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AirGear Sorein Review: The Best Modular Power Station for Airstreams? (36-Hour Test)

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Before we get going here, I want to send

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a huge thank you to our newest Patreon

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member, Richard T. Richard, thank you

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for joining our community and thank you

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for your support. And to all of our

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patrons out there, thank you all very

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much for your continued support to what

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we do in this world. Uh we couldn't do

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it without you. And Richard, hope we get

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to share campsite with you in your new

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trailer soon. All right, back to the

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show. We've all been there, right?

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You're off grid trying to live your best

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nomad life and your laptop dies right as

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you're about to hit send on a very

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important meme.

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Today I'm testing the Saurin modular

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power station from Air Gear. This thing

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is basically Legos for adults who are

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tired of being in the dark. Today we're

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looking at the 3.2 kW main base kind of

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main setup and an extra battery here.

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But stick around because I got some

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secret menu items. the 1000 watt mobile

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chassis that is not even on our site

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yet. I'm basically your personal

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electrical spy.

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So, yesterday when I pulled into town, I

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stopped by a warehouse in a nondescript

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location over here near where I'm

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staying now and I got handed a couple of

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these bags full of these awesome things.

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And I've spent last night charging it

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up. I spent today discharging, charging,

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discharging, charging, so on and so

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forth. device. I've been looking forward

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to testing this thing for a while, but

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I've been looking for solutions like

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this to talk to you guys about because I

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get questions about this all the time.

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Brad, I just need a little more power. I

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just want to run my air conditioning for

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a little while. I just want to do, you

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know, this, that, and the other. And

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some of times these power stations like

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this, mobile battery power stations are

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great for that. And this is one thing I

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wanted to test out to give you all some

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validity behind this thing. Rich Lure,

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founder and owner of Air Gear, along

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with Cheryl there. The great great team,

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great couple. Really love those guys.

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And the the thought and effort he puts

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into doing everything is really amazing.

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So, I I I trust this system

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automatically just because of those two.

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But, I want to test it out. I just want

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to see what it capabilities are. You can

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see I have the Air Gear solar panel back

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there. I tested that solar panel out, I

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don't know, a couple years ago now with

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my trailer. So, I'll link that video

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here and you can watch it. Check out

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their their portable panel that fits

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nicely in the Airstream closet. It pairs

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well with this thing and I all I did

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last night was charge it up and this

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morning I wanted to get it going um

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plugged into the trailer and get it

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started. Now I have to say this,

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plugging this system into my trailer is

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totally different than plugging this

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system into a normal not not done

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anything to trailer. So stock trailer if

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you will. I have a giant 3000 watt

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Victron Quattro inverter. I also have a

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generator on board. I have one Epoch 460

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amp hour 12volt lithium battery. So, my

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whole trailer is really powered all the

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time with just my inverter being on. So,

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I won't be able to fully test this thing

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like I would if you have a stock trailer

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out there, but I can get you some

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information. So, let's get it plugged up

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and you can start watching things.

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There's another thing that the camera is

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sitting on right now that I'll show in a

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bit, but it's a small mobile So, you see

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I have this thing sitting on a platform

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with wheels. These are kind of your

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off-road wheels, which is nice. But

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there's also a mobile caddy that has

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another 1000 watt battery bank in it.

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So, you have the main battery here and

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then you have this another battery on

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the bottom sitting on a cart. So, it's

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three pieces and they all come apart.

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But, you can stack these things pretty

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high and just keep adding more battery

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down here depending on what you need.

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Let's get it plugged up to that and

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plugged up to the solar panel and we'll

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be moving. One thing you need is an

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adapter. So, if you have a 50 amp

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service, you need your 50 amp plug.

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That's also something you can get from

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Air Gear, but it plugs right here in the

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back.

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And then your power cord from my trailer

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hooks directly to this.

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You can't you should not hook up any

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type of BMS system to here. It should be

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power station, dog bone, if you need it,

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your power cord plugged directly into

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the side of the trailer. That's all I've

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done. There's no other things. And then

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from that,

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I turn this

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output on, AC output. And on the screen

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up there, I can start seeing anything

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going on. So, I got input, many power

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coming in, solar or charging systems,

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uh, whatever you got, and then output,

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how much power this thing is actually

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putting out. So, I got 83 watts coming

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out of it right now. And that's just

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running the systems in my trailer.

