We’ve tested a few larger BLUETTI power stations over the years, and they’ve been useful when we wanted serious backup power. The tradeoff is pretty obvious, though. Bigger batteries take up more room, weigh more, and aren’t necessarily something you casually grab on the way out the door. That’s what made the BLUETTI Elite 100 […]
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Picture the first 20 minutes after landing somewhere new. You’re trying to figure out where you’re going. Someone needs the hotel address. You want Google Maps. Maybe you need Uber, Grab, WhatsApp, a train schedule, or simply a way to tell someone you arrived. And your phone has no data. What do you do? Heading
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When we first started traveling together almost 20 years ago, spontaneous travel could be genuinely spontaneous. We sometimes arrived in a town without a hostel or hotel booked, partly because plenty of smaller places still didn’t have online booking. We’d print directions, call around, or simply show up and hope someone had a room. Today,
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BLUETTI provided the Apex 300 for us to test and review. As always, all opinions are our own. A few days before we began testing the BLUETTI Apex 300, nearby wildfire smoke pushed air quality in the B.C. Southern Interior to the worst in the world. The same smoke and ash were also causing flickering
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Over the past few years, we’ve had the chance to test nearly all the BLUETTI Elite power stations from the small and portable Elite 30 V2 all the way to the suitcase sized dual wheel Elite 400. In that time we got to compare the BLUETTI power stations in real-world situations as well as with
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This post is sponsored by BLUETTI. All testing, opinions, and real-world notes are our own. Portable power stations are becoming as ubiquitous to camping and rv/van life as they are to emergency home backup power users and off gridders. The power options they provide is easy to understand when we’re talking about phones, tablets, laptops,
From backup at home to everyday use outdoors, this is how we actually use the BLUETTI Elite 400. Why We’re Thinking About Power Differently Right Now This past winter, power outages felt less like a rare inconvenience and more like something you had to be ready for. It wasn’t just one storm. It was a
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There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in when you wake up to winter weather, check the forecast, and see the words freezing rain buried in the afternoon outlook. If you live in the mountains of British Columbia as we do, you already know what that can mean: downed power lines, flickering lights, and
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After more than 20 years on the road, here’s something we’ve learned the slow and sometimes uncomfortable way. Most travel gear sounds great in theory however very little of it earns a permanent spot in your bag. We’ve dragged gear across continents, stuffed it into overhead bins, hauled it through border crossings, forgotten it in
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Why the GOOLOO GP4000 car battery jump starter is the best gift for Christmas this year Over the years, we’ve learned that most road trip stress doesn’t come from big disasters. It comes from small, preventable moments that derail the day. Living in Canada teaches you that quickly. We’ve driven through the prairies in the
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