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ALLWEI BM1600-2, 1.6 kWh expandable to 8 kWh, 1600 W output review

An AC-coupled all-in-one balcony storage system with three MPPT trackers taking 2700 Wp, a 1600 W output, expansion to four packs, and integration with dynamic electricity pricing.

The bottom line The most capable balcony system in this family and the one that names other makers’ equipment rather than only its own. It publishes a string arrangement, a tariff strategy and three trackers — and not a single cycle figure for a battery that is meant to cycle every day.

An AC-coupled all-in-one unit aimed at households that already generate and want to stop exporting.

What the sheet does unusually well

It names other people’s equipment. Shelly 3EM Pro and Eco Tracker are listed as compatible smart meters, which is a statement a maker can be held to. And the seventh bullet gives the string arrangement explicitly: three inputs, each taking two 450 Wp panels in series, for 2700 Wp total.

The tariff argument

The fifth and sixth bullets describe charging when the exchange price is low and discharging at peaks, with an AI control mode reading the local price. That is the actual use case for this class of product, and it is described rather than implied.

The blank

No cycle count. On a unit whose value comes from cycling daily against a tariff, the number of cycles it will survive is the figure that decides whether the arithmetic works over ten years, and it does not appear.

The numbers to set aside

Two bullets quote annual savings — one to the euro — without a tariff, a consumption or a generation figure behind them. They are projections and they are not carried into the specification lines above.

Availability

German, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores quoted 448 € to 459 € when this page was compiled.

British and French Amazon catalogues carry an entry for it, with nobody selling.

American Amazon store returned nothing at all, so the buy button there runs a search instead of landing on an empty page.

These figures are what Keepa reported on the day this page was last updated. Availability and pricing move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 16 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it gets right, and what it leaves out

Strengths

  • Three MPPT trackers with the string arrangement spelled out — 2 × 450 Wp in series per input
  • Named compatibility with specific third-party smart meters rather than only its own
  • Integration with a dynamic tariff is described, including charging at low prices and discharging at peaks

Compromises

  • No cycle count at all, on a unit designed to cycle daily against electricity prices
  • Two separate bullets quote annual savings in euros with no tariff stated
  • The charge rate is never published, only the output

Specifications

Usable capacityNowhere in the listing — 1600 Wh base and up to 8 kWh maximum are published as capacity
Charge and discharge power1600 W output, first and second bullets; the charge rate is not published separately
ChemistryLiFePO4, second bullet
Cycle lifeNowhere in the listing — no cycle count appears in any bullet
Inverter compatibilityAC-coupled, second and fourth bullets, and able to charge from surplus roof PV through a smart meter; Shelly 3EM Pro and Eco Tracker are named
Published meteringSmart meter integration is named by model, and the seventh bullet gives the solar arrangement as 3 × 2 × 450 Wp in series
Amazon referenceB0GKF4BBR7 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN0732133488485

Questions owners ask about this one

What does AC coupling change here?

It means the unit connects on the mains side rather than between panels and inverter, so it can absorb surplus that an existing roof installation would otherwise export. The fourth bullet describes exactly that, and it is why third-party smart meter compatibility matters on this product.

Is “2700 Wp” the same as 2700 W of output?

No. Wp is a panel rating measured under standard test conditions; it describes what may be connected on the solar side. The output here is 1600 W, and the two numbers describe opposite ends of the unit.