Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 Solar Generator with 200W Solar Panel
Stay powered on the road, at the campsite, or during unexpected outages with the Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 Solar Generator. Combining a high-capacity 1070Wh LiFePO4 battery with a powerful 1500W pure sine wave inverter and an included 200W solar panel, this all-in-one portable power solution is built for camping, RV travel, home backup, emergency preparedness, and off-grid living.
Powerful Yet Portable
The Explorer 1000 V2 delivers 1500W of continuous AC power with up to 3000W surge capacity, making it capable of running refrigerators, portable air conditioners, electric cookers, coffee makers, power tools, laptops, televisions, and other essential devices. Despite its impressive performance, it weighs just 23.8 pounds and features a convenient foldable handle for easy transport.
Ultra-Fast Charging
Get back to full power faster than ever. When Emergency Charging Mode is activated through the Jackery App, the Explorer 1000 V2 can recharge from 0% to 100% in as little as one hour. Standard charging mode completes a full charge in approximately 1.7 hours while helping maximize battery longevity.
Additional charging options include:
- Full charge in approximately 3 hours using a 600W Alternator Charger
- Up to 80% charge in approximately 6 hours using the included 200W solar panel
Long-Lasting LiFePO4 Battery Technology
Built with advanced LiFePO4 battery cells, the Explorer 1000 V2 maintains over 70% of its original capacity after 4,000 charge cycles. Designed for more than 10 years of regular use, it provides dependable performance for years to come.
Multiple Output Options
Power multiple devices simultaneously with a versatile selection of ports:
- 3 Pure Sine Wave AC outlets
- 2 USB-C ports
- 1 USB-A port
- 1 DC car outlet
- Integrated LED lighting
The 100W USB-C fast charging capability allows rapid charging for laptops, tablets, smartphones, and other USB-C devices.
Included 200W Solar Panel
Harness renewable energy with the included 200W solar panel. Ideal for camping, overlanding, RV travel, and off-grid applications, the solar panel helps keep your power station charged wherever the sun shines.
Smart App Control
Manage charging speeds, monitor battery status, activate Emergency Charging Mode, enable Quiet Charging Mode, and optimize energy efficiency directly from your smartphone with the Jackery App.
What’s Included
- Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 Portable Power Station
- 200W Solar Panel
- AC Charging Cable
- User Manual
- 5-Year Manufacturer Coverage
Ideal For
- Home backup power
- Emergency preparedness
- Camping and outdoor recreation
- RV travel
- Overlanding
- Tailgating
- Off-grid living
- Mobile workstations
Compact, powerful, and built for adventure, the Jackery Explorer 1000 V2 Solar Generator delivers dependable power whenever and wherever you need it.
Cecilia Payne Kat KaelinCecilia Payne Kat Kaelin –
Jackery Solar Generator 1000 v2 Security and Dependability
Jackery Solar Generator 1000 v2 Whether camping or facing a storm that cut home electric, this powerful generator steps up and exceeds expectations every time. It weighs 23.8 lbs (10.8 kg) and, with its ergonomic foldable handle, serves as a dependable standby whether off-grid or enjoying affordable security at arm’s reach.It is a go-to camping partner, rain or shine. The unit reliably runs small electric multi-fryer ovens and electric skillets while keeping all devices charged.Performance & SpecsCapacity:1070Wh LiFePO4 battery (built to last 4,000+ cycles).Power Output:1500W AC continuous (3000W surge) to run appliances like coffee makers or portable cooktops.Fast Recharging: Hits 100% in 1 hour via wall outlet using Emergency Super Charging.Solar Capability: Paired with the 200W SolarSaga panel, you maintain power indefinitely in remote locations.Why It Stands Out: The v2 is approximately 18% smaller than its predecessor, making it much easier to pack into a crowded trunk or RV. The transition to LiFePO4 chemistry is a significant upgrade, offering better safety and a lifespan that can span over a decade with regular use.Verdict: It strikes a perfect balance between portability and real-world power. It is light enough for one-handed carry but beefy enough to keep a kitchen setup and essential electronics running until the lights come back on.I paired mine up with the carrier. Love it!
