Anker F3800 - I Think Anker Just KILLED the Competition

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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - 60 Second Teardown
1:58 - AC Coupling
2:25 - Favourite Features
5:50 - What we Don't Like
7:17 - The Hidden Light
7:40 - Comparisons
10:51 - Should you buy it?

The Anker F3800, This is honestly an underdog in the Portable Power world.. After our recent experience with the EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra, we didn't expect this unit to be as impressive as it was! It's still relatively new, and I'm sure it will work its way into everyones list of competitors - but with a 50A 240V plug, a 6,000w inverter and a ton of little features that you get when go Anker - we were pleasantly surprised!

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🛒 Anker F3800:
• Use Code: THESOLARLAB for $101 Off Your Order Over $2, 000

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• Use Code: THESOLARLAB for $101 Off Your Order Over $2, 000


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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - 60 Second Teardown
1:58 - AC Coupling
2:25 - Favourite Features
5:50 - What we Don't Like
7:17 - The Hidden Light
7:40 - Comparisons
10:51 - Should you buy it?

The Anker F3800, This is honestly an underdog in the Portable Power world.. After our recent experience with the EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra, we didn't expect this unit to be as impressive as it was! It's still relatively new, and I'm sure it will work its way into everyones list of competitors - but with a 50A 240V plug, a 6, 000w inverter and a ton of little features that you get when go Anker - we were pleasantly surprised!

We maintain an affiliate relationship with some of the products reviewed, which means we get a small percentage of a sale if you click our links, at no cost to our viewers.

[yahsoulbro]

Here are a few tests I would like to see: 1. Connect the unit to a refrigrator and freezer and see how it runs for unit till the battery is drained. 2. Connect the unit to high power tools and see it can start them ( saws, pressure washers, shop vacs) 3. Test and show the fastest way to charge the battery ( gas generater, solar, ac, combined and etc...)

[mondotv]

I think you missed a lot of stuff which I've found in other reviews. 1. the very limited solar input with a max voltage of 60V @ 25amps which means you'll have to parallel a lot of panels and most of them have a max voltage of 40 odd volts. Which means you're limited to about 1200W of solar. 2. If you have solar and mains connected at the same time it turns off the DC input. Which means it can't prioritize solar charging. 3. If you have it plugged into 120V it only supports the three 120V outputs as a UPS. The 240V outputs don't work at all. 4. The maximum throughput it supports on those 120V plugs is 1440W - the reasoning behind this is they want to keep the breaker @80% capacity. But what it demonstrates is they can't add the battery and inverter to the AC input. It's one or the other. It seems like this unit is one or the other - DC via an inverter or AC. I don't understand the logic.

[JKLauderdale]

At $4000, this is NOT cheap. However, if you're not familiar with electrical, this is amongst the best units I've seen that allow for both expansion and easy stow-away capability.

Me? I'd grab an EG4 6K and a few 48v/100Ah batteries but I'm comfortable wiring electrical. For someone just looking for a skoolie or CYA system, this is a great option.

[grahamkearnon]

Now that sounded like a good, honest review, very good.

[brains]

I was able to get mine to 6000 watts output at 240volts backing up my house. No issues! Amazing.

[KillerNetDog]

I have always found ANKER to be an honest brand that doesn't lie on their specs. This would run my whole house, just not for very long.. But my house only has one big 240v load, a 3 ton geothermal heat pump and it only requires about 20amps (4800w) to start up and just a few amps to run..

[UrAvgRasian]

I like how you explain that the fans kick on and kick off, yeah it's called the unit getting warm so it activates the fans. Even EcoFlow units do it even until the smallest loads.

[richardlaborde]

Put it in the electrical bay of a mid size 50amp class A motorhome to see it power the rv for a few days of boon docking

[randyjackson]

The fan kicking on/off is because some nimrod on the firmware dev side forgot to set a minimum runtime and adjust the temp parameters.

[ATVHOBO]

I was wondering what you have been doing with youtube now. This is the first time this channel has come up in my feed. Never seen any advertisement from you talking about this channel. Good for you hope this helps you to stay committed

[AlanM-rmcl]

The biggest disappointment is that while in use, if you are recharging from AC (say with a generator) you are limited to 120v and 1440w. Makes it a no go for recharging through the AC and maintaining whole home backup. So you must use the XT60 solar inputs and the limit is 1200w per port (at 60v or lower). With the AC charging limit, would have been nice for the solar ports to be more capable. With 2 units coupled together (with the yet to be released dual power cable), you can recharge at 4800w total which is at least acceptable. However in my own testing I have been unable to charge both solar ports on one F3800 with one DC device (like the EG4 chargeverter) which is another limitation. I was hoping to use one Chargeverter at 48v100a to charge all 4 solar ports on my two F3800's at the same time.

[JustinOros]

“Doinker” is my new favorite technical terminology. 😂 (replacing “dongle” for all the things)

[AlphaMachina]

The fan cutting on and off is an issue of hysteresis (how long the device has to be at a certain temperature before the fans are allowed to come on). Anker should allow us to program the firmware fan curve over USB from PC or over WIFI from a phone or tablet. This way, you can adjust (within reason) at what temperatures the fans cut on or off, how long they must be at that temperature before the fans come on, and how long they stay on once on.

[OUFan]

The lack of higher voltage dc solar charging input and not being able to charge from 120 volt ac while using the 240 volt ac output is a deal killer for me. I want at least 150 volt solar voltage as the upper limit. More would be better. I also want to be able to charge from a 120 volt ac receptacle on a dual fuel generator if the grid is down while I am using the 240 volt ac connection on the solar generator. I am not going to pay that much for a solar power station and it not meet my specs.

[tahlglass]

Looking forward to your video featuring the Smart Home Power Kit. I want to see how it compares to the EcoFlow Smart Home Panel 2.

[AaronPaluzzi]

Crazy suggestion on this product: Not whole home backup, whole Apartment backup / peak shaving. The limited solar input would be fine for what you could install off the patio of your apartment, the limited battery size would be great to drive your window AC as well as your fridge. If your apartment has sense they'd install the integration panel so you could just bring your own anker and pop it in place.

[tomswift]

When my old ear buds went TU I randomly chose Ankers to replace them. They run almost a full 8hr day and when they die they charge enough in 2 or 3 min to go the rest of the day plus. So when my bt speaker (Bose) crapped out, I figured I'd try theirs. Again for the battery capacity listed I'm impressed. If any of my less technical friends asked I'd recomend this all in one unit.
OTOH, It's way overkill in outputs for my needs.

[ezg]

Run industrial level table saws with this puppy, most use 3 phase power but I'm sure you can find some running 240 volts.

You don't need the whole thing, just the motor is good.

[bygodwearemen]

I like the style of the delivery in this video. Perfect. To me that is. Cool.