Jackery Solar Generator Explorer 1000

This unit is better than I imagined . It even runs a pizza oven at approximately 1300 watts draw flawlessly . Also a water kettle that runs in a range of 989- 1250! No problem. I tested a whole array of electrical equipment . Heaters at low work well. Enough heat and blow to be worthwhile . Max level of 1500 shuts down after a few seconds . A ceramic induction hot plate . Does not work on most settings BUT on heat milk setting will boil a pot of water in three minutes . I bought a 870 watts wok type cook pan - no probs! Toaster two slice no issues . My favorite toy - a retro three in one unit , coffee maker / toaster / oven / with fry grill area on top ( only cost maybe $80 or so on Amazon) works perfectly even though when all modes are on it shows at above 1000 watts. Hair dryer runs at low , hot is no problem . At high - shuts off immediately . So I can cook , boil, toast, cook pizza, charge phone and all sorts of stuff with no issues . Didn’t try tools yet . So drills , saws etc no idea . Water pump works well . Oh forgot 700 and 900 watt microwaves work perfectly . Jackery did not mention Microwave so I thought I would need a 600W one, but no need to buy one . This unit exceeds my expectations . Have not tested recharging by the two solar panels - will do that when the weather improves . Charging on mains 110v and cig lighter outlet in car no problem . This Jackery will also easily support a new toy, a Joolca tankless water heater for shower and dish washing , and the pump to extract water from lake, stream or whatever . No issues . I now watch the run rate of WATTS for all electrical stuff that I see - it’s become like an obsession . Just ordered a mini oven from Wal Mart that runs at less than 200 watts ! Must try it . Runs in the cig lighter outlet cable . That should give me slow cooking abilities anywhere !!!! Lighting no issue . I haven’t been so excited in 50 years ! Next I want a van / skoolie or whatever and go boondocking just for fun . And play survival off grid for a bit !!! Sold my fancy Motorhome a few months ago for crazy high money because of the Covid escapism that going on!! The Motorhome was just too like living at the lake home and too easy . I want to play “off grid survival time” just to be an active 68 yr old , experimenting living below 1000 watts ! Finally I have found a 12v electric blanket for cold nights !!!!! It cant get better than this !! Finally , watt hours - obviously one needs to be cognizant of consumption. Even at 600 watts - the unit will go flat in maybe less than two hours . But in the average day , making toast for ten minutes , a few pots of coffee, perhaps cook a few burgers or make a pot of stew , charge a few phones, etc . Should be no problem . Then intermittently recharge in the car when driving , by solar , or even from my noisy 4000 watt gas powered generator , should be no problem . Happy camper here! Jackery will have a higher capacity 2000 watt unit available shortly I hear. That will be able to provide more power and for longer for things like heaters, hair dryer , more powerful microwave ovens perhaps. All with no noisy gas motor and lighter than a traditional generator . At home or at the office if a power outage arises, the Jackery 1000 will support lights, and some equipment for a reasonable period of time with no noise and no fumes. It can be used while in charge mode and show watts in and watts out on the meter . Apparently the parallel in/ out use is hard on the unit and may cause wear and tear on the battery and possibly reduced lifetime potential . Time will tell . This Jackery product is well engineered and good value .

After researching every option, manufactures as well as reading reviews and watching videos we purchased the Jackery 1000 power station and two Jackery 100 watt solar panels. I wanted to have a solar unit on our camping trips as well as for possible emergencies at home as a quiet and reliable back up to our gas generator. The Jackery arrived with a 39% charge out of the box. I read the directions and set up the panels on my balcony facing the sun the next morning. It is a very easy set-up. I turned the panels as the sun moved across the sky to optimize the rays hitting the surface of the panels as directly as possible about every 15-20 minutes. We're in Southern California and it was a clear December day. With both panels connected I was pulling in about 135 watts to the Jackery. By early evening, an hour before sunset the J1000 was fully charged. My only rub is for $1600 + dollars you would think Jackery would throw in a carrying case for the station... You have to order it separate. A cooler bag will work fine for much less. Also, the panels do not have a carrying case. They have no protection when on the move. I purchased a artists canvas portfolio bag. Keep the cardboard box the panels came in put it in the portfolio, and voila! A protective carrying case for the panels. I'm going to get an additional Jackery 1000 to use while one is charging as a backup while running our 12V fridge. The Jackery seems to be the best option until new technology arrives. Update, 6 months later: Upon using The J1000 to run our 53qt. 12V camping refrigerator/freezer the results are in. We started with a full 100% charge on the J1000. The refrigerator compressor fired right up and began cooling. After 24 hours the reading on the J1000 was 80% charge. Periodically I opened the fridge to check and simulate actual use. After 48 hours it was at 40% with, of course, 20% power remaining. This means mathematically we can run the fridge approximately 60 hours on the J1000 without recharging on one power station. Excellent. I have purchased another J1000 as a back up while the other is charging. That should easily give us 4-5 days without even recharging. If you are considering a solar power unit, I don't believe you'll go wrong with the Jackery line. I'm very picky and critical of commercial products and have surprisingly pleased, so far, with Jackery. BTW: Most important, their customer service is second to none, having contacted them with questions and experiencing quick responses. I'm an avid camper, prepper, actual paying customer, and user. No axes to grind, no bs.