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Sheri Collins –
From sun to storm, Jackery kept my food cold and kept me powered on
Phenominal. Such a huge difference between an actual Jackery and all the chinese knock offs. Now, as of writing this, its only been out once, for three days. Powered an F40 C4TMP portable fridge all three days, from the minute I left the house to the minute I got back. First day had sun, next two was heavily overcast or pouring ran so hard I had mud up to my knees. The battery station itself did get wet, but not directly rained on and ran smoothly still. Getting home, all ports still work, still charges itself and outputs power at the same time. The 200W solar panel might be a bit overkill for what I needed, but Im honestly glad I grabbed it still. Both the panel and power station are built very well, no wobbly or loose ports, no panels or screws missaligned, and it fit into my midsize truck with zero issues. Handle is sturdy, actually built for the decent heft of the station. Had the power station on the floorboard and the fridge in the seat in the front otw there and back. Also would like to note that the panel is very lightweight, with little additions that just seem so smart, like the magnetic and metal clasps that keep it folded up, and the sun dial that helps align it to the sun. Tbh tho, we just laid the panel on top of my brother’s jeep and it charged at full wattage. The panel kept the station charged as it was feeding power to the fridge, which is such a nice ability to have. Also, you can use both DC and AC ppwer at the same time, so while I had the fridge hooked up, it charged other devices that had USB C rechargeable batterys. The color display is a nice touch, not needed, but appreciated, and very high definition for something that goes on a power station. Havent tried the app yet, havent needed it. Very satisfied with this product, there’s not a thing Id change about it.
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CG –
Great Generator
I am an Electronics Engineer and purchased this generator for backup power.This generator is fantastic with a great design ,it is small and not to heavy, has a nice front panel to see charge level, load and input power.I am also a Amateur Radio operator and have used this to power my station in the event of a power outage. My station draws 100- 800 watts depending on transmitted output and it ran this for over 5 hours with 15% charge left.When first received it had a 30% charge and plugged into AC and it charged up in a couple of hours to 100%. I ran an 1800 watt heater and it held the load without any trouble. Of course it would not last to long due to the over rating of the load .I used the 200 watt solar panel to charge the unit and with two partly cloudy days it took about 4- 5 hours each day to be fully charged. with full sun this would be faster.The solar panel works well but you have to move it periodically to maximize solar input and it has a small sight glass to be sure you are aligned with the sun angle.I am very pleased with this generator and will most likely get another so that I will have 400 watts of solar going into the generator (it has two 24volt charge inputs).I did not try charging from my car 12 volt dc . I need to get a cable, though dc chargers are often limited to 10 Amp charge current so the charging could take a while.Overall great unit with versatile charging options( reason I purchased)Have a few of these around and you will have a portable decentralized, quiet power source.
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Russell Gurstein –
Excellent so far, 3 weeks into off grid camping
Doing Dispersed Camping while traveling N. Arizona, Nevada, N. California and Utah (Early Spring) for 3 weeks now using the Jackery Generator and Solar Panel almost daily. I am very surprised how well the Solar panel (200 watt) keeps the battery fully charged even when it is being used by Starlink (a lot) and a couple other devices. I have noticed even when the sky is 1/2 cloudy +, or the solar panel is not facing directly into the sun it still shows at least 170 watts input coming from the solar panel. On sunnier days with the panel facing somewhat towards the sun but still not directly facing the sun and sometimes off by quite a bit, I still see over 200 watts input. The unit does charge quickly usually within a couple hours, of course depending on sun and how far it has been depleted. When facing the sun figure you are charging at 200 to 220 watts/hr.There is also an option/area to plug your USB-A and USB-C directly into the charging cord its self that goes from the Solar Panel to the Generator. So, between the Generator unit and the Power Cord coming from the Solar Panel you have a total of 2 USB-A and 3 USB-C besides the AC outlets and 12V car lighter type outlet. Make sure to plug your Starlink into the Generator unit USB-C 100 watt only, it will not work on the other USB-C that are rated at lower wattage.Note, the cord coming from the Solar Panel has a right angle adapter at the end. This right angle adapter must be removed and then plug the cord directly into the Generator unit without the right angle adapter being used or it will not work/charge on the newer Generators, which we found out the hard way.
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PPicasso –
Great Power Backup for Occasional Outages
This generator is handy for use in occasional outages at home. It could also be useful for outdoor use for small loads like fans and cell phones–and connection to the Internet. I recharged mine by attaching it to my gas powered generator. The controls and the app are easy to use. It can be used with a timer to cycle a refrigerator compressor on/off during an outage at night….when you don’t want to be running your gas powered generator. Recharging with the 200W solar panel works, but it takes awhile and can be finicky to set up–hence only four stars. I use the jackery during occasional outages (which last less than two or three hours) to run fans, charge devices, etc. It holds its charge very well, so it’s ready to go when I need it. This is a great addition for managing outages at your house, but in Florida you need one like this AND a gas powered generator for longer outages caused by storms. My general strategy is to use this unit FIRST to maintain essential loads, and if the power is not restored, then I fire up the gas powered generator to recharge this unit (two hours or less) and manage the loads.
