Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus Portable Power Station review
Households needing genuine whole-home backup — fridge-freezer, heating pump, medical devices — through a longer outage.
By Tom Calder
We no longer recommend this model, so it no longer appears in our buying guides. In its place, we now recommend Jackery Explorer 2000 v2 Portable Power Station in our Power stations guide.
A serious, well-built home backup unit: 2kWh of long-life LiFePO4, enough output to run almost any household appliance, and a two-hour recharge. It is premium-priced and heavy, so it only makes sense if you actually need this much capacity.
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- 2042Wh LiFePO4 cell chemistry rated for thousands of cycles and a long service life
- 3000W output (6000W surge) runs demanding appliances like fridges, kettles and power tools
- Fast ~2-hour AC recharge, plus expandable to 12kWh if your needs grow
- At ~28kg it is a two-hand lift, not something you casually carry around
- Expensive — around £1,500 is a lot to hold in reserve for occasional power cuts
Who shouldn't buy this
You only need to keep phones, a router and a couple of lamps running through a short cut — a 1kWh unit or even a large power bank does that job for a fraction of the price and weight.
Key specs
| Capacity | 2,042 Wh |
| Output | 3,000 W |
| Weight | 27.9 kg |
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