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Find my power station

Home backup power, explained with data

Find the right backup power for your home

Tell us what has to keep running in an outage and for how long. We show which portable power stations cover it, how long each one lasts, and where every number came from.

Find my power stationWill it run my appliance?
  • 20 US models, each spec linked to the maker's page or manual
  • Runtimes shown as ranges, with the maths on the page
  • We do not test products, and we say so
A portable power station on a kitchen floor keeping the fridge and a lamp running while the street outside is dark and rainy
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US models tracked
20
maker pages and manuals linked
60
appliances with published wattage
54
brands covered
5

Power station finder

Find the power station that fits your home

Describe your home in a sentence, or pick a starting point and adjust it. The models that fit update as you go, with how long each one would last.

Quickest way

Describe your home

Try one

Read by JEV, a decision model from TypeSafe AI. It only picks from our appliance list, and every number comes from our sourced data. Leave out names, addresses and other personal details.

Start with
How long is the outage?
What must keep running

Watts are an average. Hours per day is how long each one runs, not how long it is plugged in.

Your plan

Pick a starting point to see matching power stations.

Assumes 80 to 90% of rated battery capacity reaches your appliances. No solar or recharging counted. How we calculate

Start with your question

Four common home backup questions, answered with published specs and calculations you can check.

Candles lighting a dark room during a power cut

Will it run my fridge?

Hours on every model in the database for a full-size fridge, and how to keep food safe while you wait.

A CPAP machine on a bedside table, plugged into a portable power station on the floor, with a lamp on and dark houses outside the window
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Which one for my CPAP?

Picks sized for a full night or several, with and without a heated humidifier.

Plan for the outage you expect

Lightning over a row of suburban houses at night

Home backup guide

The decision path from your list of appliances to the right size and model.

From the blog

Explainers on the specs, the habits and the questions that come before buying.

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What one station runsOn a full EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus (1,024 Wh)A worked example from our data: one appliance at a time on a full charge. The finder above does the same maths for your whole list.
  • Refrigerator (full-size, ENERGY STAR)14 h to 15 h
  • Wi-Fi router plus cable modem50 h to 154 h
  • CPAP without humidifier (ResMed AirSense 10/11 class)41 h to 115 h
  • TV (LED/LCD, 50-55 in, ENERGY STAR)7 h to 15 h
  • Microwave oven (countertop)33 min to 41 min

Ranges assume 80 to 90% of rated capacity reaches the appliance. Check another model

Three unbranded portable power stations of increasing size on a wooden floor: a small lunchbox-size unit, a medium unit with a carry handle and a large wheeled home-backup unit
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Browse the power station database

Capacity, output, surge, 240 V and solar input for every model, side by side. Filter it, compare up to three, and open any model to see the source behind each number.

Open the database (20 models)

How we research

We do not run a test lab. We read the US manual and spec page for each model, record each figure with its link and the date we checked it, and mark gaps as "not stated". When we use a published test from another outlet, we credit it by name and link to it. Calculators show their maths.

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