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Hoymiles HiBattery AC, 1.92 kWh, expandable to 11.52 kWh review

An AC-coupled 1.92 kWh battery expandable to 11.52 kWh whose listing publishes both a conversion efficiency and a round-trip efficiency — the only one in this family that does.

The bottom line The sparest sheet in this family and, on one line, the most useful: it publishes a round-trip efficiency, which is the figure that decides whether a tariff-driven battery pays for itself. Everything else about the pack — chemistry, cycles, power — is absent.

A 1.92 kWh AC-coupled module with six bullets, four of them a phrase long, and one of them more informative than most whole listings here.

The line worth the page

A bidirectional DC/AC efficiency of 96.5 % and an AC round-trip efficiency of 86 %. Nothing else in this family publishes the second figure. It is what a stored kilowatt-hour costs: charge from the mains and take it back out, and roughly one unit in seven has gone.

Why that matters more than capacity here

This class of product is bought to move energy in time — from midday to evening, or from a cheap hour to an expensive one. Whether that pays depends on the round trip, not on the size of the pack. A maker that publishes it is inviting the comparison; most do not.

What is not here

The chemistry. The cycle count. Any power rating in either direction. Three of the six specification lines on this page say the same thing: absent from the listing.

What is in the box

The battery and the mounting accessories, listed in the last bullet. That is worth noting on a product class where brackets are frequently a separate purchase.

Availability

German Amazon store quoted about 545 € when this page was compiled.

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

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

  • The only listing in this family to publish a round-trip efficiency, which is what a stored kilowatt-hour actually costs
  • Both the conversion and the round-trip figure are given, so the difference between them is visible
  • Mounting hardware is included and listed in the package contents

Compromises

  • No chemistry, no cycle count and no power rating — three of the six lines are blank
  • The bullets are unusually terse, four of them a single clause long
  • Expansion is quoted as a maximum without stating how many modules that is

Specifications

Usable capacityNowhere in the listing — 1.92 kWh is published as capacity, expandable to 11.52 kWh
Charge and discharge powerNowhere in the listing — no wattage is published
ChemistryNowhere in the listing — not named in any bullet
Cycle lifeNowhere in the listing
Inverter compatibilityAC-coupled, first bullet; no specific inverter is named
Published meteringApp control is named, third bullet; the fifth bullet publishes a bidirectional DC/AC efficiency of 96.5 % and an AC round-trip efficiency of 86 %
Amazon referenceB0FSF3JMQP (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN6975514333729

Questions owners ask about this one

What is the difference between 96.5 % and 86 %?

The first is the conversion stage alone, in one direction. The second is the full round trip: mains in, stored, mains out. The gap between them is what storing a kilowatt-hour actually costs, and publishing both is what makes it visible.

Why does round-trip efficiency matter on a tariff-driven battery?

Because the arithmetic of charging cheaply and discharging at a peak only works if the round trip does not eat the difference. An 86 % round trip means roughly one unit in seven is lost between the two prices.