Jackery Explorer 240 v2 Portable Power Station 2024 New Version, 256Wh LiFePO4 Battery with 300W AC/100W USB-C Output, 1Hr Fast Charging, Versatile Scenarios-Outdoor/Camping/Fishing/Picnics

Very neat piece of kit. Not as large and heavy as I had feared. I bought it not for camping, though I might use it for that also, but because we have been getting long power cuts. A friend had already bought one and it kept her online for over two days. Charges quickly and you can connect to it via your phone to check its levels.

I'm a domestic electrician and whilst working in peoples' houses I often need to turn the power off for extended periods during the day. With people working from home a lot of the time this can be slightly inconvenient - I want to crack on with my job but then the customer has a video-conference call they need to attend and it's always when I need the power off!Having seen a great review of the Jackery 240 by another electrician I follow on Instagram I made the plunge and bought one. It is insanely useful for keeping my customers happy. I turn up and plug their internet router into this thing and they run all day with no interruptions to internet access.Goes easily into the van as it is small and lightweight and charges up when I get home ready to go again the next day. Build quality seems excellent and the cables that come with it are sturdy too.Information shown on the screen tells me how much power is being used and how much charge is left in the batteries. A great addition to the tools in the van and has probably saved me so much time waiting for customers to get off conference calls that it has paid for itself inside a month or two.

Fantastic device. I usew it in the car, caravan and at home. I charge it with the solarpanel on my caravan roof and it runs a tiny vacuum cleaner. It charges all my devices when I am away and never runs low. In the car, I charge it with the car when it's running and use it to power a small fridge when we are on a long journey. It runs a laptop and my phones with ease. I use it in the garden to run a projector to watch films against my garage wall. I am looking for a bigger one, but this is still going to play a big part and will still go everywhere with us when we travel.

I am not a" Tecno" so i can not give you technical figures on performance. The Jackery 240 V2 came well before scheduled delivery time. The unit came well packed. First impression the exterior looked solid and well built, the LCD screen was simple and clear. The station came 30% charged it took about 4hrs using the A/C lead to charge up 100%. The Jackery 240 i consider a basic entry level ,ideal for LED lighting charging small tools and emergency power. Ideal forfor caravaners and outside pursuits. I not sure of the longevity of the Jackery i have only had the power station for two weeks. But all is working at the moment. I have a few minor issues/suggestions that Jackery could take up. First thereis no dust cap on the DC output port. Second the A/C socket should be higher up where the light (swopped with the light) to cater for larger plugs). Lastly a safety concern the A/C outlet should have a RCD socket especially as a lot of customers will be using the station outside. That said a good entry level power station.

Finally an easy backup power solution for household appliances that is both user friendly and so simple even a child can use.We live in the UK Peak District and usually get 2-3 blackouts per year anyway, that was before taking into account the current energy crisis as a result of the 2022 geopolitical situation. So this was something of a considered gamble, having grown weary of how messy, fussy and user unfriendly fuel generators still insist on being in order to operate safely.Tested this to run our wifi router for an entire afternoon, and later as a stress test to run my home office, consisting of 3x3w bulb standing lamp, DAB radio, iPhone w/ hotspot on USB charge, 15” laptop for email and word processing in dock, printer (mostly on standby) & 32” LED PC monitor. This ran the entire setup for 3 hours.Very versatile and doesn’t require any messy maintenance or extra converters/parts etc to use safely. Just literally unplug whatever you want to run from the mains and plug it back in to the standard UK plug socket on the front of the unit, press the little button by the display and then just carry on as normal, multi-plugs are fine too, so long as the load of connected electricals does not exceed 200w total.At £259 this 200w model isn’t cheap, but there are few things in the western world that are worse than a power cut, and this keeps those little conveniences running regardless. Once depleted, plug it in to the mains overnight with the charger provided and it’s ready to go again. As other reviewers have said, this does make a bit of a noise and emit a vague synthetic chemical smell when in use, as a fan will intermittently start up, akin to a high-end desktop PC, but this is probably unavoidable given the thermodynamics involved. At least this can be safely used indoors right next to whatever you need to power.Larger models are available (500 & 1000 watt) and I can now see the appeal of these, but will wait to see how this performs long term before purchasing another.

We get a lot of power cuts! We have no mobile signal at the house and no home phone when the power goes off!? ( Thanks to BT's new digital rubbish )So I bought this little beauty, plug in the ONT and the Router and we have WiFi for calls and tablets for hours. Brilliant bit of kit.