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Again, I have the big Victron inverter

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turned on right now. So, it's turning

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it's inverting on my trailer. And you

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can't I don't know if you can see the

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screen here, but it gives me a

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countdown. So, right now, 97 watts

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coming out of this battery system

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powering my trailer. And it says if I

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keep doing what I'm doing, I've got 7

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hours and 30 minutes left

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on the screen. And it's counting down

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718.

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So, I'm pulling 110 watts right now.

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111. So, let me get the solar panel

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hooked up so I get some juice coming

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back into the system. Air gear has So,

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these are the standard Anderson

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connectors for their uh DC system here.

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But the DC system plugs in using this

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type of port. And I'm I'm blanking on

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the name of it. So, it's a XT60. Yeah,

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XT60 is a little yellow one that comes

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standard with many solar panels and many

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systems of this nature. And they've made

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a device where or made a splitter so you

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can power it with two solar panels if

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you need to. Whatever solar panel you're

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using and plugging into this thing does

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not need its own solar charge controller

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like if you plug up here to your

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standard battery box has you must have a

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solar charge controller with that. But

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with this system you do not need that.

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Why? This plug up here is plugged

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directly to your battery or plugged

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directly into your 12vt system depending

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on how they wired it. But there's no

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governor between the two things. So, if

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it just puts power into the battery,

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it'll overcharge your battery. This

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system has its own battery management

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system built into it. So, I'm going to

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plug up the battery connector here and

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get the solar panel out.

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You can see the solar panel has the

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small Anderson connector there.

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So, I hear the fans kicking on on the

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device.

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And this time of year, I don't expect to

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get much solar panel coming in, but I

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got zero watts right now. That'll get

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better as the day goes on, but not much

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better because of the angle of the sun

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this time of year. So, I'm pulling 1100

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watt. Let's go see what Blair's got

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turned on right now. Again, the thing I

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can't do with this system, my trailer,

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the system that I have in my trailer is

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I can't turn off my inverter cuz I won't

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have AC power to the trailer cuz it

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basically from my shore power plug, it

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goes up to my inverter, comes into the

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inverter, and it goes right back out the

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inverter and powers the trailer. So, I'm

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going to pull way more power out of this

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thing using that big inverter in there

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than I would a standard trailer.

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Standard trailer, your shore power goes

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directly to your power box, which powers

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supplies power to the trailer, meaning

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your where your circuit breakers are.

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So, your standard shore plug, when you

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plug into that, that power goes directly

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to that uh circuit breaker box. From off

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of that circuit breaker box is a pass

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through for your converter charger,

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which charges your batteries. So, I

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don't have any of that system anymore.

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And one thing people fail to do in their

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RV life in general with their their uh

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inverter specifically or their generator

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or their you know it's more prevalent

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with a generator because you don't want

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to hear the noise. If I have a standard

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stock Airstream from the from the

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dealership, from the factory, and I'm

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using my inverter, meaning I'm powering

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the set number of outlets in your

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trailer to run a MacBook or, you know,

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charge a laptop or whatever, watch a TV,

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whatever you have plugged into those

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inverter outlets.

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When I'm not using those things, I

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should turn them off because the

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inverter that the inverter itself pulls

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power from your battery. similar to this

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thing. When you are not using this thing

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to power your air condition or power

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your microwave or power your picking

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appliance or whatever in your trailer or

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charge the batteries of your trailer,

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you should turn it off because it's it

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uses power just doing nothing, just

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being on because it's got a lot of

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battery management system in here. It's

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doing stuff all the time. So, so I'm

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already at 89% with 6 hours and some

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change left over. Just pulling what I

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pulled out of this battery so far. So,

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what it has done, it has topped off my

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battery in my trailer, which is a giant

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battery. It's more battery than this

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right here. It has powered a coffee pot,

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powered my water heater, powering my big

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inverter. So, it's pulling a lot of I'm

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pulling a lot of juice out of it just

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sitting here kind of static. Uh Blair

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and I going to go do some laundry and

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I'm going to let this sit here and have

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some sun for a little while and then

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I'll come back and test it out with some

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bigger draws, bigger power draws.

