Zendure mentions help for Amazon Alexa and Google Home, enabling you to subject voice instructions to your Superbase V6400. I solely obtained the choice to hyperlink Alexa within the Zendure app, and I wanted some assist to arrange the Zendure ability, however I couldn’t get Alexa to acknowledge any voice instructions. I’m undecided how helpful voice instructions could be right here anyway, and you may management the Superbase remotely utilizing the app in your telephone. 

The Superbase V6400 can even operate as a seamless UPS, robotically switching to battery throughout any outage. Zendure claims the US mannequin of SuperBase V can change to battery energy with 0 milliseconds of downtime (13 ms for different connections and fashions), and that appears to be correct. But you’ll doubtless desire a switch change put in by an electrician if you need energy all through your own home. Zendure affords a Smart Home Panel with EV Outlets ($1,200) that mixes a switch change and dock for the Superbase V and has two EV charging ports.

As a modular system, you possibly can add as much as 4 B6400 satellite tv for pc batteries (6.4 kWh every) to a Superbase V6400. The design consists of detachable rubber strips on prime to stack further batteries securely. You can even hyperlink two Superbase V6400s collectively, and with 4 batteries apiece, that will let you retailer as much as 64 kWh. That’s sufficient to energy your whole dwelling for just a few days or cost your EV. But even with reductions, a system like that may value you $41,800 on the time of writing. 

For comparability, a Tesla Powerwall 2 dwelling battery has a 13.5-kWh capability and prices $12,850, however you possibly can solely get them with a photo voltaic panel set up (except you purchase used). You would want 5 to get an identical storage capability (67.5 kWh), which involves $46,750 with present pricing and reductions.

For off-grid RV tenting, the Superbase V6400, paired with an honest photo voltaic panel array, might work effectively in case you have the area. Just be sure to get assist loading it. After a few cycles utilizing it round my dwelling, the Superbase V6400 performs as I’d hope. But longevity is essential for power storage, and solely time can inform how effectively it performs over months and years. The standard warranty is three years, and you may prolong that by an additional two years by registering within the Zendure app. 

Zendure additionally affords a Superbase V4600 with a 4.6-kWh capability for $3,300. But it comprises LiFePO 4, quite than semi-solid-state, batteries, and we’ve not examined it. If you need one thing extra inexpensive and transportable, strive Zendure’s smaller energy stations. I examined the SuperBase Pro 2000 ($1,600), which makes use of LiNiMnCoO2 batteries with a 2-kWh capability. It’s far more manageable, with a telescopic deal with and loads of shops and ports for tenting journeys or emergencies. Sadly, you possibly can’t combine and match completely different battery sorts; the V6400 system solely pairs with B6400 batteries. 

We are seeing a flood of transportable energy stations hitting the market, and we plan to check a number of opponents within the coming months. For now, Zendure’s slick modular system has set a excessive bar. For people in search of high-capacity, scalable power storage, the Superbase V6400 can be onerous to miss.