Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station, 1002Wh Capacity with 3x1000W AC Outlets, Solar Generator for Home Backup, Emergency, Outdoor Camping (Solar Panel Optional)

Okay, I will start out by saying I am a U.S Service-member with over twenty years of Honorable service. With that being said I’ve done multiple tours to almost every desert in the Middle East, tours in tropical environments, tours in some pretty secluded off grid undisclosed locations. I only put this out there because I’ve had the pleasure of being a Jackery customer for years and years and the Jackery 240 portable power station, , the Jackery Solar Saga 60w tri-fold panels, and the small Jackery portable chargers were compact and lightweight enough to fit into my pack with ease and leave me room for the other essentials. Imagine being in the middle of nowhere and have a weeks worth of power at your fingertips for recharges, lights, portable fans, small burner for coffee and cooking. Then being able to say it never failed you, always recharged quickly, and has been through the worlds harshest conditions and environments, yet functions like the day you pulled it out of the box. So this began my Jackery passion. Which led me to purchase the Jackery 500. Everything I’ve said above applies to the 500 ten fold folks. Being Military my pay isn’t great so I’ve had to accumulate these items over the course of years, however never have I had to justify spending the money to my wife, as long as I said the word Jackery. Because she’s used the items as well here at home guard. My son plays Football and daughter plays soccer in the Nevada desert just miles away from where the annual Burning Man event is held. Hot dry desert climate, no trees for shade, just direct unrelenting heat. This genius woman, the love of my life used our Jackery Portable power stations to run dual fans, and a small refrigerated trucker cooler during daytime practices in a pop up sunshade tent, all neatly placed in one of those little soccer mom wheeled totes, and a folding low loveseat chair. Talk about super mom, with lots of friends who also wanted to stay cool. Then when night fell and the kids weren’t finished with practice, my lovely wife handed over the Jackery 500 to the coaches who then plugged LED lights into it and lit up the field for the kids giving us an extra hour or two to practice without the heat. This convinced her to give me permission to buy the SolarSaga 100w panels. Money was tight but she gave me the go ahead and we’ve never looked back and haven’t got an ounce of regret or buyers remorse for a single product. But this review is neither for the the Jackery 240, the Jackery 500, the SolarSaga 100w or 60w panels. It’s not even for the Jackery portable chargers. This review is to let you know, the day the Jackery 1000w Portable Power Station became available we did not hesitate for a second to buy it. With the stories we heard from friends about California and Washington power outages, the Covid-19 Pandemic, and any one of the many RV trips we take into Gods country to get away from it all for a few weeks, we both agreed this was the best thing for our family. Why use heavy loud generators, carry fuel, deal with all that monotonous nonsense, when you could literally live off the Jackery Families products. I say Family because over the years I’ve had multiple email contacts and numerous phone calls with them, and every interaction was amazing. Courteous, professional, and the products are literally second to none. The Jackery 1000 is my newest addition and there’s nothing I can say about it that the 240 or 500 don’t already represent. Twice the power, twice the life, multiple solar panel options, can recharge through car, wall, or good ol sunshine. I could get technical and go down the path as some of these reviewers do, but you anyone can read the box. I can sum everything the box says by just telling you that these products, put out by this amazing company, can enhance anyone’s life, save somebodies life, and will probably last your the rest of yours. It’s a no brainer for us. I’ve purchased every product so far with a smile knowing its perfect and the people handing it to me care enough to treat you as if you were family.

In early January 2021 our area had a storm that knocked out our power for four days and three nights. The cold was a manageable problem. The inability to power my CPAP machine was not.Like many of you, I suffer from sleep apnea -- severe sleep apnea. Without a CPAP machine, I stop breathing 70-80 times an hour. Which is more than once a minute. And those pauses last anywhere from 15-30 seconds each. Which means that I'm only breathing about half of what I need. My blood oxygen plummets to death-risking levels (75-80%). I had no idea this was happening until my VA doctor recommended a sleep study that diagnosed this problem that was destroying my general health.During the 4-day/3-night stretch trying to sleep without a CPAP in Jan 2021, I rapidly became ill. I vowed to find a solution before the next winter arrived. On Amazon I ordered the MaxOak Multifunctional CPAP Backup Power Supply. It was really simple to operate. It came almost fully charged. I plugged it in and topped it off, but we did not lost power the rest of that winter. In October 2021, I decided to check it out to get ready for the next winter. It was still at 95%. I decided to just test its operation, but the controls would not work like they had back in January. I fiddled with it for a few days and then put it back in its box and re-checked it in November. Same thing. It showed the power level . . . now 94%, but you literally couldn't put it into operational mode and use it. Fortunately, we did not lose power last winter.In spring 2022 I remembered and decided not to roll the dice. I did a lot of research and settled on the Jackery product line. I decided to spend more and go up to the Jackery 1000 (rather than the 500). I also purchased two Jackery solar panels just in case. Although I hope and suspect I won't need them to charge this unit which, like most such power supplies, can be recharged by plugging into a regular AC outlet or into a 12V car outlet. In October 2022 I tested it and it was still at 100%.Two nights ago we were in the middle of a tremendous "cyclone bomb/atmopheric river" storm with high winds and rain that lasted a few days. Just as I settled into bed, our house power went out. I got the Jackery 1000 out. The battery was still at 100%. I set it on my nightstand, plugged my ResMed Airsense 10 CPAP into one of its three plug outlets, my iPhone charger into a second outlet, and my lamp into the third. I manually lowered the CPAP humidity level and temperature settings by 1/3rd to lower the draw on the power supply, turned out the light, and went to sleep.I woke in the morning after 7.5 hours of sleep. The Jackery battery was down to 75%. Sometime in the night our power had come back online. I disconnected all my devices from the Jackery unit and then plugged it into a wall outlet for recharging. In an hour it was back at 100%. So I saw that I EASILY can get three nights sleep with my CPAP while using both my CPAP heater/humidifier and heated ClimateLine hose. We are expecting another big storm with high winds tomorrow night. I'm ready.For those of with severe sleep apnea, you know how difficult it is to sleep without your CPAP and you know what being unable to breathe does to your health. This is not a cheap device, but it really delivered for me. I'm sure it would work great for camping, too.This isn't just for CPAP machines. But before you start plugging all your laptops, music equipment, coffee makers, etc. into it, ensure that the power needs of all those devices, individually and collectively, do not exceed its ability to deliver.UPDATE: Last night’s storm was worse and I expected an outage. I didn’t want to wake up gasping with headache so I just set my CPAP up with it even though we still had power. Sure enough, we lost power but I never even knew it. This morning my wife and I made coffee in our Keurig and even used the milk frother. I charged other devices. The unit is still at 60%.