We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a variety of reasons – whether it’s for on-the-go travel needs, short-term off-grid support, or home backup when emergencies rear their ugly heads. Regardless of your needs, it’s a great time to get in on your starting or continuing investments with the major brands on the market offering some of the best deals of the year. On top of the massive discounts we’re seeing across the board, we’re also seeing plenty of bonus savings in the form of flash sales, additional savings after reaching certain purchase thresholds, and even free gifted gear. Today, we’re giving you a curated one-stop shopping list of our favorite deals during the savings season, with units from Anker SOLIX, Bluetti, EcoFlow, and Jackery. Head below to check out our favorite picks and also get links to the full sales.
Anker SOLIX
Like some of the other sales on this list, Anker is providing free gear on SOLIX purchases that reach certain thresholds. Orders over $3,000 will receive a free 200W solar panel, while orders over $4,000 will get a free EverFrost Portable Cooler 40, and orders over $5,000 will get a free 400W solar panel. Check out our coverage of this Black Friday power station sale here.
When it comes to on-the-go backup power needs, the nearly 50% off C1000 power station makes a good choice for $499, with a 1,056Wh LiFePO4 capacity that outputs power up to 1,800W. You’ll even get a few solar panel options too with a 100W, 200W, or 400W bundle, as well as an expansion battery bundle to double its capacity.
On the flip side, there are a bunch of great compact models coming from this brand too, with the newly released C300 DC and C300 AC 90,000mAh power stations down at $150 and $190, providing ample support for your personal devices in a totable form factor of six or nine pounds. There is the option to get 60W solar panels with them that just fell to new all-time low prices during this sale. With those you can recharge in a few hours of sunlight keeping your devices running and the power station’s onboard lighting systems running after dark.
Now for home backup support, there are just two options here, and while the F2000 power station can be a lifesaver in its own right, with its $1,199 price tag at $800 off right now, if you’re looking for a unit that you can invest more and more into as the years go by, I recommend considering the popular F3800 power station that’s seeing some of the biggest savings during this sale and starts from a discounted $2,599, down from $3,999, with its bundles seeing major savings too.
With the F3800 model, you’re starting at an impressive 3,840Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can be further expanded up to 26.9kWh with the addition of six BP3800 Expansion Batteries. Appliance powering is no question either thanks to its 6,000W output – plus, included in its large array of ports are connection options to power your electric car and/or RV too. There are also two options to connect it to your home’s circuit breaker, with either the standard transfer switch for sectional support or the smart home power panel that covers the entire household and allows for connections with solar roof panels for greater recharging capabilities.
- F3800 with home backup kit: $3,149 (Reg. $4,598)
- F3800 with 400W solar panel and home backup kit: $3,499 (Reg. $5,497)
- F3800 with smart home power kit: $3,499 (Reg. $5,237)
- F3800 (7,680Wh) with expansion battery and home backup kit: $4,449 (Reg. $7, 097)
- F3800 (7,680Wh) with expansion battery and smart home power kit: $4,849 (Reg. $7,736)
- F3800 with four 405W solar panels and smart home power kit: $5,099 (Reg. $7,235)
- Two F3800s (7,680Wh) with two 405W panels and smart home power kit: $6,649 (Reg. $9,335)
Bluetti
There are a few standout tried and true power stations under Bluetti’s flag that are worth considering during these Black Friday sales, which I go into detail on further below, but there are two newcomers during this sale that I think are great for outdoor adventurers – the Handsfree 1 and Handsfree 2 backpack power stations that we first saw drop in price during last month’s Halloween sale before those deals repeated here at just $299 and $399, respectively, saving you up to $200 while it lasts.
The names give you the general idea here, these are ultra-slim power stations that fit inside the complimentary 42L/60L backpacks, with plenty more space left open for your camping/hiking/outdoor photography gear. Depending on which model you choose, you’ll get either a 268.8Wh or 512Wh LiFePO4 battery capacity and power output up to 300W or 700W, with both models providing one AC port, two USB-A ports, and two USB-C ports. There’s also a pair of solar generator options you’ll find on their landing pages, with the backpacks designed to allow for their hanging so you can recharge while walking.
Of the many other models you’ll find during this sale, two models offer solid support while also being well within the affordable range for their sizes. First, there’s the AC180 power station which is $500 off at $499. It delivers a 1,152Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can pump out power at up to 1,800W speeds through its 11 ports, covering devices and many varying sizes of appliances you have at home or take with you on trips. The second of these is the larger AC200L power station that is actually hitting a new all-time low price during this sale at $999 – a full $1,000 off! You’ll get a 2,048Wh LiFePO4 capacity (that can be expanded up to 8,192Wh) and 2,400W output with the same amount of port options as the above model. For both of these power stations, there are plenty of solar generator bundle options with up to 600W of input.
