If you go out shooting for the day and you've got say your drone your pocket 2 or hero 10
or any little action camera and then you've got a DSLR or a mirrorless camera with you
and you've got your phone, you've got all these different things to charge up
then having just a little power supply isn't really gonna cut it to charge everything,
so the EcoFlow River Mini portable power supply is great for this. It's lightweight, it's portable
and it will literally charge every device that you have.
So the EcoFlow River Mini comes in two versions it's got a wireless version and a non-wireless version.
It has a 210wh capacity and there's various different ports, you've got usb-a, usb-c,
traditional wall socket, a car charging socket,
it's got a usb-c fast charging port and wireless charging pad on the top, but they, the usb-c and
the wireless charging pad are only with the wireless version so you won't get the usb-c
charging port with the non-wireless version. So if you've been enjoying this video do remember
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So you can basically charge up to nine devices at once which is great because like I said if you've
got all those different cameras or different bits of gear with you then you can basically,
if you're going between locations you can just whack them all on charge whilst you're driving
around and then you can just charge them all up. So the River Mini wireless comes with an
AC charging cable, a car charging cable, and a solar charging cable whereas the non-wireless
version just comes with the AC charging cable. In order to charge it you can use a
wall socket for fast charging and it will take you from 0-80% in just an hour if you charge
the River Mini in the car using the car charger then it will take about three and a half hours.
So one of the really great features I like about the EcoFlow River Minis is that if you are out and
about and you're in the middle of nowhere or you go hiking or you go camping and there and there's
no means for you to have power and your power supply was dying you could use a solar power,
solar panel to charge up the power supply. So as I said the wireless version comes with a
solar cable to charge it and the non-wireless version doesn't but you can buy it separately
but you plug that in, plug it into the solar panel that you buy separately
and then that will charge your River Mini for you which is just a lifesaver.
There's also an app which you can use and you can basically monitor your devices and you can see
how much charge it has left, you can monitor the devices that are charging as well so that's really
handy. So one thing to know, when I got these I didn't read the instruction manual which I
probably should do before I start using stuff, but Ijust tend to jump in, but when I started
using it I plugged my things and Ii plugged in my phone I think and I plugged in my laptop and
nothing happened, and then I realized you actually have to press the little buttons on the different
like grids of the power supply. So yeah that's something to remember if you get it, so if you
plug something in it doesn't work it's probably because you haven't pressed one of those buttons.
To make it portable it has this little like slot at the back where you can pick it up and carry it
and it's fine but it is a little bit awkward to hold sometimes so
it would have been nice if there was an actual handle but otherwise it's not,
it's not heavy or anything it's not you know it's not heavy, it's just
with that little slot at the back it can be a bit awkward if you're carrying other things as well.
So another thing that I noticed was that if you charge it and or if you plug in something like
a laptop or something like that then it is quite noisy so you can hear the fans going
so that's just something to be mindful of. It's not really, really loud but it's definitely,
it's noticeable so if you were to plug in your phone or something in the usb-c port
or the usb-a ports then you can't really hear anything but it's just when you plug in, plug
it into charger or plug in something like a laptop then that, that is going to be a little bit noisy.
But other than that it's a really good power supply. I used to take around this little
Anker battery pack to try and charge my phone if it died or my Pocket 2 if it died or my Hero
10 batteries and stuff, and now I can literally just chuck this River Mini in the car and that's
it I can just charge everything on the go, so really, really handy and I've got a link in the
description to where you can get it so do check it out. If you found this video useful do give
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