Maybe you got lucky, seems like quite a few orders happened here. Maybe not everyone will test them as well. I am very curious. A good friend paid 40% more for lower capacity exclusively for a cpap when we go camping.
Agree. Got mine and we had a five hour power failure. It was nice not having to start the generator. We also have forest fire smoke, so I ran the air filter and other stuff. Better than driving two hours to escape it all.
Yes, the deal the BLF members got between the Vipon coupon and the coupon code on the sellers page, equaled something like several hundred off on the power bank.
LOLā¦you and I seem to have the same attitude about pulling out the generator. I only pull it out of the garage if I really
feel the need for it. Otherwise, I like to depend more on power banks for short term power outages.
I use my Rockpals battery inverter to keep my network and CPAP running all night so I can shut down the generator to sleep.
Edit- that was in the winter. In the summer, I leave the generator on to power the window AC which drowns out the sound of the generator so I sleep just fine. 
Looks like 2 storms back to back in the Gulf. Already tuned up my generator, need to top up my Rockpals.
Since weāre talking about backup power, how about a 12Volt fridge/freezer
Code QFGAUB6A should work, just make sure the seller is Rockpals and donāt forget to click the $80 discount button before you add to cart.
Mine arrives tomorrow
I bought us a Dual Fuel 10000 watt generator last fall ā- Iām all rigged up with propane now ā- Fooling with gasoline gets old quick
Iāve also been messing around with Big LifePo4 batteries ( I have a total of 800 AH /12v ) with a 2000watt Inverter ā I plan on using this setup during a Storm āNo fun trying to get out in bad weather to run a generator
Hopefully those storms stay away from us and arenāt serious for any one
Thereās a Solar Forum that has all kind of goings on ā DIY solar generators has been done a bunch there
Thanks for the link chops!
Texas toasted looks like thatās gone for that price
TexasToasted and Chops728, thank you for the great links and recommendations 
Click where arrow 1 is pointing. Then click the $80 discount at Arrow 2 and press the add to cart button to the right of arrow 2. Go to shopping cart and enter the coupon code.
chops728,
we have the 5000 watt version with electric start (shoulder surgery).
so far, it has run twice at 15 minutes each just for maintenance.
https://www.amazon.com/XP4850EH-Starting-Electric-Portable-Generator/dp/B00J7V5ENG/ref=asc_df_B00J7V5ENG/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167151917227&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8577892487591907224&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9009671&hvtargid=pla-309614750785&psc=1
our older generator saw us through several storms,
but it was wearing out and soon to die.
no link, it was discontinued.
also have an small, old Honda which is super quiet,
with no inverter, so it has no link as well.
Amazon or not, we recommend havingā¦
- a big portable power bank, like this:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Schumacher-Electric-1200-Amp-Car-Battery-Jump-Starter-with-Digital-Display/1000569111?cm_mmc=shp-*~~c~~*~~prd~~*~~hdw~~*~~google~~*~~lia~~*~~214~~*~~automotive~~*~~1000569111~~\_ā0&placeholder=null&ds_rl=1286981&gclsrc=ds - a some type of fuel generator.
- both.
Yeah thatās why the Propane is so accommodating ā It doesnāt go bad ā With gasoline you fill a bunch of cans then after so long you have to put it in your vehicles or something ā I actually have 20 / 5 gal propane tanks ā Easier on Older Shoulders to get filled
Thanks
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08PCH14DN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
$7.99 Anyone heard of this/them?
Nice price. If I didnāt already have two Q8 and a SP36, Iād jump on that deal.
Vaguely. Hideous UI.
Not sure this qualifies but Iāll drop it here anyway. Over the last year or so I spent more time on Amazon than I had in the last twelve years since I first bought something there. I kept lucking into some stellar flash sale pricing on various items, lots of toolsā¦sometimes by luck and sometimes just checking the item over several weeks. Itās amazing how the prices fluctuate but sometimes you find a gem where someone is closing out their warehouse stock, or maybe one seller started an algorithm slide by mistake and price gets super low accidentally.
Anyway, if youāre into mods or soldering, copper wick is great and solder suckers are usually kind of mediocre. Iāve used the cheap solder suckers as well as some basically-the-same-but-more-expensive models for years. Saw this nifty one from Engineer years ago but never wanted to pay the high price for it. Well, stumbled upon it the other day for $18 and snapped it up. Looks like the lowest price at the moment is up to $22 but thatās still less than the usual $30+ (which I would never let myself do). This thing is REALLY nice and works fantastic! Solid beefy aluminum for all of the housing parts, shorter but narrower nozzle, but the whole thing is shorter and fits in your hand nicely while still retaining about the same plunger throw and actually has much better suction! I have large-ish hands and still find it a hassle to reset the cheapies quickly or easily sometimes, but this Engineer model is perfect. If you have a little fun money that isnāt going toward something light-producing, itād be worth keeping an eye on this for a good deal. I appreciate good tooling and have seen it all, own about half of it, but itās very seldom anymore that something really impresses me with its quality or designā¦this one did both for me. Like a ridiculous $35 Swiss carbide scribe, but nobody here wants one of those. 
https://www.amazon.com/Engineer-SS-02-Solder-Sucker/dp/B002MJMXD4
Best one I ever came across, and had for decades, is The Original Soldapulltā¢.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GOKVKI
Without exception, the smaller ones would make little weak almost apologetic sounds trying to suck up the teensiest bit of solder, but this one would suck your whole arm right up the tip if you got too close.
After a while (like 100s of sucks) the tip can get notched and a bit chewed up around the edges, but trimming with Xacto is all thatās needed. PTFE, I think, so trims easily.
And only 20bux, which might be about what I paid for it waaaaaaaaaaaay back then.
Those are so huge! We sold them...quit carrying them after only two orders, though. Buttons would break, several had the back end come flying off. Lots more suction than the normal units but it was just so unwieldy. I'm actually a little surprised to see that they're still in business and selling those...they go way back. The Hakko one is about the same. The Weller and Fourney and all the other brands that adopted the aluminum body....the Chinese copies are every bit as good, maybe without the teflon tip unless you look for that. This Engineer is different, though. They say not to remove the top cap...not sure why but I'm going to trust them. The slag ejects just fine from it but I opened the front and that's easy to do...cap is beefy with good threads, too, so no fiddling or cross threading like the cheapies.