Brand comparison
Anker SOLIX vs Jackery
Anker SOLIX scores 6.9 across 10 products; Jackery scores 5.5 across 12. They overlap in portable stations and home backup power systems. That is 100% of what Anker SOLIX sells and 100% of what Jackery sells. Anker SOLIX leads on backup readiness.
Across everything we scored, Anker SOLIX sits 1.40 ahead — led by backup readiness.
Brand verdict
ahead · +1.40 (6.9 vs 5.5)
Pick Anker SOLIX when
Backup readiness matters most7.0vs5.0
Pick Jackery when
a criterion we do not score decides it — Jackery leads on none of the ones we do.
Scored 11 November 2026 from published specs and owner reviews. We don't buy or test units. How we score
Most common complaints
Anker SOLIX F3000 Portable Power Station
Overall score 8.8- Power capacity, tagged negative in 9 mentions
- Charging capability, tagged negative in 7 mentions
- Build quality, tagged negative in 5 mentions
Jackery HomePower 3000 Power Station
Overall score 6.9- Functionality, tagged mixed in 41 mentions
- Value, tagged mixed in 23 mentions
- Weight, tagged negative in 14 mentions
From owner reviews of each brand's top-scored product in Portable Stations.
Usability Anker SOLIX and Jackery, median scores 0 to 10
Median scores on a 0–10 scale.
Backup ReadinessAnker SOLIX: 7 (higher)Jackery: 5
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- 20 ms switchover, three BP3000s to 12,288 Wh, sold with a 6-circuit switch
- Switchover applies on every AC outlet
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- 20 ms switchover, but no expansion battery published
- Bypass: a 1,440 W bypass
Power OutputAnker SOLIX: 7 (higher)Jackery: 5.5
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- Rated 3,600 W continuous and 7,200 W surge at 120 V
- Outlets: four 20 A, a TT-30R and a 30 A Anderson port
- 240 V: only from two units through Anker's Double Voltage Hub
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- 3,600 W continuous and 7,200 W surge, with a 30 A outlet
CapacityAnker SOLIX: 6 (higher)Jackery: 5.5
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- 3,072 Wh; CNET drew 2,645.91 Wh on AC, 86.1 percent of rated
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- 3,072 Wh, in the 3,000 to 3,499 Wh band; CNET drew 88.6 percent
- Measured: CNET's lab drew 2,721 Wh and charged it in 2.35 hours
RechargingAnker SOLIX: 6 (higher)Jackery: 5.5
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- CNET's wall charge took 2 hours 20 minutes; solar reaches 2,400 W
- Input: 1,800 W from a wall outlet, 3,600 W through the optional TT-30 charging cable
- Solar: split across a 165 V input and a 60 V input
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- 2.2-hour wall charge and 1,000 W of solar across two ports
- Solar: two 8 mm ports
ValueAnker SOLIX: 5 (higher)Jackery: 4.5
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- $1,399.99 at ankersolix.com for 3,072 Wh and 3,600 W
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- $1,499 at jackery.com for 3,072 Wh and 3,600 W
Same score
Battery LifeAnker SOLIX: 7Jackery: 7
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- Rated 4,000 cycles to 80 percent capacity
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- 4,000 cycles to 70 percent capacity
VerificationAnker SOLIX: 6Jackery: 6
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- SGS lists it to UL 2743 and UL 9540 by model, but no UL 1973 battery listing
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- SGS lists it to UL 2743 by model
Warranty & SupportAnker SOLIX: 8Jackery: 8
Anker SOLIX top-scored: F3000 Portable Power Station
- Anker's policy gives it 5 years
Jackery top-scored: HomePower 3000 Power Station
- 3+2 years under Jackery's HomePower series policy
Social score about Anker SOLIX and Jackery
Independent sources pooled per brand. N of M = how many scored products carry the brand-level reading shown, out of all scored.
RedditAnker SOLIX: 5Jackery: 6 (higher)
Anker SOLIX
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- Mixed: owner threads about Anker SOLIX stations mix praise and service complaints
- Praised: in an r/anker thread on where to buy an F2600 (July 2026), owners praised the direct store's 30-day price match and quick shipping
- Returns: in the same thread one owner said Anker Direct refused valid returns and charged return fees
- Claims: a Costco buyer described over a week of once-a-night replies on a PS400 panel claim
- Warranty: a UK owner in r/LinusTechTips (June 2026) needed about 30 emails before a manager honoured a warranty replacement
Brand rollup across scored products. 5 of 10 scored products carry this reading.
