Customer Reviews

WeatherX RPS8807DT 200-Watt Portable Power System with Weatherband and AM/FM Radio

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This system has lots of features and seems reasonably well-built. Radio reception is mediocre especially on the weather band which is a definite weakness but if you work with it, decent reception is possible. The unit is big and heavy but having a built-in power system necessitates a battery of this size. Otherwise, all features seem to work as advertised.

I'm on my third one, luckily the previous ones were under warranty.
First one was dead from the get go.
Second one would work but the charge indicator and the flashlight didn't.
Number 3 just died totaly except for a clicking noise.
Worst product I have ever bought.
Avoid this piece of ****.

This item has a lot of features in a relatively small and compact unit. But (thankfully) I have not needed to use all these features. I did try the air compressor, which worked to inflate the tires on my bicycle. The lights are bright and the unit does have two AC outlets.

If everything works as advertised, then this is a great item at a good price!

We'll see.

The battery lasted about 1.5 years.
The battery charger lasted about 1 year.

This is a very cheaply made product.

This is bar-none the worst piece of electronics I've ever seen! And, after calling the manufacturer, they offered NO help! Even the instruction manuel is inadequate. Beware of WeatherX products...RJ

As with everyone else, the loud clicking and electronic smell when charging set in on the second use. The first time it worked great. No weather cahnnel reception though. Got it for camping and checked it out thoroughly when it came in. Charged it and all was well. Then didn't need it for months. Pulled it out the second time and it was dead. So it didn't hold the charge from the first use. Plugged it in and the clicking started. Then it started to smell, but at least no smoke or fire. And it just wont take a charge. But the components seem to work when plugged in. So unless the smell gets to me, I can use it plugged in.

I've gone through 7 of these units, all defective. First one had the thermometer type upside down, and to make a long story short, loud clicking on 3 while charging (failed), smoke from one, etc. Nice looking unit with great features, but the stupid thing is an engineering failure. The company will probably send me and 8th unit, but I don't think it will be the charm. Avoid this product like the plague!

We purchased this to use on camping trips. The first (and only) time we used it, it worked fine, although the radio reception was somewhat poor. We brought it home and put it away. It had in no way been abused, dropped, hit, or otherwise damaged, and no damage is evident on the outside at all.
When we got it back out again to use it, the whole thing was dead. We put it on the charger, just as we had when we first purchased it, and it began making a very loud clicking noises and the lights were flashing. We took it off the charger, checked every switch, made sure everything was off, and plugged it back in to the charger. It continued to make the clicking noise and the charger was getting HOT.
So - we took it off the charger, and got the paperwork back out. The unit only has a limited 90 day warranty on it, and this was well past that point. It doesn't charge, it continues to make the clicking noise, which we discovered varies in speed and volume when we try turning some of the features on and off while on the charger, and it won't charge up at all.
Makes a nice 18 pound paperweight I guess...........but for the money, I wouldn't recommend it.