Home energy & solar gear, chosen on the specs
We compare power stations, solar chargers, garden lights and energy monitors using published specifications. Every guide lists its sources, and we earn nothing from what we recommend.
Energy And Solar Products is an independent UK site. We write buyer's guides for people who want to understand a product before they buy it. Because specifications are public, we can show our working and cite the source of each figure.
Start with the solar generators and power stations category if you want backup or camping power. For phones, see portable solar chargers. To track your electricity use, read about home energy monitors. For the garden, try solar garden lighting.
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Best Solar Generators & Portable Power Stations UK 2026
How to size a portable power station, from a 256Wh camping unit to a 2kWh backup unit. Every figure has a named source, although we have not tested the products.
Jackery vs EcoFlow vs Bluetti: UK Power Station Spec Comparison
Three big power station brands compared on listed capacity, cycle life, charge time and warranty. All figures come from each brand's UK store page, since we run no tests.
Best Solar Power Banks & Portable Chargers UK 2026
Built-in panels on power banks are slow, while a folding panel is the better charger. We show the arithmetic and cite our sources.
Best Home Energy Monitors UK 2026
Start with the free display from your smart meter. Then see when a clamp-on monitor is worth buying, because it shows more detail.
Best Solar Garden Lights UK 2026
Four details decide whether solar lights last. However, they are easy to check before you buy: weather rating, panel placement, light colour and battery access.
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Solar Generators & Power Stations
Portable batteries with mains sockets, charged from the wall or a folding solar panel. Our guides show how to size one, because capacity and output vary by model.
Explore category →Portable Solar Chargers & Power Banks
Solar power banks and folding panels for phones and small devices. Because panel area decides how well they work, we show the sums.
Explore category →Home Energy Monitors
Tools that show electricity use in watts or pounds. We cover clamp-on monitors, plug-in meters and your smart meter's display, since each suits a different home.
Explore category →Solar Garden & Outdoor Lighting
Solar lights for paths, patios and borders. We focus on weather rating, panel placement, battery access and light colour, because those decide how long a set lasts.
Explore category →Best Solar Generators & Portable Power Stations UK 2026
How to size a portable power station, from a 256Wh camping unit to a 2kWh backup unit. Every figure has a named source, although we have not tested the products.
Read the guideFor most buyers, a 1kWh unit with LiFePO4 cells is the sensible middle. The Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 lists 1,070Wh and 1,500W, and the EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic lists 1,024Wh and 1,800W. Go smaller for weekends away. However, go larger if you need a fridge-freezer to ride through a long outage.
How we choose, and why you can check it
We start from the specifications
We read manufacturers' UK product pages and standards. Then we compare capacity, output, battery chemistry and warranty.
We show the arithmetic
Where a claim needs a sum, such as solar yield, we show the sum and the data. If we cannot source a figure, we leave it out.
We take no payments
There are no affiliate links, sponsors or ads on this site. We do not test products, and we give no star ratings.
Questions readers ask us
What is Energy And Solar Products?
An independent UK site of buyer's guides for home energy and solar products. We cover portable power stations, solar power banks, garden lights and home energy monitors. We are a publisher, not a shop.
Do you sell or install any of these products?
No. We do not sell, supply or fit anything, and we do not take quote enquiries. We read the published specifications and explain what they mean.
How does the site make money?
It does not. We don't use affiliate or sponsored links and we don't run ads, so we earn nothing from the products we mention. Our picks are chosen on published specifications, not payments.
Do you test the products?
No. We do not physically test products and we give no star ratings. We compare manufacturers' published UK specifications with independent sources, and every guide lists them. Our how we choose page explains the method.