POPDEER S500: A little power horse

The Popdeer S500 offers a storage capacity of 518 Wh and 500W of output power. It is the smallest solar generator in size with these power parameters that I have tested so far. It is almost twice as small as the 300W power station I reviewed last month. Priced around $200, this is a relatively simple unit, but it’s still incredibly useful, featuring all the ports you could ask for from a portable power station. Let’s take a closer look!

Despite its compact size, the POPDEER S500 power station incorporates a 500W pure-sine AC inverter with a 1000W peek, 65 PD USB charger, camp\SOS light, and three charging modes. This tiny cube is ideal whether you have a short power outage at home or are camping in the mountains and want to be connected and powered.

Inside the unit is a 21.6V/24000mAh (equivalent to 3.6V/144000mAh) LiION battery pack that provides a total of 518.4Wh storage capacity. You can expect to run a mini fridge for about 7 hours or to charge…