Anker SOLIX C300 vs Jackery Explorer 300D

Jackery Explorer 300D portable power station

Pick this if

Anker SOLIX C300

Buyers who want a well-made, well-supported unit and will use the app.

Pick this if

Jackery Explorer 300D

Weight: 5.5 lb vs 9.1 lb
List price: $209 vs $549
Cost per watt-hour: $0.73 vs $1.91
Watt-hours per pound: 52.4 Wh/lb vs 31.6 Wh/lb

A first power station that must be simple, safe and easy to live with.

Spec by spec

A green arrow marks the better figure on each row. Rows where only one unit publishes a number are shown without a winner rather than guessed.

Metric	C300	Explorer 300D	What it means
Capacity	288 Wh	288 Wh	How much energy the unit stores. Sets how long everything else can run.
Continuous AC output	300 W	300 W	The largest load the inverter will run continuously, not counting surge.
Weight lower is better	9.1 lb	5.5 lb	The spec buyers most often regret ignoring.
List price lower is better	$549	$209	Vendor list price at the time of collection; street prices move.
Cost per watt-hour lower is better	$1.91	$0.73	Price divided by capacity. The fairest single value metric.
Watt-hours per pound	31.6 Wh/lb	52.4 Wh/lb	Capacity you get per pound carried.
Rated cycles	—	4,000 cycles	Vendor claim for charge cycles before capacity degrades to 80%.
Warranty	60 months	60 months	Stated warranty length from the vendor listing.

How each one ranks overall

Anker SOLIX C300

#72 of 73 for Best value (Wh per dollar) ($1.91)
#58 of 74 for Most portable (Wh per pound) (31.6 Wh/lb)
#56 of 75 for Most inverter headroom (104 W/100Wh)
#69 of 72 for Most output per dollar (0.55 W/$)
#72 of 75 for Best for home backup (33/100)
#34 of 75 for Longest warranty (60 mo)
#6 of 27 for Quietest under load (25 dB)

Jackery Explorer 300D

#43 of 73 for Best value (Wh per dollar) ($0.73)
#4 of 74 for Most portable (Wh per pound) (52.4 Wh/lb)
#54 of 75 for Most inverter headroom (104 W/100Wh)
#52 of 65 for Longest service life (1152 kWh)
#50 of 72 for Most output per dollar (1.44 W/$)
#71 of 75 for Best for home backup (33/100)
#9 of 75 for Longest warranty (60 mo)
#1 of 27 for Quietest under load (0 dB)

The brands behind them

Anker SOLIX

The existing Anker customer upgrading from power banks and chargers

Best for: Buyers who want a well-made, well-supported unit and will use the app.

Not for: Off-gridders who need the widest accessory ecosystem or the lowest cost per Wh.

Full Anker SOLIX profile →

Jackery

The mainstream first-time buyer who wants one simple box

Best for: A first power station that must be simple, safe and easy to live with.

Not for: Buyers chasing maximum watt-hours per dollar, or maximum solar input.

Full Jackery profile →

Where these numbers come from. Every figure on this page is taken from Anker SOLIX’s own product listing and is stored with the vendor’s exact wording, reproduced below. We do not estimate missing specs — a field the vendor does not publish is shown as “—” and excluded from rankings. Source: www.ankersolix.com/au/products/anker-solix-c300-portable-power-station-288wh-300w-exclusive.

Vendor wording for each figure (4)

capacityWh: “288Wh Capacity (24Ah@12V)”
acOutputW: “300W (600W surge)”
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warrantyMonths: “5-year warranty”

Where these numbers come from. Every figure on this page is taken from Jackery’s own product listing and is stored with the vendor’s exact wording, reproduced below. We do not estimate missing specs — a field the vendor does not publish is shown as “—” and excluded from rankings. Source: www.jackery.com/products/jackery-explorer-300d-portable-power-station.

Vendor wording for each figure (5)