Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I decided to try Jackery’s newest and most portable offering when looking for an effective and versatile power source for camping that wouldn’t be as bulky or heavy as packing a 40lb car batter and power inverter. I wanted to charge all my handheld devices, and be able to run a 110v LED flood light, an LED projector, or a large power hungry dell i7 laptop with a 90W power supply. The Explorer 160 delivered on the above and pleasantly surprised with more features that weren’t advertised like ability to use it WHILE PLUGGED IN the car as a 110V outlet, essentially also acting as a dedicated car power inverter! The reason this is a pleasant (and unadvertised) discovery is because a decent dedicated inverter is an extra $100. Also, most other portable power stations and usb power banks don’t allow for being charged and for drawing power at the same time like the Jackery Explorer 160. As an electrical engineer, its nice to see a product deliver on its promise and consolidate multiple individual products in one easy to use device for cheaper than buying the devices individually. I no longer have to lug a car battery and an inverter with me when I go camping, and can easily use this as a constant 110v power source while in a running car. I’ll be checking out more Jackery products and looking into the new Explorer 440 for extended off the grid outings. Additional technical findings and future ideas for product enhancement: - Output power wattage is spot on when using the unit while purely on battery power. I measured the current and compared to actual wattage of devices and it matched exactly. That means when it says 25w output, it’s really 25w output. - Output and input wattage at first didn’t make sense to me when I ran 110v devices off the unit while the Explorer 160 was plugged into 12v power in the car (essentially using it as a pure inverter). Readings would show 0W output and 10-15W input. After some calculation, the readings made perfect sense. The unit is not using any internal battery power so current is being passed directly through, while the difference is used to charge the power station itself, thus the lower input wattage. The station was getting charged while producing power. Makes sense ! - The unit is very capable and already takes away market share from multiple otherwise dedicated devices. If Jackery added a dedicated “car jumping” port and leads to jump start a car battery, it would combine even more devices in one. I have yet to try the dedicated 12v out port, but it can possibly charge a dead car battery with custom wire leads.