Goal Zero Yeti 1250 Portable Power Station - Portable power station - lead acid - 100 Ah

I bought this after Hurricane Irma, a few days before Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Have been using it to power up a standard size fridge, a fan, and charge my electronics for over a month. Still no power at my apartment but have been able to keep fridge on during the day with two 100w boulder briefcase solar panels and use the charged battery at night for two fans and charging cellphones and laptops. Originally bought with one panel had to buy a second one since the only place where I am able to set the panels securely in my apartment only gets sunlight for about 5.5 hrs a day. Thinking of buying a third panel (200w boulder briefcase) if power doesnxt vomes back in the next few weeks to be able to fully recharge the battery, keep fridge on during the night, and chain a 12v 100Ah battery. Didn't expect to be out of power for such a long time but the Yeti 1250 has been a lifesaver. Will recommend to anyone that lives on hurricane prone areas, specially those that live in apartments and can't have fuel generators. For me it was a good investment since it has been over a month without power in which I haven't had to do long lines or buy fuel for a generator.

We have been using and living off the Yeti 1250 in our Westfalia for over a year now. We charge it with 2x Boulder 90 panels and get all the power we could possibly use. Our TruckFridge TF-49 runs off the Yeti 24/7 with enough power left over to charge our phones, camera batteries and more. Thanks for the great products that are so easy to use Goal Zero!

Not a bad piece of equipment but not made for rugged field operations. Most fuses are internal and if you blow one, you have to take the top off and replace the fuses. The 1250 should have been engineered with re-settable circuit breakers **accessible from the outside of the case** because not everyone who takes this into the field is going to carry spare fuses. In my opinion, the cheap engineering makes this unit unreliable in an emergency.

When I read about this product it said I could run my refrigerator off it. So I purchased it since we were having a lot of power outages. I used it and it lasted 30 minutes. Then the battery wouldn't charge us all the way after that. Now it says small refrigerator. Would have been helpful before I purchased it.

We live aboard a sailboat. When out, I needed a way to run our 110 V refrigerator when away from shore power. The Yeti 1250 plus solar panels has been the answer. Because of the curved surfaces, I purchased two relatively inexpensive Renogy 100 W flexible solar panels and wired them to the AP input of the Yeti 1250. The system works great, keeps the refrigerator going on extended trips away from the marina. In this application, the Yeti 1250 is functioning as an extra "house-bank" battery/controller. The Yeti 1250 works as advertised. It is a great product!