Found a pretty good deal …. Jackery Battery Power Station at Harbor Freight with a 20% coupon for President’s Day sale! After tax it was $237.43!
It is a legit Jackery not a clone. It is the Explorer 290 (290wh). You will not see it on their normal webpage as one of their offerings but if you search the website you will find it. It seems to be a special model they make for the Box stores.
It falls between the E240 @ $219 and E300 @$299 More juice then the 240 (240wh) and only a WEE bit less than the 300 (293wh) but it is missing the USB C port that the E300 has. So if that is not a NEED then this might be a better choice.
Sale ends today but something to keep your eye out if you have a coupon in the future or another big sale!
Now between my 2 battery packs I have plenty of juice for myself and the GF for a good long stay in the out doors!
No hate but just an FYI since I've doing research into power stations recently. The Jackery explorer power stations use standard lithium ion nickel manganese cobalt cells (Li-Ion NMC) so expect them to be dead or significantly degraded in 3 years tops. Other brands like Anker, Bluetti, or Ecoflow use lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells which have a lot of benefits compared to Li-Ion NMC. LiFePO4 batteries have a life span roughly 4x longer (10+ years), they can't catch fire, can be discharged many more times (5,000+ cycles), can be discharged down to 80%+ like Li-Ion NMC without damage, and are about same price on sale.