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Whenever these things get shipped to

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you, they arrive in a deep, dark slumber

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to keep the batteries healthy during

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shipping. It's like a bear in a winter,

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but a whole lot more lithium.

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When you receive one to wake it up, you

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can't just yell at it and get it to wake

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up like I used to as a drill instructor.

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You have to stack the main unit on an

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extra battery, plug it into a wall, and

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hold the power button down for two

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seconds. And that's as easy as clicking

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into place. Did you hear the click?

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That's the sound of professionalgrade

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satisfaction. If you don't hear the

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click, you're just stacking up expensive

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paper weights. The base unit right here

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gives you 1,37 W hours, but we bumped it

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up right here to the 3.2 kwatt hours

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with this first expansion pack here, the

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first battery. Now, you can get this

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caddy over here that is just a caddy by

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itself. So, this is 3.2 kilowatt setup

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right here. And it's as tall as my knee.

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This one is not even on the menu yet,

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but it's coming soon. Is a 1,000 watt

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base. Is a same as this cart, but it has

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more the wheels are more meant for

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smooth areas. These wheels are meant for

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rugged areas. So, if you do decide you

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want a base power station, power unit

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extra battery, you're going to have to

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tow it on smooth ground. This one

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doesn't go across rocks very well. This

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one goes across rocks pretty nicely.

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I've done it in all this gravel around

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here today and on the concrete.

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Concrete's much easier. But my favorite

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thing about both carts is now I can take

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all of my electricity for a walk with

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Piper and it's a little bit of a

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workout. This turns this 80 lb stack of

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power into a very techsavvy suitcase. As

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I mentioned before, Air Gear sends these

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really nice bags, but it also comes with

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this really nice rain cover because

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apparently electricity and water still

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don't get along even in 2026. Who knew?

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Now, should you leave it out in the

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pouring rain? No. But a light mist or

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morning dew, the rain cover is your

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friend. The standard unit here, when you

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spin it around, has all the output

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sections here. And if 2200 watts is not

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good enough for you, there's an

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additional inverter that you can add to

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this to give yourself some extra soaring

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inverter power. It's basically another

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stackable module that goes right along

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with all these other things that gives

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you another 2200 watts of AC output.

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It's essentially god mode for your

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appliances. Just remember, with great

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power comes great responsibility to not

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trip your own breakers. All right,

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folks. It's time for some real talk. I

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had a brilliant plan. I thought I'll

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just charge the Saurin from the back of

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my truck because I my truck has the 2

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kilowatt inverter built into the truck

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with an inverter and all the things and

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it has a plug right there in the back.

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And I thought, man, I'll just set this

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thing in the back of the truck, plug it

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up, charge it as I drive, get to my

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campsite, plug it into the trailer, use

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the Saurin, do all the things, plug it

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back in the truck as I drive. But no,

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the Saurin is a very, very, very

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sophisticated piece of equipment

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and it has standards, very high

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standards. It has demands, very high

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demands of pure sine wave power, the

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organic grass-fed version of

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electricity. My truck puts out the

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modified sinewave version of

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electricity, which is basically the gas

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station hot dog version of electricity.

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One thing I've tried to learn is why

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this is the case. And the only thing I

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can come up with is that the Pro Power

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onboard system is a 60vt splitphase

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design. And that often conflicts with

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the ground neutral sensors in these

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high-end power stations. That's the only

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thing I can figure out that may cause

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this issue. And some of you who have a

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trade win or have other things like that

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may find the same issue in trying to run

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your RV with your truck. The Saurin

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looked at my truck's power and said,

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"Nope, I'd rather starve." So, if you're

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planning on purchasing one of these to

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charge it from your vehicle, make sure

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that you have a high quality DC/toDC

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charger or a pure sinewave inverter. I

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don't know of any vehicles specifically

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that come with that, but there may be

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some out there. Final verdict. The

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Saurin 3.2 kilowatt hour system is a

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beast. It's sleek, it's modular, and it

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fits the weird narrow closets of an RV

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where other power stations go to die.

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Just remember, stack it until it clicks.

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Do not use a neutral bonding ground plug

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because this thing will turn into a very

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expensive paper weight. Oh, and don't

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forget there's an app. You can monitor

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your power station from your phone like

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the tech god that you are. All right,

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folks.

