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Holy crap you are serious about your caffeine!! Jet boil and instant coffee sleeves for years when camping.

It's cool I was not referring to you. I understand where you are coming from. Hell, I would have been upset too. I feel bad for the gentlemen having to deal with poor customer service.

After crimping I do a few pull tests. After my Andersons are assembled I stretch out smaller glue impeded heat shrink with with needle nose, slip it over the connectors and wire then melt it on. It acts as an extra protection against connections coming loose.

Boy this thread sure did bring out the Jackery haters. I imagine any kind of solar generator or electronic device that drops to the ground has a very good chance of failing. I feel bad that the OP is having trouble with getting the manufacturer to replace the unit for free. I would pull it...

It's all about the driver. While the Land Rover is an outstanding machine it is no more capable than a bone stock Toyota Tacoma TRD. Not meaning to offend the OP, but the Land Rover is only better because it makes up for your skill level in terrain that you struggled with in the Toyota. Thank...

I hear that. I hope to never need mine......

Search And Rescue is included as part of the plan. Up to 2 per year. If you are riding, wheeling or hiking in a restricted area then you are on the hook for everything and heavily fined. I'm not sure what you mean by "real time"? If I am in an open area and do a check in, my wife gets it...

SPOT devices are every bit as good as a PLB. Globalstar is not new to the game and is very reliable depending on where you travel. I would not recommend getting a Gen 1. Do yourself a favor and get at least a Gen 3 or higher. Battery life is quadrupled and it has an external power outlet as...

Those PLB 40's are really hard to beat. Only reason I went with the Jackery was my budget. I really don't see anything much better than the PLB 40 with comparable features and durability.

Plug it into my 12 volt socket.

You are going to be more than happy and get many years of reliable use out of the Victron controller.

My Victron 75/15 is mounted under the hood with no issues whatsoever. I live in high temp weather and am banging around off road. The bluetooth feature is flawless as well. The IP 43/22 and 140 degree temp rating is more than sufficient for under hood use. While it not designed for it, there is...

I purchased a cheap 300 watt inverter that will take care of quick charging my Jackery solar generator when solar power is limited.

Another alternative to the "boost-buck converter" is to go with a flyback converter as a charging solution. It has the advantage of using either AC or DC input to regulate DC output. As far as cost I have no clue as I have not considered either as an application for step down charging...

How many total mV are the batteries and the mAh? What brand and specific heat range specs? Give us those numbers and I'm willing to bet some of the members here can help you safely configure your system. I will caution you that I doubt you will to do it cheaper than one of the already...

The cool thing is I now have both a dual battery and a power box. Thank you for the link Sir.

That's good info and I never thought of a few small ones instead of one large. I almost considered the Dometic PLB-40. It's one of those buy once cry once items. I could not overlook the Jackery. I was price driven on that and my solar panel.

And look at the price they are going for!! How in the heck is someone going to put together a 46 Ah portable power station that comes in under 15 lbs? And with all those features at just over 300 bucks. I'm not sure how good the Rockpals power stations are. I will tell you the Rockpals...

That's the one I'm using Herbie. As an added note you can also order a few of the 40 amp contacts if you want to up your amp rating.

FWIW in my experience, mAh ratings are used to relate capacity to how long the battery(s) will support a load for a specific amount of time, typically hours, portion of a hour, minutes, and seconds. Having the capacity stated in mAh (vs Ah), just makes it easier to figure out. With experience...