F5000 wireless fails regularly
I’ve had the F5000 for a couple months now. Early adopter. I’ve been waiting for a product like this one for years. The F5000 Generally speaking is a good product idea but not it’s not quite ready for prime time IMHO. That said, the internal wireless is completely unreliable and regularly mis informs. The unit seems to fail when it gets warm. This has happened 4 or 5 times already in a little over 2 months time in service. Frustrating. The systems hertz output starts wandering, clocks start slowing and the wireless absolutely fails. Completely. Very very frustrating and very time consuming . The only reliable fix for me so far has been to shut the entire unit off and go back on grid power for multiple hours at a time and then MAYBE the wireless and blue tooth will recover and connect once everything has cooled down. I have reset the entire system multiple times, removing and reinstalling the phone app. I have literally experienced hours of frustration with this app. iPhone 11. App regularly misses seeing the expansion battery data too.
It just doesn’t see the battery 60- 70% of the time. The application is simply unreliable, poorly engineered and poorly executed at this time. Very frustrating. Not sure what to do about this emerging known product issue.
It just doesn’t see the battery 60- 70% of the time. The application is simply unreliable, poorly engineered and poorly executed at this time. Very frustrating. Not sure what to do about this emerging known product issue.
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Room for improvement
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Broke the app
Latest update broke the solar input tracking/display. Also makes the secondary batteries. To display havoc the time. Terrible update that should not have been rolled out.
No working
Does not connect either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth 🙁
Wish I'd installed this sooner
Six stations between the house, the shop and the van, and used to walk to every single one just to check the battery. Not anymore - they're all right there on one screen. The power flow page is my favorite, you can see exactly what's charging and what's draining, and flipping the AC output on from the couch never gets old. The stats page is fun too, cool to see how many kWh the panels have racked up. Setup took a couple of minutes. Nice app.
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Solid Performance
I’ve read the other review, and am a bit confused. The chief concern seems to do with older hardware compatibility with this app. I have a newer model, so haven’t encountered that yet.
If you’re buying/bought new hardware, expect this app to do nearly everything you can do on the local device + slightly more powerful/insightful data reporting.
Is it as smooth/powerful as the more established brands? No… but then again I paid half price comparably. Needless to say, my expectations are well past exceeded. 加油Pecron工程师。请继续提供硬件软件更新 🙏🏾🙌🏾
If you’re buying/bought new hardware, expect this app to do nearly everything you can do on the local device + slightly more powerful/insightful data reporting.
Is it as smooth/powerful as the more established brands? No… but then again I paid half price comparably. Needless to say, my expectations are well past exceeded. 加油Pecron工程师。请继续提供硬件软件更新 🙏🏾🙌🏾
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Connection Problems
Difficult to maintain WiFi or Bluetooth connections. The statistics either disappear or simply fail to update in the app.
Pecron won’t do firmware updates
The app itself is nothing special. It does what you need it to do for the most part but poor translation and UI design make some things harder than they should be. The main issue is that Pecron refuses to publish ANY firmware updates for their hardware which means any features they have added to the app will never be added to your power station. My F1000 can have charge and discharge limits in the app but my F3000 can’t for example, for no reason other than they just won’t push an update to enable it. Wish I had known this before buying.
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Much improved!
Much better than the older app.
Your Application
You need to work on your app I set up an acc online app will not let me log in
Bring Back Offline Bluetooth Control
All I want is to open the app, connect to my Pecron over Bluetooth, check the battery percentage and input/output wattage, and turn the AC output on or off. That’s it.
The frustrating part is that the app used to allow direct Bluetooth connections without an internet connection, but that functionality has been removed. Now the app insists on connecting to the internet first, and if it can’t, the entire experience falls apart.
If you don’t have internet access—like when you’re camping—the app won’t even list your devices. Why does a Bluetooth controller need the internet just to show hardware sitting three feet away?
Bluetooth itself is incredibly unreliable. It connects maybe one out of a hundred attempts, and when it does, it feels like a miracle rather than a feature. I intentionally installed my power station in a location that’s difficult to access because I expected the app to handle basic remote control. Instead, I’m constantly crawling around to press buttons manually.
To make matters worse, my E1000LFP will randomly drop to 0% even when it isn’t actually empty. When that happens, the station becomes unusable until it’s connected to solar or AC power for 30+ minutes before it will turn back on. That completely defeats the purpose of taking it camping and relying on it after dark when there’s no sunlight available.
