If you’re heading out on the road and want power for your RV or camping trip, this power station is the ideal companion. This is the reigning champion in my best portable power stations guide, packing an impressive 3,014-watt-hour battery in a compact body with built-in handles. That’s enough to run a fridge or TV for a weekend, and it will happily charge up all your small gadgets.
Power stations are so handy. You can use them in the shed or garage, pull them out when there’s a power outage, or take them on trips. Bluetti has managed to pack more capacity than usual into a form factor that usually offers around 2,000 watt-hours, making this an especially good pick wherever space is at a premium.
Bluetti Elite 300 Portable Power Station for $1,000 ($500 Off)
The Bluetti Elite 300 weighs in at just under 58 pounds, so you won’t want to carry it far. It can deliver 2,400 watts steadily, with 4,800-watt surge capability for power tools or electric kettles. There’s also an XT60 solar port that can take up to 1,200 watts from solar panels, so you can fully charge it from zero in just over four hours in ideal conditions. You can also charge it from an outlet and solar at the same time to speed things up.
It has every port you’re likely to want, including AC outlets, USB-C, USB-A, a car socket, a barrel port, and even a TT-30, making it ideal for RVs. It had no issues fast-charging everything I tested it with. The display gives you a stat readout of charging speeds and remaining power. You can also connect it to your phone via the app to monitor usage and change settings, though you really don’t need to.
The Bluetti Elite 300 also works as an uninterruptible power supply with a 10-millisecond delay, so you can use it to buy some grace time for your computer or maybe NAS server during a power cut.
While portable power stations often go on sale (in fact, they spend very little time at their retail price), this is the lowest I’ve ever seen on the Bluetti Elite 300. It usually hovers around $1,100 to $1,200. If you don’t need this much power, the Bluetti Elite 200 V2 is also on sale.