Will it run my ___? Find the portable power station that can.
Tap the things you need during an outage, pick a power station, and get a plain answer: how many hours, and whether it can start them at all.
20 power stations from 6 brands, specs checked against official spec sheets
Yes, it can run this, about 11 hrs for a full-size refrigerator and a CPAP with heated humidifier on the EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus.
Will it run my…?
What do you want to run?
- Full-size refrigeratorNumber of Full-size refrigerator: 1
- CPAP with heated humidifierNumber of CPAP with heated humidifier: 1
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1,800 W output · 3,600 W surge · full specs
For a full-size refrigerator and a CPAP with heated humidifier on the EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus:
- Running load
- 184 W
- Average draw
- 79 W
- Biggest surge
- 1,034 W
- • Everything fits within the 1,800 W output and 3,600 W surge rating.
Math: battery Wh × 0.85 ÷ average watts. Cold weather, battery age and screen-on time all shorten this.
Power stations that can run this
- EcoFlow RIVER 3 PlusCheck priceabout 3 hrs · $180–$300
- BLUETTI Elite 30 V2Check priceabout 3 hrs · $180–$280
- Goal Zero Yeti 1000 (6th Gen)Check priceabout 11 hrs · list price about $1,200
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Price ranges checked by hand on October 9, 2026. Prices change often.
Popular questions
One page per device, with a runtime table for the most common power stations.
- Will it run a full-size refrigerator?
- Will it run a CPAP with heated humidifier?
- Will it run a CPAP (no humidifier)?
- Will it run a Wi-Fi router + cable modem?
- Will it run a sump pump (1/3 HP)?
- Will it run a space heater (1500W)?
- Will it run a portable oxygen concentrator?
- Will it run a chest freezer (7 cu ft)?
Buying guides
Ranked picks with price ranges, pros and cons, and who should skip each one.
Best power station for a CPAP in 2026
A heated-humidifier CPAP uses about 34 W, so a 1,024 Wh station lasts about 3 nights and a 2,048 Wh one about 6. All 5 picks switch over in 10 ms.
Updated October 9, 2026Best power station under $500 in 2026
$500 now buys about 1,000 Wh: a fridge for about 19 hours or a heated CPAP for 3 nights. See our 5 picks and why we favor 1,000 Wh over 500 Wh units.
Updated October 9, 2026
Best power station for home backup in 2026
A fridge, Wi-Fi, lights and phones use about 1,900 Wh a day. A 2,048 Wh pick covers that for about 22 hours, a 3,072 Wh pick about 32. See all 5 picks.
Updated October 9, 2026
Best power station for an apartment in 2026
No gas generator allowed? A router and laptop use about 64 W, so our 1,024 Wh picks cover about 13.5 hours of work. All 4 switch to battery in 10 ms.
Updated October 9, 2026
Best power station for camping in 2026
A 12V cooler, lights and two phones use about 410 Wh a day. Our 5 picks run from an 8.2 lb pack to a 1,070 Wh unit that covers that for about two days.
Updated October 9, 2026Best power station for a refrigerator and freezer in 2026
A fridge and chest freezer average about 71 W, or 1,700 Wh a day. Our 5 picks start both compressors and run them from 12 to 37 hours per charge.
Updated October 9, 2026
Head to head
Two units, every spec side by side, and a clear verdict.
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The power station database
20 portable power stations from 6 brands, each with its full specs, runtimes for common devices and a price range with the date we checked it.
Browse all power stationsHow we pick
We do not test units ourselves. Picks come from the official spec sheets and manuals, the watt-hour math on this site, and prices we check by hand.
- • Runtimes use the same math as the calculator above.
- • Prices are ranges with a checked-on date, because they change weekly.
- • We don’t take free units from brands, and rankings are never sponsored.