Love my Jackery's. Watching your videos is what made me buy them. I have the 160 and 240. I bought an aftermarket solar panel that I use. I tell all my friends how reliable they are. I use them for emergencies and doing amateur radio. Thanks
Very nice... honestly had to laugh. I was thinking "you need a trailer...". Then sure enough the next thing you said. You were bringing back your trailer. Very funny coincidence... I do have to agree about the blue tooth. Especially with the fact it cost 3500 bucks ! I don't think a Generac household backup generator costs that much... ? But should have Bluetooth and better controls to turn things on and off... I do think since your incorporating your trailer... very cool idea... To look around for a small portable diesel generator [military DRMO / surplus]. To tie into your whole system. [Military mobile electric power distribution system]. That would really enable you guys to stay remote for a long period of time by combining the systems. Especially when the weather changes. Both would compliment each other. Setup three phases one the trailer two your van and three her van. You can switch easily from one generator to the other. Use the Jackery for the majority of the time and the other to be backup. Diesel is better than gas in that you set it to the load ... 80% ... and let it run. Since you have the Jackery and you can make it the primary you wouldn't use hardly any fuel... since it is not running. This is really cool because you have the ability to be very self sufficient for long periods of time.
For a lot of reasons I think the trailer is a good idea. As far as the Jackery goes, that Hobo guy has a Jack converter for the Jackery that will allow you to use your own panels. I looked into this and many other solar generators for all the reasons you listed. I’ve settled on the Bluetti AC 200 Max. Wanting to go off grid I can use this in my Suburban when I’m in that. It’ll run my camper on my Ford when I’m done with that, and it would be capable of running my travel trailer if needs be or a small cabin I’m hoping to put on a property on its own or with the expansion packs you can add to it. All of this with existing solar on the any of the vehicles without removing any of it. I was very sold on the Jackery, but the more I looked into them the more I realized they are awesome, but they are the iPhone of solar chargers, very proprietary. And I believe, though it’s not a deal breaker for me, the Etti has a Bluetooth option. The trailer is definitely a good thing. It won’t cost you much to tow and then you have a base to work and resupply from. I’ve been wanting to build a small trailer that would carry an additional food and water supply, as well as a spare generator with extra fuel and solar charger with 800-1200 watts of panels that could be tied into the solar on my travel trailer or the cabin. Literally a “utilities” trailer that could run my off grid property, but be mobile. Just my thoughts. Great to see you guys out there. Can’t wait till I’m in that position. Just came back from the Central Coast, hoping to tour the whole Ca. coast in the next few months to see how the suburban does. Maybe change out half way with the camper for the northern end. Be safe.
Jason, I fully agree with you on the Anderson plugs which would be much more secure in the rinky-dink cigarette lighter adapter. I’ve had more than one occasion where my Jackery was not charging properly because the cigarette lighter adapter doesn’t work very well. Keep up the great content love your videos it was good seeing you at Overland ExpoNorthwest 😎👍
I’m over on the bay side for the weekend. Besides also realizing a strong hi-lift 5x8 toy hauler trailer was needed to bring a 4x4 ATV, spare fuel, food, and water along on dispersed camping trips, now because of ‘fuel costs gone wild’, I’ve recently added an adventure hardened street legal Honda MSX125 Grom, with its 165 mpg, to use to leave ‘base camp’ for quick runs back to towns on errands. I am still spoiled by my gas thrifty 800w running generator used to top off my Jackerys, that I’ve procrastinated mounting any solar. Enjoy the clamming, fishing, and these cooler temps. Fair Winds.
Different 12 volt ports and places to hook into would also open up an option for small boats and kayaks. It would be a great option for lighting and fish finders. It would be especially great on the smaller units
Excellent review and thoughts from you regarding improvements by Jackery...especially your Bluetooth idea. That price although probably reasonable is well out of range for most of us van lifers. I have the two "smallest" Jackery units and after being on the road for eight months have found they meet my present needs. I have a 20 liter Alpicool fridge but would like to invest in a larger unit like what you have, Iceco? So, I may have to rethink my Jackery setup. Man, between Covid and soaring gas/food prices van life is becoming a learning process of adaptation. Good luck to you and Megan.
