The correction log

2026-10-07

Bluetti ended the promotion behind our $849 price. On October 7 the unit was $1,199 on Bluetti's store ($0.58 per watt-hour, up from $0.41). The verdict no longer calls it the best value on the site. At $1,199 we now recommend the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2, which holds the same capacity for $299 less, and suggest buying the Bluetti only on a sale under about $900. Its lifetime cost rises from 6.8 to 9.6 cents per kWh cycled, still the lowest we track. The rating is unchanged because the hardware is the same. The same lifetime figure was updated in the EcoFlow Delta 3 Plus review.

2026-10-07

Reversed the head-to-head with the Bluetti Elite 200 v2. The review said the Bluetti was $51 cheaper and the better buy for anyone sure of their load. With the Bluetti back at $1,199, the Anker is $299 cheaper and is now our pick at current prices for both kinds of buyer. The lifetime-cost table was updated to match.

2026-10-07

Moved the Bluetti Elite 200 v2 from first to fourth after its price rose from $849 to $1,199, which takes its cost per fridge-hour from $20.23 to $28.57. The Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 moves from fourth to first. The Bluetti AC180's blurb now correctly calls its $21.40 the cheapest fridge-hour on the page. Other prices are still from September 18 and are labeled that way.

2026-10-07

Swapped second and third place. The Bluetti Elite 200 v2 held second on the strength of $849 and $0.41 per watt-hour. At $1,199 ($0.58) it drops behind the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2, which is $299 cheaper for the same capacity and can be expanded. No other ranking changed.

2026-10-07

Replaced the Bluetti Elite 200 v2 with the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 as the 2kWh pick on the Texas storm prep, generator vs power station, wattage calculator and hurricane prep guides. Each pick justified the Bluetti by the lowest price per watt-hour on the site, which stopped being true when its price rose to $1,199. On the gas furnace guide the Anker becomes the top pick and the Bluetti stays as a buy-on-sale second choice.

2026-09-30

Replaced the Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus as the budget expandable path. Jackery has discontinued the bare unit, so the $899 build we described could no longer be bought. The Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 ($899.99, 2,048Wh) takes the slot, but it expands only to 4kWh, not the 12kWh the Jackery reached, and the paragraph now says so.

2026-09-30

Retracted the claim that Amazon was the only way to get a Delta 3 Plus before hurricane season ends. On September 30 Amazon had the base unit at $669, $50 under EcoFlow's $719, but quoted delivery for November 27, so neither store can deliver one this month. Amazon is now the first link and EcoFlow the second.

2026-09-30

Reordered the buy links on the Delta Pro 3, Delta 3 Plus and C2000 Gen 2 reviews, both roundups, all three comparisons and the watts calculator. Where a brand's own affiliate program hasn't approved this site yet (EcoFlow, Anker, Jackery), the first link now goes to a store whose program has: Amazon or Outbound Power. The brand's own store stays listed underneath. No rating, ranking or price changed. The Delta Pro 3 review's FAQ about link order was rewritten to say this plainly.

2026-09-18

Full price recheck. Removed the Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus, which held fourth place: Jackery has discontinued the bare unit (its page now sells only refurbished kits, a panel bundle and the battery pack alone) and Outbound Power has dropped it, so the $899 price we ranked it on is no longer obtainable. The Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 takes its place at third. Demoted the EcoFlow Delta 3 Plus from third to seventh — not for the hardware, but because EcoFlow now lists the base unit as a pre-order shipping in November, and its price rose from $689 to $719 ($0.67 to $0.70/Wh). Corrected the Bluetti Elite 200 v2 from $899 to $849 ($0.43 to $0.41/Wh), the Anker C1000 Gen 2 from $549.99 to $499.99 ($0.54 to $0.49/Wh), and the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 from $499 to $489, the latter because Jackery raised its own store price to $559 and the primary link moved to Outbound Power.

2026-09-18

Replaced the discontinued Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus at fourth with the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2. Recomputed every cost-per-fridge-hour figure against September prices: the Elite 200 v2 falls from $21.42 to $20.23, the Explorer 1000 v2 rises from $20.73 to $22.58, and the C1000 Gen 2 falls from $25.57 to $24.13. The page's central argument changed as a result — the Elite 200 v2 is now both the longest runtime and the cheapest fridge-hour here, so the ranking no longer needs the food-safety-window argument to justify putting it above the cheaper units.