My wife and I wanted something we could easily charge and use both in times of need and while camping and this has fit the bill perfectly for both! First, the generator itself is really easy to carry around and isn't too big and bulky. The inputs on it are diverse, with 3 AC outputs, a DC output, 2 USB type C ports, and 2 USB ports, it has plenty of options for plugging different devices in. It also has an input for charging via wall outlet or via DC port in your car, for example, and comes with the cords required for that. It also has a port for plugging in the solar panels. Second, the solar panels are amazing. I thought they were going to be much heavier, but they're easy to maneuver and bring along. The magnetic closure feels nice and you can tell these solar panels are well constructed. They have fold-out stands on the back, as well as a bag attached for storing cords, which is a really smart design feature, as they've been used. Charging via the included solar panels is easy and painless. Overall, charging it is easy. And taking it camping was really helpful. We used it to power a low-watt coffee maker and a small fan. So, for camping, I highly recommend it. It's great to have as a backup and I can see it's usefulness for overlanding. Where it's shined for me in particular was yesterday at our house, when we lost power while I was working. I work from home and need internet access. I plugged our router/WiFi into the Jackery and plugged in my laptop and it powered both, so I could continue to work, for 4 hours without breaking a sweat. By the end, I had only used about 5% of the battery. This thing has been a useful tool and I have no regrets getting it.

The Jackery 1000 is a well-constructed and lightweight battery (for the amount of juice it carries). I've only done some initial testing around the house and so far it's been up to snuff. It worked as expected to power a laptop via 110V or a car fridge via the 12V plug. The display is simple but shows you the main things you need to know: input W during charging, output W during use, and percent battery left. Output wattage was accurate for the car fridge (compared to a Kill-a-Watt). The switches for the AC and DC outlet groups are convenient in case you want to cut the power without unplugging. Charging by a 110V outlet or via the solar panels was also at the pace advertised. One minor quibble is that the solar panels are marketed as 100W "peak power" panels, but even on cloudless, bright sunny day you can only get approx 65W into the battery per panel. That's accounted for in the average recharge times, so they're up front about it there, as well as the general disclaimer that it depends on conditions. Perhaps if you use it on the ISS, you'll get closer to 100W. It's only been a month, and I wasn't keeping close tabs on the % charge, but I haven't noticed any drain while it's been sitting. They recommend using the battery then recharging at least once per six months to preserve the lifespan. The solar panels are reasonably solid without being too heavy. There's no case for the panels, but they hold themselves closed via magnets to minimize the risk of damage during transit, assuming some degree of care (don't place them next to any loose knives or screwdrivers). If you want to be extra careful, one or two art portfolio bags could be used to fully enclose the panels.