Great episode, Jason. Your extensive experience in the back country means a lot in this review. I’m so glad to see you getting the Drifter Trailer back into play. What a great idea to use it as a ‘base camp’. I’m guessing that you can pull the Drifter with either van? You and Meghan really have the perfect set-up for overlanding or boondocking. Keep On Truckin’
Nicely done, I went the other way bought individually lythum battery cells 280 amp and got a boat battery case big enough to hold the batterys , about a 1/4 the price of a unit like your have, I get about a week use on oue 52 quart iceco without a charge hooked up not bad in Arizona lol just in the process of building Anouther for possible brown outs situation hope not but it is a new world.
I agree, especially since it would be more of a permanent addition to the trailer. You get what you want out of a system for less price and you would have the blue tooth option as well
Good insights. RE: Bluetooth. First is that its a drain on battery power, and its use requires yet another drain on battery power (a smart phone.) Second, its a complication/potential failure point. These aren't bad problems if you are convenience camping, but can be a problem if you are trying to minimize.
G’day Jason. Surely there is adaptor leads to utilise any panel or to be able to plug the van in. The lack of Bluetooth feature is a definite con. Sadly I’m in Australia and the price is a no go. Way to expensive. Cheers.🇦🇺
Too bad the MPPT controller in the 2000pro "falls asleep" sometimes and for it to accept input from the solar panels you need to unplug them and plug them back in to wake the controller up.......
Nice review. I agree, units that are bigger/heavier like 1500W or higher should have a Bluetooth controller from phone app. Smaller lighter units not as critical. I have an Explorer 1500, great unit but I wish I had the 100W usb-c ports.
Amazon sells the Jackery 2000 for $2,299 w/o solar panals. Also, there are various 8mm to mini Anderson adaptors on the market as well if a person needed to be able to adapt other brand panels to the Jackery, or the Jackery panels to other recharging banks. It is odd that Jackery moved away from the mini Anderson input like it has on the 1000.
Some people dont like the (NMC) batteries the Jackery uses because they don't last as long (fewer recharges) than LiFePO4 but it should still last many years. But NMCs are much lighter and take up less space than LiFePO4. The tech changes so fast that either will be outdated before the batteries degrade very much.
I thought you said a while back that the trailer actually rotted away. The trailer chassis is a solid unit and could be rebodied. The best part was the fenders with the extensions that made work surfaces.
good breakdown on the jackery but i run 1.5 k battery bank with commercial grade solar in my van, it was designed to power remote construction sites and film shoots. So hanging out for weeks isn't a real problem. However toting 500 pounds of equipment is certainly not as easy as the jackery. I agree with the connectivity issue for standard additional solar panels and no ability to buy without their panels..
I'm enthusiastic about the technology that's involved in this. On the other hand you can buy a gas generator for less than a third of the price and fuel it for years while getting the same output power wise.
Would use the AC or DC ports to power the refrigerator? I only ask because you mentioned the DC Jack only had 10 amps. Is that large enough to do the job?
We appreciate jackery sponsoring your awesome videos but I just can’t get behind the Li chemistry when lifpo4 more than doubles life cycles for the same money and most now have Bluetooth
Would have been more open if you would have said that Jackery sent this to you for FREE this package is a $4,000.00 package (with tax). That is a whole lot of gas for a generator, also you failed to note that the more you use it the faster it kicks down to 1,500 WH v 2,000WH. Others like Bluetti are cheaper yet have better batteries like LP4 and Bluetooth and hard more outlets and a way to hard wire into your own system. Jackery is VERY expensive for what you get, however they offer these units free to you & others so you will make a video and hopefully sale 6 to your viewers. This is NOT a good choice for power outages as once the 2000 WH is used its a $4,000 paperweight.
Yes. This exactly. Thus unit looks like it's copying bluetti format factor and Ecoflow type buttons. Jackery is obsolete. Surprised Jason I'd peddling their junk.
Jackery is one of the major manufacturers out there but there is better competitors with cheaper prices with better batteries. Jackery is overpriced IMO.
Rediculous pricing . For the $3600 plus some that’s like 750 gallons of fuel at $5.00/ Gal. You wouldn’t even use an eighth of that in fuel for a 2000w generator. And there are now plenty of quiet generators out there under a grand and enough wattage to operate 2 houses . Add up your wattage, double it , then find that just a single 200ah lithium and a small inverter would be planty at a fraction of the cost .
