A glacier can look permanent—quiet, enormous, almost too old to change. But it’s changing faster than many of us realize.Since 1975, glaciers worldwide have lost more than 9 trillion tonnes of ice. In 2025 alone, another 408 billion tonnes disappeared—enough to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools every second for an entire year.Researchers modelled more than 200,000 glaciers and found that with 1.5°C of warming, more than half could disappear by 2100. At 2.7°C, only around one-fifth may remain. Every fraction of a degree can affect how much ice survives. Between 1990 and 2020, glaciers across the Hindu Kush–Himalayan region lost about 12% of their area and 9% of their ice reserves.And the risks don’t end when the ice disappears. Rapid melting can destabilize mountain slopes and increase the risk of floods, avalanches, and landslides. Shrinking glaciers can also reduce dry-season river flows, while rising sea levels threaten coastal communities. The recent glacier and rock collapse near the Nepal–China border showed how quickly changes in the mountains can affect communities downstream. Across the United States, longer heat waves, heavier downpours, flash floods, and dangerous wildfire conditions are also becoming more familiar.This is one reason cleaner energy matters. Saving energy at home, choosing efficient appliances, and using solar panels where practical can all help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. As home solar becomes more accessible, more households can generate electricity with fewer emissions. No single household can protect a glacier on its own. But millions of individual choices, supported by cleaner technology and stronger policies, can help slow the warming that puts them at risk.Have you ever seen a glacier or permanent snowfield in person? What natural place do you hope will still look the same 50 years from now?And if you use solar energy, what convinced you to make the switch? 🌍Sources: WGMS, WMO, ICIMOD, ETH Zurich, NOAA, and U.S. EPA

When I bought my first Delta 3 and started using it, for about 4 months I was convinced that the fans didn’t work. I had not heard them at all, then one day I plugged in something that made my Delta 3 work a bit harder and sure enough, the fans do work, but wow they are quiet. I compared that near silent operation to a neighbours petrol generator which can easily be heard 200 yards away so can’t be used at night without annoying everyone. I’m very happy with our choice of backup power. Due to the fact that on some level we are hopefully the architects of our own happiness, I reserve the right to make myself even happier in the future, by expanding my setup at some point.

E-Bike unterwegs mit der EcoFlow laden – macht das Sinn? 🚲🔋Ich überlege gerade, ob sich eine EcoFlow als mobile Lademöglichkeit für ein E-Bike eignet – zum Beispiel bei längeren Touren, beim Camping oder wenn man irgendwo unterwegs ist, wo keine Steckdose vorhanden ist.Rein praktisch müsste man damit ja zumindest den Akku bzw. das Ladegerät des E-Bikes betreiben können. Interessant wäre für mich aber vor allem, wie viel Energie dabei tatsächlich verloren geht und wie viele zusätzliche Kilometer man mit einer Powerstation ungefähr herausbekommt.Hat das hier schon jemand ausprobiert?Mich würden besonders folgende Erfahrungen interessieren:Welches E-Bike bzw. welcher Akku?Welche EcoFlow nutzt ihr?Wie oft lässt sich der Akku ungefähr nachladen?Habt ihr schon einmal unterwegs mit Solar nachgeladen?Lohnt sich das Ganze eurer Meinung nach für längere Touren?Vielleicht ist das ja eine ziemlich praktische Kombination – oder in der Praxis doch eher unnötig schwer. 😄

Welche Geräte sollte man besser nicht an eine EcoFlow anschließen? 🔌Ich habe mich letztens gefragt, welche Haushaltsgeräte für eine Powerstation eigentlich problematischer sind, als man auf den ersten Blick denkt.Bei Wasserkocher, Föhn oder Heizlüfter ist die hohe Leistungsaufnahme ja offensichtlich. Aber wie sieht es beispielsweise mit Geräten aus, die beim Einschalten kurzzeitig eine deutlich höhere Leistung benötigen?Mich würden eure Erfahrungen interessieren:Bei welchem Gerät hattet ihr schon einmal eine Überlastung?Welches Gerät hat euch bei der Leistungsaufnahme überrascht?Gibt es Geräte, bei denen ihr grundsätzlich davon abraten würdet, sie an eine EcoFlow anzuschließen?Und wie geht ihr mit hohen Anlaufströmen um?Vielleicht können wir hier mal eine kleine Sammlung von „Achtung, daran habe ich vorher nicht gedacht“-Geräten zusammentragen. 😄

Our first solar panel was an Ecoflow, Gen 2, bifacial, folding 110w and it’s excellent, it can produce much more than it’s rated to. Recently, In perfect conditions it managed 155wI’ve now decided that I’d like to add x2 200w or maybe x4 200w rigid solar panels on to the roof of the Art Shack for a more productive setup. My question is, if we are using the Ecoflow in the living room at the front of the house, but the solar panels have to be in the back garden about 25m away, how do you route the cables without your house ending up looking like the cabling in the Old Mir Space station and how long is a feasible cable length before you start to lose power because of cable length?

