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Since I bought mine for about 230 bucks Canadian, it's been my main device charger and it can serve as a UPS.
I decided to buy it after we had a bunch of power outages within a short time span.
It has a 288Wh battery, with an inverter that can deliver 600 Watts of power.
It's mainly used to keep my headphones, Google Pixel and iPad charged up however it can run my PC for a solid 2-3 hours before running out of power.
What do you think about power stations?
And recommended resources to learn about this and what to look out for? Appropriate size per use case etc? I like the idea of getting one+solar panel for my rental apartment, but i have zero clue which one would be good or if it's just a waste of money.
If energy prices double they might become worth it but so far in the UK at least I don't think they are worth the cost to replace grid energy. Yet. I want to though and if someone does know of a product with the right price/capacity to do so I would be very interested.
DIY options seem to have options that might be financially viable, but its a little high on the amount of risk I would be comfortable taking with 240v AC. I am happy to wire a light, plug or socket. But not so sure on it when solar panels, inverters and rows of batteries get involved. A full home install also might work but I think those are usually for people with bigger houses and higher energy usage than me and the multi kW panels can do a lot of work. The labour cost remains about the same and I live in a pretty small house with fairly low energy costs.