Reviews & Tests

Chris texted me on a Sunday morning — one of those long texts that shows up as a wall of words before you’ve had coffee. He’d just seen my last comparison post and wanted to know why I hadn’t given the Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus more credit. “You made it sound like a consolation prize,” … Read more

Okay — ahem — before we get into it. I owe you an apology for yesterday. I had a proper fever. Like, 101.4°F, blanket-on-the-couch, refusing-to-move kind of fever. The kind where even looking at a screen felt like a personal attack. I did not post. I am sorry about that. I’m better today. Mostly. Cough. … Read more

$2,499. That’s what I paid for the EcoFlow DELTA Pro during a Black Friday sale in November 2023. At the time, that felt like a significant amount of money to spend on something I hoped never to need urgently. Six months later, I’d used it through three separate outages and had a pretty complete picture of … Read more

Chris called me in February 2023 — about four months after he’d had his Generac 22kW standby installed in Austin. I asked how it was going. He said, “It runs great. I haven’t thought about it once.” I told him that was the dream. He agreed. Then he paused and said, “But I also haven’t … Read more

The number on the box is almost always wrong. Not fraudulently wrong — technically wrong. Manufacturers rate their units at a steady 200W draw, at exactly 25°C (77°F), with a brand-new battery at room temperature. Then they put that number in large font on the product page and let you draw your own conclusions. Here’s the … Read more

The power went out at 6:47 p.m. on September 28, 2022. I remember the exact time because I’d just started making dinner and my phone showed the alert two minutes before the grid dropped. Ian had been downgraded, then upgraded again, and by the time it hit Jacksonville it had already torn through Fort Myers … Read more