If I mount 2 or more solar panels onto the roof of the Art Shack, does it matter if the solar panels are exposed to the sunlight and producing power, but not connected to a battery because that has been moved to a different location?In this scenario, the solar panels would have a trip switch, an isolator at the battery end of its cable, so the exposed ends would be safe to touch and there would be no Ark or Short risk when plugging the battery back in later.

I may be in the position where I would like to add additional panels that are a different wattage and voltage to a single solar controller. I realize that I need to stay under 60 volts on a Delta 2 max series with the combined panel series input so that's not my question. My question is, assuming all of the panels are modern N Type but have different voltages and wattages, for example, say I have one 100 watt panel with a VOC of 20.3 volts and a 175 watt panel with a VOC of 25.5, if I wire in series on same solar input, will may maximum wattage be 175 watts or 100 watts or 275 watts?

Ich überlege gerade, ob ich meine EcoFlow noch stärker mit Solar betreiben soll.Grundsätzlich finde ich die Idee ziemlich interessant: Tagsüber mit Solar laden und die gespeicherte Energie dann später nutzen. Auf dem Papier klingt das natürlich sinnvoll. In der Praxis frage ich mich aber, wie viel dabei tatsächlich herumkommt.Gerade in Deutschland dürfte der Unterschied zwischen einem sonnigen Sommertag und Novemberwetter ziemlich groß sein. Dazu kommt, dass die Solarmodule nicht immer optimal ausgerichtet sind und man den maximalen Ertrag wahrscheinlich nur selten erreicht.Deshalb würde mich mal interessieren, wie eure Erfahrungen aussehen. Wie viel Energie bekommt ihr an einem normalen Tag ungefähr in eure EcoFlow und wie viele Watt Solarleistung habt ihr angeschlossen?Mich würde auch interessieren, ob sich das für euch hauptsächlich wegen der Stromkosten lohnt oder eher wegen der Unabhängigkeit vom Stromnetz.Ich bin noch am Rechnen und würde deshalb gerne ein paar echte Erfahrungswerte sammeln, bevor ich mein Setup erweitere.

Originally, when we chose to have some backup power for the house, In the event of an outage, I deliberately chose to only back up enough to make life in an outage more comfortable and not too try to power the whole house.We chose Ecoflow battery storage instead of a petrol generator.Petrol generators should be serviced every year, you need to check the oil level regularly, you need to run the unit outside because of the exhaust fumes, then there’s the noise. Loud, is going to draw attention to itself. Even the silent or quiet ones, aren’t.You also need to run the unit regularly because modern fuel contains ethanol and that clogs up fuel lines. Then there’s run time, most generators that I’ve seen the owners manual for, state that the continuous run time is 8 hours or 10 hours. All of that is a bit of a faff.An Ecoflow battery will run until it’s empty, could be an hour could be 14 hours, it depends what you plug into it.I know a guy who has a petrol generator which he doesn’t run often enough and yes the fuel system has needed to be striped down and cleaned twice in 5 months. For me there’s also a potential problem, not being able to get more fuel when there’s major local disruption.That doesn’t mean that petrol generators are not worth having now. Probably the best backup power system would be a mixed approach. Ecoflow battery for silent running, some solar panels to top it up or maybe even recharge it completely and a small petrol generator, to recharge the Ecoflow when solar isn’t working. You would only have to run the petrol generator for an hour as Ecoflow recharges very quickly.

We are starting to use the Ecoflow when the grid is still up and running. We could just use the grid power and complain about the cost of each kW that we use. But having 2 Ecoflow Delta 3’s at our disposal gives us the ability to power things like the TV, WiFi, charge the phones and tablets, even power the fridge freezer and microwave etc. The Ecoflow can be charged with solar panels and that input is free power. We currently pay 26p per kW of grid electric, that is due to increase to about 29p in about 4 days. Not a big increase, but it won’t be an isolated increase. So if we can offset that increase by using the Ecoflow in the house more often and turning stuff like the TV off at night, because of its standby power usage, that has got to be a good thing. Using the Ecoflow more often is also probably good or at least better for its battery.

