Portable Power Stations
Battery power stations for camping, RVs, and home backup, compared on rated capacity, real continuous output, chemistry, recharge time, and weight.
the data study: Watt-hours per pound across the 2026 field →
| 8.9 The default pick at 1kWh: huge 4000W surge headroom, six outlets, hour-long recharge, and a keen price. The fan is audible under load. | 1,056 Wh | 1,800 W | LiFePO4 | 58 min | 28.4 lb | 6 | |
| 8.5 Quietest big Anker yet, 2kWh in 42 pounds, full charge in about an hour. Round-trip efficiency near 78 percent is mediocre. | 2,048 Wh | 2,400 W | LiFePO4 | 88 min | 41.7 lb | 5 | |
| 5.6 Trusted Reviews measured 71.5 percent AC round-trip efficiency, could not pull the full rated load, and told readers to skip it despite the tidy build. | 288 Wh | 300 W | LiFePO4 | 68 min | 8.3 lb | 2 | |
| 7.6 The value alternative to the C1000, matching its 1800W output for less cash. Heavier, slower to charge, and the app is fussier. | 1,152 Wh | 1,800 W | LiFePO4 | 78 min | 35.3 lb | 4 | |
| 7.5 Punches far above a roughly 200 dollar price with UPS, wireless charging and fast recharge. The 268Wh pack runs out quickly. | 268 Wh | 600 W | LiFePO4 | 78 min | 10.1 lb | 2 | |
| 8.6 6000-cycle cells and a genuinely quiet 2600W inverter for roughly what rivals charge for less battery. You pay in 53 pounds of bulk. | 2,074 Wh | 2,600 W | LiFePO4 | 84 min | 53.4 lb | 4 | |
| 8.8 Near-silent even near 2200W, charges in about 70 minutes, and undercuts rivals on price. Only two AC outlets holds it back. | 1,024 Wh | 2,200 W | LiFePO4 | 70 min | 28.7 lb | 2 | |
| 8.0 Still a well-rounded, quiet 1kWh unit with six outlets and real expandability, but UPS switchover is unimpressive and newer rivals undercut it. | 1,024 Wh | 1,800 W | LiFePO4 | 80 min | 27 lb | 6 | |
| 7.7 Held nearly 2400 watts under a punishing combined-load test and took a Digital Trends Editors' Choice; age and price, not ability, are what hold it back. | 2,048 Wh | 2,400 W | LiFePO4 | 66 min | 50 lb | 6 | |
| 6.5 Still enormous capacity with wheels and a handle, but 99 pounds, a slow recharge and a price its own successors have made silly. | 3,600 Wh | 3,600 W | LiFePO4 | 162 min | 99 lb | 5 | |
| 6.3 OutdoorGearLab got only 81 percent of the claimed capacity out of it and flagged loud, erratic fan noise; cheap street pricing is now its best argument. | 768 Wh | 800 W | LiFePO4 | 70 min | 17.2 lb | 4 | |
| 7.9 Best of the small units: 1200W recharge, expandable to 858Wh, cheap. One AC outlet and a slightly chunky body are the compromises. | 286 Wh | 600 W | LiFePO4 | 60 min | 10.4 lb | 3 | |
| 3.8 Old NMC cells, a 12-hour stock recharge and two outlets, sold at a brand premium LiFePO4 rivals expose immediately. Buy anything else. | 1,516 Wh | 2,000 W | NMC lithium-ion | 840 min | 45.6 lb | 2 | |
| 4.9 OutdoorGearLab ranked it ninth of twelve and got 83 percent of its rated capacity, concluding cheaper rivals do far more for the same money. | 677 Wh | 600 W | LiFePO4 | 102 min | 20.3 lb | 2 Goal Zero's own product page was unreachable at the time of writing, so this count comes from hands-on testing: OutdoorGearLab and Truck Camper Magazine both report two 120V AC outlets. OutdoorGearLab adds that the two are spaced too tightly to take a pair of bulky plugs at once. | |
| 7.8 Lightest sensible 1kWh box and charges in an hour, but the 1500W inverter and three outlets give less headroom for the money. | 1,070 Wh | 1,500 W | LiFePO4 | 60 min | 23.8 lb | 3 | |
| 7.4 Genuinely expandable with a 3000W inverter, but 61 pounds and a two-hour recharge make it a lot of money for stationary duty. | 2,042 Wh | 3,000 W | LiFePO4 | 120 min | 61.5 lb | 5 | |
| 8.4 Around 90 percent efficiency, low idle draw and 2kWh in under 40 pounds. Solar input is too small and the pack cannot expand. | 2,042 Wh | 2,200 W | LiFePO4 | 78 min | 39.5 lb | 3 | |
| 4.6 Superseded and outclassed: 120W charging, a 300W inverter and a single outlet mean the newer sub-300Wh crowd beats it on everything. | 288 Wh | 300 W | LiFePO4 | 120 min | 8.3 lb | 1 |
How the AI score works, and who wrote it
A language model rated these, not a test lab. Every score from 1 to 10 is an AI assessment of how good the product is against the other 18 in this comparison, formed from the specifications we verified plus the published lab reviews and owner reception found while researching each one. Nobody at Slopsheets listened to, wore or plugged in any of it.
It weighs the things a spec table cannot show: how a product is actually reviewed, how well the software works, build quality, and what you get for the money. That is deliberate. An earlier version of this column was pure arithmetic on the table and it ranked a bundle of cheap boxes above a class-leading single unit, because counting hardware is not the same as judging it.
Treat it as an informed starting point and read the sourced comparison, not as a verdict. The score is relative to this comparison only, so it means nothing across categories, and it carries no price, star rating or review count. Every specification behind it is sourced and checked; the score on top of them is opinion.
More sheets like this
good for road tripstravels with you