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Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2

A 1 kWh LiFePO4 station with 1,800 W of output, rated for 6,000 cycles. What it sells for, what it runs, how it fared in 18 written head-to-heads, and what owners report.

1 kWh · 1,800 W · 23.8 lb · 6,000 cycles · 18 head-to-heads

3,134

Power Score · Appliance Class

Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2
1 kWh
capacity
1,800 W
output
23.8 lb
weight
6,000
rated cycles

Should you buy it right now?

Check today's price: $749 at Jackery. It clears 2 of 6 real-world jobs and wins 9 of 18 matchups.

Ian Schneider

Verdicts by Ian Schneider and the Test Desk·Figures computed 2026-11-01

01 · Six real-world jobs

What the HomePower 1000 Plus v2 actually runs

The load profiles every comparison on the site is scored on, computed for this unit alone: energy needed against the usable tank after inverter losses, and whether the inverter holds and starts the biggest single load.

  • Weekend Camping

    Falls short

    2 nights · Two nights off-grid with essential comfort

    2,100Wh needed · 241% of the tank · 1,230Wh short

    Peak 75W: starts and holds

  • 8-Hour Blackout

    Falls short

    8 hours · Keep the essentials running through a night without power

    1,645Wh needed · 189% of the tank · 775Wh short

    Peak 150W: starts and holds

  • CPAP Overnight

    Clears it

    8 hours · Sleep therapy without interruption — the #1 medical use case

    320Wh needed · 37% of the tank · 550Wh spare

    Peak 40W: starts and holds

  • Remote Workday

    Falls short

    8 hours · Full work day off-grid without power anxiety

    910Wh needed · 105% of the tank · 40Wh short

    Peak 60W: starts and holds

  • Tailgate Party

    Clears it

    4 hours · Game day power for the crew

    670Wh needed · 77% of the tank · 200Wh spare

    Peak 400W: starts and holds

  • Van Life Daily

    Falls short

    24 hours · A full day of mobile living — the ultimate endurance test

    4,685Wh needed · 538% of the tank · 3,815Wh short

    Peak 150W: starts and holds

03 · From the verdicts

Who it is for, and when a rival won instead

Each line is lifted from a written matchup where it decided the verdict, and links to the page it came from. Repeated across many matchups means it is the unit’s signature, not one author’s opinion.

Buy the HomePower 1000 Plus v2 if…

  • You carry it from the car. 23.8 lbs against 32 lbs is a real difference from the trunk to the campsite.

    Decided 8 matchups · read one →

  • There's a motor on your list. 3,600W of surge starts things 2,700W won't, off the identical 1,800W continuous rating.

    Decided 5 matchups · read one →

  • Your loads are short and surge-heavy: a compressor fridge, a table saw, a rice cooker, a window AC. That's the part of this unit two independent tests actually stressed, and it held [B2][B13][B15].

    Decided 3 matchups · read one →

  • Something on your list starts hard: a well pump, a large compressor, a big shop tool. The 3,600W surge ceiling sits 600W above the Anker's, and a 12,000 BTU window air conditioner ran on it for hours without complaint [B13].

    Decided 2 matchups · read one →

A rival won when…

  • You want the most watt-hours per dollar available in this class: 1,152Wh for $499, at 43 cents a watt-hour.

    Decided 9 matchups · read one →

  • You already own real panels. If your array can push past 400W, the Explorer's 800W input is the one advantage here you can't add later.

    Decided 5 matchups · read one →

  • The unit lives at home and comes out when the lights go. At 35.3 lbs that's a lift you make twice a year, and it buys you about 75% of an eight-hour essentials night instead of 53%.

    Decided 3 matchups · read one →

  • You'd rather own the model that's been on sale since June than one that's eleven days old, with the caveat that the older unit's only hands-on account came with a factory tour attached [A0][B0].

    Decided 3 matchups · read one →

04 · Price history

What the HomePower 1000 Plus v2 actually sells for

The number on the buy button, read twice a day, one point per day. Never the sticker, never a “was” price.

Read from jackery.com twice a day since September 8 · 55 days

Today's price

Best seen $619 on October 7

Built from the Nov 1, 7 AM UTC read.

$669

Usual price

62% of days tracked

$619

Best we've seen

October 7

$749

Today

12% over usual

$779

Highest seen

19 days above usual

How to read this

  • Usual is the price the unit carried most of the time, tested for how long it held rather than how often we looked. A weekend promotion cannot move it.
  • Best is the lowest price we have read on the store itself. Typed coupon codes, member-only prices and marketplace listings are not counted; anything applied automatically at checkout is.
  • A gap in the line is a day we could not read a price. We never draw across one, and we never show the store’s own “was” price.

Method on the methodology page.

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Is this really the lowest price?

No usual price yet

We do not have a usual price for the Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2 yet.

Its 90-day low so far is $619 and its high $779; a verdict needs a settled typical price. Lower than 1 of the last 55 days we read · 90-day low $619.

Today

$749

at Jackery

Usual

—

no usual yet

90-day low

$619

October 7

90-day high

$779

55 days read

Read from the maker’s store twice a day since September 8. “Usual” is the price it carried on the most days; the 90-day low is the lowest we read in that window; a gap is a day we could not read. The store’s own crossed-out “was” price is never used.