This Jackery 1000W is a legit portable power source along with the Solarsaga 100W solar panels. Bringing them needs planning though as they can take up space, plus the Jackery unit itself has some weight on it. I got a 48-can cooler bag out from Amazon too that fit this unit plus accessories perfectly. The bag has strong handles plus external pockets and a shoulder strap. It will help insulate my unit when stored inside the vehicle under hot weather. Anyway, I bought this as a bundle, however, they did not come together in 1 shipment where the solar panels got delayed. Out of the box, the unit came with 52% charge (more likely its storage charge). Upon getting the solar panels, I tried out charging the unit with full sun exposure at 82degF temp. You'll see in the video that the Input ranges from 112-115W coming from the total 200W solar panels (100W each). i thought this Input was a bit on the low side considering the conditions these were in. However, I'm not sure if this Input will increase at higher than 82degF full sun exposure (just make sense if it does). I started my solar charging around 12:30 in the afternoon, checked every after 30 mins to see % gain in battery level and found that for every 30mins of charging I saw a 4-5% gain. I did this checking several times until around 3:30 in the afternoon to total 3hrs of charging, with a total of +30 or ended at 82% battery charge. Simply put from this exercise, I saw a 30% add in 3hrs of solar charging under full sun exposure on an 82degF afternoon. I'm not sure if this exercise is conclusive that for every 3hrs of solar charging you'll only get an add of 30%, so to achieve 100% batt level you'll have to solar charge for up to 10hrs?! Maybe the unit's battery is just starting to break in and it'll be more efficient once it does? I don't know but it is charging and will continue to track this. I then topped off the rest of the 18% of the battery level via DC. I think it took up to almost an hour to reach 99% (from 82%) and then it started slowly creeping from there. I think once the charging hits 99%, it goes on trickle charge and it took me over 2hrs of charging to finally hit 100%. I have 4 other smaller power stations similar to this that have somewhere 90w to 120W of power. I'm actually happy to have those as they do the job of what I want them to do outdoors. Having this Jackery 1000W around just gives me the warm & fuzzy and is probably an overkill to what we need for camping. But I know this will help make us more independent and soon enable us to do some primitive camping or overlanding. This is really a well-made unit and it shows with the quality feel of the casing of the unit itself, the provided cables, and how & what the solar panels were made of. They fold in half and latch on strong magnets when in storage! It is like a bag in itself, though I believe they're not waterproof-rated. Overall, I really like this product and will probably even love it more once we're out there needing sources of power. Next up on my shopping list now is a Dometic CFX fridge!

Updated Review: Fully charged I am able to run my imaging equipment for three nights although summer nights are not very long, but, after the three sessions, we have 63% power left over. I connected the two solar panels this morning to monitor its charging; it went from 63% power to 91% in 3 hours with the panels not being very exposed to sunlight when I set them up. Very impressive, and very promising. Will be contacting Support for extension cables; I can't find them on their website and everywhere else it seems extension chords that could work with Jackery are marketed as Goal Zero. ========================================================= The reason I bought Jackery instead of a Yeti was the price per watts. I was initially disappointed in Jacker's user documentation, and I still am. I have my unit now which arrived without the solar panels; I hope they arrive sometime soon. The unit is being charged; it looks pretty, but looking at the documentation and information shown on Amazon, you could be concerned about the USB ports, for example. Technical Specs on Amazon says it has two USB-C ports, one rated at 5 volt and the other at 9 volt. This could be very dangerous since they are not distinctly marked on the unit and not mentioned at all in the "single page" documentation. The attached image that includes two snapshots from Amazon and one from documentation shows that the one from Amazon has mislabeled the USB-A and USB-C ports any way. If one of the USB-C ports is delivering 9 volts, and if I plug something that is rated for 5 volts into that port and my device is damaged I am calling Jackery and not happily. I have a feeling the two ports are both rated at 5 volts considering Jackery has other mistaken information on the picture. I will come back once the solar panels arrive and update my comment.

First the bad. I had waited a year to be able to afford buying the Jackery 1000, along with 2 solar panels. Being on SS, this was a major investment for me. Excellent reviews all around, so I felt safe with this purchase. I was thrilled to get it. Except that within a few days, it totally crapped out on me. The AC portion quit functioning properly. At the end, I could turn on the AC part and it would turn itself off after about 10 seconds. It didn't matter whether anything was plugged in or not, working or not, and even a lamp wouldn't stay lit. Tech support responses were initially unsatisfactory, and I attribute that to language issues, and to a lack of understanding of the problem. However, once they decided the problem was a real one, the response was friendly and FAST. I received a new Jackery within 2 days of their understanding of the problem - including new solar panels even though the first ones were fine. They made it very easy to return the other one and that whole process ended up on a happy note. The new one is working fine. I purchased this for dispersed camping/boondocking. For example, while I tried brewing coffee on the stove, I'd gotten spoiled with Keurig-style coffee brewers. Pour-over or old-style brewing just didn't have the same flavor, nor was it as robust. And lots of cleanup - not really my thing when in the outdoors. Additionally, cleanup required a fair amount of water, something that's at a premium when boondocking. I found an individual serving brewer that had the specs I wanted for plugging into the Jackery, at about 750W: a good test for the Jackery and a pretty decent test for the brewer. I have a review on that if you want to look it up. The brewer used about 3% of the charge on the Jackery, which was more than acceptable usage. The average Keurig style brewer uses between 1200-1500W, so not something for this Jackery. Testing this unit against other items I would use either in the house or while camping has been just fine. I like that there are 3 ways to charge the Jackery, and that was a big bonus. I like the portability, including the folding solar panels. It's worth noting here though: while you get a total of 200W of solar charging with the 2 panels - the reality is that the Jackery only accepts about 120W of it. I've decided I'm OK with this fact as I may not have the best sun always, and perhaps even some unwanted shade which would reduce input anyway. The items all came exceptionally well packaged, and all the pieces are of a good quality. The individual little parts have a decent quality bag to put them in so as not to lose anything. I will let you all know should I have any problems later on with this unit. I would give my actual rating at 9 out of 10, but I'm not taking off a full star.

