Jackery Explorer 500 v2 Portable Power Station, 512Wh LiFePO4 Battery, 500W AC/1000W Peak, Solar Generator for Camping, Outdoors, and Power Outages

I recently purchased this in order to add lighting and some occasional music to a storage space that doesn’t have an electrical outlet and is a dead space for phone data. I charged the Jackery unit right away using its power cord when I unboxed it. I am not sure how long it took to charge the unit since I did it at night while I slept. It was fully charged in the morning and I slept about 7 hours. I brought the unit to my storage space and plugged in a surge protector with two USB ports in to one of the electrical outlets of the Jackery unit. I then plugged in 3 USB lights. Two of them to the surge protector and one to the Jackery’s USB port. All 3 functioned easily for over an hour and only minimally drained the battery. I then plugged in a CD player and played it for about a half hour by plugging it into the Jackery’s second electrical outlet. The unit easily handled everything I asked it to do. I have now used it for about 3 hours on differing days and am only down to 80% on my first charge. This unit was somewhat expensive but it did everything that I wanted it to. For me it is worth the money since it is highly portable and has the versatility to be utilized for electrical and USB power. I am highly satisfied with the unit so far. I will update this when a few months pass and I see how the battery is doing.

This thing charges fast, and works as advertised. Great for camping, which is what I bought it for.

I am so happy with this portable battery I actually tested it overnight with my CPAP and it is going to work Wonderful this summer for camping. The wait isn't too heavy and obviously with the handle it super portable. The value for this one was really good I don't remember how much I paid for it but it really wasn't too much more than the smaller size so it was definitely worth it

This was an upgrade to my old Jackery explorer 300. I like the LiFe battery chemistry and the screen is good in some ways and bad in others. I like that it will give me a countdown til charged/empty but I do miss the always on display of the 300. I had a hard time finding the 500 on amazon for some reason but I think it makes a lot more sense than the 300 since it is only a little more money. The 300 required a power supply to charge but with this one I can just hook a mains cable to the side and charge it completely in just over an hour. The only thing it is missing that the 300 had is that I can no longer charge it via USB-C. I have it connected to a 100w solar panel and I have not needed to charge it since the initial charge when I bought it. I use it primarily for charging LiPo batteries at the RC flying field.

Excellent runs my small fridge for car for 8 - 12 hours. Exactly what I bought it for.

Small and lighter to use

Works great, power holds, great for an emergency

Not what I needed it, no enough power

Defective after first use charging macbook via USBC 100w port. Device gave failure code and would not charge after that on any ports. I did get a refund but it took several emails back and forth then shipping wasn't possible via canada post, was overly complicate. I was pretty disappointed, wouldn't purchase again.

Received this unit, and the battery was defective. Luckily the customer service was amazing, and got me a new replacement unit quickly without hassle. The new unit is working as intended

I love it.. Looking forward to taking it Camping

Love this device, have plenty blackouts, so to have this support me for the 9-12 hours it is truly piece of mind. From powering either my fridge or my cell phones it is great all around.

Great price and excellent service