Portable Emergency Power Pack

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From the website:

Portable Power Pack

Backup power wherever you go

The wheeled Portable Powerpack™ produces up to 1500W of safe, silent household AC power to run a refrigerator or office equipment during short-term power emergencies, or run an outdoor TV or leafblower.

• Includes a rechargeable battery

• Built for rugged use

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Here's how I see it: the power goes out during a storm a couple times a year.

OK.

I've got my laptop with a charged battery and a fully-charged spare, so that gives me 5 or so hours of power.

I keep my wired phone line and dial-up internet service for just this contingency: it's slow but it works even if the power goes out.

So adding this wheelie thing might give me a heckuva lot more computer time: I mean, if it can power a refrigerator you've gotta figure it can keep my trusty PowerBook alive for some time.

And I do like the fact that I won't blow myself up or set the house on fire or asphyxiate myself as TechnoDolts™ are wont to do when they start messing around with Honda-style gasoline-powered generators.

The Powerpack™ costs $369.