BougeRV JuiceGo 240Wh Ultra Portable Power Station Solar Generator

The Professor reviews BougeRV’s new JuiceGo 240Wh LFP ultra portable power station with 50w folding solar panel.

BougeRV, the brand known mostly for their solar panels and 12v fridges, is releasing a new line of portable power products in 2024. Their latest offering is called the “JuiceGo”, it’s an ultra portable LiFePo4 micro power station, designed for folks on the go. Is it any good? Let’s check it out!

The JuiceGo sports a 240wh LiFePO4 battery with a 3500 cycle life in a compact case that’s only 10 and a quarter, by 6.7, by 2.6 inches and weighs in at a measly 6 and a quarter pounds.

You carry it upright using this strap and when carried this way reminds me of a vintage camera case or maybe even a tri-corder that Spock used on the original star trek [image]

What’s different about this micro sogen is that unlike a lot of the competition, this has a built in color LCD screen that gives you all the necessary information like input/output watts, battery state of charge percentage, AC & DC output icons, and an error icon.

This mini power station is also very simple to operate. You have a single power button that you hold to turn the unit on, then press again to turn on the AC inverter. Yes, this has a built in 150w modified sine inverter on the back. The main purpose of this tiny inverter is to charge up your laptop but you can run other small devices too such as a fan, LED lights, a TV, radio, CPAP machine, or even a portable telescope. With the upcoming once in a lifetime T coro-nae borealis nova about to blow, I’ve been shopping for a good telescope, and the JuiceGo would be a great way to power it in the field.

As for DC outputs you have plenty on the front. The “Juice” offers a 13v regulated cigarette lighter accessory socket good for 10A or 130w total, a pair of USB-C ports – one is 100w bi-directional which means you can charge this with USB-C PD, and the other is a 30w output only perfect for phones and tablets. It also sports a single USB-A quick charge output great for powering anything USB. It’s actually very well rounded for a micro power station.

As for ways to charge there are 4 total, with one caveat. The JuiceGo doesn’t actually charge directly from AC wall power as there is no AC adapter included. However, an AC adapter is sold separately that simply converts AC power into 100w PD. You may already have one of these in your home.

So your choice for charging out of the box, is either going to be from solar, with 12v/24v from the included car port adapter, or if you have your own USB-C PD output (like from another solar generator) you can charge it that way. All four ways to charge are hard capped at 100w each so they all take relatively the same time, or 0-full in about 2.5 hours.

There is no simultaneous charging support on this product, so no you can’t charge with two methods at the same time. It does support pass through charging which means you can use both AC and DC outputs while at the same time charging. The maximum combined AC+DC output is 410w.

Solar is hard capped at 100w with the input limited to 11-32v @10A. The JuiceGo does come in a bundle with a very nice and compact 50w solar panel. Under ideal conditions you can fully charge the JuiceGo with their 50w panel in about 5 hours, or one typical solar day. You can use your own solar panel up to 32v and 100w to charge it in under 3 hours, but be aware the solar charge port is a 7909 or 8mm input. This is the same size solar input used by smaller Bluetti and Jackery power stations. You can of course use an MC4 to 8mm adapter to run any solar panel you like as long as it’s under 32v Voc, and those adapters are available at gohobo.io/adapters.

This product can be discharged in temperatures as low as –4F (or –20C), and can be charged in temperatures as high as 104F (or 40C).

As for auto shut off, the AC will turn itself off after 1 hour if under a 5w load, and DC will turn itself off after 1 hour if there is no DC load. This means it will power a DC refrigerator without issue as long as it cycles at least once per hour. If you’re camping in below refrigerator temperatures and the JuiceGo does power down your fridge, you can simply turn the LED light on and that should be enough load to keep the DC side running. 

Speaking of that light, do you think it has the infamous SOS feature? Let’s see… 

I did perform a DC battery capacity test at 8A and it scored 230wh out of 240 for a very impressive 96%. No one is going to care about anything else on a DC focused product such as this, so I didn’t bother with any of the other tests. We know that the 100w bi directional USB works just fine because that’s how I charged it up.

So there you have it, the JuiceGo by BougeRV. I think it’s pretty cool and I can certainly see several use cases for something of this size. It is designed for personal power only, and not for running your RV, home kitchen appliances, or anything like that. 150w won’t even run the smallest coffee maker so don’t even try. But if you need to throw a couple of charges into your laptop, or want an easy to carry CPAP battery, this is certainly a solid choice.

GET THE JUICEGO: https://gohobo.io/juice use code HOBOTECH20 (valid until May 31st)

SOLAR ADAPTERS: https://gohobo.io/adapters