"Lightweight, extremely practical, mobile, and very powerful."
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Amazon Prime Day 2024 is officially live with thousands of discounts on all kinds of camping and outdoor gear from bestselling sun hoodies to compact pocket knives. If you're looking to bring the power outside with you this summer, Jackery is offering the deal of a lifetime on one of its best portable power station and solar panel bundles for more than half off the normal price.
The Jackery Explorer Solar Generator 1000 is available for an astoundingly low $799—52% off the normal $1,649 price tag. It's a top-selling portable power station on Amazon with nearly 6,600 five-star ratings gushing with praise, saying that it’s the “greatest product available,” and one shopper going as far as saying that it “absolutely blew me away.” For those not interested in solar panels, Jackery is also offering just the Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station for $479 during the Prime Day sale.
The Jackery Explorer Solar Generator 1000 includes the brand's Explorer 1000 portable power station and two 100W solar panels. This rig prioritizes flexibility; it's chargeable using the included pair of solar panels or via a traditional AC wall outlet, and it can output power to a trio of traditional outlets—USB-C and USB-A ports, and a car outlet. The diversity of inputs and outputs makes it well-suited for a variety of use cases, from serious tailgating to car camping to disaster prep to charging power tool batteries on a worksite. And, because it uses AC and solar power instead of gasoline, it can be used indoors and outdoors with minimal noise and no pollution.
One power user (see what we did there?) who dubbed it a "compact powerhouse" spent their first week with the Jackery Explorer 1000 putting it “through its paces.” After using it for everything from powering a refrigerator overnight to simultaneously charging a slew of USB devices, they found it to be a “lightweight, extremely practical, mobile, and very powerful” unit that’s also “a great value for the price,” even without Prime Day’s heavy discount.
It’s still an investment at $799, but considering that the Jackery Explorer Solar Generator 1000 is normally more than double the price, the time to buy is now. Prime Day deals don’t last forever, after all, and the peace of mind this lean, green, power machine can offer is priceless.
