As one of the popular options for travel this summer, camping has ignited the consumption of upstream and downstream related products, and outdoor power sales and rentals are hot. Experts believe that outdoor power supply products in the continuous refinement of the development of the same time also need technological breakthroughs. Compared with ordinary charging treasures, outdoor power supplies are more dangerous, and consumers need to pay attention to safety protection.
"Although it is a bit expensive to spend nearly 3,000 yuan to buy an outdoor power supply, it will be more secure to have a power supply in the wild." Recently, Ms. Bao, who had just conducted two days and one night of family camping, told reporters that due to the electric pot and kettle, plus the mobile phone needs to be charged, they carried outdoor power when camping.
It is more environmentally friendly and lightweight than traditional fuel generators, and the sales of outdoor power supplies with larger capacity and wider coverage of scenes than ordinary charging treasures are hot. According to the data of an e-commerce platform, during the "618" promotional campaign, the pre-sale order volume of outdoor equipment increased by 71% year-on-year.
Why did the sales of outdoor power supply rise sharply? How can the Portable Energy Storage industry that has emerged in recent years achieve rapid development? How can consumers safely use outdoor power supplies? In this regard, the reporter of the Workers' Daily made a visit.
New demand has spawned a new outlet for the industry
In order to make the camping activities more rich and interesting, "post-95" Xiaojing and her friends prepared camping lights and Bluetooth speakers. "Many of these supplies need to be recharged, and the campground we went to had charging piles, but for convenience, we rented an outdoor power supply in advance." Xiao Jing said that for a more comfortable camping experience, adequate outdoor power is indispensable.
Outdoor power supply is a portable energy storage power supply, built-in lithium-ion battery, the capacity is generally in 100Wh ~ 3000Wh, the output mode has AC, DC two types, AC output is generally used for household appliances, DC output can be used for mobile phones, tablets and other smart devices to charge, and can even be used for the charging of car start batteries. In addition to the basic functions of the products sold on the market, there are additional functions such as fast charging, solar charging, and lighting for consumptionCustomers can choose on demand.
The reporter recently saw on the e-commerce shopping platform that the monthly sales of outdoor power products in different brand flagship stores ranged from tens of yuan to thousands of yuan. Among them, the model with a battery capacity between 500Wh and 720Wh and a price of less than 1,000 yuan has the highest sales. Because the price of buying a separate one is not low, the rental of outdoor power supply has become hot. Many popular campgrounds and online digital equipment rental platforms have related services, and the price ranges from 39 yuan to 159 yuan per day according to the size of the capacity.
According to the "Research Report on the Development of China's Portable Energy Storage Industry (2021)" released by the China Chemical and Physical Power Industry Association, in 2016, the global shipment of portable energy storage products was only 52,000 units, and by 2021, it reached 4.838 million units, achieving more than 90-fold growth in 5 years. It is predicted that by 2026, the global shipment volume will exceed 30 million units, with a total amount of 88.23 billion yuan.
Rapid development requires technological breakthroughs
In recent years, the development of energy storage technology has become a prerequisite for the industry to be hot, lithium batteries and other basic components material costs have declined, coupled with the development of fast charging technology, the profitability of portable energy storage has increased, and outdoor power supplies as a market segment have been paid more and more attention by manufacturers. Data show that at present, there are more than 20,000 mobile power related enterprises in China, and 53.7% of the enterprises were established within 5 years.
The addition of new manufacturers has accelerated competition in the industry. Many brands have taken advantage of the opportunity to increase publicity investment and directly hit users in demand. The reporter saw that many travel bloggers published evaluation videos and articles of various brands of outdoor power supplies on multiple platforms to introduce the use of outdoor power supplies to consumers. The reporter searched for the keyword "outdoor power supply" on a social platform, showing tens of thousands of related articles.
Despite this, a review blogger told reporters: "Outdoor power supply is still a niche market, and the product capacity specifications and prices of various brands are similar. The blogger said that the high degree of product substitution is the biggest problem.
In this context, how can outdoor power supplies, which are becoming more and more popular with the "camping fever", achieve great development? Some experts believe that products need technological breakthroughs while constantly refining and developing. Recently, a number of brands have issuedNew products and technologies for outdoor power supply, ecological products around mobile electricity demand, focusing on the efficient use, safety of use and lightweight of clean energy such as solar energy, and realizing rapid product update iteration.
The use of products requires enhanced security protection
In the process of understanding the use of outdoor power supply, some consumers told reporters that the actual use process did not meet the expected use experience. Some consumers also said in the evaluation of shopping platforms that they have encountered the situation of outdoor power supply falling off screws and using smoke.
In response to these problems, He Penglin, the drafter of the national standard for mobile power (charging treasure) and deputy director of the China Electronic Technology Standardization Institute, said in an interview with reporters that outdoor power supply and ordinary charging treasure products may have certain similarities in safety problems, but outdoor power supply products have a larger capacity, while having DC output and AC output, most of the products marked 220V voltage exceeds the safety limit of 42.4V AC peak. Outdoor power supplies are more dangerous and require higher protection requirements.
How should consumers safely use outdoor power supplies? He Penglin said that first of all, choose regular manufacturers with quality assurance. Secondly, pay attention to the use of the environment, do not put the power supply into the unmanned car in the summer, especially under the front windshield of the car. Stay away from heat and fire sources, and do not use outdoor power in thunderstorms. If you do not use it for a long time, you should avoid letting the power supply be in a state of power loss, and keep it at 50% of the power is optimal.
He Penglin revealed that the more targeted outdoor power product standard "Portable Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Power Supply Technical Specifications" has been submitted to the relevant departments for review, and the new standard will further clarify the scope, capacity, application scenarios, and product quality of outdoor power supplies. He reminded consumers that if they encounter an injury accident caused by an outdoor power supply, they can sue according to the product quality law or the consumer rights protection law.