Jackery
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- Why brand-level: no Reddit owner report names this model, so the pool reads Jackery generally, where it is mixed
- Regrets thread: in r/Jackery's December 2024 thread, about 17 were satisfied against about 12 complaints, mostly overpriced panels and proprietary 8 mm solar ports, slow support and a few units dead on arrival
- r/preppers: the top answer in an April 2025 thread, from an owner of five units, called them easy to use and durable and the panels overpriced
- Faults: two owners reported failed ports or problems with larger units
Brand rollup across scored products. 5 of 12 scored products carry this reading.
GoogleAnker SOLIX: 8 (higher)Jackery: 7
Jackery
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- Why brand-level: no independent written test of this model was found, so the pool reads Jackery generally
- CNET: its labs manager, who has tested the brand since 2018, called it one of the most consistent power-station brands and found its usable capacity about 5 percent below competitors' on average (August 2024)
- OutdoorGearLab: buys its test units Ranks the Explorer 2000 v2 first of 14 power stations
Brand rollup across scored products. 5 of 12 scored products carry this reading.
YouTubeAnker SOLIX: 7 (higher)Jackery: 6
Jackery
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- Why brand-level: no independent video tests this model, and most current Jackery videos carry Jackery promotion copy or discount codes
- ColoradoRMN: paid for his Explorer 1000 v2 and drew 920 Wh from it with 11 percent left (December 2024)
- Van couple: a UK couple who bought three Explorer 1000s in 2025 returned two for fault codes and found the third arrived discharged
Brand rollup across scored products. 5 of 12 scored products carry this reading.
Owner reviewsAnker SOLIX: 8 (higher)Jackery: 7
Anker SOLIX
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- Home Depot: five Anker SOLIX station files hold 269 reviews Setting aside 115 marked as customer reviews from Anker and 17 from its Reviewer Program leaves 137 native reviews from 2024 to 2026, 53 of them ratings without text
- Praised: native owners describe running refrigerators for 8.8 to 32 hours, CPAP machines and a well pump, and praise fast recharging
- Faults: complaints gather on the F3800, with failed solar or DC inputs, a display failing after a year and a shutdown at about 1,800 W of UPS load
- Lowe's: the shared C1000X Gen 2 and C2000X Gen 2 file holds eight native reviews among 40
- Not counted: Best Buy's 96 C1000X and C1000X Gen 2 reviews all carry the Incentivized or Tech Insider Network tag Walmart's 66 C1000X-series reviews and most of Sam's Club's are syndicated from Anker or incentivised
Brand rollup across scored products. 6 of 10 scored products carry this reading.
Jackery
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- Why brand-level: no US retailer holds a native review file of ten or more for this model, so the pool reads Costco's Jackery files, which carry no syndicated or incentivised reviews
- Costco: 4.4 from 143 on an Explorer 1500 v2 bundle (86 percent recommend), 4.2 from 82 on the Explorer 600 v2 and 3.9 from 43 on an Explorer 5000 Plus kit (69 percent)
- Excluded: Best Buy's and Walmart's Jackery files are almost entirely incentivised or syndicated from jackery.com
Brand rollup across scored products. 3 of 12 scored products carry this reading.
Same score
AmazonAnker SOLIX: 9Jackery: 9
Jackery
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- Why brand-level: Amazon's only Explorer 1000 Plus listing, a solar bundle, has no ratings, so the pool reads Jackery's station-alone listings there
- Ratings: 4.7 from 3,666 on the Explorer 1000 v2, 4.4 from 881 on the Explorer 2000 v2, 4.4 from 243 on the HomePower 3000 and 4.6 from 204 on the HomePower 3600 Plus
- Not scored: Jackery's brand panel shows only order badges
Brand rollup across scored products. 1 of 12 scored products carry this reading.
The scores above are our reading of the evidence below. This is the evidence.
Safety listings are recorded per product from the certifier's own directory or a certificate the maker publishes, not from the maker's wording. A UL listing can be checked by model in UL Product iQ.
Warranty terms
Anker SOLIX
10 of 10
Jackery
12 of 12
Best Anker SOLIX vs best Jackery, category by category
The three best-scoring products each brand sells in every category they both compete in, ranked by overall score.
