Star Simpson

Thinking about disaster preparedness. There are a million lists — I've rarely seen one include a simple car battery & inverter for power.

my experience with an e-scooter that used them is that lead acids are really easy to ruin if you don’t keep them charged

Right! Better if left on a trickle charger/battery tender?

for sure - maybe this is being too picky, but my idealized disaster kit is shelf-stable, in a box somewhere, not plugged in.

As soon as you need it, it's not plugged in