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  • Makaveli - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    i'm sorry but no RGB no sale...
  • Sivar - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    No water cooling, no gold plating, what is this even useful for?
  • Moodball - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    it's LED torch (white color) always an RGB LED :D
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  • PeachNCream - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    I wouldn't need something like this, but I do own a solar charger and battery pack to keep my phone up and running in the event of a power loss situation. It is more of a necessity to keep that going than a laptop whcih is basically just a phone with a bigger screen and physical keyboard these days.
  • londedoganet - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    At that price, it’s a US dollar per Watt-hour of capacity.
  • edzieba - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    "To put the 720 Wh capacity into perspective, this is enough to charge a modern laptop for 11 – 13 times, or an iPad Pro for 15 times, or a Nintendo Switch for 36 times. As an added bonus, the battery has two LEDs (sorry, no RGB)."

    Or for fun: the equivalent of about 620g of TNT.
  • FreckledTrout - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    lol its just working from home not camping.
  • Sttm - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Does that title mean Anton doesn't have electricity at his home? Like my home and most homes have power...
  • FreckledTrout - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Yeah like all our offices we go into have power backups :) Maybe the data centers but not office buildings.
  • 3ogdy - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    "The Ultimate Tool for a WFH Lockdown"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_s...

    We have these at home. Maybe more people should try them?
    And I can't remember the last time the power went out here.
  • boozed - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Indeed. If you're banking on the power going out for several days at a time, gaming's also probably the last thing on your mind.
  • lmcd - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Rural areas might not get electricity back quite as fast. Yea it's not that many people, but it's enough to serve value.
  • boozed - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    Why would they lose it? This isn't quite 28 Days Later.
  • mukiex - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    $725 for 720 Wh. That's over $1,000 per KWh. I knew consumer pricing sucked but goddamn.
  • Guspaz - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    I don't think you'll find pre-built lithium ion batteries (even lithium LiFEPO4) for that much cheaper, even without the charger/inverter. Lead-acid gets you down to $150-200 for the battery alone. You can probably get 720 Wh of 18650 cells for under $300, but safely assembling that and hooking it up to charging and inverting equipment is a lot less consumer-friendly than lead-acid or a pre-built solution.
  • s.yu - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    In terms of 12.58Wh(3400mAh) 18650 cells, this equals about 57 cells, and those cells cost less than $2 each, so yes, they're much cheaper.
  • s.yu - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    Oh, that price was for lightly used cells, new cells seem to be roughly twice that, however that's also consumer pricing, bulk pricing would be far cheaper.
  • s.yu - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    ...and the brand is Sanyo, there are cheaper alternatives.
  • yeeeeman - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Yeah and after those 108hr of switch gameplay you will also end up in hospital, where you will contract coronavirus.
  • webdoctors - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    I assume this is for very special scenarios. I don't know where others live but I live in an area with sunlight. There's cheaper solutions for smaller battery packs that come with large 100W foldable solar panels that connect up to them. A buddy bought one for around $400.

    If you have the option of living in an area that gets sunlight (i.e. Earth), look into that.
  • webdoctors - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Something similar to the Yeti Goal Zero
    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1364693-REG...

    Obviously shop around, the prices vary greatly based off sale.
  • Sivar - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    For comparison, a typical Tesla Model 3 battery stores 80,500Wh.
    80.5 KWh / (.72 kwh * 108 hrs) ~= 120,750 hours of 13.7 years of Nintendo Switch time, rounding down.
  • ajp_anton - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    "one USB 15V/3A Type-C connector that supports a 45 W Power Delivery"

    How is this not able to output at least 20V/3A? Would've actually expected all the way up to 20V/5A, but as long as it's 20V, it can charge most USB-C laptops. 15V is really a disappointment.
  • 0iron - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Not only that. Still a lot of laptop nowadays still not support USB C charging. Charging using AC outlet will result a lot of power loss because you'll convert DC-AC-DC. Its cylindrical DC connector output is 12V, 10A 🤦‍♂️. Most laptop require 19.5V, 2-3A.
  • Kamen Rider Blade - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    I hope the developers of this over sized Battery knew of the FAA 100 Wh battery limit as to the size of Lithium Ion Battery that you can bring onto Aircraft.
  • Kangal - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    They do.
    This is actually a pretty good company that makes good products. I bought their Truck Jump Starter, which is just under the flight limit. It's pretty portable, so it doubles as my portable power-bank. It has a small display which shows 1%-99% battery capacity, compass, has a light and torch.
  • twtech - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    This seems more like a "work from the beach" tool.
  • eSyr - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    Goal Zero has a whole "Yeti" lineup of Li-ion battery packs, from 200 up to 3000 Wh.
  • Samus - Thursday, March 19, 2020 - link

    $800!?

    For a grand you can get an EGO Nexus PowerStation and run a good chunk of your home in silence, with swappable battery packs that can be charged off-hours using solar or other means. Price is just totally uncompetitive. It already includes two 7.5Ah (56V!) packs in the kit which is already over 100Wh more than this thing.
  • s.yu - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    Good to know that this is more overpriced than I thought.
  • s.yu - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    ...I looked it up and it's 13.7kg, w/o batteries! I didn't look up how much the batteries weigh but for some reason this is literally in a different weight class, they say it's good for camping but that's more like camping outside your trailer instead of backpacking, unless you're a pro who goes hiking in the mountains with 40kg of gear, in which case ~20kg of battery may be acceptable.
  • antonkochubey - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    And then there's the Tesla Powerwall 2, which, sure, is more 8 expensive at $6,700, but at the same time it offers 19 times more battery capacity, as well as much higher power output.
  • Lolimaster - Friday, March 20, 2020 - link

    Tesla powerwall is better with panels, this 720w thing is useful for 5-8 hour shortages to at least keep tour fridge alive. Even getting 2-3 could be a reasonable option.
  • watzupken - Saturday, March 21, 2020 - link

    Man, if this blows, its gonna be a firework.
  • jabber - Sunday, March 22, 2020 - link

    So if this is for the situations they show..why would you not put a protective flap or cover over over all the ports?

    It's the last 5% they always screw up on.
  • MrHorizontal - Monday, March 23, 2020 - link

    Or, get a Tesla Powerwall 2 with a Backup Gateway 2 and get 3,750,000mAh. As a bonus, chain up to 4 together for added mAhdness.

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