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EF ECOFLOW Portable Power Station RIVER 3 Plus w/ 286Wh LiFePO4 Battery $199 + Free Shipping
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EcoFlow didn't like that, so in a Temu-like move they changed the terms of the EcoCredits program to exclude the River 3 Plus. For those who got their orders though, they made out nicely
I received my order. The River 3 Plus is pretty good so far. Also used the EcoCredits to get the extra battery, it docks very easily. Currently using it in the home office as backup power. I don't trust EcoFlow's products yet to be used 24/7 as UPS for my home office equipment and certainly not for my NAS boxes, have read problems for EcoFlow's UPS mode regarding battery calibration over time in the UPS mode, and the device randomly turning off the AC ports which is not good.
But all in all, it's been good so far for its intended purpose.
EcoFlow didn't like that, so in a Temu-like move they changed the terms of the EcoCredits program to exclude the River 3 Plus. For those who got their orders though, they made out nicely
I received my order. The River 3 Plus is pretty good so far. Also used the EcoCredits to get the extra battery, it docks very easily. Currently using it in the home office as immediate backup power. I don't trust EcoFlow's products yet to be used 24/7 as UPS for my home office equipment and certainly not for my NAS boxes, have read problems for EcoFlow's UPS mode regarding battery calibration over time in the UPS mode, and the device randomly turning off the AC ports which is not good.
But all in all, it's been good so far for its intended purpose.
Got this to replace my UPS. On UPS mode, it kept klitching such that my monitor would flicker every once in a while. Thats never happened before under any situation. Returned it. They were very nice about it, albeit very slow. Had to contact them every step of the way to keep things moving along.
I figured I'd pick up the River 3 Plus for my Synology NAS for the same purpose (though the Delta 3 is also there in case I need to power my fridge, etc. in an extended outage). Unfortunately even though Ecoflow markets these as NAS-compatible, they didn't take the time to work with NUT (Network UPS Tools, open source software that Synology uses) to support their devices. So, Synology will not recognize the Ecoflow 3 Plus line as a UPS device currently.
Someone in the community has opened a github issue to add support, but unknown how long that will take. So currently the 3 Plus line only works as a dumb UPS for NUT devices.
Also my River 3 Plus had a strong smell of burning plastic as soon as I started using it. I thought it was just off-gassing at first, but it got so strong that it filled my whole house. Delta 3 Plus did not have any such smell. I decided to return the River 3 Plus as defective. It was likely a very early production unit, though concerning that QC didn't catch the issue. Fortunately the return flow was extremely smooth, even with having to return a solar panel that came free with the River 3 Plus. Took about 2 weeks between dropping the items off at Fedex and the return hitting Paypal, and they were very communicative the whole time.
I will continue to use my trusted APC 1500s for the time being and just replace the lead acid battery every 6-7 yrs. They have performed flawlessly, the switchover is 2ms, and they are compatible with all of my equipment including NAS boxes (both QNAP which i don't have anymore, and SYnology which i use entirely now)
I will continue to use my trusted APC 1500s for the time being and just replace the lead acid battery every 6-7 yrs. They have performed flawlessly, the switchover is 2ms, and they are compatible with all of my equipment including NAS boxes (both QNAP which i don't have anymore, and SYnology which i use entirely now)
Weird question but how do you make the battery back up thing work with synology? I tried to plug it in and when my power went out last the battery backup didn't kick in fast enough
I am also hoping to see how the thing will cope with starting up a shop vac.
I got mine with an extra battery because by the time I got around to try to order a second, the deal for the unit with 45w solar panel was sold out.
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I figured I'd pick up the River 3 Plus for my Synology NAS for the same purpose (though the Delta 3 is also there in case I need to power my fridge, etc. in an extended outage). Unfortunately even though Ecoflow markets these as NAS-compatible, they didn't take the time to work with NUT (Network UPS Tools, open source software that Synology uses) to support their devices. So, Synology will not recognize the Ecoflow 3 Plus line as a UPS device currently.
Someone in the community has opened a github issue to add support, but unknown how long that will take. So currently the 3 Plus line only works as a dumb UPS for NUT devices.
Also my River 3 Plus had a strong smell of burning plastic as soon as I started using it. I thought it was just off-gassing at first, but it got so strong that it filled my whole house. Delta 3 Plus did not have any such smell. I decided to return the River 3 Plus as defective. It was likely a very early production unit, though concerning that QC didn't catch the issue. Fortunately the return flow was extremely smooth, even with having to return a solar panel that came free with the River 3 Plus. Took about 2 weeks between dropping the items off at Fedex and the return hitting Paypal, and they were very communicative the whole time.
EcoFlow didn't like that, so in a Temu-like move they changed the terms of the EcoCredits program to exclude the River 3 Plus. For those who got their orders though, they made out nicely
I received my order. The River 3 Plus is pretty good so far. Also used the EcoCredits to get the extra battery, it docks very easily. Currently using it in the home office as backup power. I don't trust EcoFlow's products yet to be used 24/7 as UPS for my home office equipment and certainly not for my NAS boxes, have read problems for EcoFlow's UPS mode regarding battery calibration over time in the UPS mode, and the device randomly turning off the AC ports which is not good.
But all in all, it's been good so far for its intended purpose.
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I will say though that the River 3 has worked fine for me as a UPS for my PC. I know it has a longer switchover time but I haven't experienced any issues during a real outage or intentionally unplugging the power to the River 3.