Wholesale Portable Solar Generator For Camping Supplies

We lose power occasionally in the winter. The longest was usually 8 hours but we've had past ice storms leave some without power for up to a week or more. The power grid stinks; after a hundred plus years you'd think we'd have buried all of the wires and burned the poles. Our subdivision has underground wires but the feeder lines for the neighborhood are on poles so we still get screwed.

We looked at portable generators - noisy, potentially deadly fumes, requires fuel (try and get that easily in a disaster area), easy to steal outside your house too. You can get a built-in piped to your natural gas if you'd like to spend several thousand dollars.

This unit makes no noise - zero. It is the size of a small cooler. You simply plug it into a standard outlet. It will always be fully charged, and when the power goes out its right there. Run an extension to your fridge; you can also charge you cell phones, tablets and laptops. And if you are lucky enough to have forced hot air using gas or oil you can power the heat system fully - you are really just powering a blower fan that circulates the air. We had an electrician install a switched wire from the furnace that we plug into one of the 110 outlets on the Yeti and we are up in less than a minute - no freezing through the night!

You should be able to run your heat and fridge for up to 24 hours on a single charge. If you are concerned about extended outages, buy the optional solar panels. We may or we just might go with the battery only; worst case, if your electricity is out but you have a friend/relative/workplace that still has power - bring the battery with you the next day and plug it in to charge at their house then bring it back with you. (It is a little heavy, so you've got to be motivated or ask for help). See the photo of my Yeti sitting on the floor next to the shoes (and next door to the furnace). You'll never notice it unless you need it. We laugh at storms now.

The point is, if you are worried about pesky power outages, that typically last less than 12 hours, this battery is going to do great. A little more paranoid? Add the solar panels. Don't waste your money on a gas generator unless you have serious uninterrupted power load needs. For the average home owner this will do just fine.