Portable power station for weekend cabin trips — how much capacity is actually enough?
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I’m in Madison and spend a fair number of weekends at a small cabin without reliable grid power, mostly running a laptop, a couple of lights, and charging phones and camera batteries. I’ve been trying to pin down what capacity actually makes sense instead of guessing, and the differences between models in the portable power station and solar generator space are hard to sort out from spec sheets alone.
My main worry is that I’ll either overspend on capacity I never use or end up with something that can’t get me through a cloudy weekend. I’m also unsure how much the battery power bank side of things matters if I’m mostly charging small devices.
For anyone who uses one of these off-grid on a regular basis, what capacity turned out to be the practical sweet spot for you, and what would you do differently?