Review: ALLPOWERS VOLIX P300 (300W/256Wh) Portable Power Station

Power stations are a product which has grown dramatically in popularity, whether it be for use on recreational trips as a power source when you are “off-grid”, or as emergency sources of power. For many years, the price has hovered at about $1/Wh for a decent quality power station, with entry level units often being 200-300Wh in capacity. Thanks to some very attentive OzBargainers, combined with various cashback and sale offers, the ALLPOWERS VOLIX P300 which is a 256Wh power station was on sale for just AU$145.76 and later, AU$116.72 making it an effective $0.569/Wh and $0.456/Wh without taking into account the cashback offers available at the time which would have paid back a further 15% or so. As a bit of a self-confessed power station aficionado, I decided to grab two units while I could, just to see if they were any good. Unboxing These units arrive in a cardboard box with black printed line-art of the product on the front side. ALLPOWERS is not a brand that seems to achieve…