BIG battery backups units like jackery or Bluetti, anyone have them?

[kdonnel]

So I'm reading these as 2,000 and 1,800 running wattage with 4,000 and 2,700 for start up power?

Sounds correct to me.

They appear to be a little more honest than the generators linked above.

The 8000 Watt tri fuel that delivers 7000 run watts and
The 6500 Watt tri fuel that delivers 5500 run watts.

Really deceptive names for the generators that don't match their run capacity.

 

[HeatherC]

We bought a VTOMAN 1500Xfor camping and it is awesome. It has 1500 watts and was under $500 on sale at Walmart.com
(I don’t see it there now, butbelieve Amazon has it for 799.) The same watt Jackery is over $1500. We used it for our Keurig in the mornings and charged everyone’s electronics.

We did not buy the solar panel, but are planning to get a couple that will charge it. We just charged in the car or rec center and the charge lasted several days even running a coffee maker many times. Right now it is charged up in my laundry room.

It can also jump start your car if needed.

We also have a larger house generator, but this thing is perfect if want something portable.

Hope this helps!

https://vtoman.com/products/jump1500-power-station

 

[jo-jo]

Our gas powered one is a Generac 3000 Watt. Starting power 3500. We bought is year or two ago after our sears one from 20 years ago started leaking gas. Probably fuel line just dried out/rotten through. But new one is higher wattage.

We have a battery/ jumper cable/ tire pump battery but that's about 300 watts. Good enough for what it is, but not going to do anything inside the house but a lamp or a fan.

Thanks to everyonefor the information contributed to the thread.

 

[QueenIsabella]

I live in hurricane country, so my needs are different. We have a whole-house generator that can run everything except the clothes dryer. BTW, it does a weekly test, and it gets serviced/cleaned because we pay for a service contract.

Prior to getting the Generac, we had a Gentron portable generator that got us through Hurricane Florence. It's 10kw peak, 8kw normal. For Florence, we were without power for 4 days. It basically ran the regular fridge and our large freezer unit...and not much else. We did run the microwave now and again, by turning off the freezer temporarily.

Mostly, we were bored and sweaty. We had natural gas coming in, so we had hot water.

I know they were selling large battery units on QVC--I think they were roughly $1k, or $1200 if you got solar panels to recharge it. I wasn't watching closely, I don't need one.

 

[barkley]

Using a standby generator should be thought of as something used in an emergency when the power happens to go out. Generally things like AC which uses a LOT of power would not be considered something essential. Whole house generators (Generac is a typical brand) if large enough could run everything in your home, but clearly the cost would be much larger then various standby choices like these. Battery/solar type units appear to be a LOT more expensive then these typical models.

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in our case the most essential item to operate off our generac as far as we are concerned is our well pump and pressure tank. if power goes out in the cold of winter we risk pipes freezing and then exploding when power is restored, if it goes out (or the utilities are taken down by the power company) in the summer when we have a high fire risk we have no means of protecting our home. though much more expensive than a portable generator it provides us with tremendous peace of mind.