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Jackery
Portable power, tested on a real boat. Jackery makes portable power stations, home backup batteries and folding solar panels.
Jackery is one of our partners and supplied the system we tested in SSL782. The tests, numbers and opinions are our own. This page is our own short summary of jackery.com.
Who they are
Since 2012
Jackery was founded in 2012 to make portable battery power that’s easy to use, at home and outdoors. They say they’ve sold more than 7 million units.
Who it’s built for
Homeowners who want backup power when the grid goes down, plus campers, RVers, off-grid cabins and anyone who works away from an outlet.
What they’re saying right now
Their homepage leads with home backup: “When the lights go out, our power backup kicks in.” The HomePower 3600 Plus, the unit we tested, sits front and center, next to kits that pair their power stations with SolarSaga panels.
What they make
Photo: Jackery the maker’s photo
Home backup
HomePower stations. The HomePower 3600 Plus stores 3.6 kWh and puts out 3,600W at 120V.
Portable power stations
The Explorer line, from the small Explorer 300 up to the Explorer 5000 Plus.
Solar panels
Folding SolarSaga panels, including a 200W bifacial panel and the new SolarSaga 500 X.
Expansion batteries
Battery packs that add storage to a power station.
Solar generators
Ready-made kits that pair a power station with solar panels.
Smart Transfer Switch
A transfer switch for connecting a Jackery to your home’s circuits.
Their site also has refurbished units, accessories and extended warranties.
On Sophisticated Lady
Our everyday house power is a 48V lithium system with 3,200W of solar. Jackery is portable power we put to a real test aboard.
What we run
- SSL782 (October 2026): a HomePower 3600 Plus with its Battery Pack 3600, 7.2 kWh in all, plus Jackery’s new SolarSaga 500 X bifacial panels
- The result: it ran the whole boat, A/C included, for 9 hours 47 minutes on one charge
- Efficiency: 6.76 of its 7.2 kWh delivered, 93.8%. Recharging from the boat came in at about 91%
- Solar: over 300W at 9:15 in the morning through the boat’s shadows, and 350 to 420W at midday
- SSL698 (2023): a Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus, tested in Maddy’s galley
What “the whole boat” means
Every night Sophisticated Lady runs:
- A household fridge/freezer, a second fridge and a second freezer
- A 10-camera security system that runs 24/7
- The editing computers, the TV and soundbar
- Starlink and its modem
- LED lights in the cockpit all night
Our Jackery videos
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SSL782: how long can a Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus run our boat and AC?
SSL698: testing a new Jackery 1000 Plus in Maddy’s galley
See the full Jackery range
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