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submitted 15 hours ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/pics@lemmy.world

I'm only half kidding. I'm a bit of a prepper and I have lots of powerbanks and devices that charge from USB but besides idling my truck I really had no other way to charge any of them in case of a long-term power outage which seemed a bit of an oversight on my part.

Not like this solves the issue. 30 watts (under ideal conditions) isn't much but it's a start.

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[-] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I'm not who you asked but.... I've never heard much good about jackery and they're comparatively super expensive. Though, admittedly I haven't price compared in several years. When I was looking, jackery was still using lipo batteries instead of the lifepo4, while being more expensive, so it was easy to discard them. Surely they're using the newer chemistries now...

You might check into ecoflow or bluetti.

Edit: I have quite a bit of bluetti stuff and haven't had any problems except with a folding 220w solar panel that was "free" with a battery purchase. It works, but not remotely close to spec even in ideal circumstances... Might be a reason they were giving them away : )

The batteries/inverters have all done well though the passive drain is significant.

[-] kinghaggard@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Jackery is using lifepo4 now, but their quality control is bottom barrel poor. I'd advise you avoid unless it's free.

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