Jackery

It’s worth noting that there’s a new category of portable power stations, with slim models designed to sit on or be mounted behind a fridge. Examples include the new Bluetti FridgePower and the Jackery FridgeGuard, both of which I’m testing at home, while Anker’s Solix S2000 is a more traditional take on the capability.  Of these, we’ve only been able to run lab tests on the FridgePower, and the results are impressive. It falls into the upper tier of large portable power, keeping our test fridge running 23.43 hours (0.98 days), so it lasts nearly a full day. Of its 1,621.09Wh measured capacity

None of this means anything if the AC180 won’t perform. With the all-important AC—or the power you run your fridge and most home appliances off of—the Bluetti knocked it out of the ballpark. We test portable power stations using two different AC loads: a higher 800-watt load using a space heater, and a medium load using a 200-watt incandescent light bulb. Under the 800-watt load, the AC180’s 1,152 watt-hours gave us 970 watt-hours, or 84 percent efficiency. That puts it slightly ahead of the Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro’s 83 percent efficiency and well ahead of the Yeti 1500X’s 72 percent and Del

Perhaps our biggest criticism of the AC180 is its weight. At 35 pounds for 1,152 watt-hours it’s one of the chonkier units around. If you think about the unit in terms of rated watt hours per pound, the Bluetti AC180 is a little low at 32.5 watt-hours per pound. Compare that to the Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro, which gives you 40 watt-hours for each of its 37.5 pounds. Thanks to its efficiency though, the Bluetti AC180 makes up some ground and actually outputs more watt hours per pound than the hefty Goal Zero Yeti 1500x. Overall though, it’s one of the heavier units around for its capacity.