Survey Sunday: How much home battery backup do YOU need?

Home batteries are getting a lot of attention lately, but are people really looking for a full “whole home” setup, or are they just interested in keeping their phones alive for some post-hurricane doom scrolling? We asked you, our brilliant Electrek readers, what you were looking for in your home battery. Here’s what you said.

In case you missed the survey, the question read, “Home batteries are getting a lot of attention lately — including here on Electrek — but not everyone is looking for a full ‘whole home’ setup. If you were shopping for a home battery, what’s the minimum you’d expect it to do?”

After two weeks and more than 2,700 individual responses, the numbers seem to indicate that Electrek readers don’t have much use for a bare-bones system, but a second look may reveal something more nuanced.

By the numbers

The most popular response by a significant margin was The full monty, with 35% of the vote. That was followed by Glamping mode. When combined, they accounted for more than 60% of all responses – but a number of commenters seemed to frame those systems as goals rather than a practical minimum.