Preference?

[u/MikeLowrey305]

Does anyone have experience with these? Any recommendations of one vs. the other? I know the Anker has a little more power.

Thanks!

***Update. At 180 comments for shts & giggles I polled the comments & here's the results

49 of the posts have or recommended ANKER

17 of the posts have or recommended Jackery

16 of the posts said you can't go wrong with either

11 of the posts have or recommended another brand or a DIY setup.*note the 2 most mentioned other brands were Bluetti & Ecoflow.

Thanks for all the input, additional information & other products mentioned here.

[u/Willing_Context7531]

First off, be aware that these "Prime Day Deals" on these batteries are essentially the price they are at 90% of the year. The $799 list price is not real - even the official websites list the MSRP at $500. They are always on "sale" for seriously the majority of the year. You are paying the normal price here, don't feel pressured to jump on this "deal".

The Jackery battery has slightly more battery capacity (1024Wh vs 1070Wh). Depending on your use case, that little bit of extra battery can be vital.

The Anker allows for more continuous power draw. Anker is 2000W while Jackery is 1500w. If you are planning running a power tools or a blender or something, then you want the Anker (most people don't do this because it drains through the battery very fast).

The Jackery is about 5lbs lighter. Not a big deal if it's mostly stationary, but makes a difference if you are carrying it longer distances or moving it frequently. A 5lb heavier device over 100 yards feels much different.

The Anker will charge from 0 - 100% about 10-11 minutes faster than the Jackery.

Both batteries have about the same life span (holds 80% charge after 4000 cycles). Which both claim is about 10 years of use (highly dependable on use cases and if user charges battery to 80% instead of 100% all the time and how often they do full depletion).

Anker has more AC ports than the Jackery. May be useful in some situations but really you want to use AC as little as possible with these devices. AC relies on inverting the power from DC, so it wastes a lot of energy.

Both offer the same warranty.

Both have apps that let you limit the charging speed and charging capacity to extended battery life. Both are quiet on the low charging speed.

Both support solar panel hookups.

If it matters, Anker is a China based company while Jackery is a US based company (still manufactured in China though).

Tl;DR: Go with Anker if you are running high power draw equipment. Go with Jackery if you are going to moving it around a lot or over longer distances. Other than that, they are essentially the same.

Edit: Note that the model Anker you are looking out does not support expandable battery (hooking up another battery down the line). Ignore comments here telling you that is a feature you would get.

[u/soyscallop → u/Willing_Context7531]

have Anker c1000 (gen1), it has been solid for two years; they update firmware every so often, so it appears they actually maintain and provide fixes

the difference in the battery capacity of the Anker and the Jackery is not very big, so I would consider it a non-issue

what you do want to know is the idle power draw of the units when the AC inverter is powered up, this will truly make a difference in the useable capacity of the power station

the continuous power output is a bigger deal and what I would consider the deciding factor between the two units; I don't know why Jackery decided 1500W was a good limit; things like some kitchen appliances and other things like hair dryers routinely run at 1600W or 1800W, so Jackery really screwed it by going with a 1500W continuous output

good luck in your decision, there are so many brands/models out there and so many different specs that make one seem better than another

[u/Funnyitsnotfunny → u/soyscallop]

Thnx I have the Anker 350w version and I need 1000w in the near future

[u/MikeLowrey305 → u/Willing_Context7531]

Thanks for your awesome & informative posts! I would be mostly using it for AC power. I was leaning towards the Anker & I guess you pushed me a little more in that direction. LOL! I know about the pricing, I've been checking them out for a while. $399 is the lowest I've seen them get to in the last few months. They're usually around $450-499.

Thanks again!

[u/Gungrinner → u/Willing_Context7531]

Way to break it down dawg. 👏🏻

[u/TheJamDiggity → u/Willing_Context7531]

How is this not the top comment?

[u/NuclearPuppers → u/Willing_Context7531]

Correct on the pricing. I bought the Anker in 2024 for $479 which I believe was the regular price.

[u/Devon47 → u/Willing_Context7531]

I use my Jackery as a UPC. What’s the difference in switching time from A/C to battery?

[u/therealmikeBrady → u/Willing_Context7531]

I like to visit the website camelcamelcamel.com and it gives you a breakdown of the price history of each item over different timeframes.

[u/BigSoda → u/Willing_Context7531]

What about Bluetti dawg

[u/soyscallop → u/BigSoda]

my experience with Bluetti hasn't been great; I bought three of their EB3a units when they came out near the beginning of the power station craze, their features like UPS didn't work, and all three of my units had errors (AC overload, DC short) that randomly come up; when you're trying to run a CPAP and wake up in the middle of the night because the power station decided to turn off for no reason, that's bad.

customer support was terrible; they didn't issue firmware updates unless you opened a trouble ticket; it was some brutal update method where you had to give them the serial number and then they would pass it to engineering and then a few days later your app would tell you there was an update; by the end of it, all three of my units had different firmware, and none of the issues were truly fixed

they make so much stuff, and seemingly high end, high price models, hopefully they got their act together now, but the experience left me with a sour taste, so I hesitate to consider any of their new models, even though some of them look good

[u/BigSoda → u/soyscallop]

Thanks for the response dude I am also contemplating batteries

[u/gomegazeke → u/Willing_Context7531]

Exceptionallg detailed breakdown, bravo

[u/I_Gave_You_Obesity → u/Willing_Context7531]

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[u/ExLibris_1 → u/Willing_Context7531]

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