Bluetti makes great large-scale battery backups, and the company’s latest announcement reveals a brand-new modular device meant to grow as your backup needs grow.
People are excited for this new power backup; it generated $340,000 from more than 160 backers on Indiegogo in the first hour.
The Apex 300 features a dual 120V/240V output for both standard home appliances like coffee makers and CPAP machines and high-power appliances like dryers and ovens.
The Apex 300 can be expanded with up to 18 battery modules, giving you the potential to run something like a home backup with up to 58,000 watt hours (Wh).
Bluetti claims this is the first-ever portable power station to support up to 50A/12,000 W bypass capability (this could charge a Tesla), a true 0ms UPS (no delay when the power goes out), and a 20W AC idle drain (so your battery lasts longer).
Backup your whole home, and maybe even charge your Tesla.
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The solar charging system allows you to connect to Bluetti’s SolarX 4K Solar Charge Controller, which boasts “the world’s first” 500V/4,000W photovoltaic (PV) voltage regulator, which the company says will pay itself back in saved energy cost over two years.
The Apex 300 is designed to also pair with Bluetti’s AT1 Smart Distribution box, a whole-home backup system designed to keep your house powered up during emergencies. There’s an Extreme Weather Alert Mode, too, which will automatically top up via the grid or solar power ahead of announced hurricanes or storms, making sure you have the power you need to get through the crisis.
The base model Apex 300 has NEMA TT_30R and NEMA 14-50R output ports for RV hookups, a 700 W DC power hub with two 100W USB-C ports, two 15W USB-A ports, a cigarette lighter port, two DC 5521 ports, and a single higher-current DC Anderson port. You can charge it from a wall outlet in your home, too, and it’s got AC bypass capabilities, meaning you can charge it while you use it.
You can grab your own 2.7kWh system at Indigogo, including a B300K expansion battery, for $1,999, which is nearly 50% of what it might end up selling for.