At this point, it’s getting very close to making me sell my Pecron power stations and switch to another brand that allows direct Bluetooth access while offline. Reliable local Bluetooth control isn’t a luxury—it’s an essential feature for a portable power station that’s often used where internet service doesn’t exist.
This app doesn’t need cloud features or Wi-Fi. It needs dependable, direct Bluetooth control that works every time, with no internet required. Let me connect, see live battery and power data, and toggle the AC output. That’s the entire job, and unfortunately the app currently fails at it.
The frustrating part is that the app used to allow direct Bluetooth connections without an internet connection, but that functionality has been removed. Now the app insists on connecting to the internet first, and if it can’t, the entire experience falls apart.
If you don’t have internet access—like when you’re camping—the app won’t even list your devices. Why does a Bluetooth controller need the internet just to show hardware sitting three feet away?
Bluetooth itself is incredibly unreliable. It connects maybe one out of a hundred attempts, and when it does, it feels like a miracle rather than a feature. I intentionally installed my power station in a location that’s difficult to access because I expected the app to handle basic remote control. Instead, I’m constantly crawling around to press buttons manually.
To make matters worse, my E1000LFP will randomly drop to 0% even when it isn’t actually empty. When that happens, the station becomes unusable until it’s connected to solar or AC power for 30+ minutes before it will turn back on. That completely defeats the purpose of taking it camping and relying on it after dark when there’s no sunlight available.
At this point, it’s getting very close to making me sell my Pecron power stations and switch to another brand that allows direct Bluetooth access while offline. Reliable local Bluetooth control isn’t a luxury—it’s an essential feature for a portable power station that’s often used where internet service doesn’t exist.
This app doesn’t need cloud features or Wi-Fi. It needs dependable, direct Bluetooth control that works every time, with no internet required. Let me connect, see live battery and power data, and toggle the AC output. That’s the entire job, and unfortunately the app currently fails at it.
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Useless. One job, can’t do it.
All I want is to open the app, connect to my Pecron over Bluetooth, check the battery percentage and wattage, and turn the AC on or off. That’s it. Instead, this app insists on phoning home to the internet first . and when that fails, the whole thing falls apart.
If you don’t have an internet connection, the app won’t even list your devices. Why does a Bluetooth controller need the internet to show me hardware sitting three feet away? When it does load, it shows me stale data . not the last known reading, but the percentage and wattage from two weeks ago. Completely worthless for knowing what’s happening right now.
Bluetooth connects maybe once every hundred tries, and when it does it feels like a miracle rather than a feature. I installed my battery in a spot that’s a pain to reach physically specifically because I assumed the app would handle control. Now I’m crawling around to do manually what the app was supposed to do.
Here’s the bottom line: I literally want to sell my Pecron because of this. A power station I can’t turn on and off remotely is useless to me. This app should not have ANY WiFi functionality . just simple Bluetooth, no internet needed, ever. That’s the entire job.
This is the simplest kind
If you don’t have an internet connection, the app won’t even list your devices. Why does a Bluetooth controller need the internet to show me hardware sitting three feet away? When it does load, it shows me stale data . not the last known reading, but the percentage and wattage from two weeks ago. Completely worthless for knowing what’s happening right now.
Bluetooth connects maybe once every hundred tries, and when it does it feels like a miracle rather than a feature. I installed my battery in a spot that’s a pain to reach physically specifically because I assumed the app would handle control. Now I’m crawling around to do manually what the app was supposed to do.
Here’s the bottom line: I literally want to sell my Pecron because of this. A power station I can’t turn on and off remotely is useless to me. This app should not have ANY WiFi functionality . just simple Bluetooth, no internet needed, ever. That’s the entire job.
This is the simplest kind
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Was on the fence
I wasn’t sure about PECRON but I bought two F3000LFP Power Stations, day one powered a portable AC drawing 950w for 3.5 hours on a 90 degree Oklahoma summer day. It ran FLAWLESSLY, no dips, nothing. The app, this is what was great. Its runtime estimates stayed true through the whole test. I read bad things about the old app (I never used) but this one is great! I’m coming from the Anker Solix Ecosystem and though it’s still early, I HAVE NO REGRETS! Looking to add two F5000’s and when they come back in stock, two F1000’s to the fleet!
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Good
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