Marcus Webb 
$299. That’s the price difference between these two units at their most common sale prices — the Bluetti AC200MAX at around $1,199–$1,499 and the EcoFlow DELTA 2 Max at $1,499–$1,699. A gap that narrow makes this comparison genuinely difficult, because both units land in the same tier and go after the same homeowner: someone who’s serious … Read more
Chris texted me on a Sunday morning — one of those long texts that shows up as a wall of words before you’ve had coffee. He’d just seen my last comparison post and wanted to know why I hadn’t given the Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus more credit. “You made it sound like a consolation prize,” … Read more
Okay — ahem — before we get into it. I owe you an apology for yesterday. I had a proper fever. Like, 101.4°F, blanket-on-the-couch, refusing-to-move kind of fever. The kind where even looking at a screen felt like a personal attack. I did not post. I am sorry about that. I’m better today. Mostly. Cough. … Read more
The box arrived on a Tuesday afternoon and I sat there staring at it for ten minutes before I opened it. Not because I didn’t know what to do — I’d watched enough YouTube videos by then — but because Ray had called me the day before and said, “Before you plug anything in, make … Read more
The short answer is yes — but not at $2,799. The DELTA Pro regularly goes on sale. EcoFlow runs promotions on major US shopping holidays, and the unit frequently drops to $2,200–$2,499. I paid $2,499. Paying full retail when this unit discounts as often as it does would genuinely bother me. Watch it for a few … Read more
$2,499. That’s what I paid for the EcoFlow DELTA Pro during a Black Friday sale in November 2023. At the time, that felt like a significant amount of money to spend on something I hoped never to need urgently. Six months later, I’d used it through three separate outages and had a pretty complete picture of … Read more
Chris called me in February 2023 — about four months after he’d had his Generac 22kW standby installed in Austin. I asked how it was going. He said, “It runs great. I haven’t thought about it once.” I told him that was the dream. He agreed. Then he paused and said, “But I also haven’t … Read more
The number on the box is almost always wrong. Not fraudulently wrong — technically wrong. Manufacturers rate their units at a steady 200W draw, at exactly 25°C (77°F), with a brand-new battery at room temperature. Then they put that number in large font on the product page and let you draw your own conclusions. Here’s the … Read more
Most people buying a Generac don’t need one. There. I said it. That’s not a knock on Generac — they make good equipment. It’s a knock on how standby generators get sold in the US, which is almost entirely on fear. A major storm hits, a few neighborhoods show up on the news, and suddenly … Read more
The power went out at 6:47 p.m. on September 28, 2022. I remember the exact time because I’d just started making dinner and my phone showed the alert two minutes before the grid dropped. Ian had been downgraded, then upgraded again, and by the time it hit Jacksonville it had already torn through Fort Myers … Read more
