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Portable power stations
Choose enough battery for the hours you need, and enough output to start your largest appliance. Find a carryable unit for camping or CPAP, or a larger one for a fridge through an outage, among 116 models from 14 brands.
Uses the hours shown, 85% inverter efficiency and 20% added on top as headroom, with device draws from maker specs.
1,400 Wh needed 57 of 116 models fit
Best value that fits
Drawing2,048 Wh · 41 lb · $649 at Dabbsson, checked Oct 17, 2026
2,048 Wh holds about 1.4 days of this by our sizing; the lowest price per watt-hour of the 23 that fit without carrying twice the battery you need; 5-year warranty.
See it at DabbssonNone of the models we list with a published price holds that much. How to plan a bigger backup.
Our pick: the lowest price per watt-hour among the models that fit and are no more than twice the size you need (for a small load, twice the smallest model that fits), at a maker price from the latest weekly check, in stock at the maker.
Big-brand fit: the same rule among EcoFlow, Jackery, BLUETTI and Anker SOLIX, the four brands with the most models on this site.
Each pick holds enough watt-hours for that use and starts its largest appliance, by the calculator's arithmetic on the maker's figures. Open one to change the devices and hours.
Sized for a day of home backup: 2,323 Wh stored and a 1,351 W startup.
Choose it for 742 Wh more battery and 3,600 W of output against 2,200 W: about the same price as the Dabbsson DBS2300 Plus.
Choose the Dabbsson DBS2300 Plus instead at about the same price: the same price, 5.1 lb lighter; you give up 742 Wh of battery.
Sized for a night of CPAP: 599 Wh stored and a 104 W startup.
Choose it if price decides: $299, the lowest of the 87 models that hold it.
Choose the Jackery Explorer 600 v2 instead if you will carry it: $200 more, 3.5 lb lighter; you give up 128 Wh of battery.
Sized for two nights of camping: 2,066 Wh stored and a 157 W startup.
Choose it if price decides: $799, the lowest of the 35 models that hold it.
Choose the Zendure SuperBase Pro 2000 instead if you will carry it: $1,200 more, 7.5 lb lighter; you give up solar input (600 W against 1,200 W).
Sized for a day in an RV: 648 Wh stored and a 156 W startup.
Choose it for 256 Wh more battery and 1,800 W of output against 600 W: $200 more than the Dabbsson 600L.
Choose the Dabbsson 600L instead if price decides: $200 less, 7.4 lb lighter; you give up 256 Wh of battery.
$729 $1,499 at OUPES
Price unchanged since Oct 7
Sized for a working day in a van: 1,674 Wh stored and a 189 W startup.
Choose it for 2,100 W of solar input against 800 W and a 5-year warranty against 3: $80 more than the Pecron E2400LFP.
Choose the Pecron E2400LFP instead if price decides: $80 less, 3.5 lb lighter; you give up solar input (800 W against 2,100 W).
Best for phones and laptops
Sized for a laptop and two phones: 396 Wh stored and a 60 W startup.
Choose it for 800 W of output against 600 W and 200 W of solar input against 100 W: $10 more than the Pecron E500LFP.
Choose the Pecron E500LFP instead if price decides: $10 less; you give up output (600 W against 800 W).
Not published The P010 has no published surge figure; motor and compressor starts rest on its 800 W continuous rating.
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Match the battery size to the hours you need; the best picks page adds the best value and the easiest to carry in each size.
Choose it for 1,000 W of output against 600 W and 300 W of solar input against 100 W: $30 more than the Pecron E500LFP.
Choose the Pecron E500LFP instead if you want the most battery for the money: $0.47 per Wh against $0.58, $30 less, 2.1 lb lighter; you give up output (600 W against 1,000 W).
Not published The Power 500 has no published surge figure; motor and compressor starts rest on its 1,000 W continuous rating.
Choose it for 1,800 W of output against 1,200 W and room for extra batteries: $43 more than the Dabbsson 1000L.
Choose the Dabbsson 1000L instead if you want the most battery for the money: $0.38 per Wh against $0.42, $43 less, 1.7 lb lighter; you give up output (1,200 W against 1,800 W).
Not published The P180 Pro has no published surge figure; motor and compressor starts rest on its 1,800 W continuous rating.
$649 $1,499 at Pecron
Price unchanged since Oct 11
Choose it for an 18.3 lb lighter carry: $250 less than the Pecron F3000LFP.
Choose the Pecron F3000LFP instead if you want the most battery for the money: $0.29 per Wh against $0.32, $250 more, 18.3 lb heavier.
Choose it for the most battery for the money: $0.34 per Wh ($1,299), the lowest of the 17 whole-home class units.
Choose the Jackery HomePower 3600 Pro Max instead if you will carry it: $800 more, 13.4 lb lighter; you give up output (2,000 W against 4,200 W).
Not published The E3800LFP has no published surge figure; motor and compressor starts rest on its 4,200 W continuous rating.
All 116 models in one table Compare models side by side
Add up the watts of what you will run times the hours, divide by 0.85 for the inverter, add 20% headroom, and check that the station's continuous and surge output cover the largest device. The watt-hour calculator does the sum from device draws in maker specs; the use pages above are pre-set.
From the maker's published figures and our own arithmetic on them. A pick for a use must hold that use's watt-hours and start its largest appliance; among the models that do, price, weight, recharge input and chemistry decide, and each card says when to choose the alternative instead. We have not tested these units ourselves, and other publishers' test results are not used. How we check gives every rule.
None is best across the board. At each size the brands trade price per watt-hour, output, weight, solar input and expandability against each other, which is why the picks are by use and size rather than by brand. The brands page and the brand-versus-brand pages show the ranges side by side.
Usually cheaper per watt-hour, and expandable units let you grow later. But capacity you carry and never use is weight and money, and a large unit refills more slowly from the same panel. Size to what you will run, then look one class up only if its price per Wh drops sharply.
It runs the loads that matter in an outage: a refrigerator, a router, medical devices, lights and phones, for as long as its capacity allows. It does not run central air, an electric range or a water heater. The home backup page sizes the realistic kit.
