API access, which I have yet to work with to integrate with our systems, Ecoflow has an app, but I'm hopeful that I can figure out integration. For Californians - ecoflow is on the list of state approved systems - much easier for permitting since we can point at it on the state website. Also, Bluetti's touch screens and menus are interesting, but highly inconvenient and excessive. The ecoflows we got keep it simple and clear. It's entirely possible that our perspective changes over time using the ecoflow system, but, at least right now, we're pretty happy with what we're seeing after trying out Bluetti's products. But, for all the companies doing this stuff - great job! They're making portable, rechargeable, renewable energy systems accessible to the lay person in a plug-and-play way. I wouldnt want to knock anyone for accomplishing such a feet!”

“I've been looking at doing exactly what you describe: 2 Anker F3800+'s with the dual hub connector can provide up to 12KW same as your generator. 2 Ecoflow Delta Pro 3's can be similarly combined for 8KW. Costco had a sale for the 2 units for $4200 that just ended. Ecoflow looks cheaper, but their support from China is worse... firmware updates can turn the system into a brick. Ecoflow also advertises you describe with their smart generator started/stopped by the battery... they claim something like a 40% increase in efficiency by letting the generator run at peak performance. Your idea also lets you use a much smaller generator as you only need to supply the average load vs. the peak loads. It's also a lot quieter when only running the generator to top off the batts... probably won't run at all over night.”