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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LunarOrbit · 61-69, M

Its also important to look at ampacity.

ie. 1000 watts for an hour vs 1000 watts for 3 hours

Your unit wont last very long with less than 50/ah

Also note, its not usually sunny when you need it (night time or cloudy storm skies) so the solar panels aren’t going to be as useful as you think.
You would be better off buying a couple
deep cycle batteries, a charger, and inverter.

Just my opinion