Our TV uses 28w and when is on standby it still uses about a third of that. Our Fridge Freezer uses 6w when it’s just monitoring itself and 151w when the condenser is running. A new fridge freezer would use about half that. Our lava lamp uses 40w but our ordinary standard lamp uses 8w (Led bulb) Our microwave is a 700w unit which actually pulls 1250w, that’s 700w of cooking power, the rest turns the plate and powers the light and the microwave gun. If we had a more powerful microwave, say a 1200w unit that would use about 1800w.Our panini press pulls 1000w. It makes toasted sandwiches but uses less power than a traditional toaster because its heat plates make contact with the bread, it runs for a shorter time, than a toaster would. Our Air Fryer pulls just under 2000w but only needs to be used for about 15 minutes at a time. Lightbulbs, a 60w bulb pulls 60w an hour, but an Led bulb with an equivalent light output only pulls about 9w I’ve started changing all of the light bulbs for Led versions.Making lots of small savings by using machines that use less power, for a shorter time adds up to savings on the utility bill.Knowing how much power items use means we can better plan how to use our two Ecoflows in an outage.

The thing that has surprised me the most about using our Ecoflow Delta 3’s is our usual power usage in the house. The Delta 3 has a set amount of capacity, so I use it differently, more considered than the grid.Before the Ecoflow, we just used stuff powered by the grid, as we normally use stuff, that means leaving the TV on standby when we go to bed, because that’s right, it doesn’t have an off switch like old TVs. Standby still uses power.Lightbulbs, an incandescent 60w pulls 60w an hour, but an Led bulb with an equivalent light output only pulls about 9w I’ve started changing all of the light bulbs for Led versions.Boiling water in the kettle, only boil what you are going to use at that moment, uses less power than boiling a full kettle for just one cup of tea or coffee.These differences are all small, but over a year they add up.These are all things that we already knew, but ignored. Ecoflow has reminded us of these simple steps to use power better and save a little on our utility bill.

Alright EcoFlow Family, now this is a unit I would love to see come to the United States! The new PowerRock 4000 was made for people who need serious power while getting the job done.It has a3kWh battery, delivers 4,000W of steady power, and can push up to 7,200W for 100 seconds when equipment needs that extra boost. It can also fully recharge in about one hour.I could see this being useful for construction crews, food trucks, mobile businesses, outdoor events, landscaping companies, emergency workers, and people running a side hustle. You could have dependable power without dealing with the noise and fumes of a gas generator.It is launching in Europe first, but I’m hoping EcoFlow brings it our way too!Would the PowerRock 4000 be useful for your company or side hustle? What would you use it to power? And who else is excited for it to come to the United States? 🔋⚡

I'm into learning, analysis to buy best and optimal system for my needs.. 30A thermopompe, 5 fridges, minimal lights and other smal equipment.. solar is a potential source. But depends on costs.

I really love having our 2 Ecoflow Delta 3’s We haven’t had an outage since buying them so we haven’t used them in anger, but we have simulated an outrage and tested what we would want to power on then. Just knowing that the Delta 3’s are there and having carried out tests so that now we know how long they will keep us going, is fantastic.

When you are running stuff on your Ecoflow just to cycle the battery, do you find yourself regularly checking in via the app and then smiling quite a lot?Also, in an outage situation when it’s keeping your chosen things powered, on a sliding scale between Lower 0 - 10 Higher, what level of, Let’s say… content smugness do you feel?I do check in on the app regularly, I’m developing laughter lines from all the smiling and the smugness is probably 9 But only because I like to leave some room for adding more later.

Having purchased our Delta 3’s I was so impressed that I told some others people about them. Two of the people I told went on to purchase their own Delta 3 products and are very happy with them. It might be interesting to know how many of the people you informed about your Ecoflow went on and purchased as well?From that we could gauge the power of ‘Word of Mouth’.

Ecoflow started in 2017 does anyone on the forum have one of the first units that they made and do you still use it?If the answer to that is yes, I would love to hear your story. That would be a great advert for Ecoflow longevity.

I purchased the EF ECOFLOW STREAM 800W Microinverter with 2 × 500W solar panels as an introduction to solar.It came in two parts: first, a recorded-delivery cable, then a rather precarious pallet containing the panels. When the pallet arrived, there appeared to be no solar connection cables included.After spending around £60 on connectors that were never delivered, I then found out that the panel connectors were Amphenol/H4, meaning I needed the correct genuine Amphenol/H4 connectors for this 800W setup. At the moment, the whole thing is basically a garden ornament, because it has no connecting cables and I cannot source the correct 1 m Amphenol/H4 cable locally. The pallet itself also showed signs of the forks from a pallet truck entering or pressing into the package, so I really need to be able to test this equipment as soon as possible to make sure the panels have not been damaged. I have now had to order the cables separately and am waiting another five days for the three cables I was able to obtain.Not exactly the introduction to solar I was expecting.

I purchased this radio a Grundig Satellite 3400 Professional, In 1981 It still looks like new and works as expected. I look after my stuff so I'm hoping that the very complex Ecoflow Delta 3's last as long as they have been designed to. Handling them, the build quality is there and Watching a tear down video shows quality components and suggests that they should.