Victron or Mastervolt combi inverter/charger?

Spyros

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Hi, looking to install a combo charger/inverter. Would you choose Victron or Mastervolt products and why?
In papers Mastervolt specs look better as it has better thermal stability and are more compact but have read a few bad reviews. On the other hand Victron has bluetooth which offers easy setup and alarms.
 

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I'm victron only, reason? dunno, happened and tbh their opensource policy, the ability to have venusOS running on a 20euro raspberry pi and managing a whole system is rather nice.
further, being in Greece, if you decide/think/plan to fit solar, victron is your best bet for mppt controllers.
 

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Have had both, Victron far more reliable by a long way, Mastervolt is not very well made and doesn’t last (all from my own experience)
 

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I'm victron only, reason? dunno, happened and tbh their opensource policy, the ability to have venusOS running on a 20euro raspberry pi and managing a whole system is rather nice.
further, being in Greece, if you decide/think/plan to fit solar, victron is your best bet for mppt controllers.
Best bet due to reliability as I see Mastervolt also makes an MPPT controller?
 
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in my business we mostly deal with Victron but occasionally with Mastervolt,
both are good brands, Mastervolt in the past had more oem sourced products wich were a bit less reliable,
curently they have nice solutions when working with Liion batts.

in your case, The Victron Multiplus or Quattro are indestructable workhorses !
In my boat I have 2 x Quattro 8Kw and run CMC zero speed fin stabs from battery's during multiple hours !!
 

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Victron,
buy well buy once.
Just bought one and just been delivered as i read this lol!
 

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