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R. JIDY –
A products is only as good, as the company backing it up!
A products is only as good, as the company backing it up!To say that I’m impressed with Jackery’s customer support, is truly an understatement! This company is a true example of stellar Customer Support! 100% Excellent!!!With this said, I’m also extremely happy with my Jackery solar generator. This unit is user friendly and performs extremely well! It delivers power as expected, and the Solar Panel charges the unit quickly and efficiently.This is my first solar generator, and I’m looking forward to build a quiver of Jackery backup units for all my needs. This company has earned my respect and my business going forward.I’m an engineer that’s not easily impressed. I’m very well impressed with their product and customer support! Maya, my customer rep, was amazing!I did a lot of research before diving in, and I have to say, I picked a winner!Thank you Jackery!100% Excellent!!!
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Xarrebato –
Arrived quickly and great value !
Looks great, excellent quality and very functional.
Brandon Baldwin –
great for emergencies and portable power
after a hurricane that came through and knocked our power out for 2 weeks I told myself I will never get caught unprepared again. it is powerful enough to power my microwave and can run my window ac unit for about an hour. the solar panel charges it pretty quickly and also doubles as a solar phone charger that charges pretty quickly. it has 3 ac outlets and a few ports for usb cords. it also doubles as a backup battery for computers if you lose power. either way this thing is a lifesaver. also great for on the go!
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T. CollT. Coll –
Mostly works as advertised
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Mostly works as advertised. Some important points:Pictured is a home entertainment setup, you can see how long it would run with that. So you can figure whatever would draw the same amount of power (in watts), would last just as long (208 Watts draw lasting about 45 hours if you can’t see from the pic). Note this “home theater” includes a 44″ flatscreen Sony Bravia (older 2018 model) and a Bose sound bar, as well as an LED lamp providing light to the living room and a Wi-Fi router and cable box. This setup is nice during storms because it DOES operate as a UPS (uninterruptable power supply). This isn’t clear from the manual’s legalese, but it does keep the power on for a Wi-Fi router in the event of sudden power loss or spikes. Probably shouldn’t use it for more sensitive electronics though as it’s technically not rated as a UPS.Charging is super quiet even on the default setting. See the video (or listen) for yourself. This was a big concern for me because other power stations (from other companies) seem to have fan issues based on reviews for their products. This makes no noise, especially on the “quiet” setting, to be clear though, the video is right out of the box on the default charge setting. In my opinion the default setting is quiet enough. Another reviewer, can’t remember if for this product or another one, said that you should be careful to set it to lower charging rate when you charge for the first time or you might trip a circuit breaker. This was not my experience, even on the default setting, it does draw up to about 800W (at first) but most circuits can handle that if you don’t have anything else running on it like a hairdryer. I had other lesser devices (lamps, Alexa Dot, mini fan) on the circuit when I plugged this in to charge and it was fine to be clear. So don’t worry about that.The biggest “concern” for one to note is charging via solar. YES it works but it’s NOT as simple as the advertising makes it seem. It’s simple to hook up but, most importantly, you have to keep the panel(s) aligned with the sun almost all the time or else the power input falls dramatically, even if only slightly misaligned. There’s a level (circular) that you can use to align the panel with the sun; by making sure its shadow is in the center target, but again you have to constantly realign to get anything over 100 W input with the panel that comes with this package (200W one). To be fair, I got it up as high as 135W but that was just for a few minutes that by luck I happened to have it aligned almost perfectly with the sun near noon time. Yes, this means you only get half the amount the panel is rated to even when aligned with the summertime sun. (this was in July of last year) So plan accordingly (this is for the Mid-Atlantic region of the US so maybe in more southern locations it would perform better can’t say definitely more north it’s going to be even weaker especially if you’re talking somewhere in Canada or Alaska obviously). I didn’t bother to try in the winter; I can’t imagine there’d be any significant production then at all at least not in most of the continental US (because of the tilt of the earth’s axis at that time of year the sun isn’t nearly as powerful)Secondly, to keep the sun so aligned as described above, it’s tricky. Because the panel is quite unwieldy/bulky. It’s not terribly heavy, just “awkward” to manipulate, mainly because of the