Jackery 518Wh Portable Power Station Explorer 500 Lithium Battery Pack

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04-14-2021 at 01:11 PM #3

It feels good initially to get power from the sun until you realize how much effort it takes to keep charging and go indoors/outdoors to keep getting electricity. Eventually, you give up and go back to paying ~$0.15/kWH. I've had MPPT charge controllers, lead acid batteries, etc. That's my story.

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04-14-2021 at 01:18 PM #4

Different use cases for everyone but power stations like Jackery, Goal Zero, Delta are for my emergency preparedness kit versus daily usage

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04-14-2021 at 01:19 PM #5

No USB-C and only one a/c outlet. I have the GoLabs r300 and it has 2 usb-a ports, 30w pd, 60w pd, and two a/c outlets. Plus it charges at 60w. This doesn't seem very slick.

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04-14-2021 at 01:22 PM #6

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It feels good initially to get power from the sun until you realize how much effort it takes to keep charging and go indoors/outdoors to keep getting electricity. Eventually, you give up and go back to paying ~$0.15/kWH. I've had MPPT charge controllers, lead acid batteries, etc. That's my story.

It sounds like you are too stationary for this product

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04-14-2021 at 01:25 PM #7

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No USB-C and only one a/c outlet. I have the GoLabs r300 and it has 2 usb-a ports, 30w pd, 60w pd, and two a/c outlets. Plus it charges at 60w. This doesn't seem very slick.

The 300 has better output choices than the 500 including 2AC

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04-14-2021 at 01:27 PM #8

In the future you might want to say " x product for x price AC"
AC stands for "after coupon"

Don't know enough about the product to really comment but it seems to get a lot of love on Amazon. As others indicated the USB ports use older charging technology and it would be nicer if it had more AC options.

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04-14-2021 at 01:31 PM #9

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Different use cases for everyone but power stations like Jackery, Goal Zero, Delta are for my emergency preparedness kit versus daily usage

Yup. Run fridge if power goes out for a few days... especially if you have solar.

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04-14-2021 at 01:31 PM #10

Isn't a new updated 500 coming out soon?

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04-14-2021 at 01:59 PM #11

RVers and car campers like these.

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04-14-2021 at 02:14 PM #12

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It feels good initially to get power from the sun until you realize how much effort it takes to keep charging and go indoors/outdoors to keep getting electricity. Eventually, you give up and go back to paying ~$0.15/kWH. I've had MPPT charge controllers, lead acid batteries, etc. That's my story.

I have a feeling you used 12v marine deep cycle batteries? 6v golf cart deep cycle batteries FTW!

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