Don't buy a power station until you try this with your tool batteries

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Mar 13, 2026 - 12:30

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Don't buy a power station until you try this with your tool batteries

Portable power stations have become one of those products that seem indispensable once you start reading about them. Jackery, EcoFlow, Bluetti — there's a whole category built around the idea that you need a dedicated battery bank to keep the lights on during a storm or charge your phone at a campsite. Some of those products are excellent. They're also $150 on the low end, closer to $400 if you want real capacity, and they require their own charging ecosystem. If you already own Ryobi ONE+ tools, you may already have most of what you need. The Ryobi 18V ONE+ 150W power source costs $49 as a bare tool and snaps directly onto the batteries you already own. It changed how I think about portable power.