I bought the Ego Nexus escape because Ego gave me a $25 off coupon and I have a lot of Ego batteries from my yard equiptment. I wouldn’t pay full price for it.
The Nexus escape is a small 150 watt (max) SQUARE WAVE inverter that plugs into the top of Ego Arc Lithium batteries, that also provides 2 USB charging ports. Ego Nexus Escape (PAD1500) Amazon (Affiliate) link: https://amzn.to/2Z6qKBn
Great for charging USB devices, or powering small loads where the square wave power isn’t an issue (motors on fans buzz, but most power supplies such as for laptops, routers, etc work fine). The 150 watt inverter will shut down if the load ever goes above 150 watts, as it has zero surge capability over the listed 150 watts.
It will also go into a “low power shutdown” mode to save power if the draw is less than 4 watts, so it is not suitable for running very small loads unattended.
As a small 150 watt inverter, it is serviceable for most small loads, but I really wish it had either a modified sine wave or true sine wave output to make it compatible with more AC devices. Also, having a 300 watt surge capacity for a second or two would have made it much more usable.
Overall, I think the Ego Nexus Power Station is a much better (if much more expensive) product as it has a true sine wave power output, and a lot more capacity.
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Tried to charge a cell phone using a usb port and it kept shutting down shortly after plugging the phone in.
Sounds like the cell phone was not pulling enough power to keep it active (was it already near fully charged? The current draw starts to taper off around 80%).
My recommendation is to either try using a plug in (AC) charger, or try charging two USB devices at the same time, or plug in the USB charger along with some other draw in the AC plug (fan/internet router, laptop that needs charging, etc….)
Can you come up with solution to square wave ? I mean any way to hack this thing.
I’ve considered putting a large capacitor in the line after the inverter to “chop the edges” off the AC waveform, but I don’t think it would be worth the effort as it would add considerable size and bulk to the unit. It may be possible to hack the firmware of the inverter to try and make it into a modified sine wave inverter depending upon how the circuit is set up, but I suspect that whatever discrete component they are using to switch the power has a relatively slow switching speed, which is why they are not already PWMing it to make a modified sine wave output. It works fine for my (new) hot glue gun and charging phones and tablets off of USB, so I’m not really interested in mucking around with it too much. (I also have other pure sine inverters I can use should I need pure sine AC power.)
I AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN USE THIS DEVICE TO PLUG IN AN EGO BATTERY CHARGER FOR WHEN ON THE GO? SOMETIMES I DO SIDE JOBS AND WOULD BE NICE TO CHARGE A BATTERY WHEN NOT IN A HOUSE
No, it has a 150 watt limit, and the Ego battery chargers draw more than that (I believe it’s around 200-250 for the regular charger and 500 for the quick charger). Additionally, as it is powered by an Ego Battery, there would be no point using one Ego battery to charge another Ego battery.