Solar Generator Review: Why the Jackery 1000 Pro Is a Game-Changer 

No presenter on RU-vid can out-present Brian Cooley. I always enjoy his approach and practicality.

I love the no nonsense, no hype reviews that just give me the facts and pro’s and cons of the item being reviewed. Keep it up.

I honestly think jackery is old news now. Ecoflow and Bluetti are taking over this space.

Wow ✨️ As a Digial Nomad & part-time VanLifer, i need one of these for sure! Thanks for sharing😊

3:10 “the rest of your lifetime “😂

I used to watch your tech reviews back in the early 2000's and I can safely say you haven't missed a beat I'm excited to be informed about a whole new generation of tech from ya !

Balanced and fair review helping the consumer figure out exactly what they need. Thanks.

It would be nice to see a bulked up version that could power a house during a 1-3day black out

I thought the "don't charge over 80%" was to stop people leaving it plugged in and charged to 100% for a long time because that was the issue. Charging to 100% was fine if you are going to use it fairly quickly i.e. like an EV going on a long trip then next day.

This was clear and to the point. All that I needed to know and very clearly said. Thank you! Very helpful.

It's a battery, not a generator.

Just as a note: kWh (kiloWatt-hour, and miliWatt-h for phones, and MegaWatt-h for grid batteries) is an energy (capacity or consumption) unit. It's a convenient electrical way to express Joule in power and time (hour) units without juggling with big values of Joule and to make easy comparisons about standardized equipments and cabling (rated in Watts) and time (easier and more practical to evaluate hours vs. seconds) W (Watt) is a power unit. It's the *rate* of energy *flow* per unit time (second). As an analogy, The first one is like how much water a dam can hold, take, or release, total the second one is how much water pressure (voltage) multiplied by water flow per second (amps) can flow/is allowed to flow through a given dam pipe. Pipes are different and can only take so much rate of water flow or water pressure before being damaged. So youd have low flow pipes and other higher flow pipes. That would be the different "wattages".

I have 4 - 240 Watt Jackery's. ($250 CDN each). At this range, it's about $1/watt. As you get up to 1000-2000 watts, it's about $1.50/watt. I'm not interested in running high wattage equipment. These are perfect for all my small electronics, rechargeable power tools, etc.....

I am looking forward to using this on multiday camping/overlanding trips. Charging via my 4runner's 400w outlet between sites is perfect. I only have the two 80 watt panels for now, but that should be adequate for charging phones, laptops, cameras, Bluetooth speakers etc. Now, when my Rivian R1S finally arrives, things will change :)

It is too bad that the industry insists on calling the battery box with a charge controller as "solar generator." But I digress... I very much appreciate that you speak about this stuff from a solid knowledge of the concepts and energy units. You have made it approachable for everybody.

This is a great review . Do you think I will be able to use my mini Keurig coffee pot with this system here? I know that seems dumb maybe. It’s a K mini singleserve? I plan to camp in my vintage camper it does have electricity but only like two outlets in it. So my plan is to use this as an additional source of power. I also want to use it at our cabin when we may have a power outage .

During a recent power outage in the San Francisco Bay Area we had the Jackery 1500 powering a small TV, router, Netgear, desk light and a laptop. Used an old Honda 3500 generator to power 2 refrigerators. Decided to see if I could charge the Jackery 1500 with the old Honda 3500. Running on the same line as one of the refrigerators we discovered that we could power the Jackery as it was plugged into the electronic devices.The meter indicated we had more power going in than going out. Do you happen to know if we could have plugged in an APC which the above described electrical devices were in, into the Jackery for simplicity?

Excellent review!

RU-vidr Prepper Princess actually used this product during a major power outage and had issues recharging it in the desert heat.

this is amazing. it's a game changer for off road camping with ev suv/trucks. i just wonder if such jackery hardware built in to the ev so the owners plug in solar panels as much as they can

I'm with Cooley. It needs a good high current DC out. to power native 12 (24)V lights or equipment without inserting the double conversion penalty (Make some AC just to have the device convert it back to DC).

Would I be able to run my router for satellite internet couple of hours a day?

CNET MUST BE SPONSORED BY JACKERY THATS ALL THEY EVER REVIEW BUT THERES OTHER SOLAR GENERATOR BRANDS LIKE BLUETTI & ECOFLOW.

How many solar charges until battery dies? How long does it take to charge? The solar panel arrays look pretty frail (and expensive). More things to get stolen while you are out at the lake. This would be a good item for rich people to play around with and see if it’s as good as a gas powered.

I have a new Jackery 1500 with 2 200W solar panels - I live in Phoenix, and it is only 95 degrees to day, but the VERY BEST prformance we can get is only 130W per panel. The longer the panels are in the sun the more wattage power they lose. And this is not a faulty panel - when I had the same abysmal result on my first shipment I worked with Jackery and got a replacement unit. But this second unit is performing just like the first. NO ONE is testing these units in warm weather - which come on, is the whole point of using a solar panel, sunshine. It is clear to me, Jackery cannot perform to spec in temperatures as low as 95 degree which is low here in Phoenix. The whole reason I bought this unit was to have a backup if and when power grids fail in hot summer temperatures. But if these can't perform in hot weather, truly what is the point?

What’s best solar generator is to give you about 800 watt please ? And how many hours work ? Thank you

For $5,000 I can get a really nice gas powered generator.

Any thoughts how this compares to Ecoflow? Those seem to be the goto for electric generators.

Can you explain “start” power?

Unless there's a great "Jackery offer" (have fun with that), I'm going with a Vtoman 1500! Ad 200 watt Allpowers folding solar panels and it's still under $1K!

A lot of time when we use a generator is raining, snowing cloudy day with no sun. So kinda useless. Good for camping though

How long would it take to charge a 100kWh EV battery?