Black Friday · 26 days out

Will the Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2 go on sale for Black Friday?

Price to beat $619Nobody knows until Jackery moves, but we know what a real deal would be: anything under $619, the lowest price we have recorded (October 7). It has sat at least 5% under its usual $669 on 2 of the 55 days we have tracked. We read the store twice a day, and the moment it drops it shows on our Black Friday deals page.

Jackery Black Friday deals →

05 · Voices

What owners and reviewers say

Owner reports are paraphrased from public YouTube comments and each links to its source; reviewer consensus is counted from cited excerpts, never quoted; our own verdicts are quoted. Specs on this page never come from any of them.

Reviewer consensus

10/19 positive excerpts, 3 sources

Two independent week-long hands-on tests both found the 1,800W inverter has real headroom: shop tools, a 12,000 BTU window AC, a dishwasher and kitchen appliances all ran without strain, and one reviewer pushed past the 1,800W rating and drained to 1%.

gearjunkie.com · cleantechnica.com · gearbrain.com · researched 2026-09-07

From the test desk

06 · Where each number comes from

Spec sheet, in four cards

Every field carries its source: green is the manufacturer’s own document, blue was adjudicated after sources disagreed, grey is the catalogue as imported. Then compare it line by line with the units people actually weigh it against.

Battery

1024

Capacity (Wh)

  • ChemistryLiFePO4
  • Charging Cycles6000
  • Battery Expansion FeasibilityYes

Power out

1800

Output (W)

  • Surge Peak3600W
  • AC Outlets4
  • 240V Outlets0
  • 30A RV Outlets0
  • 12V Car Outlets1
  • USB-C Ports2
  • USB-A Ports1
  • USB-C Charging Outputs140W, 30W

Charging

400

Solar Input (W)

  • Solar Input TypeDC8020 (16-60V)

Living with it

23.8

Weight (lbs)

  • Noise Level (db)<30
  • UPSYes (<10ms)
  • App ControlYes
  • Warranty (Years)5

Compare it with

HomePower 1000 Plus v2 vs

leads on 4 · trails on 4

SpecHomePower 1000 Plus v2Explorer 1000 PlusGap
Usual price$669 ●$699$-30
Capacity (Wh)10241264 ●-240
Output (W)18002000 ●-200
Surge (W)3600W4000W ●-400
Rated cycles6000 ●4000+2000
Solar input (W)400800 ●-400
Weight (lb)23.8 ●32-8.2
Noise (dB)<30300
AC outlets4 ●3+1
USB-C ports220
Warranty (yr)550
ChemistryLiFePO4LiFePO4
UPSYes (<10ms)Yes (<20ms)

● marks the better figure where direction is clear. Price is each unit’s usual price.

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08 · At its usual price

Cost of ownership

Cycle life is the manufacturer’s rating to 80% capacity; the lifetime figure is that rating times the nameplate capacity.

$0.65

per Wh

at $669

$0.11

per lifetime kWh

6,144 kWh over 6,000 cycles

16.4 yr

if cycled daily

58 yr at weekends only

5 yr

warranty

$134 per covered year

09 · From the matchups

Questions people ask

Is the Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus worth $30 more than the HomePower 1000 Plus v2?

Only if you're charging from solar or planning to expand. The $30 buys 240Wh, 200W more continuous output and 400W more surge, and it costs you 8.2 lbs and the tighter UPS rating. It also buys an 800W solar input against 400W and a documented path to about 5,000Wh across three added batteries [A2]. For a unit that mostly sits in a closet waiting for an outage, take the HomePower.

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Which is better, the BLUETTI Elite 100 V2 or the Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2?

For most buyers, the BLUETTI. It costs $170 less and takes 1,000W of solar against 400W, on the same 1,024Wh battery and 1,800W inverter. Pick the Jackery if a fridge, pump or shop tool is the reason you're buying, since it publishes a 3,600W peak where BLUETTI publishes no surge figure, or if you want to add batteries later.

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Can I add a battery to the Elite 100 V2 or the HomePower 1000 Plus v2?

Only to the Jackery. The Elite 100 V2 is sealed at 1,024Wh, so what you buy is the ceiling. Jackery's packs add runtime rather than power, since the 1,800W continuous rating doesn't rise when one is attached [B19], and the connecting cable is a proprietary $70 part on top of the battery [B7].

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What's actually different between the Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2 and the HomePower 1000 v2?

Three things, and only three. The Plus runs 1,800W continuous and 3,600W surge against 1,500W and 3,000W, its USB-C port does 140W instead of 100W, and it accepts expansion batteries while the other is sealed at 1,024Wh. Capacity, cycle rating, solar input, warranty, switchover spec and weight are effectively identical, so runtime and lifespan are the same on both.

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Is the Jackery HomePower 1000 Plus v2 worth $170 more (on last listed prices) than the EcoFlow DELTA 2?

For most buyers, no. The two hold the same 1,024Wh and deliver the same 1,800W continuous, so the extra money buys build details rather than capability: 900W more surge headroom, 3.2 fewer pounds, 140W USB-C instead of 100W, and a higher cycle rating. It becomes worth it if you're starting motor loads near the DELTA 2's 2,700W surge ceiling, or if the unit will live in a room you sleep in.

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