Camping & Hiking
Jackery Explorer 300 Review: 8 Months of Powering Camp
Eight months of weekend camping trips with the Jackery Explorer 300: what it powers, how long it lasts, and where it falls short.
Our cooler died, our phones died, and the nearest store was forty minutes down a dirt road. Here's what we bought after that trip.
Eight months of weekend camping trips with the Jackery Explorer 300: what it powers, how long it lasts, and where it falls short.
A side-by-side comparison of the Jackery Explorer 300 and the Anker SOLIX C300 for car campers who need reliable power at the campsite.
Why more car campers are leaving the generator at home and packing a portable power station instead, and what it actually gets you at the campsite.
Our cooler died, our phones died, and the nearest store was forty minutes down a dirt road. Here's what we bought after that trip.
A step-by-step plan for running a fridge-style cooler off a portable power station, so you can camp all weekend without buying ice.
Two seasons, thirty nights, one 292 watt hour battery. What the Jackery Explorer 300 actually does for a car camper, and what the marketing leaves out.
After a full season of hauling camp gear from the car to the site, here is what the ROSONG folding wagon did right and where it hit its limits.
Two seasons of car camping with the ROSONG and a borrowed Blomoba, to see which folding wagon earns its place in the back of the 4Runner.
Why a folding wagon cart is the gadget campers with knee or back trouble wish they had bought years ago.
One bad knee, one 200-yard carry from the 4Runner, and the folding wagon that changed how I camp.
A field guide to moving the whole camp from the truck to the tent in one trip, based on a season and a half of loading and pulling in northern Arizona and southern Utah.
After a year of car camping across Arizona, Utah, and the eastern Sierra, here is what the ROSONG folding wagon does well, where it struggles, and who should skip it.
A year of weekend trips, one windstorm at home, and a lot of nights at the picnic table. Here is what the Lepro rechargeable lantern got right and where it falls short.
A season of car camping with the budget Lepro and three weekends with the pricier Goal Zero Lighthouse. Here is whether the price gap buys anything real.
Why swapping a bin of AA flashlights for one rechargeable lantern makes camp evenings easier, not just brighter.
A story about the trip where dead batteries nearly ended the night early, and the rechargeable lantern that saved it.
A step-by-step guide to making one rechargeable lantern light your entire campsite for a weekend without ever going dark.
A two-season, thirty-night honest review of the Lepro 1000LM rechargeable camping lantern, and the three things the product page will not tell you.
A full season of car camping with the Alvantor pop up screen house: setup time, wind performance, and what actually wore out.
A side-by-side comparison of the Alvantor pop up screen house and a Coleman canopy, based on four seasons of use in Arizona and Utah.
A pop up screen house has become the one piece of gear I will not camp without.
How one mosquito-filled weekend on the Mogollon Rim turned us into screen house people.
A step-by-step guide to setting up a pop up screen house in minutes, so you can enjoy the evening instead of fighting mosquitoes.
Eleven trips in a year with the Alvantor pop up screen house, the honest version: what works, what wears, and the fold down nobody warns you about.
Two full seasons, thirty nights of cooking, and one plainspoken opinion about the Camp Chef Explorer two-burner stove.
I put both stoves through four seasons of car camping. Here is where the Camp Chef Explorer wins, where the Coleman Triton wins, and which one you should bring.
Why upgrading to a two-burner camp stove changes what a camp kitchen can actually cook, not just how fast.
A story about the trip where a single-burner stove failed at breakfast and a two-burner stove fixed camp cooking for good.
A two-burner stove with real output on both burners changes what breakfast at camp looks like. Here is the exact sequence I use to get eggs, bacon, and pancakes onto the table at the same time.
Two seasons, thirty-five nights, and one honest verdict on the 60,000 BTU two-burner stove.
Eight months of weekend camping trips with the Jackery Explorer 300: what it powers, how long it lasts, and where it falls short.
Two seasons, thirty nights, one 292 watt hour battery. What the Jackery Explorer 300 actually does for a car camper, and what the marketing leaves out.
After a full season of hauling camp gear from the car to the site, here is what the ROSONG folding wagon did right and where it hit its limits.
After a year of car camping across Arizona, Utah, and the eastern Sierra, here is what the ROSONG folding wagon does well, where it struggles, and who should skip it.
A year of weekend trips, one windstorm at home, and a lot of nights at the picnic table. Here is what the Lepro rechargeable lantern got right and where it falls short.
A two-season, thirty-night honest review of the Lepro 1000LM rechargeable camping lantern, and the three things the product page will not tell you.
A full season of car camping with the Alvantor pop up screen house: setup time, wind performance, and what actually wore out.
Eleven trips in a year with the Alvantor pop up screen house, the honest version: what works, what wears, and the fold down nobody warns you about.
Two full seasons, thirty nights of cooking, and one plainspoken opinion about the Camp Chef Explorer two-burner stove.
Two seasons, thirty-five nights, and one honest verdict on the 60,000 BTU two-burner stove.