A lot of people (raising my hand) just aren’t...capable. I’ve got a blockage and the more I try to understand how to assemble a solution, the more my eyes glaze over. That’s what Jackery depends on. I think there’s a really good business opportunity for someone in camping/off grid/van life to produce a simple system. Maybe that person is doing it already and I don’t know them-but I’d be happy to pay a small moron tax to get a complete system. But not a stupid one like jackery charges.
Cool to hear the drifter coming back into play. Sounds like a smart move for holding a freezer and a campsite !
Love my Jackery's. Watching your videos is what made me buy them. I have the 160 and 240. I bought an aftermarket solar panel that I use. I tell all my friends how reliable they are. I use them for emergencies and doing amateur radio. Thanks
Jason, for the price, if not given to me i could pay for gas for 3 years plus. Its great to have sponsors !! Love your honest reviews!
Gas generators are now banned in California. These things are a must.
I like your idea of using the trailer as a base camp/ supply wagon!
Yes Drifter Trailer!!!!
I've been happy with the Jackery 1500 for sure
I’m so excited for the Drifter to return to the channel. I love that thing and want one so bad! Best of luck with the new system. 🤙🏻
Hey Jason sounds like a good plan it makes sense especially when you have the equipment The Drifter looks nice looking for for the outcome be safe.
Great video. Very informative. Thank you.
Looking forward to The Trailer coming back and how you wire it up,
I’m really happy to see the drifter trailer coming back!
Can't wait to live van life. So jealous of the trailer. I want one so bad
Very nice... honestly had to laugh. I was thinking "you need a trailer...". Then sure enough the next thing you said. You were bringing back your trailer. Very funny coincidence...
I do have to agree about the blue tooth. Especially with the fact it cost 3500 bucks ! I don't think a Generac household backup generator costs that much... ? But should have Bluetooth and better controls to turn things on and off...
I do think since your incorporating your trailer... very cool idea... To look around for a small portable diesel generator [military DRMO / surplus]. To tie into your whole system. [Military mobile electric power distribution system]. That would really enable you guys to stay remote for a long period of time by combining the systems. Especially when the weather changes. Both would compliment each other. Setup three phases one the trailer two your van and three her van. You can switch easily from one generator to the other. Use the Jackery for the majority of the time and the other to be backup. Diesel is better than gas in that you set it to the load ... 80% ... and let it run. Since you have the Jackery and you can make it the primary you wouldn't use hardly any fuel... since it is not running. This is really cool because you have the ability to be very self sufficient for long periods of time.
For a lot of reasons I think the trailer is a good idea. As far as the Jackery goes, that Hobo guy has a Jack converter for the Jackery that will allow you to use your own panels. I looked into this and many other solar generators for all the reasons you listed. I’ve settled on the Bluetti AC 200 Max. Wanting to go off grid I can use this in my Suburban when I’m in that. It’ll run my camper on my Ford when I’m done with that, and it would be capable of running my travel trailer if needs be or a small cabin I’m hoping to put on a property on its own or with the expansion packs you can add to it. All of this with existing solar on the any of the vehicles without removing any of it. I was very sold on the Jackery, but the more I looked into them the more I realized they are awesome, but they are the iPhone of solar chargers, very proprietary. And I believe, though it’s not a deal breaker for me, the Etti has a Bluetooth option. The trailer is definitely a good thing. It won’t cost you much to tow and then you have a base to work and resupply from. I’ve been wanting to build a small trailer that would carry an additional food and water supply, as well as a spare generator with extra fuel and solar charger with 800-1200 watts of panels that could be tied into the solar on my travel trailer or the cabin. Literally a “utilities” trailer that could run my off grid property, but be mobile. Just my thoughts. Great to see you guys out there. Can’t wait till I’m in that position. Just came back from the Central Coast, hoping to tour the whole Ca. coast in the next few months to see how the suburban does. Maybe change out half way with the camper for the northern end. Be safe.
