Why We Need a Portable Power Station

When you plan on spending a decent amount of time camping without a mains hookup, you may need to invest in portable power stations. These are essentially large lithium batteries which can often allow both AC and DC power to be generated for your electrical items to run off directly or be charged up.

A good enough portable power station for camping can be trickle charged themselves using solar panels and therefore essentially allow you to live off-grid quite effectively for many days and weeks at a time. Of course, you can also charge them up from the mains if required, but it sort of defeats the point when you’re camping. These power stations are useful for larger items to be powered in your tent or campervan such as fridges, cooling fan, grills and lights.

Some kind of smaller camping power station are also available which are more suited to recharging less power-hungry devices such as phones, GPS, smartwatches, or even rechargeable hand warmers.  Owing to their small and portable size, these camping power packs are very useful and easy to travel with.

An oil power generator can also serve some purposes. But, since generators emit carbon monoxide, they require that you take critical safety measures, including running the device outside, at least 20 feet away from any structure. In an age when we can charge our smartphones with a battery pack that fits inside a pants pocket, shouldn't there be a simpler way to restore power in the wake of a storm? Or, say, power a campsite without the constant hum of a gas-fueled generator? The answer is the outdoor portable power station.

For portable power stations are safe, reliable, quite, non-toxic and portable without need of oil refuel.