Ecoflow's New Dc-only Portable Power Stations Could Replace My Current Setup

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EcoFlow's newest Trail 300 portable powerfulness stations are its slimmest and lightest to date, fresh to bring connected your camping adventures and mobile capable to transportation without being weighed down. The Trail Series is simply a brace of DC-only powerfulness stations, truthful they don't characteristic a dense AC inverter, overmuch for illustration nan Anker Solix C300, which has go a favourite astatine my home.

EcoFlow's caller Trail Series offers a compact portable powerfulness position that's perfect for multi-use charging, whether that intends a camping shelter to charging a kid's tablet. The Trail 300 is nan flagship exemplary and features 300W of DC output dispersed crossed 5 ports, including 2 140W USB-C fast-charge ports and a 12V car outlet. 

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"Trail bid is our reply to a increasing procreation of consumers who want cogwheel that's arsenic lightweight," said Brian Essenmacher, caput of North American business improvement astatine EcoFlow. 

Like the Anker Solix C300, it delivers 288Wh to devices, but EcoFlow says nan Trail 300 is 18% lighter than different DC-based portable powerfulness stations. The Anker C300 weighs 6.17 pounds, while nan Trail 300 weighs 5.69 pounds.  

I typically for illustration an AC-based powerfulness position because it allows maine to complaint devices pinch a accepted AC plug, but DC-based systems person their spot successful galore usage cases. Most portable devices nowadays only request a USB-C aliases USB-A larboard to charge, truthful you tin easy usage nan Trail 300 aliases Trail Plus 300 to complaint your smartphone, tablets, smartwatches, and more. 

The Trail Plus 300 has nan aforesaid features arsenic nan Trail 300, pinch a built-in ray that looks cleanable to ray up a shelter astatine nighttime and a detachable 140W charging cablegram handle. 

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EcoFlow's caller lineup includes nan Trail 200, a 4-lb DC powerfulness position pinch a 220W output astatine 192Wh capacity. Its 4 USB ports make it a good, affordable prime to powerfulness basal devices. 

While EcoFlow has yet to denote nan prices for each powerfulness station, nan institution said nan Trail 200 and 300 will beryllium disposable for acquisition connected August 1, while nan Trail Plus 300 will beryllium disposable successful October.

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