It saves the day.

So the last time we had something like this for sale over on Meh, everybody over there kind of lost their minds a little bit. We sold…all of them. We sold all of the refurbished stock we had, then went and got a bunch of new ones and sold those, too.

It was great.

But the reason it was great wasn’t so much a testament to our daily deal prowess as it was to the pure usefulness of this kind of power station. It’s not “charge up your phone battery in a pinch because you played too much Candy Crush” backup power. This is “keep your digital life running even if something pretty bad happens” kind of backup power.

From phones to tablets to medical devices that you really need in a pinch, this big, clunky sucker will be there for you. It’ll be there for you if the power goes out and it’ll be there for you if you’re headed off the grid somewhere, like camping or an Airbnb that really meant it when the listing said “rustic.”

Really, it makes the case for itself without us having to say much at all. So that means there are only two things you have to do now. The first is to order one. The second is to make sure it actually gets plugged in somewhere so that it’s ready to go when you need it.

Super easy, right?

And even though $149.99 isn’t exactly trivial, it definitely falls into the category of worth every penny when you need it. Plus these retail for about twice that, so you can buy one knowing you’re getting a proper deal.

It’s basically life support for anything you have that plugs in. Seems like something you should have handy.