Jason, I fully agree with you on the Anderson plugs which would be much more secure in the rinky-dink cigarette lighter adapter. I’ve had more than one occasion where my Jackery was not charging properly because the cigarette lighter adapter doesn’t work very well. Keep up the great content love your videos it was good seeing you at Overland ExpoNorthwest 😎👍
I’m over on the bay side for the weekend. Besides also realizing a strong hi-lift 5x8 toy hauler trailer was needed to bring a 4x4 ATV, spare fuel, food, and water along on dispersed camping trips, now because of ‘fuel costs gone wild’, I’ve recently added an adventure hardened street legal Honda MSX125 Grom, with its 165 mpg, to use to leave ‘base camp’ for quick runs back to towns on errands. I am still spoiled by my gas thrifty 800w running generator used to top off my Jackerys, that I’ve procrastinated mounting any solar. Enjoy the clamming, fishing, and these cooler temps. Fair Winds.
Different 12 volt ports and places to hook into would also open up an option for small boats and kayaks. It would be a great option for lighting and fish finders. It would be especially great on the smaller units
Excellent review and thoughts from you regarding improvements by Jackery...especially your Bluetooth idea. That price although probably reasonable is well out of range for most of us van lifers. I have the two "smallest" Jackery units and after being on the road for eight months have found they meet my present needs. I have a 20 liter Alpicool fridge but would like to invest in a larger unit like what you have, Iceco? So, I may have to rethink my Jackery setup. Man, between Covid and soaring gas/food prices van life is becoming a learning process of adaptation. Good luck to you and Megan.
Definitely the Explorer 2000 Pro will save you gas, but it sure is very expensive and pray that it works for a long time.
Thank you. Very helpful.
Good evening from Godley Texas, great info as usual 😎
Thanks for sharing this video, interesting information on this topic.
Great episode, Jason.
Your extensive experience in the back country means a lot in this review.
I’m so glad to see you getting the Drifter Trailer back into play.
What a great idea to use it as a ‘base camp’.
I’m guessing that you can pull the Drifter with either van?
You and Meghan really have the perfect set-up for overlanding or boondocking.
Keep On Truckin’
The EcoFlow Delta’s have a more powerful inverter and the fastest charging time.
They are much heavier
Nicely done, I went the other way bought individually lythum battery cells 280 amp and got a boat battery case big enough to hold the batterys , about a 1/4 the price of a unit like your have, I get about a week use on oue 52 quart iceco without a charge hooked up not bad in Arizona lol just in the process of building Anouther for possible brown outs situation hope not but it is a new world.
I agree, especially since it would be more of a permanent addition to the trailer. You get what you want out of a system for less price and you would have the blue tooth option as well
Almost everything you said you wish it had, the Bluetti AC200 Max, has.
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Good insights. RE: Bluetooth. First is that its a drain on battery power, and its use requires yet another drain on battery power (a smart phone.) Second, its a complication/potential failure point. These aren't bad problems if you are convenience camping, but can be a problem if you are trying to minimize.
So good 👍
G’day Jason. Surely there is adaptor leads to utilise any panel or to be able to plug the van in. The lack of Bluetooth feature is a definite con. Sadly I’m in Australia and the price is a no go. Way to expensive. Cheers.🇦🇺
Too bad the MPPT controller in the 2000pro "falls asleep" sometimes and for it to accept input from the solar panels you need to unplug them and plug them back in to wake the controller up.......
Nice review. I agree, units that are bigger/heavier like 1500W or higher should have a Bluetooth controller from phone app. Smaller lighter units not as critical. I have an Explorer 1500, great unit but I wish I had the 100W usb-c ports.
You should look at eco flow delta max 2000
Amazon sells the Jackery 2000 for $2,299 w/o solar panals. Also, there are various 8mm to mini Anderson adaptors on the market as well if a person needed to be able to adapt other brand panels to the Jackery, or the Jackery panels to other recharging banks.
It is odd that Jackery moved away from the mini Anderson input like it has on the 1000.
Some people dont like the (NMC) batteries the Jackery uses because they don't last as long (fewer recharges) than LiFePO4 but it should still last many years. But NMCs are much lighter and take up less space than LiFePO4. The tech changes so fast that either will be outdated before the batteries degrade very much.
Thanks for the review of the Explorer 2000 Pro. I just can't justify the cost. It is so expensive.
..cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…
I love Hobotech!