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I want to talk about a few things

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outside of my

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script that I wrote, but uh it has a

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cool little light here that pops off and

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this light gets brighter

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and I love that I can take it around

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with me and then then stick it to things

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if I need to. So, it's really nice that

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I love this feature. This is something

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all all power stations should do. It's

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fairly easy to use. Uh the app requires

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a Wi-Fi connection uh to set it all up.

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So, if you disconnect from Wi-Fi or you

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have it in, you know, storage mode, I

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don't remember the name of that, but

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there's a storage mode for this thing,

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like warehouse mode or sleep mode or

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beauty, sleeping beauty. I don't I'm not

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sure what it's called, but anyway, one

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of those things. The battery like goes

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to goes silent. So, it will not use any

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power whatsoever on anything. Now, let's

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talk about the app. I mentioned the app

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earlier, and I want to clear up why you

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actually want this thing connected to

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the internet. It's not just for show.

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First, it gives you full remote control

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and monitoring from anywhere, whether

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you're at the campfire or away from the

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rig. There are also some exclusive

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features that you can only get through

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the app, like silent charging mode,

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which is a lifesaver if you're sleeping

14:32

right next to the unit. But here is the

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coolest part. If you ever have a

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technical hiccup, the team at Air Gear

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can actually remotely diagnose it. As

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long as it's connected to the internet

14:42

overnight and you give them the serial

14:44

number from the back of the unit, they

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can look under the hood from their

14:46

office and see what's going on. That is

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high level support you just don't see

14:50

very often. I've cut this part out of

14:52

the video, but I made a mistake. I was

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thinking you could only wake this thing

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up from warehouse mode using the app

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because the brain of the unit is

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essentially off to save power. But what

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you really have to do is get a physical

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jump. And you have two options. You can

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plug it into a standard AC wall outlet

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or you can connect it to a solar panel

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using the XT60 input. And if you're

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using a solar panel, it has to be

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producing at least 50 watts to trigger

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the wake up sequence. Once it fills that

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incoming power, the Saurin will

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officially exit warehouse mode and be

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ready for your next adventure. The

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neutral bonded grounded plug for this

15:27

thing like you would put on a generator,

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you do not need that. It will break this

15:30

system cuz it fries the board in here.

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Uh, you just need a standard dog bone if

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you're going to hook it up to a 50 amp

15:37

trailer. Otherwise, you can hook up hook

15:39

it straight to the back with your your

15:41

30 amp plug. There are four ports back

15:43

here for standard, you know, uh, 15 20

15:46

amp outlets. And you have a number of

15:47

USB of a variety type of USBs and a

15:50

12volt cigarette lighter plug here. You

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can charge this by plugging it into a

15:53

normal outlet. You can charge it by

15:55

solar panels, which I did today. And it

15:57

has its own overload protection cuz I

15:59

overloaded it today. I was, listen, I

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pushed this thing to its limits. I ran

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my air conditioner with it, ran the

16:06

other air conditioner with it, I ran the

16:08

microwave with it, I ran the coffee pot

16:09

with it. Uh, I charged it up with solar

16:12

power. I charged it up with just

16:13

plugging it into the outlet here just to

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see the different various how fast it

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would charge. I know Ken and and Rich at

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Air Gear have used two of their big

16:22

solar panels parallel to each other

16:23

hooked up to this thing, giving it a lot

16:25

of watts. So, that was pretty cool to

16:26

see. And there's another video out there

16:28

of another air streamer. So, if you

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haven't seen that, I'll link it right

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here in the top of the screen and down

16:33

in the video description down below. So,

16:34

please go check that video out. It's

16:36

pretty interesting. Some of my favorite

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things about this system. I love that

16:39

it's modular. I'm going to compare it to

16:41

Blue Yeti because that's the only giant

16:44

battery bank that I have with a 30 amp

16:45

plug. So, we do have a Blue Eddie in our

16:47

travel van that we've used to, you know,

16:49

run a lot of things. It's big and it's

16:52

heavy. Um, I can use it for a lot of

16:55

things, but I really wish id had this

16:57

system in my van instead of that because

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I like its modularity, meaning I can

