Customer Reviews

Xantrex Technologies 852-0081 XPower Pocket Powerpack 100-Watt Inverter

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Superceeded by:
Duracell 852-0281-07 DC to AC 100 Watt Inverter
Xantrex 813-0291 XPower Pocket Mobile Power Source 175-Watt Inverter

Big Drawbacks:
You have to unplug the DC Inverter to charge the battery.
No way to connect to a solar panel.

Small Drawbacks:
Inverter Runs Hot
Slow charging

Have used it to:
Power my laptop at a wireless hotspot
Charge my cell phone
Charge my digital camera

Does work very reliably.

I use one of these as portable power for a small music mixer that supplies phantom power . It works fine.

It does take a while to charge; but I only use it once a month.

It also works great if your power goes off a few days and you just want to keep you iphone going or listen to a radio.

It does not provide a lot of power ; but it works good for some applications. I don't think I paid more then $50 for mine. I
see they went up again. I don't know if it is worth $100; but not a bad item to have in a power outage.

It will not power my coffee grinder....

Battery was DOA. I hadn't used it for the first 30 days (I only used the actual inverter, I had charged the battery and it had appeared to work). Wrote to Xantrex, no response. I'll have to buy another one from some other more reputable company.

The seller has description listed as it is what is pictured but it is NOT it is only the Inverter not battery pack as listed in the description. Emailed them they said I "should" have known because of the price.