Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus Portable Power Station with AC Cable and 2X 200W Solar Panels, 3600W AC Output, 3584Wh Solar Generator, Expandable up to 21kWh, Essential Home Backup for Home Use

This is the 4th Jackery solar generator I own in various sizes. The smallest (240 watts) sits in the basket of my handicapped mobility scooter to power a rear camera, a street navigation device, charge my scooter battery, cellphone, etc. I also own a 1000 watt and a 2000 watt Jackery with solar panels. Living in the dry desert AZ where we experience summertime power outages during the monsoon season, these Jackery solar generators power my fridge, freezer, internet, TV, lights, oxygen concentrator, power recliners, power bed, power wheelchair, washing machine, kitchen appliances. I am very elderly and medically handicapped. I don't have a car. These solar generators are a life saver. They are great value and easy to maintain. I keep each charged by simply plugging 🔌 into a wall outlet. I do have the solar panels for each. Last summer I bought a camping tent air conditioner (which puts out really cold air) to use when electricity goes out. I also have 2 portable swamp coolers. With 115° plus temperatures for 3 months, my dogs and I have cooling zones for comfort as we needed over several days last summer. I am thrilled with this Jackery 3600 with its solar panels. It was beautifully boxed 📦 and very easy to cut away from the shipping box. Since it has its own hand truck built in, I just rolled it into my den and plugged it in for about 3 hours. As usual for Jackery, it was ready to be used. It's heavy but it has its built in hand truck so it's easy to move around. When emergencies happen, losing electricity can be horrendous if you aren't prepared with supplies you'll need including generators. I bought my baby Jackery solar generator about 4 years ago and absolutely love having it on my mobility scooter. The 3 other Jackery solar generators are marvelous products as well. I highly recommend Jackery solar generators. I have the solar panels as extra insurance if electricity is out for a long period of time. Jackery makes connecting these very easy. Jackery is quality! Very easy to use. I am 100% happy with my 4 Jackery solar generators and solar panels. This 3600 plus generator is going to be well used when electricity is out. Each generator easily charges my other Jackery generators but that's not advised particularly when electricity is gone for quite a while. The solar panels easily plug in and charge the units nicely. I keep these Jackery generators topped up & ready to use. Having lived along the Gulf coast for decades I well remember Katrina and many other hurricanes and tornadoes. Thankfully I don't have to find an open gas station for gallons of gas to run generators...the sun is free and it charges Jackery solar generators magnificently. I highly recommend Jackery solar generators.

The Jackery 3600 has been amazing. It powers all my everyday devices without any problems. I upgraded to this model because I needed more capacity, and it definitely delivers. What really impressed me is how fast it recharges. Way quicker than I expected for something this powerful. Overall, an awesome product and totally worth it!

This is literally running my house right now. It was winter and husband has become ill, and I needed a source other than his battery banks which were not working. I am very pleased with this. I only have it running my lights in the house and my router which runs my tablet or a computer. Lasts almost 48 hours before it needs recharge and it charges from 30% to 100% and just about three hours maybe four hours if he’s charging something else. I plan to add onto it. Somebody told me today that it only runs for two years but it says it will run for 10. I’m hoping for the 10 or close. I have a little Jack that runs my tablet when everything runs out, (I am totally off grid) which is what prompted me to get the big Jack. It was a little heavier than I anticipated. Husband had to pick it up and put it in the back of the car and it said that it was 70 pounds which was a little more than a little old man can lift, but he managed to get it in there. If he would’ve known he could’ve come up with an alternative lifting help. But overall hugely happy and I’ll be buying more of these. I might add I did get it on sale which was still $3000. But it was a gift for my husband who I suspect is running toward Alzheimer’s. This is going to help me a lot and keep our house going when all else fails. I might add here that I don’t run a refrigerator or any other major electronics. No microwave or anything like that. If I was going to run things like that, it might’ve gone for the more wattage option.

Very easy to set up and charge with the panels. Gives us more peace-of-mind during our next power outage! Love the capacity to run our fridge and other critical electronics. Very heavey but easy to pull on it's wheels, like carry-on luggage.

It runs my fridge. That was my main concern. I charged it from 28% to 100% in less then 2 hrs on AC power. Cool. I kept it on AC while I kept my fridge plugged in. No worries. I like it. Now I'm getting the 200W solar panel- which is 'now' on sale. arrg. timing is everything.

The tweak: PLEASE fix the app to notify me when solar charging falls below a number I specify, like 50W. That way we can tell of panels blew over, or the sun has "moved" behind a building. As is now, you have to keep checking if there's generation - although Bluetooth and WiFi are great, you still are required to frequently check. That should not be necessary. Please fix the app. Now the rest of the product review: everything seems as advertised, stout and high quality. The only drawback is proprietary connectors. Why? Why? If you use solar, you might start as I did with a pair of 200W to "learn the ropes". The Solar Sagas (included in my purchase) work as advertised. But a pair of 200W still take "forever" (at least 10 hours of nearly perfect sun) to charge 0 to 100% (though you might aim to use AC power to always stay in 70 to 85%). The point is that if you're fully dependent on solar (in woods, or power outage) you're highly likely to use up the 3000W (85% of 3600) real darn quickly (e.g. max of 2 hours of continuous room A/C use or 2 hours continuous 1500W heater, not counting refrigerator and other essentials). So you're going to need a ton of solar to even hope to keep up - and possibly will wish you had 3 of these, and many hundreds of watts of panels. Strong suggestion: aim for big 500W panels. The Jackery mechanism to "daisy chain" panels in series is stupidly expensive. Just get 2 big 500W panels and run 2 lines to the 2 D.C. inputs. (Tonto makes a more affordable extension cable BTW. If you keep the unit indoors, by a window, you are VERY likely going to want extension. $40 currently for a 5 M extension from Jackery.)