17:02

give I can take as many batteries as I

17:04

need with me or I can take as few

17:05

batteries with me as I need for the

17:06

purpose. Like today, I used it on my

17:08

truck while I was doing some wiring up

17:10

there. I can even use this soaring

17:12

device with my little portable heat

17:15

shrink gun here, little front haird

17:17

dryer. I needed to put a new piece of

17:19

heat shrink up here and I was able to

17:21

turn this thing on just sitting up here

17:23

on my hood. So, very versatile. And

17:27

another thing, it's really nice to see

17:29

all of your devices and how much power

17:32

they actually use. So, if you don't have

17:34

any type of portable device like this

17:36

where you can plug your stuff into and

17:38

see how many amps or watts it pulls or

17:39

draws or uses or works with, it's pretty

17:42

interesting, particularly in the RV

17:43

community. So, this really kind of gives

17:45

you an idea how much power all your

17:47

stuff really consumes. Hello world. Brad

17:50

here. I have made hundreds and hundreds

17:52

of videos on all the things I've done to

17:54

my Airstream and my other Airstream and

17:57

the RVs we've had and how to travel and

17:59

all the things like that. But one of my

18:01

most favorite things is airlock. If you

18:03

have lived near me or know me, you know

18:05

that health is very important to me.

18:07

Fitness is very important to me. Taking

18:09

care of myself and taking care of my

18:10

things is very important to me. Good

18:12

water quality, good air quality, all

18:14

those things are extremely important.

18:16

Airlock helped me achieve that. And

18:18

right now, they're celebrating six years

18:19

in business and it's pretty cool because

18:21

it's a great time to get something for

18:22

your rig if you don't yet have one. I

18:25

have installed Airlock on both air

18:26

conditioners on this RV and I would on

18:28

any RV. If you are looking for one

18:30

upgrade to do for your trailer, take

18:32

care of yourself. Get good water

18:34

quality, but get good air quality. And

18:36

you can do that by getting the Airlock

18:38

one installed on your rig. I've had it

18:40

installed for about a year on my trailer

18:43

now. And you know, I clean my air

18:45

conditioners every 6 months. And this

18:47

past time when I cleaned them, I have

18:49

never had cleaner coils on the

18:51

evaporator in my whole RV life in 15

18:54

years of full timing. For anyone out

18:56

there in the RV space or boating space

18:59

who needs something to improve your air

19:01

quality in your space, Airlock is the

19:04

answer. If you're interested, check out

19:06

the website and get your discounts now

19:08

while they last. I love that I can also

19:11

put it out here on the campsite on the

19:12

picnic table to run, you know, some

19:14

portable appliances that I might have.

19:16

But again, my favorite thing is that

19:17

it's modular. If you want to stack up

19:19

four or five batteries tall, you get all

19:21

the power from all those batteries. And

19:22

I think that's fantastic. And again, if

19:24

you use the additional inverter, you get

19:26

double the power and you get double the

19:28

charge time. So, or I guess half the

19:30

charge time because it'll be double the

19:31

power going in. So, that's really really

19:33

cool feature. Uh, I like that it comes

19:36

on its own cart. I love this new cart

19:38

that's coming out. Additional thousand

19:40

watt power station here. So, that gives

19:42

you some extra battery and extra room.

19:44

You can use this at your home. You can

19:47

use this in your garage. You can use

19:48

this at your shop. You can use this in

19:50

your RV. It's completely modular, not

19:52

only in battery setup, but also in your

19:54

use for it. Uh Blair and I have a condo

19:57

in Salt Lake City, and I have a

19:59

different style of inverter car charger.

20:02

solar generator kind of thing we call

20:03

them. But it's plugged in at my house

20:06

and the wall outlet. So that keeps

20:07

battery keeps the battery full. But it's

20:10

also plugged up to my home internet. I

20:12

have a wireless home internet in that

20:13

condo. And when the power goes out, this

20:17

charger deal, the the one that we have

20:20

there takes over and it powers my home

20:21

internet for a week if the power is out

20:23

for a week. Why do I do that? Is because

20:25

we have battery operated cameras in that

20:27

thing outside on the porch and inside.

