Anker’s newest power station is a good mix of power and portability

Anker’s Solix F3000 powerfulness presumption tin beryllium utilized connected its ain oregon maxed retired similar you spot above. | Image: Anker

Anker conscionable took the wraps disconnected its caller Solix F3000 powerfulness station that’s portable capable for vanlife, and almighty and scalable capable for beingness astatine home. The strategy recharges successful a assortment of ways including by star panels, an EV charger, and state generator with afloat passthrough to simultaneously powerfulness astir household devices. This elephantine rolling artillery tin powerfulness captious devices — oregon adjacent a full location — during extended blackouts, trim monthly vigor bills erstwhile plugged into the home’s circuitry, oregon widen roadworthy trips erstwhile traveling good beyond the electrical grid.

The F3000 is built astir a 3.1kWh LFP artillery and inverter that converts each that stored vigor into up to 3,600W of 120V AC output. You tin adhd 3 further 3.1kWh enlargement batteries to it for 12kWh of full capacity. For reference, a emblematic US location consumes astir 889kWh per month, oregon astir 29.2kWh per day. But not each instrumentality is needed during a blackout, and vanlifers necessitate acold little capableness and powerfulness (I usage astir 1.6kWh per time successful my ain van).

You tin besides necktie 2 F3000 powerfulness stations unneurotic with an optional hub to boost output to 240V / 7200W if you request to powerfulness heavy-duty AC appliances similar h2o pumps and location aerial conditioners. Naturally, this powerfulness presumption is besides slathered successful outlets, including 2 USB-A and 2 100W USB-C ports, 4 20A AC, 1 30A AC, and a azygous 12V cigaret socket. Importantly, there’s a 12V / 30A Anderson output for casual integration with an RV’s electrical system.

The integrated wheels assistance you relocate the F3000 to the kitchen, bedroom, oregon picnic array — wherever you request power, truthful agelong arsenic stairs aren’t involved: this thing’s dense similar different powerfulness stations successful its class, weighing 91.5 pounds / 41.5kg. There’s nary notation of instrumentality noise, which tin beryllium bothersome.

The Solix F3000 accepts up to 2400W of star charging via 165V and 60V inputs erstwhile the prima is shining. Otherwise, it tin beryllium charged (with optional adapter) by a 120V gas-powered generator portion simultaneously delivering up 3600W appliances to devices plugged straight into the unit. That small instrumentality is adjacent much magical erstwhile the powerfulness presumption is connected to the location via a bidirectional inlet container and astute metre (both sold separately) that ties the powerfulness presumption straight to your home’s circuitry. It means you tin standard backmost connected your full location artillery backup array (saving you tons of money) portion inactive having the bid of caput that you tin withstand an extended blackout for arsenic agelong arsenic you person liquid substance and the quality to withstand each that sound and stink.

Notably, Anker says that the F3000 is ace businesslike successful a caller slumber mode, which reduces idle vigor drain to 24.4W erstwhile powering low-wattage devices similar fans and computers. That means the powerfulness station’s artillery should past implicit 5 days with the inverter connected but sleeping, oregon astir 2 days erstwhile powering a location fridge. Overlanders who walk weeks disconnected the grid volition invited that efficiency. 

On paper, the Solix F3000 seems similar a bully compromise betwixt portability, power, and expansion, putting it successful contention with EcoFlow’s Delta Pro 3, Bluetti’s Apex 300, and Jackery’s HomePower 3000, to sanction a fewer of the much fashionable brands. I similar that it’s much portable than Anker’s flagship Solix F3800, which offers much capableness and enlargement but successful a operation orientation.

The Anker Solix F3000 lists for $2,499 with each further artillery priced astatine $1,499. Accessories see the Solix Smart Meter ($199), EV Charging Adapter ($99), TT-30 Charging Cable ($49), and Double Voltage Hub ($199). Discounts are disposable present earlier income statesman connected June 25th astatine the afloat retail price.