Battery/Solar Powering

@dsheld

Most of the power is used by the lighting - the motors use <10w. I haven't tried solar, but 12V lithium battery packs work well.

We haven't added lithium batteries to our "parts store" up yet on our site. In the meantime:  I've tested two lithium packs from Amazon - both work fine, just depends on how long you want them to last between charges. If you search on Amazon for "12V lithium" you will find a wide array of choices. Here is what I tested:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MF70BPU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also have used a bigger and more expensive one of the same brand. It lasts longer, but is more expensive. I was testing on a side table - your Mini take less energy (fewer LEDs) - so the smaller one may be fine. There are several choices that have both 12V (which is what you need) and 5V coming out of a USB port which is nice for charging things. There's nothing complicated about using them - their 12V connection will fit with the barrel connector on the cord that ships with your Mini. Let me know if you have any questions.

What sorts of lifetimes were you getting with the batteries you tried out?

The battery I got didn't even last an hour. PS - I have a mini w/neopixels

Not sure what you have, but we used a 6000ma-hr lithium (link above) during the Maker Faire last year and it lasted on a Mini about 6 hours (RGBW lighting all the way up).

Hello community. I'm very interested in owning one of the beautiful tables but I have  genuine issue running a power cord so i'd really like to use battery power. Step one is to measure the actual power consumption of the unit, there are simple devices (one is called "kill-a-watt") that can be bought on Amazon that range from $15-$45 or in some places can even be checked out at the local library. IS there any chance someone out there has one of these and can actually measure the power consumption?