20:29

so I can continue to look at my cameras,

20:31

my security cameras while I'm away

20:33

should the power be out. Also, if you

20:35

have a fridge and you've been through an

20:36

ice storm in this past winter or you've

20:38

been through a power outage in the

20:39

summertime when all the stuff happens or

20:41

hurricanes or whatever you've been

20:42

through and you had a multi-day power

20:44

outage and you want to run your fridge,

20:46

you know, charge your phone, charge your

20:47

laptop, get your internet moving, kind

20:49

things like that, you can use these

20:50

power stations for that, too. So, not

20:52

only is it great in your rig, it's also

20:54

great in your home use uh as a backup

20:57

power source or as a pass through power

20:58

source for your things that you need to

21:00

keep running regardless of the power at

21:02

your home. If I were to buy this today,

21:05

I would start with a 3.2 kW version. I

21:08

would also have a 200 at a minimum a 200

21:10

watt portable solar panel to plug into

21:11

it to charge it. Here's how I see using

21:13

this thing most of all. You take

21:15

yourself out to boondocking. You put

21:17

this in the back of your tow vehicle.

21:18

You get out in the wilderness. You set

21:20

your solar panel up for the best angle

21:22

for the noon noon kind of noon and

21:24

afternoon sun. You take your soar and

21:26

power station and you set it under your

21:28

side somewhere. You run your power cable

21:30

to it. You plug it in. You do the things

21:32

you like to do in the morning such as

21:34

make coffee, run your microwave for a

21:36

little while, maybe run an air fryer or

21:38

something like that. Then you turn it

21:40

off completely, disconnect it from your

21:42

trailer. Then you let the sun charge the

21:45

batteries back up. Then in the

21:47

afternoon, you make a little meal. You

21:49

cook something in the microwave, you do

21:51

a little thing, then you let it charge

21:53

some more. When it's in its hottest part

21:55

of the day and you really need some air

21:57

conditioning for a couple of an hour, 30

21:59

minutes, if you want to run it for 5

22:01

hours, you got to get the whole 7.2

22:02

kilowatt system. And I Oh, on that note,

22:05

I also encourage you to go to the

22:06

website and check out all the functions.

22:08

They did a wonderful job on there of

22:10

showing you, all right, here's what a

22:11

base station can do. Here's what a base

22:13

station plus a battery can do. Base

22:15

station plus two batteries can do all

22:17

the way down. and it gives you the s,

22:19

you know, the biggest kilowatt system

22:20

that they like to have and people like

22:22

to have, but it's a stack of batteries

22:23

this tall. But you can run your air

22:25

conditioner for 5 hours on that, but

22:27

know that when you finish running it for

22:28

5 hours, you're going to have a very

22:29

depleted battery. So, if you're going to

22:31

get all the things and you want to run

22:32

all the air conditioned, to know that

22:34

you should probably have more than two

22:35

solar panels um and you should have

22:37

ability to recharge. So, can you run

22:39

your air conditioner? Yes. Can you run

22:41

your microwave? Yes. Can you run both

22:42

air conditioners? No. So, don't do that.

22:45

It will overload the system. Again, I

22:46

tried today. And again, as an asterisk,

22:50

my trailer is differently wired than all

22:52

of your trailers. This thing, when I

22:53

plug it up to my trailer, it tries to

22:55

charge my big old battery and run my

22:57

system. So, that's how I overloaded it.

22:59

I didn't overload it by trying to run

23:00

both air conditioners cuz I knew that

23:01

wasn't feasible. It tries to send all

23:03

the power and charge my big old 460 amp

23:06

hour battery that I have and power my

23:07

inverter and power whatever else is

23:09

going on in the trailer. So, the way my

23:11

trailer is wired up, I can't use as a

23:13

pass through pass through setup anymore.

23:15

If you have your standard inverter in

23:17

your rig and your standard converter in

23:19

your rig, you can probably charge your

23:21

batteries a little bit while you're

23:22

running something, but mine just pulls

23:24

too much power at one time. So, I love

23:26

these carts. I love the handles. They're

23:28

super easy to use. And uh I'm very

23:30

impressed. I really am very impressed.

