In-depth guides, comparisons and how-tos for power stations, solar and backup power.
Plug-in solar, often called balcony solar, lets you plug a small solar kit into an ordinary outlet and use the power it makes in your home, and a June 2026 report from the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) estimates that a well-placed 800W system could produce about 1,000 kWh a year, roughly 10% of an […]
DJI’s Power 2000 can take up to 1,800W of solar and refill its 2,048Wh battery from empty in about 75 minutes, DJI said when it announced the power station, but only with the right accessory: the DJI Power 1.8kW Solar/Car Super Fast Charger. Unlike most power stations, the Power 2000 has no built-in MC4 solar […]
weBoost’s Home MultiRoom (model 470144) adds up to 65 dB of gain on the 700, 850, 1700/2100 and 1900 MHz bands used by Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, and weBoost says the kit can be installed without drilling holes, using a flat window cable and finger-tight connectors. The catch, as weBoost’s installation guide spells out, is […]
LiTime’s 500A Bluetooth battery shunt reads any battery bank from 8V to 120V, tracks up to 6,500Ah of capacity and sends state of charge, current, power and remaining runtime to the free LiTime app over Bluetooth 5.0 with about a 15-meter range, according to LiTime’s product page. The company lists the shunt at $109.99 on […]
BLUETTI now sells two 1kWh-class LiFePO4 power stations that sit close together on price: the long-running AC180 with 1,152Wh and 1,800W, and the newer Elite 100 V2 with 1,024Wh and the same 1,800W rating, according to BLUETTI’s spec sheets and the Elite 100 V2 user manual. On paper the AC180 holds about 128Wh more. The […]
LiTime’s 12V 100Ah TM is a Group 31 lithium battery built for trolling motors from 30 to 70 pounds of thrust, storing 1,280Wh in a case that weighs about 23 pounds. LiTime’s spec sheet lists a 100A battery management system, surges of 300A for five seconds and 500A for one second, an IP65 rating and […]
A typical 12V 100Ah lithium battery can safely feed an inverter of about 1,000W, and pushing past roughly 1,200W starts to run into the battery’s own limits. The reason is the battery management system (BMS): LiTime, for example, rates its 12V 100Ah LiFePO4 batteries at 100A continuous discharge and 1,280W maximum continuous output, according to […]
Jackery’s Explorer 2000 v2 packs 2,042Wh of LiFePO4 storage and a 2,200W inverter into a 39.5-pound case, which Jackery says is 41% lighter and 34% smaller than typical 2kWh LiFePO4 power stations, thanks to cell-to-body construction borrowed from EVs. Jackery also lists a 66-minute charge to 80% from the wall, a 20 ms UPS switchover […]
A safe camper battery setup comes down to three parts working together: a box that holds the battery still, a disconnect switch that cuts everything off, and a shunt monitor that tells you how full the battery really is. Blue Sea Systems rates its m-Series 6006 battery switch at 300A continuous, Victron’s SmartShunt measures current […]
EcoFlow’s RIVER 3 and RIVER 3 Plus share the same compact LiFePO4 design and one-hour AC recharge, but the Plus doubles the inverter’s continuous rating to 600W, doubles the solar input to 220W and can grow to 858Wh with an add-on battery, according to EcoFlow’s product listings. The base RIVER 3 answers with a lighter […]
