I Was Wrong! - Ecoflow Delta Max - A Few Corrections & Updates

A few corrections and new information to a review I published a few months ago on some of the problems with the Ecoflow Delta range of products.

After using the Ecoflow Delta Max for a few more months and working further on some of the problems I had been experiencing, I have managed to find workarounds for some of them.

00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - Noisy Cooling
01:27 - What Activities Cause Cooling?
02:22 - Poor Customer Service
03:40 - Battery Calibration
04:12 - How To Recalibrate Battery Percentage
05:03 - Minimum Solar Input To Charge
06:40 - Permanent Solar Connection
08:39 - Expensive Expansion Battery

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[shelley]

I love Ecoflow products but I hate their customer service. I bought 2 delta max 2000 because I decided not to buy the expansion battery since it would be practically about the same price without being to charge it or use it separately. Because of the customer service I won't be buying anymore products from them, it is just too frustrating, but they did eventually make up for my frustrations. Pecron has now upped the game and their expansion batteries have dc ports and can be charged separately . Enjoyed your videos.

[stevenojobs]

The best bit I like about the Delta Max is that I am able to expand the capacity to around 6kWh.

[radissimo]

re: loudness, it IS much louder than my similar Zendure , The problem is that Ecoflow is ON/OFF and not low whirls all the time in Zendure. If it would better if it runs on the background all the time.

[googeliswiththegreys]

Oh, and I put a review up on a webpage and they deleted it.. I put another one up and they deleted that, I put another one up and it was deleted...they lie and want you to not know it. All I talked about was how bad the service is. My experiences. Not a bad word just how it is taking so long to get support to help.

[clivesinclair]

Prior to retirement, I used to train 2nd level complaint operators, in a call centre for banking epos systems. Customer care in many companies is not what it used to be. It is now controlled by bean counters and legal people. Even skilled call centre operators are not allowed to use their initiative, or go off script - totally for legal and financial reasons.

[CamperVan-K]

This is really helpful. I was going to send my unit back, chiefly because of the noise on charging/use and the silly App, but I might take your advice and persist with it. Thanks.

[CB-kddn]

This is one power station that I would like to own. It has 2016Wh on tap and it charges fast.

[godkiller]

Having this 2016Wh Delta Max, it can keep my home powered on in any emergency.

[brianpollard]

One of the reasons I got the Ecoflow. They do charge pretty fast.

[stormchaser]

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS FOR ALL ECOFLOW UNITS
To get many years out of your battery go into Energy management settings and set them as follows.
Discharge limit 30% charge limit 90%
And if you have it plugged to AC or on solar in witch i recommended set the energy saving to 80% incase the power goes out.
Also go into the AC charge setting and set that to optimized battery charging set to 500w so the battery does not get hot and shorten the life of your battery.
Only use fast charging if the battery is completely flat for a one of quick charge as the battery gets hotter if you are charging fast all the time.
Also one a month unplug the solar or AC depending with one you are using at the time and discharge to 35 % and then reconnect the solar or AC recharge to 85% then go back to the previous set up.😁😁👍👍👍

[christophergallagher]

I have ordered a Delta Max. Sure hope the new generation comes.
Both for the sake of quiet and the 2X XT60i inputs.
What I did make note of, getting ready, is the mandatory app agreement. Does any one read these things?
The indemnity clause is nuts.
Say; the unit fails in a way that your insurance company gets involved and sues Ecoflow, you must pay for Ecoflow's counter suit.
With out the app, much control is lost, like the default xt, which I think is set the wrong way.

[jacksondanielson]

In the USA, we've had a couple of issues and service we thought was reasonable.

[J.D_]

Great breakdown.

Is it a bird, a plane, no it's a Delta Max. Some replies online are hilarious. Can't make a tongue in cheek joke about anything without "Well actually....". Ah well, just as long as you're only reading and not writing these comments, it's all good. Hope you and yours have a good holiday season TDCatTech.

[MJ-mvwn]

I have the ecoflow Max, it didn't even make noise. Maybe when it's cooling, but we had it powering our outage all day it didn't hear a thing

[CampingSecretsUK]

The Delta 2 has very accurate calibration on remaining time to charge/discharge - I wonder what they're doing differently?

[seekingjoynow]

My Jackery 1000 Pro is very quiet. The Eco Flo seems impressive except everyone who reviews it talks about how loud it is.

[domalash]

Maybe on cloudy day just swap solar plug to a smaller unit that can handle take advantage of it. Then plug that into big unit as charging source maybe in case it gets sunny. Not perfect solution. I guess depends if you know weather forecast and want to gamble. Thinking about it more, it's such a small amount. I'd rather gamble it will get sunny. However, maybe there's a splitter that can let small unit draw power with big unit drawing or not. And then it would fill up quick and shut off if it got sunny and big unit would collect large amount. Still a hassle but if you really want a tiny bit of power for a backup phone charge or two seems possible.

[beepythevellfire]

Very interesting pair of videos, thank you. I considering one of these, or similar, to look at being able to charge my mobility scooter off grid to give me a wider range of camping options. Are there any other brands that you've looked at that you woild consider worth a look at instead? You mention Bluetti.

[stevensteffensen]

Agree customer service gave scripted answers. I wanted to know if I could run it as a UPS - plugged in 24/7 with item plugged into it . Only using unit power when grid goes go down. Kept telling me that UPS was same as EPS. Finally told me yes, could use as UPS!

[georgitasi]

Do you think it is a good choice for an caravan?