Before you pick a portable power station as your backup power source, it is best to consider the type of devices you will be powering (phone, laptop, refrigerator, coffee maker, etc.) and how many devices you will need to keep powered and how long you may need them to work.

There are two main types of portable power stations on the market, lithium-ion and lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries.
Each portable power station or battery has a certain life cycle or charge cycle, basically a charge cycle is to bring it down from 100% to 0%.
Realistically, most of the time you won't use the battery in this way, maybe you'll drop it from 100% to 90%, and if you do that 10 times, that's a life cycle too.

A battery management system, often referred to as a BMS, is an essential piece of equipment for all lithium-ion batteries. In this article, we will explain what BMS are, how they work and how you can choose the right BMS for your battery