Customer Reviews

AIMS Power 300 watt PURE (True) Sine Power Inverter

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1 star:		(6)

 

 

This might be one of the worst electronic product designs I've seen. Plug in any power cord, even without a load on the other end, and this device makes an impressive radio transmitter. Broadband noise from 30 to well over 100MHz was horrific. Out of curiosity, I pulled the device apart to determine the source of the RF and what I found was a product with so many misaligned parts and poorly done work-arounds, it shouldn't even be passed off as a prototype. Note to the manufacturer: your CE stamp isn't even CE compliant.

I'm not sure what items this will power, but an iPod caused it to 'pop' and smoke came out of the front of the inverter. Sorry I bought this product.

The first one of these new inverters I bought popped and smoked, also. I sent it back, but the new one doesn't perform anywhere near as well as the older, larger, grey model. I was very disappointed in the performance, and returned mine for a refund.

This low priced series of Aims inverters are ABSOLUTELY GARBAGE. Terrible workmanship and build quality which are not build to last. I bought my 24V 300W unit from "fleabay", connect it to a battery, initially its output is 118V, plugged in a 12V 10A power brick, it works. Then I plugged in a 320W studio flash and the flash won't recycle. Turned it off and on, now it doesn't even have a normal 120V output. After couple resets without load, the green light comes on and red light stays on for 2 seconds, blink and repeats. Basically a DOA. You may argue my flash killed the inverter, but my flash works perfectly on similar model of Samlex's inverter. What is even more bizarre is that the flash works perfectly on Aims 12V 180W model. Yes, you can buy these inverters real cheap on "fleabay", but I afraid sooner or later you will be stuck with a non-working unit and wished you had paid more for brands like Samlex or Xantrex. I returned mine and got refunded. Don't believe me? Buy yourself one, take the cover off and you will know..I almost puked after seeing the solder joints and components position inside!

I'm not sure what version of the product these other bad reviewers had. The product itself was recently redone as well as the 180Watt version. I know they recently were reviewed by UL which prompted some changes to their products. The new inverter is a great piece of hardware when put up against the others in its same class. For the size and the price there really isn't a better option - I know because I've tried most of them. The inverter store was helpful when I had a question. I don't know what's with the bad reviews or what type of equipment these people are running that is getting the inverters to let the smoke out. When I have had inverters stop working they usually just did exactly that... stopped working - they didn't have components fry. Something about all these bad reviews is a bit fishy.

I run very sensitive medical equipment that requires a pure/true sine wave. This inverter combined with a 12v PowerSonic battery has been running for months without issue. I constantly power it on and off and it had taken this abuse. For the power draw I require, this runs great. If someone is constantly drawing all 300 watts they probably should step up to a larger wattage. For my use with a Respironics cough machine, it runs great which is why it was recommended on [...] for this use.

Note: there is no need to use a marine battery to power most of your equipment. The smaller rechargeable 12v batteries like the Rhino or Powersonic 10-18 Amp hour ones are the way to go.

I do recommend this product. If it did break, I would still buy another of this same brand/model. For the size and the price it's still your best bet.

I bought the 1000 watt version of this product. Would not power electronic products because of all the RF output and lack of pure sine wave. It did however last about 6 months before suddenly deciding to die. Skip this one.

I bought this pure sine wave inverter to power a CPAP machine from a marine battery where I have no access to the power grid. The inverter itself works great.

However, the second time I used it, the metal thread insert inside one of the plastic thumbscrews for the battery connections sheered off. So I had to get a replacement nut.

The third time I used it, the thread on the other battery connection stripped.

Poor quality control. Not recommended.

Don't by from the inverter store. They're customer service is non existent, and when (not if) you recieve this item broken, you'll be stuck with no chance of getting a working model.

My corn burner pulls 150 watts max. This unit does not have enough power to run it correctly. I thought doubling the demand for starting the auger would be enough power,but I guess I need a bigger one.

This inverter never let us down. We had to use it with some pretty heavy equipment - one medical device that required a pure sine wave - and it worked like a charm. Would definitely recommend this. We have had it for over a year and never had any problems.