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**** January 2023 Update: I need to revise my review down to 2 stars due to product unreliability. Jackery works great when it works. However, unit turned into a brick for no reason while being stored in closet (properly maintained/never saw heavy use). This was shortly after the warranty ended, Jackery would not take unit back, even if I paid to have them fix it. They showed no inerest in wanting to look at it just to see what happened or to environmentally dispose of it. While out of warranty, it had only seen light use. The experience really changed how I view Jackery reliability from when I wrote this original review. **** I have several smaller Jackeries, and was hesitant to pull the trigger on the 1500 due to the price. However, I was able to get a good enough deal on it, and this is big enough to run my home furnace off of so I got it as temps dropped. A review on this could get really into the weeds, it seems like most folks are facing these tradeoffs vs. other brands of a similar size: (1) This standard lithium type battery vs. newer LiFe batties. I did look at newer LiFe battery units in other models, and they do have some advantages. However, they are just a bit more expensive, and a LOT heavier. The Jackery 1500 weighs about 35 pounds, the LiFe ones I was looking at were slightly larger and almost double the weight. I wanted grab and go, where my wife and kids could also lug it around. If I was looking for a dedicated unit that was going to stay in camper, or needed more power and wanted to stack/link units, I might have gone with others. For more casual / camper / mobile use, I feel comfortable this unit was the better one for me and have already appreciated its weight. (2) Only 3 USB plugs. I agree that more would have been nice, but this ended up not being a deal breaker for me. We have enough dongles (and smaller Jackeries) that it would not be too much work to charge a bunch of smaller USB devices at once. This is a BIGGER unit, you can charge a furnace off of it in the winter, or a regular fridge off of it in the summer if the power goes out. That is its niche. I have a ton of ways I can charge my cell phones in an emergency, and the three USB ports will likely be enough for me 95% of the time. You will always face many trade-offs with different units, brands, battery types, etc. There is not a perfect one for all situations. If you are looking for a fairly portable (for 1500 w hour units) battery that can handle just about any camping scenario, and a good deal of home emergency use (furnace, fridge, microwave, sump pump, etc.) this will do you just fine. If on the other hand you are hard core off the grid and looking for something you are going to be using weekly, with frequent complete discharges, you may want to look at an approriately sized LiFe Bluetti. Be prepared for a much heavier unit. One bonus for Jackery is they have some of the best solar panels out there, and if you don't have any solar panels yet, you can't go wrong with the Jackery ones. With that said, you do need to get adapters if you have other solar panels already that you want to use with the Jackery. They use proprietary connections :( I would suggest that if you are new to all this, or are looking for simple, Jackery is a great way to go. If you are more advanced you'll want to compare to your unique use/need. The Jackery may still come of better for you (as it did for me), but I am not a Jackery zealot and it can pay to do your research. Nothing worse than shelling out this amount of money and have it not fit your needs.