Anker’s Latest Portable Home Backup Battery Won’t Suck Itself Dry So Fast

Home backup batteries are clutch when the power goes out, but unless you’re keeping them fully turned off until you need them, they’re always drawing a bit of power to run themselves. Anker has announced a new battery, the $3,600 Solix S5000, that should minimize this by only pulling as few as 8.8W to drive its own components while not under load.

This is quite low compared to other, similar backup batteries like the $3,500 Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus. That…