I thought you said a while back that the trailer actually rotted away. The trailer chassis is a solid unit and could be rebodied. The best part was the fenders with the extensions that made work surfaces.
good breakdown on the jackery but i run 1.5 k battery bank with commercial grade solar in my van, it was designed to power remote construction sites and film shoots. So hanging out for weeks isn't a real problem. However toting 500 pounds of equipment is certainly not as easy as the jackery. I agree with the connectivity issue for standard additional solar panels and no ability to buy without their panels..
Kool
I’ll bet it wouldn’t be too hard to make an Anderson to barrel connector adapter.
I'm enthusiastic about the technology that's involved in this. On the other hand you can buy a gas generator for less than a third of the price and fuel it for years while getting the same output power wise.
Yep you certainly can but when you get your jackory for free it’s not a problem
But the noise a gas powered generator makes. In the long run you pay. They both have limitations cloudy days or run out of fuel.
I wonder if you need that much power for a camping rig. A couple marine batteries with a solar panel would suffice for most people.
Great to camp longer but $3500, my diy solar with 200ah and 365 watt solar for a 1/3 of that price.. ouch!!
your cons are exactly why I did not buy any of the Jackery's
I would have a hard time spending that much on something that has such a short life span.
Would use the AC or DC ports to power the refrigerator? I only ask because you mentioned the DC Jack only had 10 amps. Is that large enough to do the job?
Yay
I sighed at the title, that 200w panel will take ages to charge up that pack
👍🏻👍🏻
Question: Are the 200 Watt Solar Saga panels water proof or O.K. to leave outside in the rain?
We appreciate jackery sponsoring your awesome videos but I just can’t get behind the Li chemistry when lifpo4 more than doubles life cycles for the same money and most now have Bluetooth
Jackery is behind the times.
How long do they last 🤔
Why no Anderson plugs? Much better connectors…
Just buy or build some adapters for the panels.
I have jackery 300😇
How about charging your phone on top?
Just good to know - was this review sponsored?
Eco flow delta max 2000
Sorry if it seems like I’m jabbing you on this.
Wow!
I was hoping to hear more about the Jackery, not what you & Megan were doing.
Have you ever seen a Sasquatch
Would have been more open if you would have said that Jackery sent this to you for FREE this package is a $4,000.00 package (with tax). That is a whole lot of gas for a generator, also you failed to note that the more you use it the faster it kicks down to 1,500 WH v 2,000WH.
Others like Bluetti are cheaper yet have better batteries like LP4 and Bluetooth and hard more outlets and a way to hard wire into your own system. Jackery is VERY expensive for what you get, however they offer these units free to you & others so you will make a video and hopefully sale 6 to your viewers. This is NOT a good choice for power outages as once the 2000 WH is used its a $4,000 paperweight.
Yes. This exactly. Thus unit looks like it's copying bluetti format factor and Ecoflow type buttons. Jackery is obsolete. Surprised Jason I'd peddling their junk.
Jackery is one of the major manufacturers out there but there is better competitors with cheaper prices with better batteries. Jackery is overpriced IMO.
You lost me at $3600
Rightfully so. Lol
I bought my Jeep for about half of what this costs. Nice product though.
Hey Jason and Megan if you get to nehalem you can take shower at bunkhouse for $2.50 a piece 😉
Rediculous pricing . For the $3600 plus some that’s like 750 gallons of fuel at $5.00/ Gal. You wouldn’t even use an eighth of that in fuel for a 2000w generator. And there are now plenty of quiet generators out there under a grand and enough wattage to operate 2 houses . Add up your wattage, double it , then find that just a single 200ah lithium and a small inverter would be planty at a fraction of the cost .
A lot of people (raising my hand) just aren’t...capable. I’ve got a blockage and the more I try to understand how to assemble a solution, the more my eyes glaze over. That’s what Jackery depends on.
I think there’s a really good business opportunity for someone in camping/off grid/van life to produce a simple system. Maybe that person is doing it already and I don’t know them-but I’d be happy to pay a small moron tax to get a complete system. But not a stupid one like jackery charges.
Please Don't sell your soul for a product ?????????? I am 110% sure Bluetti will send a AC200.....~~~~~~~
Why do people call these things generators? Sounds like the moderately ignorant trying to confuse the severely ignorant.
It's junk. No Lipo4 is a non-starter.
Buy a generator before you can't in Commiefornia...
Wait so the dog was found ?
Yeah the price is fing ridiculous
Ecoflow delta max 2000