Jackery Explorer 500 Portable Power Station

The car charger expands the use of my power pack to longer trips and is excellent quality.

Using in the caravan as a back-up to charge the grandchildrens phone, pads, and laptops. The pure sinewave inverter works great with my wife's GHD straighteners.

Have only used our jackery the one time at the moment but was great to be able to use our electric kettle on our day out. Am looking forward to using it more often in the future. Easy to use and recharge

The Explorer 1000v2 is great piece of kit. My primary reason for buy one was for camping trips in a tent. Increasingly all gadgets needed for camping use rechargeable USB batteries. That’s fine until they discharge & then you need to be able to recharge them all. This power station can handle all that & recharge phones/ipad/laptops. It can also boil a travel kettle & run a single induction hob. Having read the reviews for the Explorer 1000v2 feedback suggested that the 200w solar panel was the option people recommended. Obviously weather dependent but the 200w does top up the power station well. Investing in a power station & solar panel is expensive & I did wonder if it was with money for a few weeks of camping every year? At it turns out I have also used the power station in other settings including; long car journeys, picnics, in the garden & on the allotment. The size & weight of this model makes it very portable.

Seriously Impressed After Just a Few Weeks – The Jackery 2000 V2 Delivers

I’ve been using the Jackery 2000 V2 solar generator for a few weeks now, and I’m genuinely blown away by how capable and well-designed it is.

Straight out of the box, it feels premium and solid – not bulky or awkward like some power stations. The setup was simple, and the display is clear and easy to understand. Within minutes I was powering devices, charging batteries, and even running my kettle!

The power capacity is more than enough for everything I’ve thrown at it – from home appliances to tools. It handles them effortlessly, and the pure sine wave output means everything runs smoothly and safely. It's surprisingly quiet too, which makes it ideal for camping or overnight use.

I’ve been pairing it with solar panels, and even in the typical UK weather, it charges better than I expected. The solar integration is slick and efficient, and it’s reassuring to have clean, renewable energy backing me up wherever I am.

After just a few weeks, it’s already become a trusted part of my setup – whether for backup power at home or freedom on the road. Highly recommended if you're looking for portable, reliable, and eco-friendly power.

Works great.

Excellent combination as it takes an acceptable time to charge on a good sunny day even know the UK! - even with our usually unpredictable weather you can still charge your phone from the USB input from the SolarSaga 40 lead without using the power Brick on a cloudy day - brought one for my son to charge his tablet phone etc to keep him tech happy 😊

High quality and does exactly what it's meant to do.

We ordered the Jackery 500 and it is amazing, we then ordered the carry bag to store it in and to make it easier transporting it to our weekends away. Next purchase will be the solar panel.

High quality and does exactly what it's meant to do. At 5m long it makes connecting to the solar panel easy without having to have the power bank near it, so it can be used easily and there is no need to worry about it getting too hot in the sun

Great product, very well made & well priced. Especially if you can get it in a sale it's an absolute steal.

Purchased for home use during power cuts, haven't used yet but research suggested nothing but great.

Very impressed does exactly what it say on the box

Nice light - well made and rechargeable- recommended with everyone's kit bag !

Primarily bought to use as an alternative to getting electric hook up when camping. As yet not a had a long trip to fully test it out but these are my initial thoughts.
It's reasonably heavy but not too bad but you'd definitely not want to carry it a long distance. Our 1st short trip it ran a small fridge/cool box (24/7) and charged devices for approx 3 days. Unfortunately the weather was poor so the solar panel wasn't used to top it up and we ended up topping it up with a 15min fast charge from a socket on site to run the final night and charge devices.
When home I used the solar panel to charge it back up from flat. This took 3 days approx as the panel will only produce 200w in perfect conditions and being in the UK the weather is never perfect. Also to achieve good charge you have move the panel to catch the optimal sun. This can be a bit awkward some times as the panel can have a mind of it own and the flexible legs can fold down after you set one side if your moving it by yourself. We will also need a longer charge cable to be able to leave it charging in the tent with the panel outside but the usbs on the cable are a nice touch to charge direct from that panel.
With having the 2000w rating I'm also hoping to run power tools off this for short periods when jobs are off grid but not tested this as yet.
I don't think it will be as convenient as having hook up as you don't need to think about what your using but I'm very happy with our purchase so far and think with some more thought about what we're using and a bit of luck with the sun to keep it topped up we'll manage a 2 wk trip off grid and save money on future trips by not paying for hook up. More thoughts to follow after some more thorough testing.

Top notch light, used recently as our main hanging tent light. Gives off enough light to light a 6 man family tent on full power. Great for portability too, for kids to nip to toilet in the night. Lasted 3/4 nights roughly then needed a charge from the battery which charges it fairly quick.