Solor Generator 500

Bought in autumn, so takes a while to charge via solar panel. (eg 3 days from original 50% to full). Hopefully summer will be quicker. Intended for emergency use and for power tools in the workshed originally, we use it to charge all portable/rechargable items, with mobiles & tablets using up approx 3% each, and the vacuum cleaner taking approx 20%. Plugs & charging cables fit snugly and the separate power buttons for each area are very handy. It holds it's charge well, and I am yet to discharge it fully. Doing small top ups as much as the winter sun will allow, instead. It is straightforward and easy to set up and use. Noise wise, it is silent as it is being charged via solar power (not tried mains charging), silent whilst charging smaller items, but intermittently makes noise while charging the vacuum battery. That said, the noise is no louder than a computer/laptop fan blowing. I may try it on my gaming laptop next - playing & charging it.

Great quality well packaged and powers so much. The solar panel can charge devices on its own. The design is great and very sturdy. Charges from the mains quickly or the solar panel over time. Lits of functions be aware the max output is 500W and wills hut off automatically if you are trying to use more power. Easy to transport great value for money. Better than other competitors products.

After a lot of research I chose Jackery for my camping battery and solar panels and so far I am pleased. The battery case is very sturdy and properly engineered, no worries that it will break in normal use because no moving parts. The battery itself seems to hold the charge promised and works for an age during recharging phones, iPads, lights etc. I have used it on a camping fridge and it worked perfectly for hours so no complaints there. The solar panels work very well and are also robustly engineered, no flimsy lightweight panels here so be prepared to cart around proper camping items. All in I think this is a great package, I found Jackery after sales to be excellent with lots of communication when I returned a smaller battery in exchange for this. I do recommend this company and this set up, however, the only point I would stress is go for as large a battery as you can financially justify as you cannot have too much battery power.

Did a lot of reading on this product and everything I read was true! Amazing little powerful charger. Half a day of June sun, highest solar charge was 72 input and charged full battery. I use it to change two laptops, two Nintendos a light and a phone and a full charge has lasted three days for us and devices are used regularly so multiple charges. It is brilliant, so basically we use to charge all are devices for free from solar power, saving on average £2.50 a day of electricity which is brilliant. When it's not sunny I will be charging it via my vehicle when I work and then using it to charge devices, I would recommend this item to everyone at this worrying times to help save money on electricity. Also it is so easy to use. Brilliant item, easy to use, easy move, so easy to set up.

As a caravanner I bought the Jackery 500Wh soalr power station, complete with its 100W solar panel, to power my devices when not plugged into a hook-up mains supply. It recharges my laptop a number of times, my caravan leg winding drill, disabillity scooter, and mobile phones. I normally get 55-65 watts input to the Jackery 500 from the solar panel in bright sunlight. The only disadvantage is that the solar panel is not weatherproof. I solved this problem using a £4 (sligthly crinkled) clear plastic vacuum-pack hanging clothing bag, whose zipped long edge fitted over the solar panel perfectly, reducing the solar power by about 20%. I removed the unwanted parts from the bag and adding 2 plastic eyelets in the clear front-zip-part to line up with eyelets at the foot of the panel so I could peg the bag and the panel to the ground. Adding a third plastic eyelet at the centre of the rear-zip-part, plus a string in each of the 2 top the solar panel eyelets, meant I could peg the bag and solar panel down securely, to stop it blowing away, with only 3 round steel pegs. This solved my problem completely. I now get 45-55 watts in bright sunlight. It just takes a bit longer to charge the Jackery 500, but I can leave the solar panel outside in all weathers.

This is an update to my previous review. I got in touch with Jackery customer service about the defective solar panel and they replaced it without any fuss whatsoever. Customer service was polite, fast and efficient and I'm now a very happy buyer. Will be buying more of their products in the very near future.