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I love these glowing youtube reviews by certified honest reviewers that include paid promotions.

I wasn't sure what the paid promotion was but Oh Look! Its an amazon link to the 8000W inverter he reviewed in the video.

I clicked on the link to amazon and looked at the customer reviews
There are two 5 star reviews and five one star reviews.

Only the first review has a picture, and it is of the burned out interior of an inverter with the message that the fire department had to come to his home to put out the fire.

Then I remembered that in the video he mentioned as a mere aside that the first unit he received didn't work, so he had a 50% success rate with this junk himself.

Very glowing review, didn't even mention the amateur soldering in the box as he was complimenting it's contents.

On the other hand, I really like Will's reviews, it seems he has slowed down on product reviews the last few months.
 
John.DS99 said:
I love these glowing youtube reviews by certified honest reviewers that include paid promotions.

I wasn't sure what the paid promotion was but Oh Look! Its an amazon link to the 8000W inverter he reviewed in the video.

I clicked on the link to amazon and looked at the customer reviews
There are two 5 star reviews and five one star reviews.

Only the first review has a picture, and it is of the burned out interior of an inverter with the message that the fire department had to come to his home to put out the fire.

Then I remembered that in the video he mentioned as a mere aside that the first unit he received didn't work, so he had a 50% success rate with this junk himself.

Very glowing review, didn't even mention the amateur soldering in the box as he was complimenting it's contents.

On the other hand, I really like Will's reviews, it seems he has slowed down on product reviews the last few months.
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My one and only purchase based on glowing reviews from a mildy famous YT creator and testimony on this forum was a certain AIO system. Then I noticed a growing number of complaints. Then mine failed. I didn't get mine from the usual reseller and got zero warranty support. Now I have a one in one that doesn't recognize solar input with a side of charge controller.
Funny adendum: Famous YT guy mysteriously replaced both of his within a year.
 
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I have zero complaints about my WZLRB or what have you 12/1500 inverter, but my purchase wasn’t influenced by Poz.
 
HighDesertOffgrid said:
My one and only purchase based on glowing reviews from a mildy famous YT creator and testimony on this forum was a certain AIO system. Then I noticed a growing number of complaints. Then mine failed. I didn't get mine from the usual reseller and got zero warranty support. Now I have a one in one that doesn't recognize solar input with a side of charge controller.
Funny adendum: Famous YT guy mysteriously replaced both of his within a year.
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What product was this??
 
John.DS99 said:
I love these glowing youtube reviews by certified honest reviewers that include paid promotions.

I wasn't sure what the paid promotion was but Oh Look! Its an amazon link to the 8000W inverter he reviewed in the video.

I clicked on the link to amazon and looked at the customer reviews
There are two 5 star reviews and five one star reviews.

Only the first review has a picture, and it is of the burned out interior of an inverter with the message that the fire department had to come to his home to put out the fire.

Then I remembered that in the video he mentioned as a mere aside that the first unit he received didn't work, so he had a 50% success rate with this junk himself.

Very glowing review, didn't even mention the amateur soldering in the box as he was complimenting it's contents.

On the other hand, I really like Will's reviews, it seems he has slowed down on product reviews the last few months.
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It's sad because they could make a lot more money and help more people if they focused on finding problems with products and sharing them ? and it's more fun!

Yeah I'm not seeing any new products that I like really. If you want me to review something or warn others of a garbage product, share it here. I'm always here.
 
Will Prowse said:
It's sad because they could make a lot more money and help more people if they focused on finding problems with products and sharing them ? and it's more fun!

Yeah I'm not seeing any new products that I like really. If you want me to review something or warn others of a garbage product, share it here. I'm always here.
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IMO you need a new series “will it start?”

Take the inverter or AIO of the day and see if it can power your car lift. Take say 400ah of 48v batteries, connect it to various inverters and see which ones can power the lift.
 
740GLE said:
IMO you need a new series “will it start?”

Take the inverter or AIO of the day and see if it can power your car lift. Take say 400ah of 48v batteries, connect it to various inverters and see which ones can power the lift.
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Oh man the car lift is the best ? I need the 5kva victron inverter so bad. The 3kva only lifts it when it's on the ground. It's the best test around lol
 
My favourite test: 6Hp vertical tank air compressor, cycling between 95-125psi.
When the low pressure point is tripped, that motor from a dead stop has to pump against the 95PSI tank pressure, and come up to speed.
My In-Rush meter has clocked 80+ Amps (240v) to start it!
 