EcoFlow
Aside from the double points for members and a 30-day price-matching guarantee, you’ll also benefit from extra savings based on reaching certain order thresholds. For orders between $1,000 to $1,999 you’ll receive an additional 5% discount, while orders between $2,000 and $4,999 will receive 7% off discounts, and orders over $5,000 will receive a further 9% taken off the tag. Discounts will be automatically applied in your cart.
Some of the best offers during EcoFlow’s massive savings event are on the brand’s new DELTA Pro 3 power station and its bundles, which are down at new all-time low prices starting from $2,789 (with the additional savings factored in). It offers a robust 4,096Wh LiFePO4 capacity that can be expanded up to a dizzying 48,000Wh while also providing power output up to 4,000W, which is also expandable up to 12,000W when three of these stations are paired together, making it one of the best whole home backup options on the market. What’s more, there’s an equally expansive amount of recharging options – seven solo-source options and 18 combination options – with a standard wall outlet alone able to refill 80% of the battery in just 50 minutes, for example. It’s also only one of three models that boast the brand’s X-Core 3.0 tech, an integrated architecture system that is designed to offer far superior host safety, performance, and intelligence improvement.
- DELTA Pro 3 with two 220W solar panels and transfer switch: $3,347 (Reg. $5,396)
- DELTA Pro 3 with two 400W solar panels: $3,440 (Reg. $4,698)
- EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 + Smart Home Panel 2 + Folding Wagon Cart: $3,998 (Reg. $5,727)
- DELTA Pro 3 with extra battery (8,192Wh): $4,731 (Reg. $6,298)
Aside from the DELTA Pro 3, when it comes to smaller capacity models (many of which sport expandable capacities and output power), you really can’t go wrong with any of the DELTA series and RIVER series varieties, depending on what kind of jobs you’ll be using them for – especially the DELTA Pro Ultra for whole-home backup if you have the money to invest there. This brand deserves its own long-form explanation of each of its power stations and their subsequent bundle options, with it being the most popular coverage of this year’s Black Friday sales by a landslide. You can check out all these other deals by following the link here.
Jackery
Another of the best camping and outdoor-focused power station brands, we’ve even been seeing Jackery stepping up its home backup game further with the new modular Explorer 5000 Plus that provides a 5,040Wh LiFePO4 capacity and 7,200W output that can expand upwards to a monstrous 60,000Wh capacity and 14,400W output, becoming quite the competition for EcoFlow’s DELTA Pro 3 and DELTA Pro Ultra. There are so many new details I could get into on this model, but I recommend checking out our in-depth launch coverage if it interests you, with the early-bird pre-order deals mentioned being the same deals we’re seeing extend into the brand’s Black Friday power station sale.
Like EcoFlow, this is another brand that deserves an entire feature for each and every model under its flag, but among the many fantastic options of Explorer power stations – most of which are down at their lowest prices – I want to highlight three 2nd-generation models that are hard to beat, both for their deals and their upgraded tech. You can check out the full lineup of Black Friday savings from Jackery here.
Jackery has begun updating its power stations with LiFePO4 battery designs, starting with the Explorer 1000 v2 which is down at $549 from $799, at the moment – and coming in even lower at Amazon for the $459 low at the time of writing this. It has an upgraded 1,070Wh capacity (from its predecessor’s 1,002Wh), as well as an upgraded 1,500W power output (from the 1st-gen’s 1,000W) with plenty of performance improvements across the board like its emergency charging feature for last-minute charging back to a full battery in just one hour when plugged into a wall outlet. Next came the Explorer 240 v2 with its more personal 256Wh capacity and 300W of output power, which covers your devices during shorter-term trips out of the home and is currently sitting at its $179 low, matching at Amazon too.
The last of these newer models is the Explorer 2000 v2 which just released last month and has not only seen a few different low prices but dropped down to a new all-time low of $899 during this sale, saving you $600, also matching at Amazon. This model boasts the highest capacity of the three 2nd-generation LiFePO4 models at 2,042Wh, with a base output of 2,200W. It has the same ChargeShield 2.0 as the other two power stations, giving it 62 forms of protection while it is plugged in anywhere, as well as a supercharge feature (similar to the emergency charging feature) for faster recharging when you need the battery restored to full ASAP.
- Explorer 240 v2 (256Wh) with 40W solar panel: $249 (Reg. $349) | matched at Amazon
- Explorer 1000 v2 (1,070Wh) with 200W solar panel: $799 (Reg. $1,299) | $50 cheaper at Amazon
- Explorer 2000 v2 (2,042Wh) with two 200W solar panels: $1,599 (Reg. $2,499) | matched at Amazon
While we’ve highlighted our favorite Black Friday deals here today, the deals are far from limited to this collection, with even more scheduled to drop in the coming days/weeks, which we will collect in our Green Deals hub. You can also keep an eye out in our Best of Black Friday 2024 hub for even more roundups of the best savings we’re seeing this season.
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