23:32

And I know there's a lot of you out

23:33

there who are looking to my advice to

23:34

buy one of these or not. Do your

23:36

research and find out how you plan to

23:38

use your camper. You know, maybe this

23:40

system is the right answer for you, but

23:41

you need to see what the max output is

23:42

at the 30 amp breaker here compared to

23:45

another device that you might buy. I can

23:47

speak on Bluei because we have a big

23:49

Blue Edi. I will tell you that I love

23:51

the stackability and and modular style

23:54

of this way better than the Bluei. There

23:56

are some features like I really like the

23:57

Blue Eddie app more so than I like the

23:59

app for this. I do not like that I have

24:01

if I wanted to have a second battery

24:03

bank for my Blue Eddie, it's a cable

24:04

connect. It doesn't stack and nest in

24:06

nicely like this. No other brand out

24:08

there that I'm aware of has this cool

24:09

little light that I can move around and

24:10

use if I need to. So, I really like that

24:12

feature. The screen is easy to read. The

24:14

controls are easy to operate. It's very

24:16

simple to use. It comes with a very nice

24:18

quick start guide. I dig it. I really

24:21

do. And for those of you, you know,

24:22

speaking of the Blue Yeti, it's a big,

24:25

heavy, bulky thing. I love this fact

24:27

that I can just I pop these little

24:29

things open right here. I unlock this

24:32

particular side of the battery. I pick

24:34

this thing up and I can walk around with

24:36

this. No problem. I put it in the bag.

24:38

Once I'm done with that system,

24:42

I unlock this one from the base. And

24:44

then

24:47

I take this off the base and I put this

24:49

in its own bag. So, I get a bag for each

24:52

one of these and I can maneuver these

24:54

battery banks around fairly easily and

24:56

stack them in my truck or stack them

24:58

into my trunk or stack them inside the

25:00

trailer cuz I would have no problem

25:02

carrying this system in this bag inside

25:05

my trailer if I needed to cuz it's not

25:08

going to scratch the floor. It's not

25:09

going to bang up the floor. You just got

25:10

to be mindful of where you put the

25:12

weight. I always want to remember you

25:13

always want to do heavy things up front.

25:15

But it still fits nicely in the back of

25:17

my tow vehicle in my truck or back seat

25:19

of my truck or in the bed of my truck,

25:20

wherever it might need to go. But really

25:22

handy system. Again, modular aspect of

25:25

it is so so fantastic. I'm a huge fan.

25:28

Start with a 3.2 kilowatt. If that is

25:30

not enough for your needs, try out a

25:32

bigger battery. Get one more battery.

25:34

Get two more batteries. Again, it if you

25:36

want to spend the money to do like we

25:38

did and put the big inverter, the 3000

25:40

watt inverter, and 460 amp hours of

25:42

battery in your rig and do all the

25:43

wiring of all the things that I did,

25:45

depending on what you choose, this is a

25:47

12 to 17,000, maybe a little bit more,

25:51

somewhere in that range. 12 to 17,000

25:53

system on my trailer just in power. This

25:56

system is, you know,

25:58

>> $800 to $3,400

26:00

>> depending on how many batteries you buy.

