Anyone up on portable power stations/solar generators?

I live in an area/city prone to power outages (especially in the winter) and have been looking into 1000w portable solar generators/power stations.

As it stand I'm leaning towards the Jackery Explorer 1000 model with 2 of their solar panels to keep it charged. I've ahd and no longer want to deal with fossil fuel generators, so that's a nonstarter for me.

Anyone have advice or maybe another equally good or better product they've used or researched?

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Stillwaiting · M

EcoFlow also has very well rated solar generators. Echo the thoughts of others 1000KwH is not much .. and you should consider recharge options once depleted in an emergency if still cloudy/raining, snowing, etc. Takes several hours with solar panels on clear, sunny day.

You can put in a Natural Gas unit that will kick on automatically and run your whole house until grid power is restored. Can also have a gas powered you'll have to connect and fuel, but will also run as long as needed if fueled.

Ontheroad · M

@Stillwaiting I sold my home when I got tired of taking care of it and rent now. So the whole house natural gas isn't feasible.