issue shown in one of my pictures here. As you can see, the middle of the panel (set) tends to sag down, because the supports for the entire array are only on the ends. This sag, I discovered, causes a significant drop in wattage output. As a “workaround” I propped up the sagging middle with a rather large potted plant in the back as shown. After I did this, I finally got around 100W of production. This is a design flaw in my opinion, because again, the panels must be aligned to the sun or else the input from the panels to the generator will fall from about 100 W to barely 50W, even less if you (dare) to let it sit for more than an hour. It would be an improvement for them to make a panel with support for each panel section and also an alignment level that was present on each section, not just on one end.Bottom line, charging from about 33% to 93% took pretty much a whole day (about 6 hours), and this is, I suspect, mainly because of the alignment/sagging middle issues described above, not to mention of course that if the sun is blocked by a cloud then that dramatically affects production as well (but can’t do anything about that). The day I tested this there were some clouds that did affect production, but it really couldn’t have been sunnier for such a test. It’s the design of the panels that’s the biggest factor here, not the weather. It’s a good bit of attentive work, in other words, it’s not just setting the panels out and letting the sun give you free electricity while you sip drinks all day as the advertisements lead you to believe. When I finally discovered these issues and attended it as well as reasonable, it was about every 10-15 minutes of realigning the panels to keep the input at about 100W.This is the reason I only gave 4 stars – overall it’s great for emergency use and charging off your outlet in your house. But the problems with charging from solar cost one star in this review.It’s a very good indoor generator/power supply, as it’s quiet, doesn’t trip any circuits when charging, can last for days really depending on what you plug into it. A 350W refrigerator would probably last a day based on the output and estimated time shown in my home theater setup photo, but to be clear I didn’t test a full-sized refrigerator. But it’s just a matter of power output not what is plugged into it, so if 208 W output as shown can last 45 hours, a 350W refrigerator should be at least a day. It’s just simple math. I did test a “mini fridge” and with that plugged in you can see how long it would last (22 W draw lasting 193 hours). Note though, with refrigerators you can’t really rely upon that time estimate as the main power for refrigerators is when the compressor kicks in. Again, though it can’t be less than a day since even if the compressor was constantly running, it would still be less than double the 208 W test shown. So probably at least a day for a 350 W refrigerator. At the very least a mini fridge can obviously last for days.In my opinion this product’s strength is being such a great UPS for Wi-Fi/computers, and long lasting for things you’d want to run for an extended period, but it’s really not reliable to “generate” power, via solar. Unless maybe you buy the 500W panel that might not take as much maintenance to keep a reasonable input rate. But those are like $800 extra. Just buy this for a backup for a storm that may knock power out for 24-48 hours, so your food doesn’t go bad, or to ride out a thunderstorm so you can still be on a computer and still have Wi-Fi even during power surges or 48-hour power outages. Doing both (watching TV and running a fridge) seems like it could last for about a day. If you get a good deal with the “generator” and panels so you get both for the usual price of just the battery (“generator”) then sure get both. Otherwise just buy the “generator” itself, don’t bother with trying to charge it with solar just keep it charged with your own house power for emergency use.Final note (since buying an electric car I can answer this too) for anyone wondering this question: Yes this and other devices with output like this (1,500 W) or greater can charge an electric car but it’s useless for it. Why? Because an electric car battery has a capacity like 80-100 kWh, this (and similar products) are only 1, 3, maybe 5 kWh capacity. So if you charge a car with this, not only will it take the better part of a day to do (because electric cars usually charge at a much faster rate; with this, the car would draw about 1,100 W so in theory works but it will be slow), but even when done you’ll obviously only get the capacity of the battery/generator itself, which in this particular case is 1 kWh. Which is only good for 2-3 miles of driving. So you can do the math there.
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Frank b –
WILL BUY MORE
So far, I guess you could say I love the product. Haven’t really had to use it for an emergency, which was the purpose of buying it.. All I can say is that 200 W panel is heavy as hell lol. Keep seeing commercials on TV for the Jackery 3600 and 5000 plus….. kind of makes me wish I saved my money and bought one of those but I have two of the 1000 v2 and two different solar panels so really only need the refrigerator Running to keep the beer cold.lol