This portable power station kept my essentials running during a snowstorm outage

• A 2kWh unit weighing under 50lbs thanks to better battery tech
• This unit can handle continuous loads up to 3,800W and 6,000W surges
• Performed flawlessly during a power outage as a result of an unexpected snowstorm.

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Power outages aren't anywhere near as commonplace here in the UK as they were a decade or two ago, so I get fewer opportunities to use power stations during real-world emergencies. 

Well, the other day a fair bit of snow -- a fair bit by UK standards, which, to be fair, is anything more than a quarter of an inch -- fell over the course of a few days, and this resulted in power lines being brought down.

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