Hi all,

So I was very close to pulling the trigger to install solar on my roof, but very recently came to question if I want to live in my current house for any longer than the next 3 years. That said, the solar is on the backburner until I decided that. My requirements for getting through loadshedding comfortably didn't change. I'm for all intents and purposes, I'm full time WFH now, which won't be changing soon. I have been looking at these inverter trollies:

https://www.ellies.co.za/product-category/renewable-energy/inverters/inverter-trolley/

Or something like this: 
https://sinetechstore.co.za/?s=powerhex&product_cat=0&post_type=product

They both seem to meet what I have in mind (powering laptop, screen, internet, my storage devices, and maybe TV when loadshedding hits at nights). I basically want to continue on as normal mostly if loadsheding hits or if our substation has tripped again (which happens a lot in my area). As from what I understand, the ellies trolley's batteries don't have a very long life expectancy (versus lithium-ion) and I would assume powerhex would be the same.

The Powerhex seem to be done very nicely, with smaller battery capacity (also not seeing the difference between Powerhex and Powerhex+).

So, all in all, the reason for this post is to bounce my idea off the forum members, and if I'm missing any other obvious solution that doesn't mean me making changes to the house (that I'm not able to take with when I move). What would your recommendation be between my options available? Budget is around R11 000 - R13 000, so the fancy Victron solution I have seen some forum members build is a little out of that price range. 

This isn't my field of expertise, so hoping for some pointers and advice here to maybe guide my decision.

For that budget, I would go for this (https://www.inverter-warehouse.co.za/collections/specials/products/zuva-back-up-box-2) and add few PV panels to it, using the R3k . They will come handy during the day when you have substation trips that take long to be fixed and then you can use the batteries after sun set 

Thanks @hoohloc, that looks good! I like the idea of an added solar panel or 2, mostly for long outages. In the end of the day, this will be a temporally solution till I get solar on the roof with a decently sized inverter.