by admin | Mar 8, 2025 | Energy, Eskom, Load shedding, News, power banks, power station
If you have fun plans for this weekend, you’ll have to have your fun in the dark. Eskom has just announced the return of Stage 3 load shedding from 14h00 today, Friday 7 March. The beleaguered state-owned power utility ‘anticipates’ Stage 3 to last until 05h00 on... by admin | Jan 28, 2025 | Lumo, News, Other Tech Reviews, power station, Powerall 1.5, review, Reviews
Eskom’s having a pretty good run but there are more reasons than just ”State power utility bad” to want to kit your home out with an alternative energy solution. It all boils down to stepping off the grid and the Lumo Powerall 1.5 looks like a decent enough boulder to... by admin | Jul 20, 2024 | Bluetti, EB3A, News, Other Tech Reviews, power station, review, Reviews, South Africa
Is load shedding properly gone, then? Given how far South Africa has progressed through winter, it’s tempting to believe that is the case. But there will always be another power outage or, failing that, a camping trip. Taking something relatively compact, like the... by admin | Jan 16, 2024 | Gizzu, Hero Core 512Wh, News, Other Tech Reviews, power station, review, Reviews
December 2023 was a rather nice time. It’s not just being off work that did it, either. Eskom managed, probably at massive expense, to keep the lights on for the festive season. That’s over for now and load shedding has returned. If you don’t already have a battery in... by admin | Aug 30, 2023 | Load shedding, News, Other Tech Reviews, power station, review, Reviews, Romoss, Thunder RS300
At this point, power stations are so much more than the gimmicky little items that would keep your phones charged on some camping trip. There’s a reason everyone and their grandmother is trying to get their hands on these things. They’ve become almost a requisite in a... by admin | Aug 22, 2023 | 150W, ACDC, Load shedding, News, Other Tech Reviews, power station, review, Reviews
Portable battery packs are everywhere these days. With all the competition in the market, the ACDC 150W Portable Power Station — supplied by a local company called ACDC Dynamics — is a bit of an anomaly. For starters, it’s priced a little high. That’s Stuff‘s most...