The Explorer 2000 Plus has been at the top of my list for a while now.
The dependability of the brand is a big reason why.
Here’s the good – and the less good – about theJackery Explorer 2000 Plusportable power station.
Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus: The good
The big draw for me is modularity.
When you look at home backup through the modular lens, everything makes more sense.
This is plenty of power for most homes.
Another point that plays into Jackery’s accessible modular platform is pricing.
But Jackery does win out in its pricing on expansion batteries.
The physical size and capacity of this unit and its expandable batteries also make it ideal for portability.
Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus: The bad
Jackery is not known for its pizzazz.
It doesn’t use a lot of flashy gadgets or features to draw you in.
And most of the time that is good.
This is how it has earned a reputation for stability and consistency.
But there are a few features I would like.
One is wireless charging.
I’ve found over time that most of the better products can hit the 90% line.
Jackery is one of the exceptions.
you’re free to’t get 240V output until you combine two of the Explorer 2000 Plus systems.
Every company that sells portable power stations provides the expected number of watt-hours its products are supposed to last.
Bluetti AC200P claims 2,000 watt-hours.
You’d get 576 hours from the Ecoflow model and an impressive 2,000 hours using the Bluetti generator.
That would last you almost three months.
How accurate are those figures?
Usable capacity
A power station’s capacity should be a no-brainer.
You should be able to look at a gear’s rated watt-hours and purchase accordingly based on your needs.
Generally, you could do that.
I’ve found that you typically won’t see theentirecapacity rating as usable power.
We record the outgoing voltage and wattage using external measurement instruments or the UUT’s own measurements if available.
In every case, that percentage ends up at less than 100%.
Most manufacturers say you should calculate expected usage at 85% of the stated capacity.
Generally speaking, the midsize units (blue bars) didn’t fare well.
A quick word on our math here.
That load rating is now 440 watts and the GoSun’s capacity of 1,100 divided by 440 is 2.5.
We would expect to see 2.5 hours of usage.
The actual run time for this unit was 2 hours, 50 minutes – 113% capacity.
Sounds great, Right?
We’re missing some key factors.
One other testing note for these numbers – the Oupes 600-watt data might be off.
The unit turned off the lights at 9%.
It would allow me to start the lights again but would turn them off again after some time.
Charge time
Charging performance can be nearly as important as knowing your capacity stats.
Will it take 1 hour or 2?
(That’s an actual number from our tests.)
We report three data points for charging performance.
Half-full is probably the least amount of power you’re going to want, especially from the smaller units.
80% is the “magic number” for many rechargeable batteries.
You’re not going to run into anyone else, so dive, splash around, whatever you want.
As we add people, it gets a bit more crowded and complicated.
You’ve got less room for people.
Take a look at the full charge test results below.
Charge times are listed in hours, so shorter bars indicate power stations that charge faster.