2026-09-18

Corrected the price from $899 to $849, which improves the headline math: $0.43 to $0.41 per rated watt-hour, and 7.2 to 6.8 cents per kWh cycled. Every reference to the Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus as the same-priced expandable alternative — in the verdict, the cons, an FAQ answer and two body sections — has been repointed at the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2, because Jackery has discontinued the Jackery. The comparison is no longer price-identical: the Anker is $51 dearer, 25.6Wh smaller, 11.7 lb lighter, and rated for 4,000 cycles against Bluetti's 6,000.

2026-09-18

Jackery raised this unit's price on its own store from $499 to $559, so the review's central claim — the cheapest real kilowatt-hour in the class — now depends on a third-party retailer. Corrected the price to $489 (Outbound Power), the per-watt-hour figure from $0.47 to $0.46, and rewrote the 'is the price permanent' FAQ answer, which had warned about exactly this and was proven right. At Jackery's own $559 the Bluetti AC180 is the better buy and the review now says so.

2026-09-18

Corrected the price from $549.99 to $499.99 (a hurricane-season promotion against a $529.99 list, closing September 20) and the per-watt-hour figure from $0.54 to $0.49. The con that read '$549.99 is Anker's everyday price, not a sale' was wrong in both directions and has been replaced. Also corrected the Delta 3 Plus comparison from $140 to $219 more expensive.

2026-09-18

Added the availability finding: EcoFlow's store now lists the base configuration as a pre-order shipping in November, and Outbound Power has dropped the model entirely, leaving Amazon as the only way to receive one this hurricane season. Updated the rival prices in the cost-per-watt-hour table (Jackery $499 to $489, Anker $549.99 to $499.99), which widens rather than narrows this unit's disadvantage.

2026-09-18

The page was built on the two units costing exactly the same, and they no longer do: Jackery raised the Explorer 1000 v2 to $559 while the Bluetti AC180 held at $499, with Outbound Power now the cheapest Jackery source at $489. Rewrote the description, the verdict, the opening and the price FAQ. The conclusion is unchanged and stronger — the AC180 was already winning on capacity at parity, and now wins on manufacturer price too.

2026-09-18

The price gap between these two identical-capacity units widened from $140 to $219 — the Anker fell $50, the EcoFlow rose $30 — so the description, verdict, spec tables and all four body references to '$140' have been corrected, along with the per-watt-hour figures ($0.54 to $0.49 and $0.67 to $0.70). Added the Delta 3 Plus's November pre-order status and dropped its dead Outbound Power alternate link.

2026-09-18

Corrected the price gap from $190 to $230 and the per-watt-hour figures ($0.67 to $0.70 for the EcoFlow, $0.47 to $0.46 for the Jackery). Dropped the Delta 3 Plus's Outbound Power alternate link, which no longer stocks the model, and noted that EcoFlow's own store has the base unit on pre-order until November — which rules it out for this storm season regardless of the math.

2026-09-18

Swapped the discontinued Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus out of the calculator's unit list for the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 (1,741 usable Wh, 2,400W), so the tool no longer recommends a box that cannot be bought.

2026-08-24

Corrected the Delta Pro 3's price from $2,399 to $2,799 after EcoFlow raised it; the per-watt-hour figure moves from $0.59 to $0.68 and the unit is now nearly 6x the Explorer 1000 v2, not 5x. An FAQ answer justified linking EcoFlow over Outbound Power on a $400 price advantage that no longer exists — rewritten. The secondary link moved from Outbound Power to Amazon because Outbound has dropped the base 4,096Wh unit.

2026-08-24

Corrected the Delta Pro 3's price from $2,399 to $2,799 in the ranked table, its blurb, and the source ledger; its $/Wh moves from $0.59 to $0.68. Removed the Outbound Power secondary link for that unit, which no longer stocks it. Its rank is unchanged — the ranking was never a strict $/Wh sort at that tier.

2026-08-24

Corrected the Delta Pro 3's price from $2,399 to $2,799, which raises two build totals that were computed from it: the essentials-plus build from ~$2,700 to ~$3,100, and the automatic whole-home core from ~$4,000 to ~$4,400.

2026-08-24

Corrected the battery column's up-front cost range from $899-$2,399 to $899-$2,799 after the Delta Pro 3's price rise. The guide's conclusion is unchanged.