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740GLE said:
I have zero complaints about my WZLRB or what have you 12/1500 inverter, but my purchase wasn’t influenced by Poz.
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That unit has much higher ratings than the one on the review. It was comical how bad the reviews were for this particular model.
 
John.DS99 said:
I love these glowing youtube reviews by certified honest reviewers that include paid promotions.
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I just want to point out here that reviewing a product that was given free requires the "paid promotions" box to be checked on Youtube. A lot of people think this means the person was paid to promote the product. I suppose you could make the argument that accepting a free battery is "payment"; however, this is quite different (in my eyes at least) from a company saying "Here's a battery AND I'll pay you $2000 for the video". I personally have never accepted payment for any video (and have had to decline on a few occasions).

Also, I have several WZLRB/Reliable inverters and I've never had any trouble with them other than the one I received from "Amazon Warehouse Deals" that was DOA.
 
Thats the guy that made the 48volt gas generator rig. I remember watching his vids on the generator build.
 
Will Prowse said:
Yeah I'm not seeing any new products that I like really. If you want me to review something or warn others of a garbage product, share it here. I'm always here.
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OK, since you asked @Will Prowse , how about checking out the Ionic 2Kw 12v LF inverter? There aren't a lot of options out there for 12v AIO's for RV's, campers, vans, etc. I think this is the only LF AIO I've seen for 12v.
 
LithiumSolar said:
I just want to point out here that reviewing a product that was given free requires the "paid promotions" box to be checked on Youtube. A lot of people think this means the person was paid to promote the product. I suppose you could make the argument that accepting a free battery is "payment"; however, this is quite different (in my eyes at least) from a company saying "Here's a battery AND I'll pay you $2000 for the video". I personally have never accepted payment for any video (and have had to decline on a few occasions).

Also, I have several WZLRB/Reliable inverters and I've never had any trouble with them other than the one I received from "Amazon Warehouse Deals" that was DOA.
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A person should always specify at the beginning of a Review if they received the item being reviewed for free.
 
There's a guy in Oregon that does towing and vehicle recovery YT videos (Casey LaDelle). He did a video a year or two ago that went over how he and other YT folks make money. Well worth watching. He also has a very entertaining channel if you need something to view between @Will Prowse 's fine educational offerings (which I certainly enjoy and appreciate!).
 
LithiumSolar said:
Also, I have several WZLRB/Reliable inverters and I've never had any trouble with them other than the one I received from "Amazon Warehouse Deals" that was DOA.
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My experience with WZRELB / Reliable matches yours. I picked up the 3kw split phase 48v model on Black Friday. Support answered questions in a timely fashion. All good so far!
 
chilly2 said:
My experience with WZRELB / Reliable matches yours. I picked up the 3kw split phase 48v model on Black Friday. Support answered questions in a timely fashion. All good so far!
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I've been curious about how well those handle surge for a well pump backup. An Aims is $1k or more so I'm always interested in cheaper options.
 
Rednecktek said:
I've been curious about how well those handle surge for a well pump backup. An Aims is $1k or more so I'm always interested in cheaper options.
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My tests so far have been fairly basic. I boiled the kettle, ran the microwave, and mowed the yard on the built in outlets. I’ve since wired it to the house and it is running all the base load, french door fridge, laptop, monitor, lights and gas furnace blower. I have not tried much else as it’s only the 3k. It says it soft starts and than seems to correlate with the spikes from some of the devices. I don’t know what your well pump needs but would feel confident the appropriately sized one of these could handle it. Would love to try the higher rated ones myself but my battery bank needs an upgrade to make it worth it.
 
My well pump is a 3 wire with the big capacitor starter and draws 2400w running, I keep forgetting to write down the startup surge on it but it doesn't hit the generator very hard on startup. Kinda wondering if the 3kw unit would do it, need to step up to the 4k, or just eat the expense of an Aims/Sungold. It would be the backup system.
 
Rednecktek said:
My well pump is a 3 wire with the big capacitor starter and draws 2400w running, I keep forgetting to write down the startup surge on it but it doesn't hit the generator very hard on startup. Kinda wondering if the 3kw unit would do it, need to step up to the 4k, or just eat the expense of an Aims/Sungold. It would be the backup system.
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I am using a sungold 4k 24/240 for a 3/4 hp at 360 ft. Works well. Not quite,as expensive as an aims.
 
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