Wagan 400W Power Dome

[tplife]

I'm pretty tired of going through 2.5 sets of 6 C batteries per weekend.  I like having 75 or so CDs on hand to have a nice ambience to my campsite, and every so often I have to remove, dispose, and reload the battery supply.  And when's the last time you saw a decent D battery CD player that was compact in size?  Recently we bought the Wagan 400W Power Dome, $ 65.99, at Costco.  After a 36-hour charge I packed it into the car and headed for the ABATE 13th Regional Rally at Lake ElSinore.  The rear-mounted inverter has two AC outlets and the plug fit right it.  I put the 'Dome on a bit of newspaper to keep the dustoff and placed the Sony CD player on the Roll-A-Table and cut loose.  We played many-a-disc Friday day, night, Saturday and Saturday night and it wasn't until 12:41 AM Sunday morning that the power finally was insufficient to run a CD.  After a 10-minute break, I had enough power back for about four disc cuts and again lost power.  I still had enough power to run the 5-LED lamp on front if wanted and even recharged my cell phone on the front-mounted DC outputs.  Sunday pack-up meant several more discs that I ran on the old C batteries, still in the player from out last trip in '06.  I'm pleased with the performance and power this device provided.  I suppose someday I'll use the built-in compressor and maybe even the battery booster - it would sure beat the usual car-to-car jump start.  Two Thumbs Up!

[kampingkoge]

I have one of these as well, just under a different brand name.  Has come in handy many, many times ....have used it to jump start the boat when the boat's battery needed to be replaced, ran the furnace when the battery ran out of juice in the middle of the night (once) ... used it for my laptop to play a dvd movie after the laptop's battery died, even ran my outside awning lights with it when dry camping.  I will warn you to give the air compressor plenty of cool down time when using for extended periods.  It gets hot ... mine no longer works, but thats ok, I bought a heavy duty craftsman SUV compressor than I run of the 12volt recepticle now ... much better compressor.

[tplife]

I have one of these as well, just under a different brand name.  Has come in handy many, many times ....have used it to jump start the boat when the boat's battery needed to be replaced, ran the furnace when the battery ran out of juice in the middle of the night (once) ... used it for my laptop to play a dvd movie after the laptop's battery died, even ran my outside awning lights with it when dry camping.  I will warn you to give the air compressor plenty of cool down time when using for extended periods.  It gets hot ... mine no longer works, but thats ok, I bought a heavy duty craftsman SUV compressor than I run of the 12volt recepticle now ... much better compressor.

Wow!  Wagan will be p*ssed to know their stuff is being rebranded - or maybe that's where the money is these days.  I would have preferred the camoflage version, but it would have cost me 110% more money via the Internet. Thanks 'Koge for the air compressor tip, however it would only be used in an emergency as I have a Craftsman 120V compressor that airs my Hog, SUV, cars, balls, baloons, etc.