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Backup by Biolite is a giant (but sleek!) battery that keeps your fridge running during outages
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. Plenty of companies are happy to address that need and this week at CES, I got to check out Biolite's solution. Unlike something that needs a pro to install, using the Backup is almost as easy as plugging it in (you also need to mount it somewhere in your home).
In person, the battery is remarkably thin and the matte silver finish is about as unobtrusive as you can get. That's all part of the design — BioLite says it's designed to fade into " [...]
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