26:01

This is a much less invasive system on

26:03

your rig. If you're super worried about

26:05

weight, meaning you're already at your

26:07

max gross weight rating because of

26:09

whatever you've done to your trailer and

26:10

you need a little bit more power or you

26:13

don't you have a tow vehicle that can

26:15

only tow a smaller trailer and you can't

26:17

add more weight to your trailer cuz your

26:19

hitch weight's already enough, maybe

26:20

this thing will be fine for sitting in

26:22

the back of your tow vehicle and

26:23

carrying around. But if you car camp,

26:25

tent camp, van camp, any kind of camp,

26:27

these modular systems are really, really

26:29

fantastic for that. You can take what

26:31

you need to power the things that you

26:32

need for that camping trip and leave all

26:34

the rest at home. So again, I love it. I

26:37

really do love it and I'm I'm so so

26:40

honored and thankful that they let me

26:41

test this thing out. So I put it through

26:43

the ringer. Again, you can't bring your

26:46

house habits to your RV. If you try to

26:49

do that with water or power, you're

26:51

going to quickly be disappointed. So I

26:53

can't run my air condition all day long

26:55

on battery. No matter what system I had,

26:56

whether it's the 12 to $17,000 system I

26:58

put in my trailer or whether it's the

27:00

the money to spend on all this stuff

27:01

here or whatever you do, I can't just

27:04

run stuff all day long cuz I don't have

27:06

enough power and Airstreams don't have

27:08

enough weight or roof real estate to put

27:11

enough solar up there to do all those

27:12

things either. So many many many people

27:14

are so confused about their ability to

27:17

camp off-rid

27:18

with the solar that they have or with

27:20

the batteries that they have and all

27:22

those things. So before you go investing

27:24

a lot of money on building something in

27:26

the trailer or buying a system like

27:28

this, here's the best thing I can tell

27:30

you to do. Come to an RV park where you

27:31

have water hookups, sewer hookups, power

27:34

hookups. Make sure your batter is at

27:36

100%. Fill up your freshwater tank with

27:39

fresh water. Make sure your black and

27:40

gray are empty. Then go disconnect from

27:42

shore power and turn on your water pump,

27:44

which you should be doing anyway, not

27:45

hooked to city water all the time.

27:46

That's just Brad's advice.

27:48

>> Yeah. Once you are full of water and

27:51

full of power, then just boondock

27:54

sitting in the campsite. See how your

27:55

solar does. See how your water

27:57

consumption goes. See how quickly you

27:58

kill your batteries. Turn your inverter

28:00

on to do inverter things and turn your

28:01

inverter back off. You obviously can't

28:03

run your air conditioner or your

28:04

microwave, but that will give you some

28:05

sense of, hey, I lasted 3 days on water

28:08

or I lasted 1 hour on water or I lasted

28:10

two hours on power or whatever. Because

28:13

when you kill the battery or you run out

28:15

of water or you fill your tanks, you can

28:17

just quickly go outside, correct all

28:20

that, and start a new. So, you do have a

28:21

power and water audit. Once you've done

28:23

with that, then you can see, hey, I do

28:26

need more battery. Hey, I would like to

28:28

have a bigger inverter to run my air

28:29

conditioner for a little bit or my

28:31

microwave. Hey, I would like to have,

28:33

you know, whatever the systems is. And

28:35

you can figure that out doing a boondock

28:37

sitting in a real campsite. So, uh,

28:40

that'll give you some idea of the things

28:42

you need to spend money on to meet your

28:44

needs. Hey, and very, very, very

28:46

thankful to, uh, Rich and Cheryl and Ken

28:49

from Air Gear for allowing me to test

28:51

this thing out and spending time with me

28:53

yesterday answering all of my questions

28:54

about it. I very much appreciate their,

28:57

uh, willingness to let me participate in

28:59

all the things. So, I love the folks at

29:00

Airgear. I love all the gear that they

29:02

have. And I'd like to remind all of you

29:04

about things from Air Gear. So, if you

29:06

used your camper this summer or this

29:08

past camping season in this storage

29:09

right now, but you realize, hey, I wish

29:11

we would have really had a shade and a

29:13

solar shade, or I need a new hose, a

29:16

water hose, or I need a new teak shower

29:18

mat, or you need a new set of locks for

29:20

all of your compartments that all the

29:22

keys match and they're unique to you,

29:24

not everybody else's trailer in the

29:26

world, or you need a rivet repair kit or

29:28

whatever. Air gear has so many wonderful

29:30

things. So, if you have not checked out

29:31

their website, please go do so. and I

29:33

invite you to test out the Saurin power

29:35

station for yourself. All right, I have

29:38

rambled enough. Uh, I love you all.

29:41

Thank you all very much for making me a

29:42

part of your day and thank you for your

29:44

trust in me to bring you products like

29:46

this and and um go check out Air Gear.

29:49

If you have not checked them out, go

29:50

check them out. The website's great. All

29:51

the things are great. I love those guys.

29:53

I've been a fan of them since I got the

29:55

very first Airstream because the very

29:57

first gift I was ever given ever was a

30:01

product from Air Gear. It was a rivet

30:03

kit cuz somebody bought one like you're

30:06

going to need this at some point. Here's

30:07

your brand new rivet kit. Welcome to the

30:09

Airstream community and I very much

30:11

appreciate that. That was from the

30:12

Edwards family. Love you guys and I hope

30:14

to see you again soon. But anyway, have

30:17

a wonderful night and uh wonderful day

30:19

or wonderful morning, whatever time it

30:20

is for you when you're watching this.

30:22

But I will see you all next week. Bye.

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