Head to head
Two products, one line at a time
Each page puts two real alternatives beside each other — a station against a battery and inverter built separately, lithium against lead, a balcony kit against a roof — specification by specification, and finishes with two verdicts rather than one, because the same pair rarely suits two people the same way.
- Small and light against large and fast
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Jackery Explorer 300D, 288 Wh, 300 W DC output vs Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2, 1024 Wh, 2000 W with a 3000 W peak A station you carry, or a station that runs the house for an evening? 7 lines compared - Twenty amps documented against forty amps declared
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Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 100/20, 20 A, 100 V PV maximum, 12/24/48 V vs Y&H 40 A, 12 V/24 V, dual USB, LCD Is twice the current worth half the documentation? 7 lines compared - Two hundred-amp-hour packs, measured differently
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ECO-WORTHY 12 V 100 Ah LiFePO4 with Bluetooth and low-temperature cut-off vs Exakt EXL100, 12.8 V 100 Ah LiFePO4 Fifteen thousand cycles, or eight and a half thousand with the depth stated? 7 lines compared - Expandable storage against a stated chemistry
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Anker SOLIX Solarbank 2 Plus, expandable to 9.6 kWh vs MARSTEK B2500-D, 2240 Wh, IP65 Expandable to nine kilowatt-hours, or a chemistry you can look up? 6 lines compared - One watt at idle, or nothing published
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Victron Energy 500 VA pure sine, 12 V to 230 V, 900 W peak vs Green Cell 300 W pure sine, 12 V to 230 V, 600 W peak What does an inverter cost you when nothing is plugged in? 7 lines compared - Twenty-one kilos against thirty-five hundred watts
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HYUNDAI HY2300Si, 2.0 kW continuous, 2.2 kW maximum, 21 kg vs Scheppach SG3500i, 3200 W maximum, 3500 W peak, 66 dB Carry it alone, or run more from it? 7 lines compared