Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 Portable Power Station,1070Wh LiFePO4 Battery,1500W AC/100W USB-C Output, 1 Hr Fast Charge, Solar Generator for Camping,Emergency, RV, Off-Grid Living(Solar Panel Optional)ClimatePartner certified

Truly an amazing product! We were looking for a portable generator to have in the car to run our car fridge when we had to park and leave the car for awhile. Not only did this last for the 6-8 hours that we needed it too but it lasted for close to 24 hours on one charge. It charges quickly and is almost completely silent. Our cooler is louder than it is! If you are looking for a portable generator look no further. Its power output it just as described and its design makes it easy to travel with in any size of vehicle. Comes with both chargers for AC and 12v!

I love this thing. It has great flexibility and power. So far I only have 2 small gripes. First, the plugs that jackery uses for solar panels is kind of unique. The solar panels I bought were "standard", highly rated, and came with 10 different plug types. None of those plugs worked with the jackery and apparently this is pretty common, having to buy another adapter plug just for jackery devices. So a more common plug standard would be nice. The second gripe is that the AC input power requirements are strict enough that I couldn't charge the jackery with my car using a 300w inverter. The jackery would come to life for about 2 seconds trying to charge, then would stop charging. It would cycle on/off continuously trying to charge from the 300w inverter. It would be nice if the jackery charging circuitry could handle charging from a "weak" AC source since available AC power isn't always clean. That's why we have the jackery in the first place! So not being able to charge even slowly from a slightly weak AC source is a big drawback. Other than these gripes however, I am really liking the jackery. Recommended!

I’m not going to go over specs since it’s well known. Just the good and the bad.I took measurements of the AC and DC power outlets and here’s what I found. Pictures show that 2 similarly rated solar panels are charging at 205 watts, which means the built in MPPT charge regulator is working effectively. The AC power is probably better than the quality of your home AC outlets served by your utility company. The sine wave is pretty much perfect without artifacts as seen on my oscilloscope. The frequency is a rock solid 60 Hz with a rock solid 120 volt AC output on most loads. That’s refreshing because some of these so called solar generators put out lower voltage. The DC cigar outlet puts out 13 volts which is adequate, but would have liked to have seen 13.8 volts which would be standard for automotive accessories and radio gear like Ham equipment which likes a solid 13.8 volts in some cases. Fan noise is much better than other brands with similar specs. Probably because they are using a larger fan at lower speeds to cool the inverter power supply. Overall I am very happy with the fit and finish, including the new fold down handle and flat square top. The only complaints I have are as follows:Jackery really skimped out on the USB ports, giving you only one USB A which is ridiculous, and two USB C ports which is just okay. They could have easily doubled that for whatever it costs to make it into a better, more convenient charging station. As I mentioned above, it would have been better to have the DC car charger port put out a more standard 13.8 volts DC. Lastly, it would have been much more practical to include an Anderson Type DC outlet for powering DC equipment at up to 20 Amps instead of the antiquated cigar outlet that can only handle 10 Amps or about 120 watts which is very limited for higher power consumption equipment such as radio equipment, etc.I love the fact that Jackery is finally moving to LiFePO4 battery chemistry which allows for up to 4000 charge cycles (to 70% of original capacity) as per the manufacture specifications. That’s a little optimistic, but it’s much better than some other Lithium ion technology that specifies around 500 cycles. I also love the very fast charging at 1000 watts with a 1200 watt option for super fast charging. The charger is conveniently built in to the unit, so no more power supply bricks to carry around, or worse, to forget at home.The users manual isn’t great, and the “Battery Saver” mode isn’t clearly explained, but it’s a fantastic way to dramatically increase the overall service life of your Jackery by limiting your charge to 85% and limiting discharging to the 15% level. You can change this to get 100% of your battery capacity when needed, but at the expense of overall number of charge cycles. This puts you in control, and is a very welcome and useful feature. I highly recommend this model E1000 V2 by Jackery. It’s all most people will need.

Many of you are probably like me having a tough time deciding between Delta 2 or Explorer 1000v2. The 2 are almost identical in all aspects. Both Ecoflow and Jackery are good brands, and you can expect good build quality and reliability. Seems that the Explorer is always priced at $50 below the Delta 2. At the end, I picked the Explorer. The rationale was simple. I could not find any justification to spend $50 more for the Delta 2. On Black Friday, net price for Explorer was $349, which was a no brainer. For reference I paid $400 for the Ecoflow River 2 Pro 8 months ago.I use these power stations primarily during power outage. If you run them 24/7, your buying decision may be different. Expandability is not a factor for me (the add-on batteries are never cheap anyway), nor is solar charging. I deploy the power stations distributively wherever power is needed, rather than building them into a centralized power source.Here are the main differences between the Explorer and the Delta 2 that I considered.- The Explorer is $50 cheaper ($349 vs $399 on Black Friday)- The Explorer has a good LED lamp which is handy during power outage.- The Explorer has bigger capacity (1070Wh vs 1024)- The Explorer is 3 lbs lighter. To me, anything over 25lb is only marginally portable.- The Explorer does lack 12vdc barrel plug ports which Ecoflow has. Those ports can be used to power modems. But I already have other power stations that have those ports.- The solar port on the Explorer not as common as that on the Delta 2.- The ac sockets are upfront on Explorer while in the back for Delta. I prefer them to be upfront. I see absolutely no advantage of them being in the back, except maybe it looks neater to have the cables in the back if you have a semi-permanent installation. Definitely better to have them upfront for emergency use.On charging.When I first got my Explorer, it was 80% charged. And it seemed stuck at a very slow charging rate of about 300W. Installing the mobile app and selecting the "emergency boost mode" made no difference while selecting the slower quiet mode actually made it charge faster. I thought I had a defective unit for sure. But after draining the battery, the battery then charged between 600 to 800W most of the time at the default fast mode until near the top-off stage. Hitting the boost mode did take it up to 1000W level. Even quiet mode got over 300W. I am convinced that the unit can be fully charged using the default fast mode in well under 2 hours, and that is good enough for me. Even at the default fast mode, it was much quieter than my Ecoflow River 2 pro. The quiet mode does bring down the noise to an unobtrusive level.The inverter on the Explorer seems excellent. The ac output was very steady at 120V, never dropping below 119V on 100W draw.Somehow the Explorer feels less beefy and solid than the Ecoflow, perhaps because of its hinged handle? It is nonetheless rugged enough that I have no concern.At the end, I got $50(+tax) more in my pocket. It's hard to argue with that.