The Lawn Care Nut tests hurricane backup power for Starlink
A September demonstration of an EGO battery power station has suddenly become a much bigger draw than its usual daily trickle.
Why this story? The video is running at 20,954 views a day, 85 times its usual pace (248).
Hurricane Preparedness - Portable Power from EGO Power Plus // Nexus 1400 Watt Power Station
A MacBook Pro and a Starlink dish are the test equipment in The Lawn Care Nut's hurricane-preparedness video. Working from his truck bed, the host plugs them into an EGO Nexus portable power station to show what battery backup can actually run.
The September upload added roughly 21,000 views in a day, compared with its usual few hundred. That is a sharp change for a review more than a month old, on a channel whose other recent subjects include grass plugs, yellowing lawns and an EGO chainsaw.
The demonstration centers on a practical distinction: a fuel generator cannot come indoors. "Oh, and by the way, you can bring this indoors; you can't bring a generator indoors," the host says of the battery unit, after pointing out the noise of a traditional inverter generator.
He tests laptop charging through USB-C, then connects the Starlink dish to an AC outlet. Switching the AC output off and on lets him separate the devices' power demands on the display, rather than simply showing that their plugs fit.
The comments raise questions beyond those quick tests. One viewer asks whether it could power a sump pump; others debate the value of using tool batteries rather than a dedicated power station. The video itself stays with the laptop and internet setup, followed by a look at its work light, app and charging inputs.
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What viewers say
Will that power a sump pump?
@elixir765See it on YouTubeI need to find a reason to own one. They’re sweet.
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Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- The Lawn Care Nut
- Subscribers
- 597,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 213,813
- Channel views, pace per day
- 45,075 (on a normal day: 32,092)
- Video published
- September 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 29,876 (39 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 20,954 (on a normal day: 248)
The numbers
The September power-station review accounts for nearly half of the channel's daily views. Its sudden lift is much larger than the channel-wide increase.
💡 Test your knowledge
What does PD stand for in the USB-C connection demonstrated in the video?
The host explains that USB PD means Power Delivery while demonstrating the laptop-charging port.



