Anyone using a Jackery 1000?

[peteg59]

Just came to market in March but if anyone has one, I'd like to hear how you like or dislike it.
Need to use one for overnight power where using a gas genny is not doable...

 

[Rovobay]

https://www.jackery.com/products/explorer-1000-portable-power-station

assuming this is what OP is talking about..........

 

[peteg59]

Yes that's it.

The online reviews are good for it, but there are no long term reviews to see how long it lasts.
The battery is not replaceable, and for $1,000 I'd like to hear real world users opinion on it before I lay out that much cabbage on an unknown piece of equipment...

 

[musigenesis]

https://www.jackery.com/products/explorer-1000-portable-power-station

assuming this is what OP is talking about..........

How have navigation bars on web sites become this hopelessly awful?

 

[family wagon]

It looks like a a really sleek package, easy to use, etc. But I have to admit: there's no way I'd lay out that much money on a non-serviceable appliance. Anybody who has had a cell phone, laptop computer, power tools, etc knows that for one reason or another within a couple years a lithium battery is just not going to work like new anymore. Then again... I'm one who finds or makes a way to service even non-serviceable things.



1002 Wh isn't all that much power. A pair of 80 Ah 12 lead batteries taken to 50% depth of discharge will yield about the same and will cost only (under?) $200. Yeah, they're bigger and they weigh more.. only you, can decide whether the premium for a packaged lithium-based storage box makes sense in your use case.


If you haven't already, it's worth a few minutes to estimate how much storage you actually need. CPAP equipment, for instance, is claimed to require 30-60 watts. Running that for 9 hours might require as little as 270-540 Wh of storage.