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Old 16-02-2025, 08:51 AM
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ecoflow river 2 pro

I am looking at this battery to end up powering a skywatcher or saxon AZ-eq6 mount which i am planning on getting down the track.
Would it be sufficient to power it along with the asi air

Any other options that may be better

https://au.ecoflow.com/products/rive...-power-station
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Old 16-02-2025, 10:28 AM
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If you are only planning on powering only the mount and the Asiair, then it should easily last you couple of nights, maybe more in summer.
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Old 16-02-2025, 11:05 AM
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thats great to to hear, thanks ronson.

yea plan is just the mount, asiair and down the track maybe a guide camera and a cooled camera.
I would be happy with 2 nights worth

My main concern was powering the mount as i have read it is very picky with power.
Though to be honest, i am not sure i am sold on that mount just yet, and most likely to the weight of it all if travelling.
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Old 16-02-2025, 12:00 PM
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I use the first gen River with HEQ5 Pro using 12V DC and haven’t had any issues. My battery is just over 500Wh and easily lasts a whole night with spare left in the morning. I use the Asiair to power camera, guider, dew heaters and auto focused.

If you are worried there might be issues powering your gear, get it from a place where they allow change of mind returns.
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Old 16-02-2025, 07:14 PM
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I have two of the previous generation - an EcoFlow River Pro (720Wh) and EcoFlow River Max (576Wh). I also have 200W solar panels (different brand: 'Allpower') to re-charge when out in the field - that works pretty well, too. They also double as my emergency power system at home - I ran my fridge for 8 hours off the Max during an outage and it still had some energy to spare.

The 'usable' energy seems to be about 70-80% of the nominal figure, depending on whether you're using DC direct or the AC inverter, and probably driven by the power factor of your equipment.

I'm quite happy with mine. They're enough to drive my mount, cameras, filter wheel, dew heaters and two laptops for a couple of nights, so the Pro 2 should be fine.

They have fairly regular sales, so keep an eye out for those.
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Old 16-02-2025, 08:34 PM
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thanks guys, this is great news. Will keep eye out for sales then and grab one ahead of time and slowly build up the final setup
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Old 20-02-2025, 07:44 AM
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ended up ordering the river 2 pro. Was $100 off and then with another $100 off first purchase code was a no brainer.

Thanks again for all the help
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Old 05-03-2025, 01:33 PM
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I can happily report that this unit is absolutely brilliant.
Has been powering my wave150i, eaf, camera, usb hub, asiair and laptop with ease.
3 nights out at around 3 hours a night and still at 80% capacity.
Not too heavy to carry around either.
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Old 05-03-2025, 04:45 PM
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I can happily report that this unit is absolutely brilliant.
Glad it worked out for you.
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Old 10-03-2025, 11:00 AM
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Perfect

Hi JohnA,

Sounds like your running a similar electronic setup to me so the powerstation might be perfect for me.
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Old 10-03-2025, 02:09 PM
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Adam, can highly recommend it, has been powering it all up without a single hitch so far
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