Portable Power Stations

All-in-one battery power stations that store energy and hand it back as clean household AC — no wiring, no permit, no electrician. Plug your gear straight into the unit, or pair it with a solar panel and recharge from the sun.

These are the simplest entry point into solar for anyone who rents, lives in an HOA, or just wants power that keeps running when the grid doesn't. Typical uses: riding out a rolling blackout or a PSPS shutoff, keeping a refrigerator and a few lights alive, running tools where there's no outlet, and powering camping, van, and RV setups.

What to look for: capacity (watt-hours — how long it runs) and output (watts — what it can run at once). A refrigerator, phones, and LED lighting need far less continuous wattage than a microwave or a space heater, so match the output rating to the heaviest thing you plan to plug in, then size capacity to how many hours you need.

Units with solar input can be recharged from a portable panel, which turns a power station from a short-term battery into something you can keep topped up indefinitely.