{"id":36631,"date":"2022-07-29T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36631"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:52:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:52:02","slug":"picking-a-portable-power-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/29\/picking-a-portable-power-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking a Portable Power Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2022\/07\/11\/picking-a-power-station-for-a-macbook-pro-and-more\/\">Adam Engst<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2022\/07\/11\/picking-a-power-station-for-a-macbook-pro-and-more\/\"><p>The big name in the field appears to be Jackery, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jackery.com\/collections\/portable-power-stations\/products\/explorer-160-portable-power-station\">Explorer 160<\/a> costs only $139.99 for 167 watt-hours of energy storage with an AC outlet, USB-C port, two USB-A ports, and a DC 12V port. It&rsquo;s reasonably light at 3.97 pounds (1.8 kg), which is important given the amount of gear I have to pack. The only downside is that its USB-C port puts out just 15 watts, not enough to charge the MacBook Pro while in use. I could plug the MacBook Pro into the AC outlet, but that seems limiting when there&rsquo;s a USB-C port. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jackery.com\/collections\/portable-power-stations\/products\/explorer-300-portable-power-station\">Explorer 300<\/a> puts out 60 watts over USB-C, but its 293 watt-hour capacity jacks its weight up to 7.1 pounds (3.22 kg) and price to $299.99.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>After several hours of research, I finally unearthed the $89.99 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08V4PMJB7\/?tag=tidbitselectro00\">TECKNET Portable Power Station<\/a>, a 155-watt-hour, water bottle-sized device with a carrying handle that weighs 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and features a three-prong AC outlet, a 45-watt USB-C port, and three 18-watt USB-A ports.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>If you can imagine needing to jump-start your car or charge digital devices while on the road, I highly recommend something like the Tacklife jump starter. Just make sure you have the appropriate cables&mdash;I&rsquo;ve added a Lightning cable to the USB-C and micro-USB cables that came with mine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It <a href=\"https:\/\/tacklifetools.com\/collections\/auto\/products\/tacklife-t8-pro-jump-starter\">claims<\/a> to offer 12 months of standby time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Engst: The big name in the field appears to be Jackery, and its Explorer 160 costs only $139.99 for 167 watt-hours of energy storage with an AC outlet, USB-C port, two USB-A ports, and a DC 12V port. It&rsquo;s reasonably light at 3.97 pounds (1.8 kg), which is important given the amount of gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-07-29T19:52:05Z","apple_news_api_id":"1bea0bbd-0ceb-490e-8e4f-79ea41fba66b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-07-29T19:52:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AG-oLvQzrSQ6OT3nqQfumaw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1167,30,280],"class_list":["post-36631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-car","tag-mac","tag-power"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36632,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36631\/revisions\/36632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}