Review of Stanley PPRH5 450-Amp Professional Power Station with Built-In Air

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This item appears to be fairly well-made. It has a rather large footprint and weighs ~15 lbs. I like the layout of the controls and lighted psi gauge. The battery charge indicator has three LED's, so it's hard to gauge exactly how much charge is left. When I received this item, the plastic valve on the end of the air hose was broken off. Rather than send it back, I decided to fix it myself for two reasons. 1 The plastic valve will eventually break off again (very cheap component). 2 The 1/4" rubber air hose is VERY short (less than 18"), which will make the compressor more difficult to position and use. So, I went to the local hardware store and got a better air valve, an extension hose and 1/4" compressor hose repair kit for about 20 bucks. Now I can reach any tire without having to reposition the unit. The compressor does reach pressures over 100psi, so the 120 rating isn't too far off. Additionally, the jumper cables are VERY short about 2'. I can imagine this causing a problem positioning the unit safely for a jump start. Even with these minor issues, I still think this a good value (especially if you hit it during a Gold Box Discount)

UPDATE: After using the compressor and inverter for 3+ months, I'm impressed with the performance. I also got a chance to use this to jump start my truck. The truck battery had drained after sitting over a month without being started. The power station had been charged two months prior and was left in the bed of the truck the entire time. I was surprised when it was able to jump start the V-8 engine with ease. I had to let it charge the truck battery for about 1 minute before starting the motor. I'm raising the 3 star rating to 4. Would be a 5 if not for the short hose, cheap air valve and short jumper cables.

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Received as a gift for xmas. Immediately charged it & placed on my work bench where it sat until last Saturday. Attempted to use for the first time only to discover it was defective right out of the box. Poor customer service from the manufacturer ( The National Christmas Co.) sorry, not made by Stanley althought I don't know that would make it any better. Stanley Customer Service was no help at all,they could not have cared less. Now I have to pay to ship it to the manufacturer to have it repaired and I haven't even used it once. What more can I say.

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Now this is a cool product. You charge up this Power Station by attaching an extension cord directly to the built-in male plug. LEDs advise you when it is fully charged.

You can use This Stanley product to inflate tires, beach balls or any other air inflated device without having to have AC or outside DC souce available, thanks to the built-in battery.

No longer will you have to search out for a gas station that offers air and no more paying for what once was "free air."

This Stanley is so handy and easy-to-use that you'll find yourself checking the air in your tires much more frequently.

If your battery is too low to cold start in the dead-of-winter, this Power Station will save the day.

The inverter and charger should also proved to be helpful when traveling or camping. It also may prove invaluable to keep inside your vehicle as an emergency back-up or even a product that can help others in need.

The drawbacks: The air inflater hose should be at least six inches longer to reach valve stems that have rotated to the top on the wheel. The base could use a better design so that you could stand it upwards with the carrying handle on top.

The two above-stated issues drop this product from a five-star to a four-star rating.

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The primary reason I got this was to run my c-pap while camping out. It works fine for that, it runs the cpap all night. charges things, and blows up the air mattress. I haven't jumped a car with it but it should work fine. The air hose is short if you wanted to pump up a tire more of an emergency thing than a useful thing. I wouldn't get it if I was primarily wanting an air compressor it is a nice bonus but not primary. It does a great job of bringing battery power to a tent.

I'm going to edit this to add some more about the c-pap. My cpap unit is the kind that has two parts the "blower" and a humidifier to put water in. When camping and using this I just take the "blower" unit and not the humidifier. That is from the cpap manufacturer's recommendations about the voltage of the cpap. It doesn't bother me not to have the humidifier in the tent.

This past summer I went with my son to webelo camp for four nights. This was the longest I had used it. The charge ran fine for two nights plus using it to charge some usb things like a phone. On the third day I toted it out of the campsite to a location where there was power to charge it up. I was down to one red light. The thing is, remember when it is flat it takes more than a day to charge it. I charged it enough that day to run that night, and enough the next day to run that night. Then when I got home it took a couple of days to charge it back fully.

So after a couple of 2-night campouts and one four-night I'd say this. You are safe for one night. You will probably make it two. I am 3/3 for two nights. But you probably won't make it through three without being able to recharge it.

I'm real happy with it though for doing what I need it to do.

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I am surprised at the bad reviews. I have two of these and three of the same strength, different model, without the built in inverter. So I have FIVE power packs total, and I kept getting more because they were so great. They are what they are, not a full generator, and you can run a 40 watt light for about 4-5 hours (which seemed like Heaven after a few days days using candles in the Oct. 2011 storm on the East coast), or watch an average length movie on the laptop. I used two in an evening, between charging the laptop, using one light, charging the cordless and cell phones. I used the smaller 300 amp version to power my wireless modem, on an as needed basis, and that can last several days or more that way depending on usage time. I have five so I can rotate them, if I don't have power usually someone else does not far and I can leave them to charge for a day. I also have charged them up while driving around in the car. You need to buy the car cord separately. I just got a 55 watt solar panel kit, still in the box, and am draining one of the STANLEYs now with an energy saver 14 watt lightbulb, which gives a 40 watt type output, to see how long it lets one of those power... then will see how long it takes to charge the machine with the panels once they are set up. Just a fun experiment really. Just in case there is nowhwere to charge them ever, from a wall.

As for customer service, I had questions in the beginning, and also later another, on what watt solar to accommodate these, and have to say customer service always answered nearly immediately, the reps were well informed beyond what I expected, and always had the answer and were kind and helpful. They are based in FL and they get loads of storms and power outages, and every rep I spoke to HAS these as backup too! So they really know the machines well.

if you expect these to run the fridge, microwave or furnace, or hairdryer, they will not. Get a generator. I bought them expecting them to do exactly what they did, and they did a valiant job. I would give them 10 stars if there were the option here. And 10 stars to my experiences with customer service. There are likely a few bad apples answering phones there, as in any company, but I never got them.