Companion Rover Lithium 70Ah Power Station: Tested

Reviewed by Mark Watson • February 7, 2022

It wasn’t long ago when camping with AC/DC meant enjoying a fireside beverage whilst Angus Young belted out some high-voltage rock-n-roll on a crackling AM radio. In today’s world of advancing technology and an appetite for digital luxuries, AC/DC has a different meaning altogether. The luxury of camp-tunes remains, but they now exude from a rechargeable lithium-ion lantern-speaker linked via Bluetooth to a smartphone. More importantly, beverages stay cold, even if yesterday’s servo had no ice, because their home is a 12-volt dual zone fridge/freezer. In fact, high-voltage now relates more to fast electron-created go-go-juice for digital devices rather than an iconic rock band. Whether you like it or not, battery-power is here to stay as we enter the age of the lithium power station. The Companion Rover Lithium 70Ah Power Station is one of the latest examples of this technology.

We rate the Companion Rover Lithium 70Ah Power Station and the 200W Solar Charger, combined, as an exceptional solution for off-grid power. The combined system’s size, weight and ease of use delivers bonus points aplenty. We’d love to see a brighter screen and some AC output on the Power Station, but we’re not turning away for a few ‘wants’. We will continue to listen to Angus Young’s riffs from a recharged lithium-ion Bluetooth lantern-speaker as we grab a coldie one from our 12V fridge freezer. We might not have AC, but we have DC aplenty.

RRP: $1400 See Companion Outdoor for this and its other excellent portable power products.

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