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Hey guys, Stephen Quills of Mac here, and festival season is in full swing
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If you're a tech head and travelling around this summer or camping, have I got the battery
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pack for you. Well, it's more of a power station. The EcoFlow River is a 116,000 mAh battery, perfect for those camping trips or festivals
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where you need to charge your tech up for the weekend. This isn't a product you're going to be able to throw into your backpack and forget about
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it though, thanks to its 11lb weight. In the box you'll get the River itself, a wall charger, a car charger, a DC cable, a
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USB-C cable, as well as some DC tips. Its huge capacity means it can charge a 12.9-inch iPad Pro 11 times, a MacBook about 7 times
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or your iPhone around 30 times through its DC mode. Flip it over though and you'll find the AC outlets
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Here you can power a mini fridge for around 10 hours, or a guitar amp for around 15-20 hours
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On the front of the River there's a great LCD display which features a battery indicator
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temperature indicator, as well as everything else you could possibly need to know
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To be honest, I could probably fill an entire video just on the screen, but all you need
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to know is that the display is great and crystal clear, even in bright direct sunlight
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But what makes this stand out from other large battery stations? Well, it has 11 ports in total, including 2 USB quick charge 2.0 ports, 2 standard USB
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2 USB Type-C ports, 2 AC outlets, 2 DC outlets, and finally a 12-volt car port, all of which
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can be used at the same time. For it to do that effectively, the EcoFlow River features battery management so it can
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detect newly connected devices and supply them with the correct amount of power each
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device needs. Plus, once the River is charged, it can hold it for an entire year
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So if you keep this in storage somewhere in the case of an emergency, you've not got to
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worry about maintaining it. You can charge the River a few different ways
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Through your home wall socket which can take around 6 hours for a full charge, a car jack
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which will take around 9 hours, or if you think you'll manage to run this battery down
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while you're out and about, you can also pick up a 50-watt solar panel to recharge the River
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within 10-15 hours depending on the weather. If you're not a camper, the River will definitely come in handy if you live in an area where
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power outages are common. It makes for the perfect emergency backup. The River is IP63 certified, meaning it's protected from dust, so it should be fine
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if you're using it to power tools, or on a construction site and so on, and the case
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is also water resistant, but I still wouldn't recommend using this anywhere it'll get wet
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I've been putting this product through it's paces for well over 2 months now, and it constantly
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surprises me with it's reliability and the amount of uses I find for it
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I've taken it on video shoots to charge camera batteries and power lights, I've lent it out
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to friends for their camping trips, heck I even used it in my car to power up my MacBook
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when I was on the move and had to get some work done quickly. It's never let me down
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Plus, I've actually struggled to drain the River's battery. Each time I've taken it anywhere, it would easily last me an entire weekend of use, charging
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up my iPhone, MacBook, cameras and so on, without even touching the sides
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It's $699 price tag might be a hard pill to swallow at first, but with how many gadgets
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we're all carrying these days and needing to keep them charged, it's an easy investment
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Well that's it for this video, but if you'd like more information on the EcoFlow River or to pick one up, I'll make sure to leave a link in the description down below
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