Look into the solar charging ability of any power station you consider, especially if you intend to use the device as a camping accessory or as a backup for multi-day blackouts. But expect the charge between power stations of similar watt hour capacity to be about the same. This is usually the fastest way to charge a power station, assuming you have grid power to connect the wall charger to. Having the kind that your phone or tablet can take advantage of will ensure a fast charge from your power station without having to plug a USB charger into it.ĪC charge time. While any USB port on a power station will deliver a basic charge, there are two main quick charge technologies - QC and iQ - also available on many of them.
Power stations that deliver true sine wave power best approximate commercial utility current and can feed delicate electronics what they want to run right. True sine wave power refers to the quality of the power coming from the AC outlets.
Note that the power consumption of a device may be expressed in amps multiply those by household current (115 volts) to get an approximation of watts.
#POWER TV#
For example, a power station that can deliver 500 watts can easily power both the TV and laptop charger above but can't come close to powering the space heater and might strain to run the TV, desktop and laptop.Īdd up the wattage of all the devices you need to run at once and make sure your power station can deliver that with a 15% cushion. Wattage is the simpler sibling of watt-hours and represents the maximum wattage a power station can deliver on a sustained basis, regardless of how long it can deliver it.
Here are some rough examples of household power needs so you can practice your watt-hour math: Also, take the watt-hours rating of a power station and assume you'll only get 85% of that to be safe. A 500 watt-hour power station can deliver 500 watts for 1 hour or 1 watt for 500 hours or any combination thereof, with a caveat I'll explain next. Watt-hours (Wh) is the best single metric for the run time of a power station.
#POWER GENERATOR#
The venerable Honda EU2000i gas generator alongside the Jackery Explorer 1500 (center) and Anker PowerHouse II 880 (right) power stations. A look at essential power station specs will make it clear what you need. The Jackery unit is about twice the capacity and twice the price of the Anker product and as such they're aimed at different use cases.
#POWER PORTABLE#
I spent some time with two excellent power station examples like the ones we continuously rank on CNET's best portable power stations list: The Jackery Explorer 1500 and the Anker PowerHouse II 800. If you can make the charge time work in your intended use scenario, these might be your modern alternative to a compact generator. Call them "power stations." Here's why they're getting attention from people who want power away from the grid, whether planned or not, without the fuel, emissions and pull cord of a gas generator. A new breed of large portable batteries that are encrusted with household outlets and USB ports are touted as the next generation of electric generators - even though they don't generate electricity at all.
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