Jackery Explorer 500 vs Goal Zero Yeti 400

The Jackery Explorer 500 managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely Good Housekeeping and Popular Mechanics. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Best portable power station for camping" title from Good Housekeeping and "Ranked 1 out of 15" from Popular Mechanics, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

Taking a look at the Goal Zero Yeti 400, it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - Macworld and The Verge - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

We conducted an analysis of all of the review data that we could find on these two products. First, we focused on sources that tested and rated both of them, like Charger Harbor, and learned that they all showed a preference for the Goal Zero Yeti 400.

Then we took a look at the highest review scores that these two Portable Generators received. We found that the Jackery Explorer 500 managed to earn a rating of 9 from Charger Harbor, whereas the Goal Zero Yeti 400 got its highest, 10, score from reviewers at ecotality.com.

Finally, we compared them to other Portable Generators on the market and found that the two of them got reviewed similarly to the majority of their competitors. The overall average review score for Portable Generators in general is 9.2 out of 10, whereas the Jackery Explorer 500 and Goal Zero Yeti 400 managed averages of 9.0 and 9.1 points, respectively.

It should be noted that it might not be entirely fair to do a direct Jackery Explorer 500 vs. Goal Zero Yeti 400 comparison due to the difference in their pricing; some sources have a tendency to review more premium products better than more affordable ones.