(BPT) – When you think of power outages, you may initially imagine a minor inconvenience: You’re grabbing flashlights because you’re in the dark briefly, until power is restored. But recent extreme weather events combined with the aging power grid in many parts of the country have led to extended outages that can last not just hours but days or even longer, with essential appliances like your refrigerator and freezer losing power.
At a time when grocery prices are soaring, the last thing you want is to lose an entire fridge and freezer full of food, not to mention other crucial items that need refrigeration and are hard to replace. If you’ve ever had to throw out a week’s worth of spoiled food, you know how disheartening it can be, not to mention the strain it can put on your household budget.
On top of that, many other systems and devices in your home rely on power that you may not even think about. A gap in power can shut down your home office and Wi-Fi setup in the middle of a workday. Losing power can keep your fish tank’s filtration system and your plug-in recliner from working.
These quiet, everyday essentials depend on one outlet working, so how can you ensure they keep running, no matter what? You need an emergency power supply.
Protecting home necessities with backup power
To make sure you never have to discard all your hard-earned groceries or worry about key appliances in your home not functioning, you need a reliable source of backup power that doesn’t rely on the power grid.
Enter FridgeGuard*, the world’s slimmest smart fridge backup from Jackery, a global leader in portable power stations and solar generators. FridgeGuard is purpose-built to protect your home’s most essential, always-on appliance designed to set up once and remain ready. It switches to battery power in under 10 milliseconds, which is fast enough that your refrigerator’s compressor never registers a gap, and its 1600W peak output is specifically sized to handle the compressor’s startup surge. Thanks to 1024 Watt hours (Wh) of capacity, FridgeGuard delivers up to 15 hours of runtime (or 30 hours with an expansion battery).
FridgeGuard also enables efficient, money-saving home energy planning. Its intelligent remote monitoring tracks energy use in real time, letting you delay output when needed, and craft personalized Time-of-Use scheduling with off-peak charging to keep your energy costs lower.
Best yet, if your FridgeGuard’s battery is depleted but the power grid is still down, FridgeGuard supports recharging via solar panels and even a car to avoid downtime throughout longer-term emergencies.
While your fridge is the focus of this backup battery, the same power can also keep your fish tank filtration system running, ensure that your plug-in recliner or lift chair is still operating, power your home office and Wi-Fi router without interruption.
Using an LiFePO4 battery platform that retains at least 70% capacity after 6,000 cycles, which comes out to 16 years of daily use, FridgeGuard is engineered for long-term reliability. Backed by a 5-year warranty and UL1778, UL1741 and UL1973 safety certifications, the backup battery is made from UL94-5VA flame-retardant materials, plus an integrated surge protection and grid anomaly safeguards.
Streamlined design that can be used anywhere
Space limitations? No worries. FridgeGuard is built with a slim, wall-mountable 2.6-inch profile that’s designed to blend seamlessly and quietly into your kitchen, or wherever its companion appliance is. For placement flexibility, you can tailor its orientation precisely to any kitchen layout with either floor-standing, bracket-mounted or wall-mounted configuration options.
But you won’t necessarily want FridgeGuard hidden away. With four prestigious design awards, including the iF Design Award 2026, it combines form and function all in one, providing the minimalistic and refined look a modern home deserves, along with backup capabilities that give homes the long-term energy backup solution they need.
The setup is easy: Simply connect FridgeGuard to a traditional wall outlet and plug your refrigerator or other essential device into FridgeGuard directly. FridgeGuard’s streamlined, always-ready dependability eliminates the hassle of having to move anything around when a storm hits.
Rising electricity costs, persistent inflation, the increasing frequency of extreme weather and growing grid instability are all prompting more homeowners to rethink the importance of home energy self-reliance. Now you can keep your refrigerator and most essential appliances running, no matter what the grid is doing.
Visit Jackery.com to learn more about FridgeGuard. FridgeGuard has launched as a Costco exclusive, available at Costco.com and at physical locations in select regions.
*FridgeGuard features a single AC outlet capable of supporting a total continuous draw of 800W.
