I bought an ecoflow some time ago, I’m constantly impressed with what it can run. Its primarily a backup source of power for my freezer in case of a power outage, but I make sure to pull it out of the closet and use it every 6 months or so to keep it functional.

It’s slightly over 1kwh of energy storage, and it really helps me understand what a kwh means. It runs a laptop for a week. It runs a lamp with an LED bulb for more than a week. It runs a vacuum for barely 1 hour. It runs a toaster oven, but only on lower settings. It runs a microwave for right at an hour.

The display on the side that shows output and how many hours it can maintain that output has been very useful to learn more about these things without having to leave things running until the battery dies.

I definitely recommend the Lifepo4 batteries. Not exploding is worth losing a few watt-hours of storage in the same size and weight, and longevity with more cycles is great, too!