Which Inverter?

Getting back to the OP's topic, I'm planning on upgrading my solar system next spring. I'm narrowing down my inverter/charger choice between Magnum and Xantrex. I see many owners use Magnum, but are there a lot of happy Xantrex owners out there?

joebedford wrote:
"instant coffee" - now there's an oxymoron!

Note that I'm not trying to have a good cup of coffee starting with instant coffee.

I'm merely trying to get a cup-sized Java buzz every morning without having to taste only coffee, without any prep work, without any cleanup work, and without having to use an inverter.

BTW the last time I checked, instant coffee still contains as much caffeine as real coffee .... thus still providing a buzz to get the day going. ;)

"instant coffee" - now there's an oxymoron! :)

My wife uses one of these

None of you are making a cup of buzz as simply as we do when out and about with the RV:

I use a titanium cup, put in it a teaspoon of instant coffee, put in it a teaspoon of chocolate Ovaltine, put in it a teaspoon of sugar, put in it a half-cup of bottled spring water to make sure I get a full cup's worth of caffeine without all the liquid to have to get rid of after it's been through the body, set the cup with all this in it onto one of the RV's propane fueled stovetop burners, turn the burner on very low cuz titanium transfers heat so fast, wait a very short time for the mixture to bubble - then sit down and enjoy a delicious half-cup drink that tastes way better than bitter black coffee but still with a whole cup's worth of caffeine in it.

No inverter required. No washing out of extraneous equipment afterwards required. No thowing away of wet filters .... and no washing out of a cup. I just wipe out the titanium cup with one-half piece of paper towel and then stow the cup away for the next morning.

K.I.S.S. applies to everything - including getting a cup-sized Java buzz every morning without having to Go See a Man About a Horse forty five minutes afterwards. :B

pdogg wrote:
surprised nobody mentioned Starbucks Via instant coffee.

The subject matter is inverters, not how everybody makes coffee.

surprised nobody mentioned Starbucks Via instant coffee... we use this 100% of the time when off the grid. Just add boiling water. simple.

Keurig machine when on grid.

smkettner wrote:
Make mine French ;)

French toast or French press coffee?

Make mine French ;)

Someone here found a single slot toaster that used 400w or so.

Toast is one of the few things we do use the propane stove for but a good two slice would be nice. Too bad the last two we had in the S&B caught fire after little use and I just don't trust them. Toaster ovens are better but take longer than the stove does, more space too.

I enjoy seeing the various options of how things are done. No one is right or wrong except for themselves. The auto drip may get the most use now but we carry a cone filter, basket filter, two espresso makers, a 12v and 120v Auto drips. We are not going without coffee. :)