Do the old 100 watt panels work with this new one ?

Nope. I’ll take a Honda 1000 any day.

Really Amazing Product 👍

Dumb question: in the newer cars 2016 and newer, where is the 12 watt outlet in the car? There’s no cigarette lighter but there’s USB ports..?

So how long to charge a Tesla or EV that’s 100kw using the 800 watt solar system

Cooley is the top1% of presenters on CNET and youtube for that matter

you can get a okmo Portable Power Station 2000W, 2220Wh Battery Backup Portable Generator, for 1000, kills the jackery

Will the 100 watt Saga work with this generator they are made for the smaller units

These things don't replace generators. First off, this is just a battery, you need to purchase solar panels to actually generate power. Second, 1000w power delivery is next to nothing, it can't run a microwave, hair dryer, toaster oven, etc. Second 1000 watt hours is next to nothing. A 100 Amp hour 12 V battery has 1200 watt hours of power - also not much, but is practically free compared to this battery. Third, the solar panels only generate 800 watts in perfect conditions. It's more likely to generate around 200 to 400 watts when averaged out, and of course only during the day. Fourth, 800 watts is next to no generation when compared to an actual generator. My $200 generator beats this "generator" in every single metric, more power, lasts longer, cheaper, lighter, smaller, 24 hr per day generating potential, etc. These are solar supplemented battery packs. I run solar power on my RV, and it's absolutely amazing how much it can do, but I still carry a real generator as sometimes you need to run high power devices for much longer, or just having clouds covering up the sun for a couple days (not uncommon in the northwest).

So cool, I’d buy 2 panels for size and price, and hope for a long sunny day…☀️🌞💥

The average working Joe and Jane can't touch that $😩$💵🤑 Thanks for the review bro 👍🤜🤛

Can u use it while solar charging?

I installed a 100 watt solar panel with battery to recharge phones and laptops for emergencies. Far cheaper.

Great video, informative and to the point.

My hair dryer is 1200 watts. Will the hair dryer even turn on at all with this unit?

Great presentation. This guy is Solid but I have a question. A 200 watt Solar panel delivers a 200 watt charge in how long a period of time? One hour, two hours, what? So, if I have a 200 watt panel, can it fully charge a 1,000 watt Jackery in how long?

Can it power a fridge and for how l9ng?

That can probably run... For the rest of your lifetime. Classic.

But can it run an electric stove or heater?

During a blackout I would use gas generator during the day and these battery ones at night. The gas generator is loud and screams to be stolen at night..

That Jackery will not even get you through a single day in a power outage. Get four 100 watt panels and a 200Ah Lifepo4 battery (or two) and a 1200-2000 watt inverter and it will cost you less and run much more than that power station. Off grid over 20 years with 400 watts of solar power.

Good review, but you should have mentioned other alternative brands, such as Bluetti and Eco Pro. I have two Jackery solar generators. They work well, and customer service is excellent. However, they need to catch up in innovation and be less expansive.

Timing of this video is interesting. How’s the diesel supply right now in the US?

The price seems reasonable.

Is this an ad or review?

So all the real watt hrs are 20% less than stated...

Is this KipKay?

A generator can run an ac unit in a camper. Can this?

Would love to see one of these power an RV generator. Gas generators aren't going anywhere soon.

$4k WTH! $17K PV system can run a whole house.

Okay. Anyone who is seriously interested in this type of thing needs to know that an inverter with marine batteries is much more powerful and much less expensive. Flies away

Can I use this to charge my tesla?

They were good at one time but now they have outdated batteries and haven’t kept up with the latest technology

Sponsored content ?

Paid review?

Would be a good backup. But you would want a real generator too.

Solar’s Not Inexpensive Yet But I Hope It’s Only A Matter For Time For Cost To Come Down

Sad to see CNET go the way of CNN. No mention of LiFePo4 battery power stations which gives you much more power cycles making it better for the environment. Just pretending to care and putting out long ads for stuff. Any why do they dive into politics?

Ken Domik will be mad.

A few power banks would be cheaper and more practical

Sept 21 2022 and this is a game changer? It is old battery tech now for "power stations". Terrible review, not up to the times.

yeah right, no sun no power. A Honda generator and a battery and you're set. 4 grand and you have to mess with all that? Seriously, a Honda 2200 watt gen or even 1000 watt and a smallerJackery or bluetti would be better for half or a third the price.

california should change its name to death valley. Hot!!!!!

So it can't do enough to beat the electric company.

Nahh...I think we are overdue better Battery technology. Lithium Ion's limitations isn't cutting it anymore.

Bluetti or Echo flo. Jackery not so much

Used mine 3 times and it broke

Do not waste your money, all it is is a 35lb phone charger

I take it can provide 2000 killowats for 8 hours.

1 of the most important uses of a generator is when there’s a storm…when it’s raining there’s no sun…when there’s no sun, there’s nothing to charge the solar panel…therefore this is USELESS !! 😂

It is also NOT a game changer. Aside from being very expensive it does not even have the capability to connect to an external battery and increase the capacity.

And $1000 lol

Hello. Help with this tool. We have a war in Ukraine, there is no light, we are freezing. Sorry maybe you can help. Our family does not have the opportunity to buy such a device. If you have the opportunity to help, I ask you. I apologize in advance for our request.

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And when the sun is not shining... ,No power AND considering gas, propane and fossil fuel keeps things going.... you want to calm down "greenie"

Too bad solar panels are not waterproof

4 thousand dollar !!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The jackery is cool but mostly just dump hype. It's nothing but a battery, inverter, and bunch of solar panels . It's no a generator at all and far from practical in most situations. Mostly marketing gimic