Does anyone have experience with "The Juicer" portable power unit from McCormick's? I am currently using a homemade system of a marine battery>inverter>power conditioner built onto our synth cart, but those items combined with the synth, speaker, and amp make for an extremely heavy cart. We are looking to move to an external power supply and powered speakers (eliminating the amp).
What are other people using that seems to work well for you?
Re: Portable Power
Posted by FarWestTexas on 10/16/2024, 4:24 pm, in reply to "Portable Power"
We started using a Jackery 880 with the sine wave outlets. It can handle everything on my synth cart for 5 or 6 hours.
Re: Portable Power
Posted by Mr. Dude on 9/20/2024, 3:30 pm, in reply to "Portable Power"
We have a juicer mini that we power our synth with during music rehearsals so we're not having to run cords everywhere all the time, and it's pretty solid. It won't run the whole sound cart, but if stuff happens, it's on our synth cart and we can at least power him through a bass amp and the juicer mini which ride on the bottom shelf on his cart.
The full blown juicer should be a pretty great option, just not very cheap at all.
Re: Portable Power
Posted by 4A Guy on 9/20/2024, 11:48 am, in reply to "Portable Power"
We use EcoFlow Delta Batteries and have for 4 years now. Never been a problem, quiet, and easy.
This battery powers our entire system for about 4-5 hours. It fits nicely in the sound cart.
We run powered speakers and powered subs with 3 wireless channels, synth, and a few smaller power draw items. Works great! We recently got a few or the EcoFlow Rivers just for redundancy and to not have to run power cords out to the speaker stacks and synth cart.
Honestly, don't listen to the people who say it's not enough power. People told me that a lot, but I am kind of a nerd on these things and knew what I was getting into. Now more and more people are using this type of setup. We have used it successfully for many years without fail. No gas, no noise (outside of an occasional cooling fan), and no maintenance. DO NOT GET A UPS, that is made to safely shut down a system in the event of power failure or to power the board before going on the field. It cannot run an entire system. You want something like the EcoFlow with Lithium Batteries. The Juicer was fine for what it is but it is expensive and at least as of a few years ago still used lead acid batteries, which work but at the added cost of weight, bulk, and longevity.
Re: Portable Power
Posted by No, But on 9/20/2024, 9:03 am, in reply to "Portable Power"
I haven't seen that one until now, but it looks pretty cool. My only issue in the past with McC's is just how expensive they are and the older batteries in plastic housing were just always needing some kind of repair. We finally got rid of all of our old ones over the summer and are just plugging in wherever we go. However, We are looking into two other brands you may want to consider as well. Check out portable power from Ecoflow and Anker. That's what I am currently researching for next year.
Re: Portable Power
Posted by percone on 9/20/2024, 8:27 am, in reply to "Portable Power"
I love mine. It has been very dependable, the charge lasts a long time, and it is very portable. We have 16 channel mixer, so the SKB mighty gig rig fits on top of the juicer case and you have an all in one power and mixer that is portable.
Re: Portable Power
Posted by small school guy on 9/19/2024, 9:23 pm, in reply to "Portable Power"
Power: Middle Atlantic UPS1000R UPS System Rackmount Power 8 Outlet 750W
Speaker: Ev ELX112P Powered Loudspeaker 12" Woofer
It powers the speaker, MX88 Synth, Roland Sampler, and two AT2035 microphones with phantom power for 2-3 hours on a single charge.
