The Explorer 1000 Pro arrived at my house along with two Jackery SolarSaga 80W solar panels , which are designed specifically to work with the Jackery lithium power plant .
I conducted a couple of different tests . First , with the battery fully charged at home , I plugged in my toaster , which drew just over 800W via the integrated pure sine wave inverter . I cycled the toaster on a medium heat setting 11 times . After the 11th cycle , the battery had been discharged to 53 per cent – plenty of remaining power for other uses . A great start .
That weekend , I took off for a couple of days ’ camping to test the Explorer 1000 Pro and SolarSaga panels in a real-world setting . Once I was set-up , I began to appreciate just how well made the Jackery equipment is . It struck me that provided you looked after this equipment , this equipment would look after you .
Charging my laptop before streaming some movies to watch beside the campfire .
SOLARSAGA PANELS
Each SolarSaga panel comes in a protective , padded bag lined with a reflective silver material . The panels are double-sided and you can arrange and then secure the panels at the required angle on top of the reflective bag such that additional energy is reflected off the bag towards the underside of the panel – particularly useful as the sun shifts position .
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