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Keep phones, tablets and cameras charged off-grid — the honest version, without the marketing.
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See exactly what your home is using — and find the appliances quietly draining your bills.
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Fairy lights, stake spotlights, wall lights and lanterns that actually last past October.
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Best Solar Generators & Portable Power Stations UK 2026
From a 300Wh weekender to a 2kWh home-backup unit — the portable power stations worth buying, and how to size one without overpaying for watt-hours you'll never use.
Read the guideOur verdict
For most UK buyers a 1,000Wh LiFePO4 unit — the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 or EcoFlow Delta 2 class — is the sweet spot: enough to run a fridge, laptop, lights and phones through a long weekend or a day-long outage, light enough to carry, and cheap enough to justify. Only go bigger if you specifically want whole-fridge-plus-freezer backup for a house.
Top pick: Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 / EcoFlow Delta 2 (1kWh class)
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