I purchased the Jackery 1000 and two 100w solar panels for camping, and to use as an emergency backup at home. It arrived on time and was packaged very well. It is lightweight (22lbs) and compact making it very portable. The solar panels are compact and very easy to set up. It took about 5 1/2 hours to charge the unit from 39% to 100% on a windy but sunny spring day in northern CA. The eyelets on the solar panels worked well for tie down points in the gusty wind. I also locked the panels and 1000 unit through the handles to keep them from “walking away” at the campground. We used the unit to power our small 12ft travel trailer 110v lights, a 12v 45L fridge/freezer, 110v TV with DVD player in the evenings, 110v coffee maker, 12v fan and it kept our phones and tablets charged for our 6 nights of camping. We did charge the unit daily. I saw that it went down to 54% after our double feature movie night and it took about 4 hours to recharge to 100% the next day, which was sunny. I did unplug the trailer from the Jackery unit for recharging as recommended. I placed ice packs in the fridge to ensure it stayed cold during the process. Having this unit is a very nice change from a gas powered generator. It is a versatile and lightweight clean source of energy that is easy to use. I am happy with this purchase and would recommend it to others.

These have been a great addition to my camper van. The capacity is enough for me to run my 12v fridge for a few days, charge my laptop and phone, and even run my rice cooker and kettle as long as I have the sun to top it off. Most importantly, the customer service is amazing. I had an issue with the solar panels going spotty and not charging some of the time. I contacted customer service (through Jackery's website, not Amazon) and within a couple emails, they sent two full replacement panels at no cost to me. If I were to buy them again, the only change I'd make is upgrading to maybe a 1500 or 2000 wH model so I could go longer without solar. But this brand and product are awesome and I would definitely recommend them.

Very good powerstation. Very efficient. 935 usable wh on 1008wh. It runs my 12v fridge for 5 entire days at 41F in ambiant 77F temp. The fridge use 10% per 12hours , 20% per day or exactly 7,79w per hours. It charges all phones and tablet. It is very lightweight. I bought a anderson extension 10FT to extend the 10FT factory cable of the solar panels. The panels are very good quality, lightweight, good looking, solid with velcro foot and bag to hold the junction and cable fixed to the panel. The javkery charge at 120-125wh in the sun. So it is limited by the embedded mppt charger, however you can exploit more the panel by plugging directly 2 phones or tablet and charge the jackery 1000. It does not reduce the jackery charging. Overall a good product. I just would like more inverter wattage capacity, faster charging ac and more solar charging like the jackery 1500 which is probably a better deal. However the jackery 1000 is the most lightweigh solar generator of 1000w minimum.

I love to be off grid with my Jackery and solar panels. I bought a small car fridge so bought another small Jackery to run the fridge at night. These power banks are well made and work well. The 1000 is a bit awkward if you are older and can’t lift much but I wanted it to use with my cooking appliances. I have used it for a power outage at my apartment. I can run my big Panasonic Genius microwave on 50%. I can run lights or anything that is 1000 watts. I can run two or more things that add up to 1000 watts. The DC outlet on the Jackerys use less electricity and I used those as much as I could for my fridge and electric car blanket. The car can charge the Jackerys as you drive and that will keep things running. I trust the Jackery name for safe and reliable power when travelling and camping off grid.

As the pictures show in full sun I get about 90w from each panel when only one is plugged in, but about 120w when both are plugged in. This was unexpected because the information is buried in the fine print. Still a good product and the unit charges up quickly. Most of the day is not peak sun, and the panels are still doing lots of work, so it's all good.

I recently purchased a Jackery 1000 midway through the winter. I did this because of the power outages that may occur. Upon reviewing it we were excited to try it out and see just what it could do. We started out with small kitchen appliances and slowly moved up to larger electronics, we have used it to charge our phones and iPads. I have started trying it out with my power tools and also recharging the batteries for my cordless tools, so far am quite impressed. I would recommend the Jackery to anyone who is looking for secure backup power. I have yet to try the solar panels, but once it warms up and there is less snow I’m going to see how well they work. I like being able to charge our phones directly off of the solar panels, it very convenient.