Product Review: Growatt INFINITY 1300 Portable Power Station
The Growatt INFINITY 1300 Portable Power Station in front of our Volkswagen T4
It's official, the Growatt INFINITY 1300 Portable Power Station is now available in the UK. We have spent the last 8 weeks working with Growatt who sent over an INFINITY 1300 ahead of the launch so that we could explore its potential and share our thoughts with you.
The INFINITY 1300 is available on pre-launch sale right now and you can save an extra £30 when you use the code "30coff" at the checkout. Order your INFINITY 1300 today.
The INFINITY 1300 portable power station combines 1382Wh of storage capacity (about the same as a 100Ah leisure battery) with a powerful 1800W pure sine wave inverter. This means you can power any of your mains devices while you are on the road as long as the total combined power is less than 1800W. We have been using our power station on our recent trips to power everything from our travel kettle, to Jackie's hair dryer and straighteners, to John's laptop. There are 4 mains sockets so you can run up to 4 devices at once.
The batteries in the INFINITY 1300 are Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) whereas other popular power station brands are still using Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC). LiFePO4 batteries have a significantly longer lifetime with Growatt rating them for over 3000+ charge cycles which is more than 10 years of normal usage. LiFePO4 batteries are also thermally stable and significantly safer than NMC batteries.
Another great feature we love in the INFINITY 1300 is that the charger is built into the unit. You can charge the power station from a household mains socket in just 1.8 hours using a standard 13A kettle plug, there is no need for a separate charger like you have with other brands. You can also charge the power station using the 12v car cable provided, or hook up to 800w of solar panels with the provided MC-4 adapter cable which will fully charge the power station in 2.5 hours.
As for outputs, there are 14 in total! We mentioned the 4 mains sockets already and in addition you have 2 x standard USB ports, 2 x fast charge USB ports, 2 x USB-C PD ports (perfect for charging your laptop), 2 x 12v DC outputs, 1 x 12v cigarette socket, and on the top, you have a built-in wireless charging pad for charging your phone.
Controlling your INFINITY 1300 is easy using the front-mounted buttons to turn the AC and DC outputs on and off, and the built-in display clearly shows you the remaining battery capacity, the amount of power coming in and going out of the power station, and an estimated "time to empty" based on the current load. You can also see all this information and control the power station over Bluetooth or Wifi by installing the myGro mobile app which is available for iPhone and Android.
We have been using the INFINITY 1300 for nearly 2 months and have been away many times, including two festival weekends without hookup. Each time we went away we charged the power station before we left and after each weekend away we came back with power left over, so this is definitely a great product if you need mains power but don't have access to a hookup while you are away. With an additional solar panel, it would be possible to top up the power station while you are away, extending your time "off-grid" even further. The INFINITY 1300 is not just for camping though, we have used the power station at home to power our work equipment while we had a power outage, and the built-in UPS feature means that you can keep the power station plugged in and as soon as the power cuts out it will continue to power your devices.
We'd like to thank Growatt again for sending us a unit to review and allowing us to publish our unedited thoughts with our followers. We have also published our Growatt INFINITY 1300 video review on our T4 Family YouTube channel.
The Growatt INFINITY 1300 is available to buy now, for more information and to purchase head to the Growatt UK website.