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Jackery Explorer 1500 v2 Specs, Price & Buyer Notes
1.54 kWh of storage, 2 kW of continuous AC output, listed at $949. That works out to $0.62 per watt-hour and 48.0 watt-hours per pound. Spec figures below are taken from Jackery’s own product page; WattPicks editors are deep-use experience reviewers, not a pretend third-party lab for every SKU.
1.54 kWh2 kW AC32.0 lbLiFePO46,000 cycles
from owners, collected by Jackery
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What this unit is for
The outdoor-lifestyle brand that made "portable power station" a mainstream American purchase, and still optimizes for the buyer who does not want to research inverters.
Best suited to: A first power station that must be simple, safe and easy to live with. Less suited to: Buyers chasing maximum watt-hours per dollar, or maximum solar input.
Home backup through an outage, RV living.
Where to buy
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Safety: lithium power stations store a lot of energy. Follow Jackery’s charge, ventilation, and storage instructions. WattPicks does not certify electrical installs.
Specifications
11 of 19 tracked specs are published by Jackery for this model. Missing specs stay “—” and are excluded from rankings rather than estimated. List price is commercial data in a separate table below ($949); it is not one of the 19 tracked keys.
| Rated Wh (nameplate) | 1.54 kWh |
|---|---|
| AC output (continuous) | 2 kW |
| AC surge | 4 kW |
| Power lifting / boost | — |
| Battery chemistry | LiFePO4 |
| Rated cycles | 6,000 |
| Weight | 32.0 lb |
| AC recharge to full | 1 h 4 m |
| Max solar input | — |
| AC outlets | 3 |
| USB-C ports | 2 |
| USB-A ports | — |
| 12V car port | — |
| UPS switchover | 10 ms |
| Warranty | 36 months |
| Max expandable capacity | — |
| Noise level | — |
| Ingress protection | — |
| Operating temp (low) | — |
| List price | $949 |
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Where these numbers come from. WattPicks does not test power stations — this is a spec profile, not a review. 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: jackery.com.
Vendor wording for each figure (11)
capacityWh: “1536Wh capacity”acOutputW: “2000W AC output”acSurgeW: “4000W surge”chemistry: “LiFePO4”cycleLife: “6,000+ Life Cycles”weight: “31.97 lbs”rechargeAcMinutes: “Recharges from 0% to 100% in just 64 minutes”acOutlets: “3 AC outlets”usbCPorts: “Dual USB-C”upsSwitchoverMs: “kicks in within 0.01 seconds”warrantyMonths: “3-Year Standard Warranty”
Jackery Explorer 1500 v2 specs FAQ
What are the Jackery Explorer 1500 v2 specs?
1.54 kWh capacity; 2 kW continuous AC; 4 kW surge; 32.0 lb; LiFePO4; listed at $949. 11 of 19 tracked specs are published by Jackery on the product page we read. List price is shown separately ($949).
How long does the Jackery Explorer 1500 v2 last?
The vendor rates it for 6,000 cycles with LiFePO4 chemistry. Runtime on a given day is capacity divided by load (with inverter losses) — see our guide on how long a power station lasts.
Can the Jackery Explorer 1500 v2 charge from solar?
No maximum solar input is published on the product page we read, so we cannot state a solar ceiling for this model.
Is the Jackery Explorer 1500 v2 good value?
At the published list price it works out to $0.62 per watt-hour. Compare that figure on our cost-per-watt-hour ranking rather than price alone.
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What owners say
All owner voices →4.32from 25 owner ratings
JeffreyKicks booty! Charges up fast and delivers. Works great with solar.
Gretchen V.Husband used for camping for CPAP, only used
Husband used for camping for CPAP, only used 12%each night. Just what we needed. Still need to order panels. Can't review those..but battery/generator worked great.
Steve C.I bought it for a friend and they love it
TattooedLagoonDewalt 12v battery charged and more imfo
Charged in house on a wall charger in less then an hour. Havent connected the solar panels yet but charged our dewalt 12volt batteries also within an hour and took less then 2% of battery to do so. We did try to charge our hand held battery bank but it kept bouncing back and forth between charging the bank and the jackery so never actually charged it. Ended up getting extensions for the solar panels so we could keep the jackery under cover while the solar panels are in the sun. Already our favoritw new camp toy. Def recommend
The reviews Jackery publishes for this model are all positive. That may be the product, or it may be which reviews the vendor chose to publish — treat a one-sided corpus as weaker evidence than a mixed one.
Where it ranks
Specs table →Position among all 120 power stations we track, in each dimension this unit publishes the inputs for.
| Dimension | Rank | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best value (cost per watt-hour) | #25 of 51 | $0.62 |
| Most portable (Wh per pound) | #7 of 50 | 48.0 Wh/lb |
| Most inverter headroom | #26 of 51 | 130 W/100Wh |
| Fastest AC recharge | #2 of 25 | 1.4 kW |
| Longest service life | #8 of 42 | 9216 kWh |
| Most output per dollar | #26 of 51 | 2.11 W/$ |
| Best for home backup | #15 of 25 | 72/100 |
| Longest warranty | #44 of 51 | 36 mo |
Who buys this brand, and why
All models →Who it is for
- US households buying their first power station
- Campers, road-trippers and tailgaters who want one box that just works
- Homeowners who want blackout insurance for the fridge, Wi-Fi and phones
- Gift buyers who want a recognizable, trustworthy brand name
What they will pay extra for
- A brand they have heard of and a warranty they believe will be honored
- Lower weight for the same capacity, since portability is the whole point
- A simpler interface with fewer modes to get wrong
- Buying the whole system in one order
Honest drawbacks
- Capacity per dollar is usually mid-pack; the brand premium is real
- Solar input ceilings are often below what rivals allow at the same capacity
- Expandability is limited on the non-Plus units
- Fewer pro features — buyers who want app control, schedules or deep telemetry often look elsewhere
Fits these buying scenarios
All use cases →Short Home Outages
Keeping the fridge, Wi-Fi and phones alive for hours
Mobile Work & Creators
Remote work, film and photo production away from wall power
RV & Van Life
Living and working from a vehicle, on solar and alternator charging
Elsewhere in the Jackery range
All Jackery models →
Closest rivals by capacity
Other brands’ models nearest in capacity — the units a buyer is most likely to be comparing against this one.
