How long will the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a 12V fridge?

About 4 hours if your fridge averages 50W, which is typical for a 12V compressor fridge. You can draw about 218Wh from it (256Wh times 0.85), so a 40W fridge gets about 5 hours and a 60W one about 3. Hot days and an often-opened lid will shorten that.

Can the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a coffee maker or microwave?

A drip coffee maker is often 800–1,200W. A microwave is often 1,000–1,200W at the wall. The Jackery Explorer 240 v2 is rated 300W continuous. So we’d leave both at home.

How fast does the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 recharge from solar?

About 2.6 hours at best: 256Wh divided by its 100W solar limit. Real panels give you less than their rating once heat, cloud and a low sun come into it, so we’d plan on longer.

How heavy is the Jackery Explorer 240 v2?

The Jackery Explorer 240 v2 weighs 7.7 lb. You can carry it from the car to camp on your own.

Can the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a refrigerator during a power outage?

Only briefly. A kitchen fridge averages roughly 100–200W, so the Jackery Explorer 240 v2’s 256Wh would last about 1 hours at 150W. We’d size up to 1,000Wh or more if keeping your fridge cold is the main job.

Is the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 good for camping?

Yes. At 7.7 lb it’s easy to carry from the car, and 256Wh covers lights, phones and a laptop for a weekend.

Stations~200–300 Wh

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Jackery Explorer 240 v2 review

Name: Jackery Explorer 240 v2
Brand: Jackery

Updated October 15, 2026

The Jackery Explorer 240 v2 is the budget pick we’d look at if light weight matters most. It holds 256Wh, runs 300W continuous, and weighs 7.7 lb. It’s a lights-and-phones box, and it does that job without fuss.

How we compare: we read the maker’s specs, the amazon.com listing and what owners keep mentioning, like real solar input, fan noise and weight. We haven’t tested these ourselves, so runtimes are worked out from watt-hours, with the math shown. How we compare.

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What is the Jackery Explorer 240 v2?

The Jackery Explorer 240 v2 is a 256Wh portable power station with 300W of continuous AC output (600W surge). It weighs 7.7 lb and takes up to 100W of solar. You can expect to draw about 218Wh from it, which is roughly 4 hours for a 12V fridge averaging 50W.

Specs from the Jackery US product page and the Jackery help center spec sheet (surge and solar input).

Capacity: 256 Wh
Continuous: 300 W
Surge: 600 W
Weight: 7.7 lb (3.5 kg)
Solar input: 100 W

Is the Explorer 240 v2 enough for a weekend?

For phones, a lantern and a laptop, yes. At 7.7 lb it’s one of the lightest stations we cover, so it’s the one we’d take if you’re walking from the car to your pitch.

The 256Wh works out to roughly 218Wh you can actually use. That’s about 14 phone charges, or a 10W lantern for a few evenings with a laptop top-up on the side. The 100W USB-C port doubles as an input, so a laptop-style USB-C charger can refill it too.

To be fair, it’s simple on purpose. There’s one AC outlet and 300W of output, so it won’t run a kettle or a fridge for long. If you want more headroom for a similar budget, the EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus gives you 600W and three AC outlets for about 3 lb more.

Head to head: EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus vs Jackery Explorer 240 v2

What do the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 specs mean?

Capacity is 256 Wh. That’s plenty for your phones, lights and a laptop on a short trip, but it won’t keep a fridge going overnight.

It’s rated 300 W continuous, which is the most you can run at once. Surge is listed at 600 W, and that headroom is what gets a fridge compressor started.

It weighs 7.7 lb (3.5 kg). You can carry it from the car to camp without a second thought. It takes up to 100 W of solar, though the wall is usually the quicker way to fill it.

Runtime claims on the box assume a light load, so we’d go by your own watts. How we compare.

How long will the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a fridge, CPAP or TV?

Here’s our math for one appliance at a time, using about 218Wh of usable energy. Check the watts on your own label, because yours may differ.

Appliance	Average watts	Runtime
Wi-Fi router	10W	about 21 hours
CPAP (no heated humidifier)	40W	about 5 hours
12V compressor fridge	50W	about 4 hours
Laptop	60W	about 3 hours
32-inch LED TV	100W	about 2 hours
Kitchen fridge (average with cycling)	150W	about 1 hour

Who is the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 for?

We’d point you to the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 for camping trips where you carry it one-handed.

What outlets does the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 have?

1× AC (300W, 600W surge), 1× 100W USB-C (in/out), 1× 15W USB-C, 1× 15W USB-A, 1× 12V car outlet.

Inverter: pure sine wave. Chemistry: LiFePO4.

Skip if

Skip it if you want to plug in more than one AC device, because it has a single AC outlet. We’d also skip it for a 12V fridge, since 256Wh won’t see one through a full night.

Good for a camping weekend.

Same Wh class

Jackery Explorer 300 — 292 Wh, 300 W, 7.5 lb
EcoFlow RIVER 3 — 245 Wh, 300 W, 7.8 lb
EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus — 286 Wh, 600 W, 10.4 lb

Jackery Explorer 240 v2 vs EcoFlow RIVER 3

Spec	Jackery Explorer 240 v2	EcoFlow RIVER 3
Watt-hours	256 Wh	245 Wh
Continuous	300 W	300 W
Surge	600 W	600 W
Weight	7.7 lb	7.8 lb
Solar input	100 W	110 W

Step down and step up

Larger class: EcoFlow RIVER 2 Pro — 768 Wh, 800 W, 18.2 lb

Common questions

How long will the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a 12V fridge?: About 4 hours if your fridge averages 50W, which is typical for a 12V compressor fridge. You can draw about 218Wh from it (256Wh times 0.85), so a 40W fridge gets about 5 hours and a 60W one about 3. Hot days and an often-opened lid will shorten that.
Can the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a coffee maker or microwave?: A drip coffee maker is often 800–1,200W. A microwave is often 1,000–1,200W at the wall. The Jackery Explorer 240 v2 is rated 300W continuous. So we’d leave both at home.
How fast does the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 recharge from solar?: About 2.6 hours at best: 256Wh divided by its 100W solar limit. Real panels give you less than their rating once heat, cloud and a low sun come into it, so we’d plan on longer.
How heavy is the Jackery Explorer 240 v2?: The Jackery Explorer 240 v2 weighs 7.7 lb. You can carry it from the car to camp on your own.
Can the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 run a refrigerator during a power outage?: Only briefly. A kitchen fridge averages roughly 100–200W, so the Jackery Explorer 240 v2’s 256Wh would last about 1 hours at 150W. We’d size up to 1,000Wh or more if keeping your fridge cold is the main job.
Is the Jackery Explorer 240 v2 good for camping?: Yes. At 7.7 lb it’s easy to carry from the car, and 256Wh covers lights, phones and a laptop for a weekend.