Boardstrom: Solar Monitor

I mainly use it with my Cerbo over WiFi, and the new inverter on/off switch is exactly what I wanted. I also like that Boardstrom works both ways: Cerbo/WiFi for bigger systems, or direct Bluetooth for smaller SmartShunt/SmartSolar setups without a Cerbo. Clean, useful, and well worth upgrading to Pro.

Got this for my van last week and honestly what a relief I’ve had a Victron MPPT charging my house battery for a couple years and a BMV – 712 to keep an eye on the SOC, but that tiny BMV screen has always been kind of a nightmare. You had to actually climb in the back, lean down, hit the button buttons in the right order, and then squint at a two line displayed to figure out what was going on. Half the time I just give up and assume things were fine. I keep an old iPad in the van anyway as a kind of dashboard for music and stuff’. So I installed in Boardstrom on it and it stuck up where I can see it from the driver seat. Now I just glanced over and see everything at once. Battery percentage, voltage, what the solar panels are actually producing right then. Normal crawling around the thing I really like is how little fuss it is. No account, no sign-up, no cloud something or other. It just picks up Bluetooth from the Victron stuff and it shows it. Set it up once and forget about it. simple, does what it says, and feel solid. If you have a Victron in your van and you’ve been suffering through that little BMV screen, just get it.