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Backup by Biolite is a giant (but sleek!) battery that keeps your fridge running during outages

We checked out the Backup by Biolite home back up battery at CES 2025. It was chonky and sexy.

As power outages get more frequent, people who'd never much thought about residential home battery backup systems are probably starting to give it some consideration. You can also use Backup on-demand when your power is perfectly fine, or even schedule it to come online at certain times, something you may want to do when you're dealing with higher electricity prices for peak usage periods. The larger Complete version is eligible for a 30 percent tax rebate, as it meets federal requirements that stipulate a backup system be at least 3 kWh and be physically installed in the home.

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