Home > Consumer Reviews > Cobra CPI 1575 1500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter

I shopped for some time for an inverter. Price was somewhat of an issue but quality and ease of use and reputation all were important. I saw the cheap ones on ebay, and here and saw how several people had had problems... don't need that.

I got the Cobra 1575 because it had good features and also a good name and reviews. I was not disappointed. This is a well made machine that feels solid and looks good. I have hooked it up to my 2 yellow-tops and it boils water with ease. It is not noisy. My only "learning experience" was that the remote switch needs to be held down before the indicator light shows the inverter is working... 2secs will do it, but it is not just a quick push to turn it on. Be careful with the remote hookup... the phone cord-like jack can bust off its snap-clip as you run the wires then you have to tape it to the inverter. All-in-all I am very happy with this unit and with free shipping a good deal all around.

This inverter performs exactly as advertised. 1500 watts continuous,3000 watts surge. It is the final link in my solar system and does exactly as
I expect it to do. Very good product, highly recommended.

I own a 16" electric chainsaw. There are times when I help friends that house power is just not available. I drive my truck close to where needed and connect the Cobra Power Inverter. It supplied power to my chainsaw with no problems what so ever. It also amazes folks that never knew such a great tool existed.

Product arrived under the specified delivery time. If mounting any distance from the battery, I would recomend using #2 gauge cable instead of the #4. This way you get no power drop to the unit and you can get full utilisation of the power needed. I would recomend this product.

Other reviewers don't seem to have had the problem I did, so this might be a good product but I must tell you my experience with it. I am very familiar with inverters and how to hook them up having lived off of solar power now for over ten years. When I first set up this inverter, the input voltage showed 12.3 volts, the same as my battery voltage but undr a 110 watt load the output wattage meter showed 0 (zero) watts. What I had plugged into the inverter was working fine (a small TV), so I assumed this meter was just broken. If that was all that was wrong I could have lived with it. The next morning I turned it on, turned on the same TV and within 20 minutes the picture on my TV slowly shrank down to a pinpoint and then shut off. There were no low voltage warning sounds. I checked my battery level and it was at 12.2 volts, the same 12.2 volts showed on the input meter on the inverter, output still showed zero, as it always did. I checked the output at all three of the outlets on the inverter and they showed zero. I turned the inverter off and then back on with the voltage meter still in one of the outlets and watched my meter go from 119 volts down to 30 volts, up to 80 volts and then back to zero. The whole time there were no warning sounds coming from the inverter. This fluctuation could very easily damage anything that was plugged into the inverter!!!!

The good news, Amazon's return system is very easy, didn't cost a penny to return it and I got a refund quickly. I thought of getting a replacement instead of a refund because of all the good reviews but decided not to press my luck, no equipment was damaged this time but why risk it again. If I could rate Amazon I would give them five stars but the inverter gets zero xtars since it didn't function as advertised, went dead under much lower load than it is rated for.