Jackery Explorer 300 review

What is the Jackery Explorer 300?

The Jackery Explorer 300 is a 292Wh portable power station with 300W of continuous AC output (600W surge). It weighs 7.5 lb and takes up to 100W of solar. You can expect to draw about 248Wh from it, which is roughly 4 hours for a 12V fridge averaging 50W.

Is the Explorer 300 enough for your tent?

If your weekend is phones, a lantern and a laptop, yes, and that’s exactly where we’d put it. At 7.5 lb you can carry it from the car to your pitch in one hand and still grab the cooler with the other.

Think of the 292Wh as an evening-and-morning battery. A 10W lantern for five hours and two phone charges use about a third of what you can actually draw, so you’ll come home with charge to spare. The 100W USB-C port is the one we’d use for a laptop, because it skips the inverter and wastes less.

Here’s the catch: it isn’t a fridge battery. A compressor cooler would drain it in an evening, so if keeping food cold is the plan, we’d look one size up.

What do the Jackery Explorer 300 specs mean?

Capacity is 292 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 7.5 lb (3.4 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 300 run a fridge, CPAP or TV?

Here’s our math for one appliance at a time, using about 248Wh of usable energy. Check the watts on your own label, because yours may differ.

Who is the Jackery Explorer 300 for?

We’d point you to the Jackery Explorer 300 for camping trips where you carry it one-handed.

What outlets does the Jackery Explorer 300 have?

2× AC (300W total), 1× 100W USB-C, 2× USB-A, 1× 12V car (120W).

Inverter: pure sine wave. Chemistry: LiFePO4.

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Common questions

How long will the Jackery Explorer 300 run a 12V fridge?

About 4 hours if your fridge averages 50W, which is typical for a 12V compressor fridge. You can draw about 248Wh from it (292Wh times 0.85), so a 40W fridge gets about 6 hours and a 60W one about 4. Hot days and an often-opened lid will shorten that.

Can the Jackery Explorer 300 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 300 is rated 300W continuous. So we’d leave both at home.

How fast does the Jackery Explorer 300 recharge from solar?

About 2.9 hours at best: 292Wh 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 300?

The Jackery Explorer 300 weighs 7.5 lb. You can carry it from the car to camp on your own.

Can the Jackery Explorer 300 run a refrigerator during a power outage?

Only briefly. A kitchen fridge averages roughly 100–200W, so the Jackery Explorer 300’s 292Wh 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 300 good for camping?

Yes. At 7.5 lb it’s easy to carry from the car, and 292Wh covers lights, phones and a laptop for a weekend.