Portable Stations
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1st of 74 in Portable Stations
Strengths
- Full rated output at 120 V
- High usable capacity in CNET's test
- Strong solar input through a high-voltage input
- Long-rated LiFePO4 cells
Drawbacks
- 120 V only from one unit
- Heavy
- 20 ms UPS switchover
- Proprietary AC charging plug
17th of 74 in Portable Stations
Strengths
- Top-tier continuous and surge output
- 30 A outlet for an RV
- Most of its rated capacity drawn by CNET
- Good solar input
Drawbacks
- No expansion battery
- Heavy, with no wheels
- Lower cycle end point
- Time-of-use scheduling faulted by owners
3rd of 74 in Portable Stations
Strengths
- Fast UPS switchoverfaster still in testing
- Long-rated LiFePO4 cells
- Fast wall charge
- Light for its capacity
Drawbacks
- Limited solar input
- AC trips under heavy load while charging in UPS mode
- No built-in light
- No wheels
17th of 74 in Portable Stations
Strengths
- Light for its capacity
- Editor's Choice at OutdoorGearLabfirst of 14
- Battery certified to IEC 62619
- Fast wall charge
Drawbacks
- Low solar input
- No expansion battery
- Lower cycle end point
- Full-rate AC charging only in emergency modeper TheSolarLab
11th of 74 in Portable Stations
Strengths
- Strong continuous output
- Fast wall charge in UltraFast mode
- Fast UPS switchover
- Long-rated LiFePO4 cells
Drawbacks
- No expansion battery
- No built-in light
- UltraFast resets whenever the cable is unplugged
- Loud fan near full output
21st of 74 in Portable Stations
Strengths
- Expands to 12 kWh
- Fast UPS switchover
- Good solar input
- Long cycle rating
Drawbacks
- Standard charge time not published
- Weight stated two ways on one page
- Expansion pack priced two ways
- Lower cycle end point
Home Backup Power Systems
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4th of 15 in Home Backup
Strengths
- High continuous split-phase output
- Very strong high-voltage solar input
- Large expansion per power module
- NEMA 4 enclosure for outdoor installs
Drawbacks
- No outlets without a separately sold power strip
- Slow 120 V charging without an inlet box or Power Dock
- No built-in screensettings live in the app
- Turbo output needs a second battery
3rd of 15 in Home Backup
Strengths
- Top-tier output at 120/240 V from one unit
- Expands to 60 kWh
- UL 9540 listed with the Smart Transfer Switch
- Very high solar input
Drawbacks
- Very heavy
- F6 shutdowns reportedfixed by firmware from support
- Lower cycle end point
- 240 V lost while charging from 120 Vper two creators
7th of 15 in Home Backup
Strengths
- Split-phase 240 V from one unit
- Strong high-voltage solar input
- Charges from a 240 V generator with the optional adapter
- Large expansion per unit
Drawbacks
- High AC idle draw in HOBOTECH's test
- 240 V output switches off while charging from 120 V
- 240 V charging capped without an expansion battery
- Very heavy
11th of 15 in Home Backup
Strengths
- Expands to 21 kWh
- Fast UPS switchover
- Long cycle rating
- TT-30 outlet for an RV
Drawbacks
- 240 V needs two units and a $199 connector
- Bypass limit trips larger loads in UPS modeper owners
- Solar input capped
- Heavy
8th of 15 in Home Backup
Strengths
- Split-phase 240 V from one unit
- Very high continuous output and surge
- Large expansion per unit
- Fast UPS cutover in testing
Drawbacks
- No 240 V output while charging from 120 V
- Low-voltage solar inputs
- Low usable capacity in testing
- High idle draw in testing
12th of 15 in Home Backup
Strengths
- 120/240 V split-phase from one unit
- Expands to 21.5 kWh43 kWh with two in parallel
- Jackery transfer switch for its 240 V circuits
- Fast UPS switchover
Drawbacks
- Limited output per 120 V outlet
- One USB-C port
- Heavy, with no wheels
- UL 9540 claim rests on a switch not sold on the US store
Anker SOLIX vs Jackery: the numbers
Anker SOLIX vs Jackery: common questions
Is Anker SOLIX or Jackery better?
Anker SOLIX 6.9 from 10 scored products; Jackery 5.5 from 12.
What is the biggest difference between Anker SOLIX and Jackery?
Backup Readiness: Anker SOLIX medians 7.0, Jackery medians 5.0 (Anker SOLIX by 2.0).
Which is better for power output, Anker SOLIX or Jackery?
Anker SOLIX on power output — Anker SOLIX 7.0, Jackery 5.5.
Which is better for capacity, Anker SOLIX or Jackery?
Anker SOLIX on capacity — Anker SOLIX 6.0, Jackery 5.5.
Which Anker SOLIX and Jackery portable stations should I buy?
Anker SOLIX: Anker SOLIX F3000 Portable Power Station. Jackery: Jackery HomePower 3000 Power Station.
How does Stuff VS Things score Anker SOLIX and Jackery?
Our own product medians: 10 Anker SOLIX and 12 Jackery. A criterion is compared only where both brands clear the floor.
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Scores calculated 11 November 2026 · Products excluded where fewer than two independent sources cover them · · How we score